Thread: Summer Eats

ICYMI: This week I spoke to Miriam Collett - a nursing lecturer pushing for more weight-inclusive care in school nursing and calling BS on weighing kids in school. So many excellent takeaways from this interview – it's free to read so pass it along to anyone with primary-aged kids or who works in a school!

School Nursing, the NCMP, and the Children’s Health Crisis with Miriam Collett

Welcome to a new(ish) CIHAS series - monthly interviews with cool people doing interesting work. Whilst we’ve hit pause on the podcast, I’ve introduced a new written interview series with the kinds of people I would want to have on the podcast. People whose work makes my brain

Can I Have Another Snack?Laura Thomas

Save for one week of a heatwave, this spring and summer have been a non-starter in London. Yesterday my friend in Aberdeen sent me a video of snow covering the road about ten minutes from her house. The weather is weird and confusing and kind of a downer. BUT. There is a glimmer of hope. My weather app tells me next week is going to sunny and warm all week. Miracle.

Which begs the question, what are you eating/cooking/throwing on a plate this summer?

And herein lies my forever conundrum - I want to eat delicious food, but do not want to spend/do not have the time or fortitude for masses of foodwork. I also don't want to have my oven on for hours and hours when it's sweltering outside; my flat gets unbelievably hot and doesn't cool down much at night. My kid doesn't fuck with salad, so that's out. He won't countenance a sandwich. In fact, his appetite bottoms out when it's hot. Classic.

In the heatwave we had a few weeks back, we ate cheese and crackers and some fruit in the garden (and ice cream, ofc) and this got us through, but that gets old pretty quick.

I figured that maybe some of you might also be trying to solve this particular foodwork-related puzzle? Or maybe you just want some easy summer weeknight recipes? Or maybe, you have this already figured out and can share your wisdom in the comments.

So what are you feeding yourself this summer? What about your kids? Are you in a season of one meal for everyone, or, are you fully in ‘short-order cook’ mode (don’t worry, I won’t tell Ellyn Satter). How are you surviving if it's hot where you are? BBQs? Garden picnics? Sandwiches? Picky bits? Maybe you have one of those cute little pizza ovens in the garden?

What recipes or cookbooks are you loving right now? (Share links in the comments if you have them!). Or even better, what combination of foods are you throwing on a plate? What’s your go-to easy to eat thing? (Maybe takeaway or a favourite convenience food). What fun snacks have you discovered lately? Or are you in a funk and feeling completely uninspired when it comes to cooking or eating?

Keep reading for some SNACKS - links and recs I've been loving lately (including the best freezer falafel I didn't know I needed; the game I'm obsessed with; and the granola recipe that has become my ride-or-die).