My guest Gary Knight believes that you must walk the walk not just talk the talk, so when his football career ended due to injury he embarked on a journey to become not just a great footy coach, but someone who now coaches others to live the fullest, happiest and healthiest life they can. Gary explains how his research and his own health scares in middle age have given him a genuine passion to help others find a way to overcome their less healthy habits and become the best version of themselves, no matter what their age or background.

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Alison is a Nutritional Therapist who specialises in helping women mitigate, minimise and manage the effects of the menopause through diet and lifestyle changes.  Her mother was a professional-chef, but Alison believes it was also her own teenage acne that kick-started her interest in how food and nutrition affects our bodies.

I talk to Alison about growing up on a farm and also her current life in Sweden where, much to her regret, Sunday roasts and stuffing are not fully appreciated! Of course, we also explore some of the steps women can take to help themselves thrive during the menopause and beyond.

Guest: Alison Bladh, Nutritional Therapist
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
www.alisonbladh.com
Free resources, recipes, meal plans www.alisonbladh.com/resources
Alison's blog
How to make hassleback potatoes
How to make Jansoons Frestelse (Swedish potato gratin)

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Trish is THE NAME in Somerset for enticing comedy acts to visit the county and share their comedy genius. But laughter and mayhem have not always been her forte. Ten year's ago Trish was struggling with her weight and her mental health following her mother's passing and in this episode she talks to me about how mindfulness changed her approach to life and to the food she eats each day and is giving her the energy and enthusiasm to pursue and share her passion for comedy entertainment.

Guest: Trish Caller of Genius PR and Events, Taunton Somerset
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
www.geniusprandevents.co.uk
www.nonnatonda.co.uk
www.mcmillantheatre.com
www.creativeinnovationcentre.co.uk

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After growing up in Devon and a career in the MET Police, my guest travelled nearly 13,000km across the world to live and work in The Falklands Islands. What was it like to live, work (and eat) on this remote island during the COVID pandemic? Did school-days Domestic Science lessons help her survive? Or did a life of shift work and it's associated poor eating habits leave Detective Constable Helen Taylor playing 'chicken' to see who in the household was going to cook the next meal?

Michael and I then discuss and applaud the humble chickpea in Nugget of Knowledge and we also taste test some chickpea snacks... are they really an alternative to a bag of crisps?

Guest: Detective Constable Helen Taylor, Stanley, The Falkland Islands
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
www.bravefoods.co.uk

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Michelle Beck is the founder of the Taunton Independent Market which runs monthly in the town centre. After launching just days before COVID-19 hit the country, it has been a tough journey for Michelle, but persistence and a strong belief in the community's willingness to support local traders kept her going and the footfall for the 60 plus stall holders that visit the town each month is growing. Join me as we chat about fave foods, strange food habits, keto diets and how grandparents play a key role in our early relationship to food.

In this episode's Nugget of Knowledge, Michael and I consider whether we really need to drink as much water as we are led to believe.

Guest: Michelle Beck of Taunton Independent Markets
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
www.tauntonmarket.co.uk

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Maddie Dampier is a young woman with a passion for salads. After growing up eating not much else other than baked beans, she realised that the only way to ensure a healthly approach to her diet was to embark on a 'side hustle' to create and share her unique salad ideas on social media. With a large and growing audience on Instagram, Maddie is forging ahead with her ideas and hopes what she posts will inspire others to a mindful and healthy approach to food. After all, as she says, it is a myth that healthy food is difficult and expensive! On the Nugget of Knowledge I demo one of Maddie's recent offerings and then Michael taste tests if and gives it a huge thumbs up.

Guest: Maddie Dampier of @madeleinesmeals
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
Find Maddie on Instagram at @madeleinesmeals

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In this episode I am joined by youth football coach Mo Hopkins who works for Bridgwater and Taunton College and for Somerset County Schools FA training the future generation of football talent.  We talk growing up around football and how Mo fits a healthy diet into his busy and active life. I am then joined by Michael and we discuss the history of fish and chips. Plus we explore the calories involved in that delicious Friday night treat and consider how recent events have impacted the price of one of the nation's favourite take-aways.

Guest: Maurice Hopkins, Head of Football at Bridgwater and Taunton College, Somerset
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
To find out more about football at Bridgwater and Taunton College visit www.btc.ac.uk and for Somerset County Schools FA visit somersetcsfa.org.uk or you can both on Instagram and Facebook.

To read more about the UK fish and chip industry visit www.nfff.co.uk

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From nutritional therapist to counsellor and now pop-up pub patron and gin entrpreneur, Becky Wright  of New Leaf Workplace Well-being and the newly launched Dryad Inn on the Quantock Hills, is my guest on this episode. She takes us on her journey from growing up in a North Somerset hotel to her love-struck introduction to vegetarianism, a community-led dieting experiment and her innovative take on gin. In ' Nugget of Knowledge' we discuss the history and heritage of the infamous can of corned beef.

Guest: Becky Wright of New Leaf Workplace Wellbeing
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
www.newleaf.uk.com
www.dryadgin.co.uk

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My guest in this episode is Karie Crane from Karie's Health and Fitness who reveals her journey to becoming a super fit mum of three boys running her own business and living life to the max. It's an inspirational listen and proves we can all bring change to our lives and help ourselves to be happier and healthier everyday.

FREE fitness classes  for a week if you contact Karie and mention you heard her on The What's for Dinner Show!

Guest: Karie Crane of Karie's Health and Fitness
Host: Lynne O'Halloran

Episode Links
Click here to find out more about Karie's Health and Fitness

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Foodie choices were limited for my first guest, Michael O'Halloran, who grew up in 1970s Ireland. Michael is my husband and he kindly volunteered to be my podcast 'guinea pig' interviewee allowing me to test  my questioning skills and revealing some suprising facts about his life that I wasn't aware off... his secret desires involving hard boiled eggs for example... you will have to listen to find out more!

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