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Reheating food in microwave

Five things to know before reheating food

Huge amounts of food are thrown out every year, not because it’s gone off but because people don’t know how to reheat it.

The average household throws away £500 worth of food every year, while millennials (those aged 18-34) throw out the equivalent of 633 meals a year because they don’t know how to reheat it.

A poll by cookware brand Pyrex found many younger people would...

Young girl preparing to cook for her family with eggs.

How to cook with your kids during the lockdown

Getting children involved in cooking from an early age can help them to develop the skills they need to plan and cook healthy meals throughout their lives as well as overcoming picky-eating.

With most children being schooled at home during the Coronavirus pandemic, now could be a good opportunity to teach them some healthy cooking skills.

With fast food outlet closures, it...

Jamie Oliver: 'About 3/10 of our family meals are idyllic – that's normal'

You might imagine meals in Jamie Oliver's household to be blissful, well-mannered scenes of his picture-perfect family digging into his cookbook classics, so it's nice to know the TV chef and child health campaigner experiences the same problems as most parents when it comes to kids and food.

"What was my last count? A million children?" he laughs. Five actually, in case you've lost...