’s attending to bring a dish of nibbles. Home-made snacks are ideal, so why not ask guests to bring one of their signature dishes? Buffet style food is perfect for a baby shower so if anyone needs inspiration, suggest salads, sausage rolls, sandwiches, crisps

supplement during pregnancy, you'll need to adapt your diet to ward of constipation. Increasing your intake of high-fibre foods will help: raw fruit and vegetables, whole-grain breads and cereals and salads. Drink plenty of water to keep stools soft and try

a separate chopping board for preparing raw meat.)Unwashed vegetables and fruit are also dangerous so make sure you prepare your meals thoroughly or wash fruit and salads you have bought when you're out and about.It is also possible to be infected

face cloth or muslin and hot, but not too hot, water. Adding a few drops of lavendar essential oil will both avoid the salad smell if you're using olive oil and act as a natural antibacterial agent. High quality natural oils don't come cheap but as very

your own mum or in-law in likely to be like this, try to plan a day that's easy. Where you can get a salad together beforehand so you can just say 'lunch is in the fridge' rather than sitting feeling guilty that you are breastfeeding whilst guests

their own supplies for snack time. That said, it is a good idea to be prepared with some finger foods for babies, just in case. You don't need much: a fresh fruit salad with pieces cut to baby-friendly sizes should provide something for everyone and is far

handfuls of nuts or an avocado to replace sweet snacks, and get as much variety in your diet as possible. There's plenty more information on pregnancy nutrition here.Get started idea: Try a fresh fruit salad (eg: banana, pineapple, blueberries, apple

can be found in many places including: chilled pre-cooked foods such as fish, deli meats, chicken etc. undercooked foods - particularly meat and fish - pre-packaged salads and coleslaws and vegetables which haven't been well washed. Simple parasitic

or microwave when you don't have the energy to cook. Frozen fruit and berry mixes are also good ones to have on hand for when you've nothing fresh in, or you want a fruit salad without the faff. When you do have the energy and time to cook, try cooking double

, especially with cakes, biscuits, pastries, desserts, ice cream, cereals, cereal bars, nut butters and spreads, confectionery, vegetarian dishes and salad dressings.It's important to check for other names in ingredients too. Sometimes peanuts can be listed