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AT EASTER
ACTIVITIES – RECIPES - ARTICLES
April 2020
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Contents Page
1. Good Food ……………………………………………….........Page 3
a. Easter Breakfast Baskets ……………………………..Page 4
b. Easter Nest Cookies ……………………………………..Page 5
c. Honey-Mustard Steamed Green Medley……….Page 6
2. Chocolate Word Search …………………………………….Page 7
3. Chocolate Fun Facts…………..……………………………..Page 8
4. Brain Teasers……………………..……………………………..Page 9
a. Easter Egg Hunt ………………………………………….Page 10
b. Number Puzzles ………………………………………….Page 11
c. Riddles ……………………………………………………….Page 12
5. Self-Care……………………………………………………….. Page 14
6. Keeping Active …………………………………………….. .Page 15
7. Brain Teaser Solutions ……………………………………Page 16
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LAS Good Food
Just as with many other occasions throughout the year, food plays a
big part in Easter celebrations, even more so as Easter Sunday marks
the end of Lent, a period traditionally of 40 days of fasting, although
today it is more common to give up a particular favourite food such as
chocolate, confectionary or cakes.
There is no reason why you can't
enjoy some treats over Easter,
but it can be easy to overdo it
with all the chocolate on offer.
Here are some helpful tips on
how to enjoy the Easter break
without overindulging.
Photo by Andrew Purcell, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Carrie Purcell
Don’t graze on chocolate all day because you will find it harder to keep
track of how much you have eaten.
Opt for mini sized Easter eggs, or share a larger one with friends and
family.
If you’re a fan of Hot Cross Buns at Easter opt for wholemeal versions to
boost your fiber intake.
When enjoying your Easter Roast fill your plate with colorful vegetables,
and choose lean meats like chicken, white fish or Vegetarian Quorn.
Make your recipes healthier by using reduced fat, lower calorie options.
Remember it can take 20 minutes for you to register that you feel full.
Eat mindfully – savor each bite, focus on the flour and enjoy what you
are eating.
Keep reading for healthy recipes to try over the Easter period.
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Easter Breakfast Baskets
These Easter Breakfast Baskets are not only cheap and healthy, but they are
gluten free and suitable for vegetarians.
Healthy Food Guide
Method
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a large 6-
Oil Spray
hole muffin tin with oil. Line the base of
2 Small Grated Courgettes each hole with a small circle of baking
paper.
2 Small Grated Carrots
Squeeze grated carrot and courgette of
30g Grated Cheese
excess moisture and place together in a
1tbs Rice Flour large bowl. Add cheese, rice flour and 1
1 Egg, beaten beaten egg. Mix well.
9 Eggs, hardboiled Press mixture firmly into the base and up
the sides of each hole of the baking tray to
Basil leaves make baskets. Bake for 30mins. Reduce
heat to 150°C for another 20 minutes, or
until lightly golden and crisp. Leave in
baskets for 10mins before removing.
Serves: 6 Place baskets on baking tray lined with
Prep Time: 30mins baking paper and return to oven for a
Total Time: 1hr 25min further 10 minutes to crisp bases. Remove
and set aside to cool.
Calories: 166cal Fill each basket with 1 ½ boiled eggs,
Protein: 14g garnish with basil leaves.
Carbs: 10g Enjoy!
Fibre: 2g
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Easter Nest Cookies
These healthy no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies are quick
and easy to make and will quickly become an Easter favourite in
your household! They are Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan Friendly,
and can be made refined sugar free too.
JoyFoodSunshine.com
Ingredients Method
½ cup Natural Peanut Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Set
Butter aside.
¼ cup Honey or Maple Combine peanut butter, honey/syrup, salt
Syrup (vg) and coconut oil in a saucepan and heat until
combined.
1/2tsp Sea Salt Add vanilla and cocoa powder. Stir until well
¼ cup Coconut Oil combined.
Add quick-cooking oats and mix well.
1 tsp Vanilla
Add coconut and stir until completely
2 tbsp Cocoa Powder combined.
1 cup Oats Drop 1 tbs portions of mixture onto your
prepared baking sheet. Press into the shape
¼ cup shredded of nests. Continue until you’ve used all your
Coconut or just cookie mixture.
increase Oats by ¼ cup Let cool in the refrigerator or freezer until
hardened.
Serves: 14 cookies Top with your favorite candy eggs (optional)
Prep Time: 5 mins Serve cool or at room temperature.
Total Time: 15 min
Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Calories: 140 cal
Enjoy!
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Honey-Mustard Steamed Green Medley
This vibrant all in one side dish of vegetables will tickle your taste
buds and can be prepared in under 10 minutes!
BBCGoodFood.com
Ingredients Method
4 tbsp Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Bring a large pan of water to the
boil.
1 tsp Wholegrain Mustard
Whisk the oil with the mustard,
1/2tsp Honey honey and vinegar in a large bowl
1 tbsp Cider Vinegar and season.
Put the leeks in the water, bring
Salt & Pepper back to the boil, then simmer gently
2 Leeks, trimmed & sliced for 1 min.
into chunky rings Add the beans and cook for 2 mins,
400g Green Beans then add the broccoli and simmer
everything for 4 mins.
140g Tender Stemmed
Broccoli Finally, add the peas, bring back to
the boil and simmer for 1 min more.
200g Peas
Drain really well, then tip into the
large bowl and toss through the
dressing.
Serves: 8
Prep Time: 10 mins Serve straight away.
Total Time: 20 min
Enjoy!
Calories: 92 cal (per serving)
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Chocolate Fun Facts!
1. Chocolate comes from a tree; it’s made from a seed. Each
cacao tree produces approximately 2,500 beans.
2. It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of
chocolate.
3. A farmer must wait four to five years for a cacao tree to
produce its first beans.
4. Spanish royalty gave cakes of cacao in their dowries.
5. Chocolate has over 600 flavour compounds while red
wine has just 200.
6. Chocolate milk is an effective post work-out recovery
drink.
7. White chocolate isn’t real chocolate because it doesn’t
contain cocoa solids or chocolate liquor. It does however
contain parts of the cocoa bean – mainly cocoa butter.
8. Milk chocolate was invested in Switzerland.
9. The first chocolate bar was created in England by
Cadbury.
10. Chocolate is the only edible substance to melt around
33.8 °C, just below the human body temperature. That’s
why it melts so easily on your tongue!
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Brain Teasers
Research shows that mental exercises that tests your brain power
with number or word puzzles may boost your brain's activity. This
reduces day to day boredom and improves concentration and
memory.
Regular brain teasers and puzzles that utilise your cognitive skills
help to improve your ability to learn, your problem solving skills,
and memory as you use specific neural networks.
Your ability to remember relies on specific parts of the temporal
and frontal lobes that are located behind the forehead. It is a
common mistake to assume that simply reading books and
working out your taxes will be enough exercise for your mind, but
in reality it isn't enough. Your brain needs a real workout that
keeps challenging you and pushes you further.
Sudoku 1
Solutions can be found at
the back of the magazine.
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Easter Egg Hunt
If you want to have an Easter egg hunt this weekend but do not want to
leave your seat, this brainteaser is for you.
Hungarian cartoonist Gergely Dudas, better known as Dudolf, has hidden a
single egg somewhere in this springtime scene.
Can you find the hidden egg?
10Number Puzzles
Sudoku 2
Solutions can be found at
the back of the magazine.
Triangles
What Number replaces the
question mark?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 4
D. 1
11Riddles
1.A man shot two arrows at its center and missed both times, but
using a sword swung once at its center and hit it twice. What is it?
(there are 2 correct answers)
2. What can travel around the world but stays in one corner?
3. What can run, but never walks. Has a mouth, but never talks. Has a
head, but never weeps. Has a bed, but never sleeps?
4. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I
come alive with wind. What am I?
5. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick
when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
6. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have
water, but no fish. What am I?
7. You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look
again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
8. What English word has three consecutive double letters?
9. I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone
uses me. What am I?
10. What is full of holes but still holds water?
12Riddles Continued…
11. What question can you never answer yes to?
12. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
13. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
14. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
15. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
16. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
17. What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?
18. What gets bigger when more is taken away?
19. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is
it?
20. What is cut on a table, but is never eaten?
13Self-Care
Self-care is all about actively looking after our own mental, emotional,
and physical health. Good self-care is key to improved mood and
reduced stress and anxiety. It also contributes towards an improved
relationships with oneself and others which is great for our social
wellbeing.
Here are some Self-Care ideas that you can implement into your daily
routine.
EXERCISE
Keep active to help physical and mental wellbeing.
Yoga
Cardio: running, cycling, rowing, walking
Strength Training
Dancing
Sports: Football, Tennis, Badminton
RELAX
Take time to unwind.
Deep Breathing Exercises
Meditation
Yoga
Bubble Bath
Listen to Music
COMMUNICATE
Share your thoughts and feelings with someone,
or be an active listener for someone else.
Journaling
Call Friends & Family
Write a Letter or Email
LEARN
Spend time learning something
new.
Painting
Knitting
HAVE FUN Reading
Cooking
Whatever you decide to do as part of your Gardening
Self-Care activities make sure you have fun!
14Keeping Active
Keeping active at home is a brilliant way to keep physically and mentally
stimulated, and it’s free! Give this home workout routine a go. You can do it
in the garden, living room, kitchen or even your bedroom and you don’t need
any gym equipment.
Do this circuit twice and see if you can increase the number of repetitions of
each exercise every day.
Maybe start a competition with friends and family to see who can repeat this
circuit the most times or in the shortest amount of time.
2. 20 Star Jumps 1. 20 High Knees
(on each side)
4. 20 Squat Jumps 3. 20 Push Ups
(Variation: Use Knees)
5. 20 Lunges
(on each side)
6. 20 Sit Ups
8. 20 Russian Twists 7. 30 Second Plank
Disclaimer: Images from Popsugar and gethealthyu.com.
15Solutions
Number Puzzles
1
Sudoku Sudoku 2
Triangles
Answer: 9
Explanation: The number at the center of each triangle equals the
sum of the lower two numbers minus the top number.
Riddles
Doughnut or Bagels
11. 1. Are you asleep yet?
12.Stamp 2. The Future
13.River 3. A Promise
14.Echo 4. A Barber
15.Candle 5. A Bank
16.A Map 6. Darkness
17.All the people are married 7. Your Right Elbow
18.Bookkeeper 8. A Hole
19.Pencil Lead 9. Your Name
20. A Sponge 10. A Deck of Cards
16HAPPY EASTER
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