Mondays Starter For Ten !

As regular readers know, this blog brings a variety of articles, studies, thoughts, recipes and more! It is presented in a magazine style - we hope something for everyone. Our main focus is about the Low Carb Higher (Healthy) Fat lifestyle, LCHF for short, and you can read/find out more about that here

But today for a change I thought why not start the week with some trivia! So here are ten facts to start the week! Did you know any of these facts?

1. The Lego Group is the world’s most powerful brand. There are more Lego Mini-figures than there are people on Earth.

2. The tongue is the only muscle in one’s body that is attached from one end.

3. Costa Coffee employs Gennaro Pelliccia as a coffee taster, who has had his tongue insured for £10 million since 2009.

4. IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.

5. The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant oils, bacteria, and ozone.

6. More tornadoes occur in the United Kingdom per square mile than any other country in the world.

7. It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw and males are more likely to be left-pawed.

8. The Guinness World Record for the time longest spend searching for the Loch Ness Monster is held by Steve Feltham who camped at Loch Ness for 25 years.

9. While dinosaurs roamed the earth, they lived on every continent including Antarctica.

10. Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.

talking of lettuce,

have you tried this green salad recipe,

it's by Mary Berry - more details here

Please note, not all the recipe suggestions featured within this blog may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.

All the best Jan