If not, you can watch it here – http://www.tvcentral.com.au/2010/07/26/junior-masterchef-australia-promo/

I’m not sure if it’s clever editing or what, but those kids get cook better than me!  Now when I burn the chicken breast or make one very bland stir-fry I have to deal with, “Kids can cook better than you!”

How do they get so good so young?

According www.kids-cooking-activities.com, teaching kids to cook will help instill skills to last them a lifetime.  Cooking can help boost their self esteem, create family time, build team skills and help kid’s appreciate to eat what they make.

When did you start teaching your kids to cook and what’s your favourite thing to cook together?

Hi, this is Richard – one of the newest staff members here at Springfree™ Trampoline in Toronto. I’m also new to Canada, having moved here at the end of 2009 from England.

We have a very international team here at the office with staff from all over the world working together to make the Springfree™ Trampoline as great as it is and I’m sure they or anyone who has left home will tell you every now and again the dreaded homesickness is bound to strike. It can often be the smallest thing that sets you off and in my case there is only one cure….FOOD!

Yesterday was one such day and my mind immediately wandered to thoughts of grilled chicken from my favourite restaurant back home and in particularly their delicious Peri-Peri sauce I would smother all over my plate. It never failed to disappoint.

I knew it was sold at my local supermarket so after I finished up at the office I headed off on a mission to stock up. It wasn’t long before I stood in front my beloved bottles of sauce on the shelf. Without hesitation I grabbed 2 and placed them in the basket with the rest of my groceries. As I rode the bus back to my apartment I was lost in a daydream of the little taste of home that awaited me.

What I didn’t expect to be waiting for me was the funniest coincidence I’ve experienced in a long time. Sitting outside my building was a car, not just any car but a car with this registration plate:

I just had to snap that picture on my phone. I was smiling all the way up on the elevator and better still, I didn’t feel homesick anymore. As for my meal that night, it would be safe to say my plate was a little “2 SAUCY”.

Dreams… I love them! Dreaming I’m sitting on a secluded beach reading a good thriller with no sense of time. 

Well to be completely honest I have never had that dream but it does sound good! Rather I have a re-occurring dream that I’ve have had since I can remember and continue to have.

Its sound weird but stick with me here… It involves me fishing at night alone as a little girl on a cracked black river bank.  An old red fibreglass boat drives past me when a fisherman on the boat cast’s his line directly at me.  (This is where it get’s really weird)  The ball that floats on the water (sort of like a red and white ping-pong ball) to show when a fish is hooked, gets stuck in my ear. (I warned you it was weird!) My dream then goes on to me at the hospital and getting it removed.

They say all dreams mean something and I’ve always been interested to find out the philosophy behind my strange dream.

Professor Drew Dawson from the Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia said that dreaming could be a vital mental tool for sorting and filing information and discarding what’s not needed. 

Hmm… I wonder what’s important about a fish floaty in my ear. 

Anyway he also shares some other facts about dreaming that I find fascinating and wanted to share:

• Many think that dream sleeping also known as rapid eye movement sleep is the deepest stage of sleep, but it’s not.  The moments before the dream are when you’re in a nice deep sleep.
• The Brainwaves when you’re sleeping are similar to your brain waves when you’re awake.
• Some scientists believe dreaming is an evolutionary survival mechanism, designed to keep our brains alert.

Do you have any re-occurring dreams?  Or have you ever had your dreams analysed?

Springfree™ Trampoline is featured in Australia Women’s Health Magazine as the future in exercise and health that is right here right now for people like you and me to reap the benefits from. 

The article goes on to say that,

“Bouncing up and down is nothing new.  But NASA recently found that 10 minutes on a trampoline burns the same about of KJ’s as a 30-minute run, with 80 per cent less bone impact. This tramp is the first spring-free option with soft edges, so you won’t crack your noggin if you misjudge that somersault.”

Another health benefit from re-bounding is the good it does for our lymphatic system.   Bouncing gets the blood circulating, hence helping to eliminate toxins  built up in our body.

The lymphatic system can be compared to the dump for our bodies.  It stores all the toxins and waste products in our body and you can only get this flowing by:

1. Gravity
2. Internal Massage of the lymph ducts and
3. Exercise by rebounding (i.e. Jumping on  a Springfree™ Trampoline)

So I hope you are getting your iPod, some comfy clothes and heading outside to enjoy some ‘me’ time on the Springfree™ Trampoline. 

Do you use the Springfree™ Trampoline as part of your exercise routine? I would love to hear more about at erin@springfree.com.au

Many people can’t start the day without a nice hot cuppa tea but now there is another reason to enjoy your tea.  Research has found that drinking tea can cut the risk of ovarian Cancer. 

And best of all, it can be any tea variety from black, green or herbal. 

These findings emerged from a QLD Institute of Medical Research study in Australia where they looked at the food and lifestyle habits of 2700 women, half of whom had a history of ovarian cancer.

The key difference between the two groups was the tea intake. Women who drank four or more cups of tea per day may have reduced the risk of ovarian cancer by 30 per cent.   Exactly how it reduces the cancer risk is being explored in the US as we speak.

Well I am off on a tea break Cuppa Anyone?