Guest review by dietitian Nicole Senior APD, AN, author of Belly Busting for Blokes

Two thirds of Australian men are overweight or obese and their big bellies are putting them at risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer. One of the reasons blokes are bearing the brunt of the obesity epidemic is they tend to outsource their food, often to the fast food industry. Meal-maker products are ideally positioned to help blokes to resist the urge of fast food and throw a meal together with a minimum of fuss. Birdseye Create-a-meal is such a product. It all sounds good, but how does it stack up?

Do you live on your own or cook solo? It can often seem like a lot of unnecessary effort. All that shopping, chopping and cooking … and then there’s the washing up! And then there are those times when you suddenly get asked out for dinner and the things you bought go off before you have a chance to cook them. Not to mention when you end up throwing some out because you only used half the pack. So here are four great ideas that I’ve found work for one-ers.