AllyL, I'm glad your Mum had a lovely birthday, and that you felt slim. I love the clothes in Coast. The meal sounds delicious.

Patsy - I liked the idea of wine dancing. I might start a club for that up here!! I enjoy line dancing but I haven't done any in ages. I like the way you can do it without a partner.

My OH will often pinch some raw cauliflower when I'm preparing it, and also sliced mushrooms.

There was a woman called Lesley Kenton who used to be a great advocate of raw food. Does anyone remember her? She was blonde and always wore white. Gillian McKeith is another fan of raw veg. My MIL took the opposite view and used to boil her veg into submission. Her cauliflower looked like mashed potato

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I am better at raw fruit than veg because I eat that summer and winter and always start the day with fruit if I can. I am also a great lover of soup, and get a lot of veg that way.