Coronavirus has changed our eating habits, but are you a quarantine snacker or have you found a new love for cooking? 

This article has been written and medically approved by Pharmacist Conor McSorley GPhC Reg No. 2223070

The rise of home chef

As staying home becomes the new normal, many find themselves embracing new home based hobbies as they develop new ways to keep their days interesting. One key way to avoid monotony is to add variety to your daily meals and invest time and creative energy into preparing these. 

Shopping local

Covid - 19 and the subsequent lockdown has hugely impacted how retailers can operate, with restrictions resulting in an almost overnight blanket closure of our UK high streets with the exception of specific essential retailers. The significant change to the way in which we can shop has led to consumers embracing new shopping habits, and with lengthy queues often forming outside supermarkets and online delivery slots being few and far between, many have switched to the independent retailers on their local high streets for everyday essentials 

Quarantine snacking

As quarantine became a reality for most in mid march, people began sharing details of their quarantine lives in an effort to stay connected with the rest of the world. During this time , quarantine snacks became a key focus of conversation with posts split into two camps. The first were those who saw quarantine as an opportunity for a healthy cleanse of their bodies and were posting their healthy snacks and recipes to support this. The second were those who found that a sudden influx of extra time drove an increase in boredom induced unhealthy snacking, fuelled by an excess of food at home due to stockpiling. However this camp tended to embrace the extra snacking, and the comfort it brought as part of quarantine life.