‘An important component of food’: Why a dietitian says some chocolate is OK

August 9, 2026 — 5:00amLauren Skora is a cookbook author. The 36-year-old shares her day on a plate. Photo: Art by Eliza Iredale 5.40am Wake after a broken night with my newborn and go straight into a feed. I have a big glass of water with Celtic salt.6.35am A bowl of granola sprinkles with milk and frozen raspberries while getting the kids ready.8.15am A boiled egg on the school and daycare run.8.55am A large full-cream latte on a walk with the baby.10am A protein bar between feeds and emails.12.30pm Sourdough with avocado, boiled eggs and sauerkraut, plus half a chocolate bunny my kids forgot about after Easter.3pm I finish the leftover fruit and veg from the kids’ lunchboxes.5.25pm Chicken soup stretched with jasmine rice cooked in bone broth.7.15pm A trail mix bikkie I made for the kid