Retail therapies

■ If you’re a fan of flavoured coffee but don’t want the sugar or sweetners that syrups add, Little’s Coffee Flavour Infused Capsules (£4; Tesco) are a delicious alternative. They add a hit of creamy caramel, French vanilla, double choc or – our favourite – hazelnut to Nespresso-style pods of rich Honduran arabica.

■ Social enterprise Hey Girls aims to eradicate period poverty. Now it has created a free ebook and animation to help make period talk easier for parents who are trying to teach children about how the menstrual cycle works. It’s jargon free and explains the experience of starting a period. Download your copy at heygirls.co.uk

■ The Melissa & Doug Super Smile Dentist Kit (£34.29; Amazon) lets kids get to grips with a set of over-sized pretend teeth, cleaning them, treating cavities and fitting braces. It’s really engaging, one of Amazon’s top 10 toys this Christmas – and a fun way to encourage little ones to look after their pearly whites.

■ Farmison & Co’s mission to get us all eating less meat, so that what we do buy can be better quality, doesn’t stop at Christmas. Rather than roasting a whole turkey and dealing with leftovers for days, choose their winter spice brined turkey leg (£16.95; farmison.com). It’s free-range, tender and flavoured with chestnut, apple and cinnamon.