Eat food you love that loves you back
My friend said to me recently that since she’s hit the menopause, even looking at a slice of cake or glass of wine makes her put on weight. I have to say, in the last year or so, I have to agree with her! Continue reading “Healthy habits to help you lose weight”
There’s no getting away from it, making positive change and creating new habits can be challenging. Sometimes overwhelming. In fact so overwhelming, it’s just seems too hard to start. But if you need to make changes to the way you eat due to a health challenge, overwhelm can’t win. Continue reading “7 Easy Steps To Start Your Whole-Food Plant-Based Journey”
When it comes to Christmas dinner in our house – or any roast dinner – it’s the veggies that are the star of the show. We have loads! Sometimes there’s too many dishes to fit on the table, but it’s worth the chaos – and the washing up 😉 Continue reading “Christmas red cabbage”
Have you noticed how in the festive season, desserts tend to be really heavy and rich? And if you are eating a plant-based diet for health reasons, often full of ingredients you need to avoid. Which inevitably means you end up missing out. And I don’t like missing out on desserts one bit! Continue reading “Spiced pears”
With the weather so wild and windy at the moment, it’s great to have some tasty comfort foods to help stay warm and cosy. This delicious bake is easy to make, is totally satisfying as well as packed full with healthful nutrients including a good dose of plant-based protein. Continue reading “Millet and vegetable bake”
The climate crisis has been a hot topic for the last two weeks with COP26 taking up a lot of space in the news. Getting a global agreement on how to tackle climate change – or save the future depending on how you see it – was always going to be challenging. Continue reading “Tackling food waste at home”
Back in 2008, I had migraines nearly every day for months and months. Migraines were not a new experience, I’d had them in cycles all my life. But never with this frequency. It was not a fun time! Continue reading “Are your favourite foods triggering migraines?”
I love parsnip soup. And I love cauliflower soup. So it only seemed like a natural progression to try the two together. And it was definitely worth doing! Continue reading “Parsnip and cauliflower soup”
If you’ve been feeling a big sluggish and weighed down by heavy seasonal treats and comfort food, then this delicious winter salad might just hit the spot for you. It’s easy to make and full of fresh, seasonal ingredients that will delight your tastebuds and give your body just what it needs on a dull, January day. Continue reading “Orange and pomegranate salad”
“We all eat, and it would be a sad waste of opportunity to eat badly” says designer and author Anna Thomas. And it’s so true – food is a basic essential of life. But there’s so much food available (to most of us) alongside so many opinions on what is ‘good’ and ‘bad’ that deciding what to eat has become complex and confusing. Continue reading “Maximising the opportunity to eat well”