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Mar 14, 2018
4 min

The Non Holiday

I wait all year for my week of skiing. I’m not a very daring skier, and often find it quite stressful, but the clear mountain air, amazin...

Jan 10, 2018
3 min

Soup season is here.

I recently stumbled upon a bargain. Not a new pair of shoes or a coat. I mean an real bargain, an edible one. No, not chocolate! Parsnips...

Sep 18, 2017
2 min

Squash and Orange Cake

I’ve done recipes for chocolate courgette cake and beetroot cake, in the past, and even this one made it into a blog a couple of years ag...

Jul 2, 2017
2 min

What to do with all those courgettes? Make cake of course!

A little bit of naughtiness for you. Cake every now and then doesn’t do you any harm. Dark chocolate and courgettes seem to be good balan...

Apr 17, 2017
5 min

It’s Kombucha time!

When I was away skiing in Austria, there were bottles of Kombucha at breakfast, so this became a new morning ritual, together with the Bi...

Apr 9, 2017
2 min

Why have I never tried overnight oats?

So much to learn, so much to discover. Why on earth had I never tried over night oats? (Also known as Bircher). My life has changed! No m...

Feb 5, 2017
1 min

Perfect brunch

This seems to be the ‘in thing’ for brunch in most restaurants at the moment, and I love it! It’s not difficult to put together at home e...

Jan 13, 2017
2 min

It’s soup season.

This is the season for soup making. Every TV cook has a selection of great new recipes for amazingly nourishing soups, so inspiration is ...

Nov 18, 2016
4 min

Fermented foods for your gut garden!

It wasn’t until I started skiing in Austria that I discovered the joys of raw fermented sauerkraut. Every day with the second course sala...

Nov 8, 2016
2 min

The making of the Christmas cake

For once I am organised for Christmas. Well, as far as the Christmas cake making goes anyway. I’m sure with social media and especially i...

Aug 31, 2016
3 min

Granola makes a change from muesli

I was converted to muesli after a ski holiday to Austria earlier in the year. You could just add all the extra bits you liked and grind a...

Mar 23, 2016
3 min

Enter the new breakfast. Muesli.

Such a choice of cereal on holiday Having spent a week in Austria I have been inspired by the simple but also complex breakfast that is m...

Feb 20, 2016
3 min

Need some Turmeric in your diet?

I’m always interested in anything natural that can help health and wellbeing, and last year I discovered the powerful ways of the turmeri...

Dec 26, 2015
5 min

Is it over yet?

It’s that time of year again. Everyone planning their New Year Detox even before the New Near has actually arrived. We all overindulged i...

Apr 16, 2015
4 min

The Power Of Yellow

Those of you who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, will know that I am an avid juicer, but not for a pure detox, more for a daily vitami...

Feb 26, 2015
3 min

Raw chocolate is dairy free and full of antioxidants

Raw Chocolate is becoming very popular because it is totally dairy free, and also free from refined sugar. It just contains a syrup like ...

Jan 20, 2015
2 min

It’s all about Balance

So, some of you have done a full detox, some have just cleared out the cheese and chocolate mountain from Christmas and others are still,...

Jan 14, 2015
4 min

Confused?

The previous post on about juicing verses a ‘bullet’ (or a blender), has created a lot of interest on Face Book and Twitter. It made me r...

Jan 11, 2015
4 min

Juicer or Bullet?

So many questions, so many options! I seem to be constantly asked about which juicer to buy and why don’t I have a Nutribullet? So much t...

Aug 7, 2012
2 min

Chocolate Courgette Cake

Can there be a Healthy-ish Cake? The allotment veg has been a disaster this year. If you sowed too early everything dried up. Sowed lat...

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