Use a morning routine to build healthy habits quickly
Use a morning routine to build healthy habits quickly I love my morning routine. It's amazing that most of us have 25,000 mornings in our adult lives between the age of 18 to 80. Morning activities for most people range from the bare minimum (shower, dress, coffee, and... go!) to potent [...]
Rooibos tea benefits and creating a herbal tea routine
Rooibos tea benefits and creating a herbal tea routine This week's habit has us adding a very easy hydration and antioxidant rich step into the morning routine we are building together over the course of the month. I'll share what my routine looks like, and then you can decide the best place to fit [...]
Essential green smoothie recipe for energy and clear skin
Essential green smoothie recipe for energy and clear skin I'm sure you've heard that a higher consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality including cancer and heart attacks. But what researchers have recently learned is that for every additional serving of fruits or vegetables you consume [...]
How to make lemon water life changing
How to make lemon water life changing In the past 2 years I've noticed that almost every mainstream health guru has started advising warm lemon water. It's an easy thing to do for a pretty nice stack of benefits that include: weight-loss, immune boosting, energy boosting, inflammation reduction and wrinkle reduction. This [...]
A thrilling start to 2015
A thrilling start to 2015 A great big hug and Happy New Year to you! It's been such a thrilling start to the year to receive the annual website performance reports that Wordpress circulated this week. This has been the year where I have stopped feeling like one person shouting [...]
Spanish fish soup with Jerusalem artichokes and puy lentils
Spanish fish soup with Jerusalem artichokes and puy lentils This is an amazingly feisty and deeply flavourful soup. The combination of tomatoes, eggs, mackerel and Jerusalem artichokes in this result in a 1+1=50 explosion of "umami" flavouring. Umami is a Japanese word for the 5th unique taste that humans can detect. [...]
Risotto of buckwheat groats with beets and garlic porcini mushrooms
Risotto of buckwheat groats with beets and garlic porcini mushrooms Quinoa is normally on my grain speed-dial, but lately I've been experimenting with Buckwheat Groats (also called Kasha). Though kind of saddled with an unfortunate name, Buckwheat Groats are actually delightfully nutty, gluten-free seeds that rate low on the glycemic [...]
Baked oatmeal with carrots coconut and cardamom
Baked oatmeal with carrots coconut and cardamom I love how baked oatmeal has taken the foodie internet by storm. This humble little dish has in fact become one of my favourite warming cold weather breakfasts. It's just so amazingly tasty. By baking your porridge ingredients you end up with an [...]
Smoky cauliflower soup with turmeric sweet potatoes and red peppers
Smoky cauliflower soup with turmeric sweet potatoes and red peppers This cauliflower soup is the warming equivalent of a great big exotic hug. Roasting cauliflower until it's a smoky, caramelised hot mess really makes my day. It's a simple enough process. You throw some plain old cauliflower in a roasting [...]
Moist blackberry pumpkin bread with amazing banana coconut frosting
Moist blackberry pumpkin bread with amazing banana coconut frosting Who wouldn't want to eat cake that doesn't cause your waistline to expand like the usual suspects do? This cake has zero added sugar and no flour either yet it tastes amazing. It's full of the pumpkin pie spices including cinnamon, clove and [...]