There’s quite an old excuse I still seen thrown around when it comes to people not eating healthily. ‘It’s too expensive to eat healthy food’. Like anything in life, healthy eating can cost as much, or as little, as you want it to. You can choose the premium, prepared and organic options and you will … Continue reading Save money on healthy food at UK supermarkets with GreenJinn
Baking your own homemade bread is no longer a chore with bread machines that make the whole process so simple. You don’t even have to knead the bread yourself, but simply add all your ingredients to a bread making machine and all the hard work is taken care of. We did have a bread machine … Continue reading The benefits of homemade bread
*Schwartz sent me the chilli flakes featured for review, but all views and words are my own.* Probably one of the first vegan meals anyone thinks of is vegan chilli and for a long while this was usually the standard option when eating out as a vegan, if there was an option on a menu … Continue reading Benefits of chilli flakes + quick, easy vegan chilli recipe
There are numerous benefits to growing your own food in your garden with children which I will explore below. I also have a book giveaway at the end of this blog post to help you and your children grow your own, with recipe inspiration for your homegrown produce. In many ways we are really lucky … Continue reading Reasons to grow your own food with kids
Sweet potatoes are everywhere right now. They're in every supermarket and on almost every menu I see when eating out in the UK. A decade ago they’d not have been on the menu at all, in fact a decade ago I hadn't even tried a sweet potato! It’s definitely not a bad thing as the … Continue reading 10 easy ways to eat sweet potato
In the summer we went on a week long road trip to Europe in our Mazda Bongo with the kids. We drove 1700 miles from the UK through France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium. We explored Amsterdam for a day, visited my husband Ben's Gran in Germany, took an epic 10 hour drive to see many … Continue reading Plant based road trip food: vegan things to eat when you have no fridge
In this blog post I have a great way you can donate to food banks for free! For the second year running we have taken part in a reverse advent calendar to donate a sizeable amount of food from our household to the local food bank. It’s a great initiative ran annually by the UK … Continue reading Donate more to your local food bank by using free food apps
For the second year running I am taking part in the reverse advent calendar campaign organised by the UK Money Bloggers. It's also known as the #FoodbankAdvent and can be shared on social with the hashtag to raise more awareness. If you want to take part in a reverse advent calendar 2019 then read on … Continue reading Help your local food bank with a reverse advent calendar
When I first started on my healthy journey around seven years ago, I returned to vegetarianism, began to swap junk food snacks for healthier dried fruit and refined sugar free alternatives and changed to a natural beauty regime. I was first sparked by seeing 'paraben free' labels on baby products when we had Bella and … Continue reading Win The Reboot with Joe Juice Diet Recipe Book!
We all want to have an enjoyable lifestyle, and part of that is having the energy to take part in the things that we want to do. Rather than resorting to drastic diets, consider what is being coined as ‘lifestyle medicine’. Making small changes that add up to a big difference. Small steps to be … Continue reading Improving your health with small changes
