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
Today I want to share with you a press release about how nurseries and schools only offer free cows milk to children and not a vegan alternative. This is something we have experienced as my son has just started school and all the children get free cows milk. Obviously as we are vegan I have … Continue reading Legal challenge to include vegan milk in schools on par with cow’s milk
Yesterday was my birthday and it tied in very nicely with a gifted meal I was offered at The Stable in Cheltenham in exchange for an Instagram post which you can see by clicking here. I've also decided to share it here on my blog as I love discovering vegan menus when eating out. Of … Continue reading Delicious vegan menu at The Cheltenham Stable
Who doesn’t have a guilty pleasure or two? Maybe you have a sweet tooth that gets you craving cakes and candy. You might enjoy a leisurely cigarette when on the social scene. Perhaps you can’t seem to go a minute without checking social media. Doing any of these things on occasion may not cause you … Continue reading Breaking bad habits to improve your health
Our skin is the largest organ of our body. We often think of organs as being internal, tucked away where we can’t see them, so it’s easy to forget that our skin is also an organ and needs looking after with nutrition just as much as any other part of our body. In this blog … Continue reading How to naturally get glowing healthy skin
