How to create a healthy kitchen to inspire better eating habits

How to create a healthy kitchen to inspire better eating habits

Eating healthily is so important for our overall health.  To make sure you are inspired to eat healthily it’s important to set up a healthy kitchen. Having a healthy kitchen layout can inspire better eating habits and keep you on the right track to a healthful life inside and out. Here are lots of tips … Continue reading How to create a healthy kitchen to inspire better eating habits

High cholesterol and blood pressure can hurt your kidneys

Your kidneys are essential organs that filter your blood, removing excess nutrients and waste products from the body. But sometimes, things can go wrong, and kidneys can fail, meaning that people have to go on lifelong dialysis or require kidney transplants. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people suffer from kidney failure, according to expert … Continue reading High cholesterol and blood pressure can hurt your kidneys

The benefits of an organic fruit and vegetable box delivery

Eating a mainly organic diet is really important to me.  I’ve written on this blog before about why I think everyone should choose organic.   It’s not just the benefits to our own health by avoiding the chemicals, but to animals, our planet, soil and water too.  Chemicals are so destructive and we are a walking … Continue reading The benefits of an organic fruit and vegetable box delivery

4 tips for staying fit and healthy on your next holiday

Got your next holiday all booked? You’re probably very excited – and with good reason. Breaks from the “real world” are exactly what we need to recharge our batteries and get through life. But while you’re escaping, it’s not uncommon to let your health get away from you. Even though I am super health conscious … Continue reading 4 tips for staying fit and healthy on your next holiday

The most effective ways to supercharge your immune system

Supercharging your immune system is something you should look at doing regularly so that you don’t fall ill, ensuring you feel great the majority of the time. You may not always be able to stay away from bacteria and germs, but you can make your immune system strong enough to fight these things off.  The … Continue reading The most effective ways to supercharge your immune system

How to use freeze-dried fruit in vegan recipes

Working with different ingredients is always interesting and working with something totally new to us often presents a challenge.  Freeze dried fruit is something that I only started using when I began my healthy journey around seven years ago.  Before this I had never used a freeze dried fruit powder or eaten a freeze dried … Continue reading How to use freeze-dried fruit in vegan recipes

5 areas of your health you should always prioritise as a busy mum

Though it really shouldn’t be, it does seem that trying to be healthy can be a challenge for most. It’s something that some people really have to think about, and work on. When you’re a busy mum, it can sometimes feel impossible. You can often find yourself grabbing convenience food, and don’t even start about … Continue reading 5 areas of your health you should always prioritise as a busy mum

21 easy vegan sandwich filling ideas for lunchboxes (without soy or added sugar)

Yesterday I was speaking to someone about how I am now 100% plant based and consume no animal products at all.  Before this year I was vegetarian for 5 years, having previously been veggie as a youngster too, but now I've cut all animal products out.  My husband has been meat and dairy free (an … Continue reading 21 easy vegan sandwich filling ideas for lunchboxes (without soy or added sugar)

Vinnie’s Eatery review: Plant based restaurant in Cheltenham

2023 update: Sad to see, but Vinnie's Eatery has closed. We had a kid-free Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning the weekend just gone, so I finally got a chance to take Ben to Vinnie’s Eatery in Cheltenham.  I’d been once before last summer with a friend when attending the very first Cheltenham Vegan Fair and … Continue reading Vinnie’s Eatery review: Plant based restaurant in Cheltenham

How to easily eat these 7 delicious super foods every week

I’m a huge advocate for healthy eating and fuelling our bodies with the most nutrient rich superfoods we can.  I believe poor diets are the number one cause of illness and disease across the world, particularly the rise in type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.  Most day to day illnesses such as coughs and … Continue reading How to easily eat these 7 delicious super foods every week

Is the ‘everything in moderation’ diet a load of baloney?

One thing that’s been winding me up lately is this ‘everything in moderation’ diet nonsense.  Yep, nonsense.  I said it and I reckon a lot of people will disagree, but hear me out. I truly believe that this ‘moderation diet’ is just most people’s excuse to be able to eat all the bad things they … Continue reading Is the ‘everything in moderation’ diet a load of baloney?