family life & travels
When you cook with oils, there are so many different ones to choose from. The thing is, there are a few factors to consider when you put an oil on high heat. You want the cooking oil to stay stable when it is heated, so that it doesn’t oxidise. Then it would go off really
if you are looking for something a little different for the festive table this year, then a vegan and sugar-free cake could do just the trick. When this recipe is cut up into long rectangles, it can be made into this super healthy Battenberg Cake. Using ingredients like raw beetroot it gives you a cake
Autumn is in full swing now that temperatures have dropped and the clocks have changed. In fact, it feels a lot more like winter at the moment (though I guess it is still technically autumn until December). And as fun as it can be to get wrapped up warm and enjoy all that the season
My children being back at school can mean a few things. But, one of the things that I am almost looking forward to is getting back to routine and getting our mornings more productive. I know that when my days are more structured, I get so much more done. The kids eat better, I eat
I thought that now I have two children at school, that I would have so much more time on my hands. But I seem to be as busy as ever, and that time between 9 and 3 really does fly by! I have been making much more of an effort to take better care of
As the title of the post shows, today’s post is all about PCOS (or polycystic ovarian syndrome, to give it its full name). If you’ve followed the blog for a while now, or even know me in person, then you know that this is a condition that I have, that oddly, was diagnosed after having
If you ever want to mark how fast two months flies by, then you need to start writing out weekly blog posts – I can’t believe that this is the 8th week of using the XLS-Nutrition Shakes, my final week of the challenge. I do have some of the shake powder leftover, so I do intend
If you look up any ‘healthy eating tips’ online, then you tend to see a lot of the same things. Drink plenty of water, have a colourful plate of food, and reduce your intake of things that saturated fats and processed foods. But in my experience, there is something missing; growing your own food. For
I am all for cooking from scratch. But sometimes, life can get in the way and one day you might be out of the house more than others. If you’ve got fruit, dried fruit, nuts, or veg sticks, already prepared, then them thrown in a storage box can be a quick thing to put in
