family life & travels
The month of January can be a good time to think about getting focused on the things that you want to improve upon over the coming year, as well as making goals or resolutions for going forward. This time last year was the first time that I took part in ‘Veganuary,’ a months dedicated to
If you have set yourself a goal to save money over the next year or so, then where do you start? I have seen different saving sheets that I have given a try to before, as well as doing things like switching bank accounts or putting any coins that I get into a specific bank
I shared a recipe a few days ago for a spicy penne pasta dish that costs just over £1.60 per portion, and tastes so delicious, as well as having plenty of nutritional value. Cooking for yourself can be a great way to save money instead of eating out, and one of the UK’s top choices
If you want to reduce your meat intake over the Christmas break and have something a little lighter, then an alternative to sausage-meat stuffing is a vegan alternative. With the only allergens as cashews and celery, it will be suitable for most people and not only that, they are really easy to prepare. “Winter
This Christmas will be my first as a vegetarian. And as we don’t normally have a roast dinner all that often, it has left me wondering what I would have with ‘all the trimmings.’ So I have been looking forward to trying out a few new things for the main dish, instead of the turkey
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
With the cooler temperatures here, there is nothing better than some classic comfort food. And for me, comfort food is anything containing carbs, like pasta and rice dishes. The good news with rice dishes is that there is plenty of protein in there too (and my children love rice much more than that love pasta).
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
It has only been until recently that I found my absolute love of coconuts. Don’t get me wrong, I still can’t eat something like a Bounty bar. But coconut oil, coconut water, and coconut milk are my jam (oh, and coconut jam)! The humble coconut really is versatile and such a superfood. The coconut and
