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I remember making blackberry jam with Nanny, my Grandmother. My sister and I would pick the berries from the blackberry bushes in the field and carry them back to the…

I am so excited to announce that I will be contributing to Womens Health with monthly columns and recipes online. This month we are kick starting with the topic of…

Not to blow my own trumpet BUT I think I’ve perfected the sweet potato fry. This recipe is incredibly simple and it doesn’t require any deep fat frying to achieve a crispy-on-the-outside-soft-on-the-inside chip. I also love the combination of sweet and savoury flavours. Take the dish a step further and serve it with a creamy hummus – YUM!

Porridge is one of the cheapest and versatile meals you can make. It’s one of my favourite comfort foods and in terms of the nutritional benefits, there are lots of…

I’ve always worn Reebok as a child, as a teenager, and now as an adult, so the fit felt right from the start. I also really admire the messaging behind…

In this post I share with you a few key hacks for those days (weeks? months?) when you feel like you are too busy to even take your socks off before you jump into bed.

A couple of months back Alex from The Soup Kitchen reached out to me on Instagram, asking if I would like to come volunteer. He told me about the charity…

Coconut oil “as unhealthy as beef fat and butter” was splashed across the headlines this month after the American Heart Association (AHA) released a review of the data on the effects of dietary saturated fat intake . However, replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats reduced the risk of CVD. Just to make clear, this is not new evidence, but a review of all the scientific evidence that we have on dietary fats so far.

I’m making a promise to myself to reconnect with the ‘real’ me. I’ve decided to incorporate daily meditation into my morning routine to help keep me grounded and focused. I accept it won’t be easy to begin with and there will be times where I will try to avoid doing it to save time, but I’m going to give this everything i’ve got because I deserve it.