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There is so much hype around bread, pasta and rice, well ‘carbs’ for that matter. I am campaigning to stop the hate. Many popular diets have demonised carbohydrates and popularised carbohydrate counting and this is definitely not the way to go! Carbs or carbohydrates, for a little bit of formality, are so incredibly important to […]
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Hello lovelies! This is just a short little appreciation post for YOU. I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for your positive support with the protein part of The Foundation Series (TFS). When it comes to nutrition, I often am looking for the simple albeit scientific answer and can spend up to several hours […]
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Pumpkin is one of my most favourite foods. It’s so versatile. It can be roasted whole or in wedges for salads, used as a base for curries and smoothies, mashed for babies, made into bread and pie and so much more! Pumpkin, a starchy vegetable, is best cooked well as it aids digestion and also […]
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Protein exists in every cell of our body, needless to say that its role is HUMONGOUS! You can read all about that in my previous post on protein: the 411 here. Nevertheless, we need to ensure we are not only feeding ourselves adequate amounts of protein but the best quality and the most bioavailable sources of […]
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When it comes to eye health, carrots have long been known as the bees knees! But did you know, they actually play an important part in ensuring long, luscious locks too?! Among the common orange and red coloured vegetables, carrots contain the highest amount of beta-carotene, the important precursor for Vitamin A. Vitamin A nourishes […]
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This is the first of what I am calling The Foundation Series. A series of blog posts outlining the 411 of our major nutrients; protein, carbohydrates, water and fat. If you’re anything like me, I am hungry for knowledge when it comes to nutrition. I love to learn and I especially love that nutrition is an […]
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Quinoa is one of my most favourite foods! Despite being so versatile, it is such a humble grain. See my previous food of the week post on quinoa itself. I love this salad as its perfect year round. You can adapt it to summer by enjoying it with a freshly grilled piece of fish or winter […]
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Welcome to part 2 of my series of what actually constitutes a serve of specific fruits and vegetables. We know what they are, we are consuming them, but are we consuming enough…? See back to my previous serving example post here. This picture shows 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of veg. This constitutes […]
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You should recognise a theme amongst my social media pages – SALADS. I love salad. I love making them and I love eating them and I love that the ingredients can mirror the rainbow. For the next month, I challenge you to add a salad a day to your daily diet. By salad I mean a mix […]
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Fermented foods play a critical part in the diet of many different cultures such as Germany with its sauerkraut and Korea with its kimchi. Traditionally, the process was used as a preservation technique but also to help enhance the nutritional profile of some foods. In Western society, however, we are generally lacking in these types […]