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Easy Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

Easy Homemade Almond Milk Recipe

This week I am looking briefly at a Easy Homemade Almond Milk Recipe, which is another new addition to the dairy free milk brigade. I even have seen a few coffee shops offer almond milk as an alternative but it is any good for you? Last week we looked at coconut milk...

How to Transform your Health One Choice at A Time

How to Transform your Health One Choice at A Time

As a coach I am often saying things like make sustainable changes, set goals, think about your dream health and waffle on about making powerful choices in regards to health, eating and life. This is all well and good in theory but putting it into practice...

Detoxing: Fad? Or Actually Good For You?

  Detox. Does that word make your think of faddy celebrity diets that would be featured in Heat or Grazia where you eat only cabbage and goji berries? Or maybe you are big into detoxing and are already into juice cleanses and perhaps even home...

Is Soya Milk Healthy?

Is Soya Milk Healthy?

  Over the last 2 weeks we have been looking at dairy. We have looked at the arguments for and against, and my own experience of consuming dairy and generally looked at if dairy is a healthy addition to your diet. To catch up , here is part 1 and part 2.  ...

Vanilla, Raspberry and Chocolate (3 Tiered) Cake

Vanilla, Raspberry and Chocolate (3 Tiered) Cake

It has come to the end of our fun series following the Bake Off and well done Frances for winning it all! I wanted Frances to win as her cakes were always a marvel to look at. I will remain permanently mesmerised by her ability to make cakes with hidden carrots or...

Dairy #2: Is Dairy Healthy + Should you be eating it?

Dairy #2: Is Dairy Healthy + Should you be eating it?

Last week we began this series by looking at what dairy is, the types out there and they mean for your health and my own journey through eating or not eating dairy.Click here to read part 1. You may have read last week and thought  'she hasn't given me...

Grain Free, Delicious Pumpkin Pie

Grain Free, Delicious Pumpkin Pie

This is an ode to Autumn, to Pie and to America. When I lived in the south of England I had the wonderful privilege of having lots of American friends who introduced me to the world of pumpkin. Pumpkin bread, pie, bars and cookies are now familiar things to my taste...

Grain Free Canapes

Grain Free Canapes

The quarter-final happened this week! That means time has gone by so very quickly - 9 whole weeks. I hope you have been enjoying this little series of mine. From Custard Cups, to Soda Bread Loaves to Trifles - it has been health food galore - with only one more...

Is Dairy Healthy? #1

Is Dairy Healthy? #1

Today I am going to begin a mini series looking at Dairy. I have been wanting to do a series on this for a while, because like meat, it is a bit on controversial topic. Health enthusiasts seems to be on two extremes, with one half telling you dairy is evil, that we...

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

Did you think of me whilst watching this week Bake Off? My best friend sent me a message telling me that this was 'my' week of the bake off as they were copious amounts of vegetables in cakes and a high use of unusual flours! Winner. Needless to say I loved it and was...

Vblog: What is it? Raw Apple Vinegar

  Today I demystifying another weird sounding health food - Raw Apple Cider Vinegar (RACV).  This is a product I use everyday and is so inexpensive with tons of benefits. So have a watch and learn more about this detoxifying wonder!     Please note...

DIY Beauty: Natural Organic Deodorant

DIY Beauty: Natural Organic Deodorant

Today I am going to look at the topic of body odour, sweat and the natural solution. We all sweat, it is the bodies way of cooling the blood down. We have roughly 2 million sweat glands - most of which are in our armpits and we can lose roughly 1/2 a litre of sweat a...

Spelt Roly Poly!

Spelt Roly Poly!

Another week of the Bake Off that saw Glen leave and left only ladies in the baking tent! Plus it took on tradition will the task of creating suet based pudding. Roly Poly's, Clooties and Spotted Dicks (hehe - still funny!) were the pudding of the hour all of which...

Breakfast Pancakes/Drop Scones

Breakfast Pancakes/Drop Scones

You may a tad confused by the title. Am I about to offer you a scone or a pancake? Well dear readers I am merely being sensitive to your heritage. For the recipe below could be an alternative  healthier version of  thick American pancakes or a contemporary...