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Vegan Sausage Patties
Following a vegan diet, taking part in ‘Veganuary’ or just cutting down on meat but missing sausages and burgers? These vegan sausage patties are easy to make and child friendly too! I’m not a vegan but I do appreciate the nutritional benefits of getting a varied diet and that includes meat alternatives occasionally instead […]
Continue readingHow to Maintain Muscle on a Plant Based Diet
Think you need to eat meat to build muscle? Wrong! As long as you’re eating and exercising right, you’ll maintain and even build muscle. But cutting out meat makes this more difficult. So here I’ll show you how to make sure you’re not protein deficient as a vegetarian or vegan. To be healthy and […]
Continue readingUnusual Healthy Salad Recipe Combos You Must Try!
There’s nothing like a fresh, tasty, light and healthy salad to remind you that, rain or shine, the calendar confirms it is indeed Summer here in the UK. Having said that, the quickest way to be deterred from ever eating another leaf is to be presented with a limp bowl of wilting lettuce and a few wrinkly […]
Continue readingHealthy Lemon Tart Recipe
I grew up in the Channel Islands and would frequently holiday in France, where Tarte au Citron is a restaurant staple and the taste of Summer itself. This Healthy Lemon Tart recipe has all of the flavour but with no refined flour or sugar, just a whole lotta nutritious goodness. The crust is also […]
Continue readingHow to Get More Protein for Women who are Too Busy
Protein powders have been popular in the fitness industry for years, but only recently have they become more mainstream, and too often I find people, especially those new to getting fit and healthy, suspicious about a big tub of powder with labels they don’t understand. But dismissing protein powders is missing a trick, and […]
Continue readingDessert Hummus 4 Ways
Although you probably associate hummus with carrot sticks, pitta bread, and if you have a weaning baby, breadsticks and a lot of mess, dessert hummus is taking the culinary, and health food worlds by storm. Ever curious to try anything vaguely funky I wasn’t going to skip the chance to get experimental, and I […]
Continue readingCrunchy Chilled Lettuce Soup
I woke one April morning to glorious sunshine and warmth coming through my kitchen French windows and instantly knew I would be making chilled lettuce soup today. Random? Not quite. My husband is not great at assessing what we actually need when he food shops, so tends to buy too much of some […]
Continue reading300 Calorie Meals for Mums who like to Snack
Fitting in snacks between meals can easily tip you over your daily calorie needs to lose weight. These tasty 300 calorie meals (plus a list of 200 calorie snacks) will mean that even if you eat several times a day you won’t be eating more calories than you need. Believe it or not I’m […]
Continue readingMelon Lassi Recipe – a healthy yoghurt drink for Mums & Kids
This nutritious yoghurt drink is naturally sweet enough that kids will enjoy it, while you’ll be happy they’re getting some fruit and calcium and protein rich yoghurt too. I don’t know about your kids but mine can be incredibly fussy if they want to. I’m a pretty good cook and I also know what’s […]
Continue readingHulk Green Vegetable Soup
If there’s one thing virtually everyone can benefit from it’s eating more vegetables. And you can’t get a more veggi packed soup than this Hulk Green Vegetable Soup! Each serving has a whopping 200g of vegetables in it (2 portions), so all you need to turn it into a complete meal is to add […]
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