Results for “soup”
Cooking From Your Cupboards – Nutritional Yeast
Nutritional Yeast? Unless you’re vegetarian or vegan, you have probably never come across this before. Well I have a big unopened vat of the stuff in my cupboard and vowed to find something to do with it when my husband threatened to put it on our porridge! Urgh. I’ve never used it before. The stuff […]
Read articleAlex’s Classic Beef Stew and Dumplings
As the nights get colder and darker there’s no better food to come home to than a classic like beef stew and dumplings. Plus, it’s a great low calorie meal packed full of protein, vegetables and flavour that leaves you feeling full for hours. Ingredients… 2-3 potatoes 1-2 swede 2-3 carrots 1 Parsnip […]
Read articleWinter Sweet Potato Stew
Snow and ice. Winter has fully descended on us this week. That can only mean one thing, stew and soup season yay! This is once again a vegetarian recipe but feel free to add in any meat you like for an extra protein kick. Did you know that 3 out of 5 of us at the […]
Read articleMiso-Grilled Aubergine
This year we’ve grown our own aubergines for the first time. It was exciting when we first saw glimpses of purple from the flowers! Then the aubergines started growing thin and long. Not the usual bulbous shape we’re all used too! They still taste like aubergines; they just look – different! Then whilst googling “aubergine […]
Read article5 Ways With Courgettes
Ahhh the humble courgette. This seasonal bad boy of the vegetable world is not only a staple in a lot of vegetarian and vegan foods, but is also low fodmap, low carb and delicious. Spiralised, mixed with goats cheese, a pizza or pasta topping, in a martini and even in cake (I kid you not) – […]
Read articleCelebrating tomatoes
Apparently it’s British Tomato Week (21st-27th May) – who knew? This versatile vegetable (or is it a fruit?) is a staple in many diets, forming the base of innumerable dishes. Eaten raw, cooked, sun-dried, blended, as sauce or even drunk (bloody Mary anyone?). The list is endless. There are also more than 10,000 different varieties […]
Read articleWhich Diet Works The Best?
Weight Watchers? Atkins? Ketogenic? Cabbage soup? Paleo? Vegetarian? Mediterranean? You’ve likely heard of one or more of these diets. You may well have tried one or two. But which diet works the best? The question should be “best at what?”. Diet can be defined as “the food we habitually eat”. As in “junk food diet” […]
Read articleMy Healthy Spicy Meatball Recipe
Ok, I will admit, when it comes to food I am creature of habit – I am so boring. I cycle through 4 or 5 meals throughout the week. I will have chicken and veg, a frittata (variety of veggies and meats), soup and sometimes I’ll have a carbohydrate meal, if I have had a […]
Read articleMy Do It In 12 Journey – Measurement Week!
The last 3 weeks of doing our Do It In 12 Personal Training programme have seen frustration at myself for not getting enough workouts in; an obsession with calories and carbohydrates that became totally ridiculous; and a mild panic when it started approaching measurement time. I AM human after all! I’m definitely feeling pressure to […]
Read articleVegan Lunch Recipe
So this vegan lunch recipe is one of my own creations. I don’t make it that often because it uses way more than one or two pots. But if you want to put the effort it, I can assure you, it is totally worth it. It is so tasty! There aren’t that many things I […]
Read articleTop 3 Tips for Fodmap Diets
A little while ago I posted a blog about bloating, well I finally have to adhere to a full fodmap diet for a while to sort out my now diagnosed IBS. To find out I need to go without garlic and mushrooms for between 3-8 weeks has sent a surge of panic to my taste buds. […]
Read articleWhat Should You Eat In October?
I was left in shock and feeling like an absolute idiot on Wednesday this week when I asked for blueberries on my porridge. As they’re no longer in season, the shop didn’t have any – but they did have blackberries! Who knew that other than pumpkin, other foods were in season this month! So if you were looking […]
Read articleHow Do You Measure Your Weight?
Ok so you read the question “how do you measure your weight” and your answer is “scales obviously” – but that’s not entirely the right answer is it? How many times a week or even a day do you weigh yourself? Is it always on the same set of scales? You see before and after […]
Read articleWhat Do I Eat? The Food Diary of A Personal Trainer
It used to be the case that I got asked on a regular basis where I got my protein from, but not any more. These days I find that people are actually interested in what a personal trainers daily diet looks like. I guess we are always advising people on their diets so it’s only right […]
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