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Seasonal Recipes
Are you a savvy seasonal shopper?! And I don’t mean that you’ve started bikini or beach shorts shopping just because you’re going on holiday! I mean, do you buy your food based on the seasons? Eating ‘seasonally’ is certainly a bit of a buzz phrase, and some people may even think it’s trendy, but there […]
Read articleA Day In The Life Of A Personal Trainer – 6 Months After Graduating
Instead of something directly related to exercise, nutrition and health, I am going to write about what my typical week consists of 6 months after graduating from university. Obviously you will get an idea of my training and nutrition as we go through too, which as a personal trainer is obviously something I care about, […]
Read articleMy Secret Ingredients For Tasty Food – Part 1
Ahhhhh Winter…..the time for different kinds of stews, soups and chilli’s. But sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation to simply make yet another type of soup. So here’s the trick, I have a few secret ingredients up my sleeve to add a new lease of life to your food. Over the next couple of […]
Read articleWholefood Recipes
Ok, I’m going to be honest…..I didn’t do my weekly shop at the weekend. Yikes! What does that mean for my food for the next couple of days?!? Well, my cupboards contain a vast assortment of dried lentils, chana dal, quinoa, country soup mix, herbs and spices, and I reckon I have the odd stock cube, […]
Read articleAdding Colour To Your Meals!
Have you ever considered what makes food so good? Why is something your favourite food? Is it purely because of its taste? It can’t be just taste surely! Your food has to LOOK appealing, it has to smell NICE, it has to sound TASTY before you go near it. Meals are so much more than […]
Read articleDay On A Plate Recipe Challenge!
Something you may not know about me is that I used to LOVE Ready Steady Cook – and I’m not sorry! I went to see it live when it toured the country and I even applied to be on the show. Imagine my delight when one of my exams for my cooking diploma was in […]
Read articleChristmas Weekend Walk
This Christmas weekend I’m certain that you will have plans already however if not then why not go for a winter Christmas weekend walk. Last Christmas weekend we walked around the York and it’s surrounding walls. My family and I had all been before but not for sometime but it was nice to get out […]
Read articleMy Vegan Christmas
For the last few years, we host an early Christmas dinner for our friends. So whilst this blog may seem a little early, my meal planning has to happen NOW. Last year I shared what I would be eating at Christmas and it gave some of you some new ideas for veggies, vegans and meat […]
Read articleHealthy Pumpkin Recipes
I love carving pumpkins, mine is already carved this year. But more importantly I hate waste, so using the pumpkin insides can make some really yummy seasonal recipes. For some healthy pumpkin recipes such as pumpkin soup, pumpkin omelette and chicken with chickpeas & pumpkin CLICK HERE Or try the this Sausage, Pumpkin and […]
Read articleDay On A Plate – Moqueca (Brazilian Fish Stew)
So last Sunday before I went and did my food shopping I spent 15 minutes looking through my cookery books and online for new recipes and inspiration. I wanted to make as many new recipes as I could that week to add some variety to my weekly meal plan. When the world cup was in Brazil […]
Read articleHealthy Places To Eat In Leeds
Whilst, as a team of personal trainers, we like to eat healthy….that doesn’t mean that we live a monk-like existence and never go out. One of our favourite haunts of healthy places to eat in Leeds at the moment is the Grub and Grog Shop (none of the Grog of course!) at the Northern Monk […]
Read articleHealthy Christmas Day Food
If you have read Chris’ blog about how many calories the average person consumes on Christmas Day you may be in panic mode, stressing about the pounds piling on overthe Festive Period. BUT, never fear the motive8 North Personal Training team are here to help with some healthy Christmas Day Food choices. Whilst Chris’ blog […]
Read articleA Personal Trainers View on Wasabi
The Wasabi website boasts that the sushi is made from scratch in-branch every morning and uses only the freshest and finest ingredients – and I have to say, I’ve never been disappointed! The thing with Wasabi is that you don’t have to like fish (or rice for that matter) to eat there – I’m vegan […]
Read articleHallowe’en Recipes – Left Over Pumpkin Recipes
Everyone loves carving a pumpkin, here are some recipes to make sure that nothing is wasted. Pumpkin is a great vegetable…here are some of the benefits: * Low calorie – 26 calories per 100g and no cholesterol or saturated fat. It tends to be recommend to help maintain weight. * High levels of Vitamin A, […]
Read articleHow to Avoid Winter Comfort Food
Isn’t it strange how dark mornings and dark nights affect not only our mood, but also what we chose to eat? It seems that we too get a sense of hibernation and not only do we want to stay indoors with the heating on, but we also automatically reach for high carb, high calorie and […]
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