An Attitude to Exercise

As a kind of ‘Part 2’ to my last post about how we view our bodies, this week I thought i’d discuss the ever so marmite-y topic of exercise. Some love it, some hate it. But when it comes to the relationship we have with our bodies, we can so often use exercise as a…

Satay Style Aubergine

When I was living in Spain, I went through a phase of roasting everything in sight. I think it was probably the excitement of having an oven after 6 months in France sharing 4 hob tops between 30 people. Granted, the oven door was adorned with minion stickers and didn’t shut properly, and even the…

Alone Time | How to Cope

Alone time. At some point in our lives, we all desire it. Some of us need it every day, maybe even at regular intervals, to be able even just to function. For some of us, ‘alone time’ is a coffee alone in the morning or a bubble bath at the weekend. Some of us thrive…

Herby Stuffed Squash

If in doubt, stuff a vegetable. That’s my motto. Yeah, okay, it might not be that handy when in a life or death situation (although, I’m not dead yet. Just saying). But it works wonders when you want something that packs a punch but is pretty easy to prepare.  This week it was Feta-Topped-Herby-Lemony-Quinoa-Stuffed-Roasted-Butternut Squash….

More Plants Please | Eating for the Environment

Honey, I’m a flexitarian. “What the dickens is a flexitarian?!” I hear you cry. It’s probably up there with smashed avocado and The Office memes on the ‘Did you know I’m a Millennial?-scale’. To put it simply, it’s the idea of basing your meals around plants rather than meat or dairy, but not placing a…

What Uni has taught me so far

I move to France in 3 weeks. THREE WEEKS PEOPLE. As I sit here contemplating the magnitude of this next chapter in my life, I can’t help but also be amazed that I have already survived two years at University. I feel like a broken record but that time has floooown by. Whoosh. Just like…

“I Simply Remember My Favourite Things…”

“…and then I don’t feeeeel….so baaaaad!” Who doesn’t like to don their inner Maria and break into song every now and then? I certainly do. In fact, I remember often singing this particular song in the playground during lunch time at primary school when my friends were on a different sitting to me. Being the…

CocoNUTS for Muesli

Today I am going to write about cereal. Yep, that’s right – rock on! If anyone knows me well, they’ll know that cereal is a big part of my life. When I was younger, I would chow down on not one, but two (maybe even three) large bowls of cereal every morning and then would…

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

Life is full of journeys. The journey to the toilet in the middle of the night. The journey to the co-op when you realise you’re out of wine. The journey to see a loved one. The journey to ‘find yourself’. Journeying; it’s what we do well. I’ve been on many journeys this year. I moved…

Hungry for Hummus

4pm looms and i’m craving a chocolate digestive. My hand finds the biscuit tin and then there’s no going back. A whole pack, gone in less than 10 minutes. Biscuits have always been my weakness. When I was younger, my Mum allowed us a maximum of three biscuits after school. One time, I rebelled by…