What a delicious time of year. When even in England you feel like you can get a taste of sunshine. The arrival of peas. What a delectable vegetable. On my to do list this year – try to make a cake using peas. It has been done – and they’re so sweet I am hopefully it will be scrumptious.
I have just had the pleasure of spending a week exploring New York. I had an absolute blast, so thought instead of my usual recipe I would share some of my trip and the great food I ate.
So be prepared for a mini series on a tourists view of New York in the next day or two.
I thought I would start with how to discover a city via cupcakes
So you might have been wondering why my posting has been even more irregular than usual.
I think I am about two years late for this but Chia Seeds are very cool, who knew? Apparently a lot of people. So many in fact that one of my favourite cafe chains Le Pain Quotidian has its own chia seed pudding. There’s me chowing down on some baguette whilst my friend, who is clearly in the know, ordered a chia seed pudding. Of course having no idea what it was I had to have a taste. And I can confirm it was delicious. Don’t you love discovering something new. I do.
April brings us rainy days. I was trying to be healthy but then the Saturday rain fell and there was nothing for it but to bake.
I was having fun playing around with the camera as well. So think of this as more of a picture book than blog. I hope you like it!
So lately I have been reading a lot about green juices and alkalising your body. Word on the street is we all eat to many acid based foods and as a result our digestion is, well not at its best. Apparently the way to avoid this is eating lots of leafy greens for the majority of your day. The popular way to kick this off seems to be green juices for breakfast.
One of the things I know about cooking and eating from scratch is that seasonality is key to tastier, healthier and cheaper meals. There is really no better argument for eating with the seasons. Also as a bonus point it brings more variety to your diet and meals. However it is all too easy to get stuck in a food rut, buying and eating the same foods. But before you reach for that same old courgette or steadfast apple, why not take a look at what is at its best right now. After all why wouldn’t you want to be eating food that is at its absolute best.
I don’t know about you, but when I think healthy. I think salad. Basically lots and lots of green.
So I don’t know about you but I certainly over ate this weekend. I predominantly gorged on chocolate cake and other delicious sweet stuff. Delicious as it was, and I wouldn’t take it back, I think it is time to redress the balance. I think what’s called for is a more mindful week or so of eating with the focus on eating foods that give me more energy and make me feel good. If you want to redress the balance and just have a bit of a health kick this is the place to be.
So jump aboard.
First stop inspiration.
The key to any sort of healthy habit changing is to enjoy the experience. If you create hell for yourself it will never stick. So what we really need is some good ideas for yummy healthy food and creating positive habits. Continue reading
Happy Easter everyone. I love this weekend. The weekend of hot cross buns and mini eggs for breakfast. Yes, you heard me correctly ( or should I say, read me correctly) MINI EGGS FOR BREAKFAST.
