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6
Jun

Vegetarian Nacho’s

This meal can be made vegetarian or vegan, depending on how you like to top them. I personally prefer mine with coconut yogurt and mashed avocado, as it tends to be less gluggy than traditional nachos that use sour cream and lots of cheese.   Ingredients: 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 red onion 2 tsp diced garlic 1 yellow and

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9
May

Preperation for a Marathon

There is so much training that goes into preperaing to run a marathon, and if you have not put in the right prep work, and have no recovery plans, you will let yourself down on the day. On of the main misconceptions with marathon preperation, is carbo loading, and the extreme need to eat copious amounts of carbs the day

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6
May

You are What you Absorb………

Did you know that our gut contains 2/3 of our immune system, and 10 times more cells than the rest of our body combined, PLUS has a greater metabolic load than our liver? So, with that said, wouldn’t it be paramount that we provide our body with the most nourishing food possible? Food that is going to provide our body

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14
Aug

Carrot and Pineapple Spiced Muffins

These muffins are amazing! Moist in texture, but so filling, and perfect in the school lunch boxes, or as an afternoon snack to pick you up and keep you going 🙂 And best of all they’re made using whole meal flour and honey instead of refined sugars. They also freeze really well for around 3 months, so can be pulled

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7
Aug

Meal Prepping Made Easy……..

I talk to so many people that think of meal prepping as cooking 20 containers of rice/meat/veges, and freezing them all down for their lunch and dinner for the week. And no i’m not saying that’s a bad idea, as for some it works really well. BUT what i do want to tell you today, is it doesn’t have to

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1
Aug

What does motivation look like to you?

Motivation: Do you think of it purely as ‘can I be bothered training, hmm maybe, maybe not’, or maybe ‘is my willpower strong enough to resist that chocolate bar or bag of chips’, OR do you think about it as something that effects every part of your daily life?? Like, doing that filing that’s sat there for months, cleaning out

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25
Jun

Why Eat Kale…..

We’re all told to eat Kale. It’s so good for us they say! But the reality is that, for a lot of people, they just don’t eat it, cause they think it tastes like crap! And if you’ve never been given a great recipe, or you just try to eat it raw in a salad, you might be right. But, what

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30
May

How much exercise is too much after giving birth?

After pregnancy, and sometimes very early on, I see a lot of women hell bent on returning to a vigorous training program ASAP, as they try to re-gain their pre-baby body back, often through rigidity and intense structure…………. Is this the best way………? Well it might work for some, but for the most part it won’t work. This is a

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13
Mar

How do we get our children to eat vegetables?

How often does it frustrate you to no end, when you slave for hours in the kitchen, to produce a beautifully nourishing meal for your family, to have your children turn around and say they don’t like it! I think I’ve lost count over the years, and my goodness, I’ll admit it’s hard to keep my cool sometimes……. So after

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6
Mar

Chocolate Breakfast Mousse

After getting home from a big workout the other day, i just felt like something a tad different from my normal green smoothie, but i didn’t want to go so far as to have a complete desert for breakfast. So i came up with this beautifully chocolaty breakfast, that still incorporates many of the same ingredients that i use in

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