Harissa chicken and lentil soup recipe

Harissa chicken and lentil soup recipe

by | Sep 28, 2015 | recipes, soups

Soup weather has well and truly arrived. As I type, it is bucketing it down and I even *gasp* have put the heating on! Meals like this soup – which to be fair is bordering on becoming a stew – are perfect for this time of year.  The idea for this...
Breaking the sugar / energy cycle

Breaking the sugar / energy cycle

by | Sep 22, 2015 | wellbeing

So much has been written about sugar recently, it’s certainly replaced saturated fat as the ‘big bad’ of the nutrition world and for good reason. Generally I don’t like to put ‘good’ and ‘bad’ labels on food (is sugar really that evil?) but that is a hard one when it...
My last half marathon: The Great North Run 2015

My last half marathon: The Great North Run 2015

by | Sep 18, 2015 | Lifestyle

Hello lovelies! So last weekend I ran the Great North Run for the third (and most likely final) time. As I’ve previously mentioned, we decided to sign up for the run last year so we could raise funds for The Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle...
Sweet potato and cabbage hash recipe

Sweet potato and cabbage hash recipe

by | Sep 17, 2015 | main meals, recipes

Everyone needs a lazy dinner or breakfast recipe in their heads for when they just can’t be bothered. This is mine, the humble hash. To be honest I’m not so sure what makes a hash, a hash technically speaking. I think potato and onion in some shape or form is...