Nutrition Boost Bread: A High-Protein, High-Fibre Delight
If you're looking for a bread recipe that's both nutritious and delicious, look no further!
Food facts or fibs?
Will an apple a day keep the doctor away? Does spinach make you strong? Does eating fish make you more clever?! See what I had to say in this article in the NZ Herald.
Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
Here’s a new idea to try for breakfast or snacks, it’s so yummy!!!
Easy ways to add more veggies!
I doubt that it will be news to you that vegetables are good for you. The age-old message to eat your greens has certainly stood the test of time and is probably one of the only consistent nutrition messages that you will get from people, regardless what else they believe about food and nutrition.
High and lower carb vegetables
Ever wondered which vegetables are considered higher carb and which ones aren’t?
Banana and Coconut Loaf
This delicious loaf is perfect for every occasion! It makes a great morning or afternoon tea snack or you can easily make it then freeze it in slices so you can pull out one slice at a time as needed.
Celebrate your strengths
We are all good at different things and it is the diversity of our skills and strengths that can make great things happen when we work together!
Lemony Overnight Oats
This ridiculously easy and super tasty idea is our new breakfast and snack go-to!
Lockdown activity ideas
There is no easy way to get through lockdown, but anything that feels like a small win is worth sharing right?! To help manage the juggle of working while keeping the kids entertained at home, we have been picking a ‘theme’ for the day and planning our activities around that and it is really working.
5 tips to help you manage your drinking!
For many people, regularly drinking alcohol is just a habit.
Here are 5 tips to reduce the strength of the habit and drink less if that is your goal.
Overcome the lockdown lows
In case you missed Claire Turnbull's latest FB Live with Jacqui Maguire - here is the video below where they answered all your questions about your wellbeing during these tricky times!
Gut health
The gut is a hot topic at the moment, and for good reason! Scientists have connected gut health to much more than just how we digest food - from metabolic health, to mental wellbeing, and very topically, our immune system.
Can small rewards help you change your behaviour around food?
Changing your diet isn’t just about what you eat, but about the way you eat. It’s about changing your habits and behaviours around food. Here I explain more.
How to Cook Mussels + More!
Watch this video below to get the run-down of the nutritional goodies in green lipped mussels and smart hacks to help you buy, prepare and cook them at home.
Mini Egg Savouries
Looking for something as a healthy lunch or satisfying snack? I whipped these together for my chat on TVNZ Breakfast when I was talking about brain food!
Soup for the Soul
This is quite easily the best soup I have ever made! My lovely friend Claire, another fellow brit who is my website designer and designed ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’, gave me a frozen container of the soup and I begged for the recipe and have been making it ever since.
Want to get results?!
Why will power isn't the way!
If you set a goal to get healthier this year, whether it is to eat better, exercise more, stress less or improve your sleep, the common approach is to get super focused, TRY really hard to follow whatever rule or plan you have set for yourself and call in on willpower to keep you on track.