If you’re looking for some healthy nut-free options, be inspired by these healthy sunflower seed butter recipes – all gluten and dairy-free, Paleo-friendly and without any refined sugar! In this day and age of increasing numbers of people with nut allergies, what do you do? Well, you turn to nut-free alternatives, like tahini (sesame seed […]
How to stay Whole30 compliant while camping
You’ve decided to do a Whole30, and then you realize that you had plans to go camping during that 30 days. What do you do? Normally camping is a time where diets and healthy food choices fly out the window because eating outdoors just tastes so good! And you excuse yourself by saying you’ve been […]
The Great British Baking Show
One thing we’ve become accustomed to while living in the US is binge-watching TV shows. Grant and I have gone through all the episodes of shows such as House, Hawaii Five-O (in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Hawaii – yay!), NCIS and other drama series. I also love watching shows such as Alton […]
An auspicious occasion and a request
Today marks a very special occasion for me. As of today, I have now updated all the photos on this website with (hopefully) more artistic and better (!) photos of all the yummy food that I’ve been making. Can everyone do a happy dance with me to celebrate, please?! For those who have been along […]
My second Whole30
I have just completed my second Whole30 – and have learnt a lot more about myself and my relationship with food than I ever thought possible. For those of you who don’t know what the Whole30 is, check out their website. Basically, it’s a 30 day reset, where you eat whole, nutritious foods and […]
Winter camping food
Call us crazy, call us whatever, but for the past two years the family has gone camping at Christmas time. For all you Southern Hemisphere people, that probably doesn’t sound like a very big deal. For all us Northern Hemisphere people, just one word. Snow. And lots of it. And did I mention, we camp […]
Whole30 – nearly the end
It’s coming to the end of my Whole30 and I wanted to update you all on how I went. I can honestly say that I feel better than I have in such a long time. My stomach is so much flatter i.e. not bloated, I don’t feel the constant need to exercise off overeating episodes, […]
Whole30 October … the first 14 days
It’s halfway through the month of October so I wanted to give you an update on how my Whole30 experience is going. The positives: I have not had peanut butter for over 3 weeks now! That’s a pretty major achievement for me!! I can definitely feel that my stomach is less bloated, and my pants […]
Whole30 October
Warning: this post is going to be a bit more personal than usual, so feel free to click back to whatever you were doing before if you don’t want to step inside the workings of my mind! I’ve decided to do the Whole30 for the month of October. That’s a pretty big statement there, because […]
Photography update #4
It’s been another week of making and updating recipes and photos. I think I’ve gained 5 pounds since I committed to re-doing all of this! Maybe I should take it a little easier this week? Although, I know the people I share the food with have appreciated the push to improve myself. I try not […]