Friday Video – The Beginning

  The weather has turned again, despite us approaching Spring, and a belly warming meal was needed tonight. Although, I would happily eat curry during the summer too.  A lot of people are put off of curry because they don't like spicy food. But curry doesn't have to mean spice, it means flavour. Use less chilli (this isn't a spicy curry by any means, although it depends on what chilli you are using) or just leave it out completely. The ginger and garlic in this give enough flavour th ...

  I know some people who think a salad is just lettuce, cucumber and tomato and they are always saying I don't know how you can eat salads - they are so boring. I would get bored with eating that too. But, salads can, and should, be so much more than that. Lettuce, cucumber and tomato is just the basic base to my salads. They can be so versatile, so healthy and so delicious. I am still trying to get through all the salmon I bought and put in the freezer. It is nearly all gone now, s ...

  If you have been reading this blog for a while, or following the Facebook and Twitter page, then you will know that I am all about positive thinking. Some people think of it as some kind of new-wave hippy stuff, but for me changing the way I thought helped me change the way I felt and in turn the way I looked For years I was my worst enemy. I thought the world was out to get me, there was hardly anything good in my life and I saw the worst in every situation. I would think, or even ...

  I thought I would get a little more creative and serve up an Asian dish in little lettuce cups, rather than putting it all into a bowl. Not only does it look better (first bite is with the eye after all), but it gives it a bit more of a crunch. I seem to be making a lot of unseasonal dishes the past few days, but maybe that is because it is so cold and I have craving some warm weather. I think these would be perfect to serve up at a summer garden party.     Thes ...

  When I first decided to get healthy and change my diet, I knew that exercise was going to be an important part of that, but I just really didn't enjoy it and I know I am not alone. People seem to think that even now I wake up every morning with this insane drive and desire to kick butt in the gym. No. I still have to push myself to workout a lot of the time, because who doesn't want to spend an hour extra in bed? I think the key to wanting to workout, it to find something that you e ...