Lessons running has taught me – by my body
I bloody love running. For the past few years it’s been part of me and my identity – if I don’t run I don’t feel like me – it’s as simple as that. Now I’m not going to wax lyrical about ‘wow how it changed my life’ (but it did) or how it’s the best...
Winter is coming: 12 reasons why I love it
Ok, the cold has set in, the evenings (and mornings) are dark and our gas and electric bills are about to fly off the charts from having the central heating on all.the.time…but let’s try and look on the bright side. To cheer myself up this week as the rain came drizzling down, washing the memory...
The San Francisco Food diaries
I was recently in the extremely fortunate position to be weekending in the fabulous city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps: San Francisco. San Francisco is of those cities that everyone – from friends and family to Jack Kerouac and the Beat crew (and indeed San Franciscans themselves) –...
The thing about New Year’s resolutions…
…is that they are full of false hope. I think that if you need to wait until a New Year to make a change in your life or if you think you’re suddenly going to become a different person as the calendar turns to Jan 1st then your resolutions probably aren’t going to last very...
THIS IS THE BEST AND MOST SIMPLE SOUP EVER
It is! To make the most simple, delicious, creamy, restaurant-quality, perfect-for-autumn soup, all you need is: One pear, one fennel bulb, one onion, one garlic clove, 600 ml of vegetable stock. And some olive oil (not pictured) I can’t express enough how EASY and BEAUTIFUL this soup is. The full recipe is below, but basically...
Music To Run To
Some people prefer running to the metronome of their own footsteps and breathing. Others, like me, need headphones in their ears and a killer Spotify playlist to spur them on. Sure, there’s the whole debate from running purists that they wouldn’t be caught dead listening to music, and that only ‘joggers’ listen to tunes. But...
The vegan challenge month
For a girl who used to quite happily down a pint of milk, regularly extol the virtues of poached eggs and consider cold frankfurters to be the best snack in the world, a month of self-enforced veganism for non-ethical reasons might seem like a baffling choice to make. However, my vegan April consisted of the...
The perks of being a juicer
If you’d asked me what my favourite Christmas present was about 20 years ago, I reckon my Slyvanian Families gypsy caravan would have been a strong contender. However, now I’m older and bestowed with far more sophisticated and domesticated tastes I can quite confidently state that the best Christmas present I have received since the...
I Should Coco
The first time I tried coconut water I thought it tasted like the water you get in your throat before you’re about to be sick. But things change, and so do my tastebuds. I persevered and now I am 100% OBSESSED with the stuff! It’s refreshing, tasty, and with most excellent rehydration properties, a can...
The Fasting Experiment
I love eating food – savoury, sweet, you name it, I enjoy eating it. Like most women though, I often feel guilty reaching for my third cereal bar of the day (they’re made of oats so they must be good for you!) or indulging in another slice of my colleague’s birthday cake. So when I heard...
