Healthy Recipes
scrambled eggs but actually worth getting up for
Right so I've been on a bit of a soft scrambled egg thing lately. Dead simple but I've been chucking in whatever's around — this week it was some left…
green smoothie that doesn't taste like a lawn
Right so it's getting properly warm now and I have zero interest in eating a hot lunch when I'm already sweating just sitting at my desk. Been making…
peach and puy lentil salad — this one's a keeper
Peaches are properly good right now. I picked some up at the St Nick's market on Saturday and honestly they were so ripe I had to use them that day or…
roasted tomato pasta, basically free dinner
Right so the tomatoes on my counter were getting to that point where they're too soft to eat raw but still fine really. Threw them in a tray with a lo…
porridge but make it actually interesting
Right so I've been doing plain porridge for months and I was getting to the point where I'd rather just not bother, which is not a good sign at half 7…
this quinoa thing has actually become a regular
So I made a quinoa salad last week mostly to use up the veg sitting in my fridge and it turned out genuinely good so I figured I'd write it down befor…
salt water and sunscreen is basically my skincare routine lol
Right so I've been in the sea every morning this week and my face is… a lot. Wind, salt, slapping on SPF before paddling out — honestly I've just acce…
skin is doing something weird this week
Honestly my face cannot make up its mind. The dry patches from winter are finally easing off but now I've got this weird combo thing going on — oily d…
cooling down properly, turns out it matters
Right so I've been really good about warming up lately, proper proud of myself tbh, but I realised the other day that I basically just... stop. Sessio…
if you're just starting out, read this first
Honestly the number of people I see going full throttle in week one and then disappearing by week three... it's a pattern. I see it constantly, both i…
cottage cheese toast but hear me out
Right so I know cottage cheese has a bit of a reputation and honestly fair enough, the texture is not for everyone. But I've been doing this thing whe…
the post-workout window is real but probably not in the way you've heard
Right so the whole "you have 30 minutes or your gains disappear" thing. Honestly a bit overblown. The trick is — yes, eating after training matters.…
my skin does not know what season it is
Honestly this time of year does my head in. It's still cold enough for the heating to be on half the day but then you get that one bright afternoon an…
asparagus on toast but make it actually filling
British asparagus is properly here now and I refuse to let the season go by without eating it basically every other day until it disappears again in J…
berry pancakes that took 12 minutes — spoiler: the kids didn't notice
Right so it's been one of those weeks where I've had zero time in the morning and the bairns still need feeding like the small demanding humans they a…
my skin has been weird lately
Honestly I think I've been overcomplicating it. I had about six products going at once and my face was just... not happy. Bit red, bit dry, bit oily i…
tips please
hey everyone 👋 i’ve been trying to make matcha at home but it always ends up super watery and too liquidy. how do you guys get it thicker and…
genuinely didn't rate warm-ups until this happened
Right so I pulled something in my hip flexor like three weeks ago and my physio friend basically told me it was 100% because I skip warm-ups. I'm that…
pre-workout food is honestly more personal than people think
Right so I've been asked about this a fair bit lately — what to eat before training — and I keep giving the same answer: it depends, which I know is t…
pea and mint thing, honestly took 10 minutes
Had a bag of fresh peas in the fridge that were on their way out and basically threw this together before they went fully sad. Cooked some pasta — wh…