Sunday Tittle Tattle: Back on the Cooking Train
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Back on the Cooking Train

I’ve rediscovered my cooking mojo, after more than a year of being almost completely disinterested in doing anything in the pots and pans department. My fall from culinary grace began when we moved out of our house and into a series of short-term lets (seems a lifetime ago now, when we renovated our home, but we’ve actually…

Sunday Tittle Tattle: Ray Donovan and the Sabotaged Sleep Routine
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Ray Donovan and the Sabotaged Sleep Routine

After last week’s Sleeplessness post I tried to make some serious changes to my bedtime routine. Thank you, by the way, for all of your amazing comments – I was really rather touched that so many of you took the time to share your experiences and give advice. And as last week’s post was so well-read, I…

Almonds: My Health and Beauty Snack Swap | AD
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Almonds: My Health and Beauty Snack Swap | AD

Recently I wrote about my new healthy eating tips, or rules, that were part of my general diet overhaul. After a rather extended “babymoon”, in which I had been eating incredibly naughty things with the excuse that I needed extra calories for breastfeeding, I decided that enough was enough. The handfuls of Haribo and nightly chocolate ice-cream were all fun…

sorted food performance
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Sorted Food: Can Food Make You Beautiful?

This week I’m a guest on the brilliant food channel, Sorted Food. They are doing a series on performance food, talking to people who have jobs that rely on a good diet, and I’m the latest guest. An honour, because I’ve watched Sorted Food grow into a mega-channel on Youtube and it really does provide brilliant cooking content. And…

healthy model lunch recipes

Fridge Scraps Pasta: Goat’s Cheese and Juicy Cherry Tomatoes

A quick throw-together recipe for a goat’s cheese, cherry tomato and basil penne dish – or, as I like to call it, Fridge Scraps Pasta. The first name is probably more appetising, but it seems only fair to refer to this recipe as to what it really is, which is a hunger-panicked chuck-it-all-in-the-pan affair. I seem…