Simple Almond Butter Cookies

If there's one thing you'll always find in my kitchen cupboard, it's a jar of almond butter. I'm finally at the stage where I can trust myself not to just sit on the sofa eating it out of the jar with a spo...

Adventures in The Seychelles

I always start to twitch when I go more than a day without blogging, so you can imagine how difficult it was to go for over two weeks! But it was an incredible fortnight spent in The Seychelles in the Indian...

My Top Five Tips For Wedding Dressing

Summertime means weddings! How many have you been invited to? We went to our first wedding of the summer a few weeks ago, and are looking forward to two more in July and then August.  Weddings are s...

The Beauty of Sea Vegetables

  The typical Western diet doesn't incorporate an awful lot of sea veggies, with sushi and Asian-style restaurants probably the only available options when eating out. Plenty of good supermarke...

Almond and Cinnamon Bread

Hellooooo, Hope you're having a brilliant weekend so far! Mine has been busy, starting with a morning of filming a food demo of some of my favourite recipes yesterday in The Cooks Academy, including ...

Seedy Super-Scones

I have spoken quite a bit on this site about gluten, and how removing it from my diet made a huge difference to my health and well-being. Joining an ever-growing number of people, I had to make the rather sad d...

Fitness Friday: All About That Bass

Summer is in full swing, and it's THE time of the year to move your fitness focus to your backside! This one leg bridge for glutes is brilliant for toning up your bottom and really lifting the musc...

My Top 5 Holiday Bags

I'm getting the final bits and pieces together for my summer hols next week, stocking up on SPF and skincare products, flips-flops and sun hats… and I couldn't resist buying this tropical palm tree embroidered ...

Raw Rainbow Bowl with Citrus Avocado Dressing

Happy Thursday all! It's soo close to the weekend now :) As the weather has been pretty humid here in Dublin, I've been craving fresh, raw, crunchy veggies all week. This salad really hit the spot for lun...

Inflammation and Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Inflammation:  Have you heard about inflammation in relation to health and disease? it has gained quite a lot of attention in the media over the past few years. First of all, inflammation is a ne...