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Struggling with bloating, sluggish digestion or that constant feeling of being ‘off’? Your gut might be crying out for a bit of extra TLC. A happy gut doesn’t just mean smoother digestion. For midlife women, your gut health is closely linked to how your hormones...

What you need to know about your medication

If you’ve ever left the doctor’s surgery with a prescription and more questions than answers, you’re not alone. This article explores four of the most commonly prescribed medications in midlife - statins, metformin, PPIs and antibiotics - and offers simple, practical...

Empowered Midlife: A Guide to Perimenopause & Menopause

October is Menopause Awareness Month, and in honour of this, we are diving deep into all things hormones, midlife, and menopause. Whether you're approaching perimenopause, in the thick of it, or supporting someone who is, this series is for you. Understanding how our...

Detox Deep Dive

Your body has an amazing ability to cleanse and detoxify. However, our modern world is filled with toxins from the food we eat to the air we breathe. Learn how you can help your body detoxify efficiently, and recognise the signs if it’s not working properly. Toxic...

Roast Veg Soup

Oct 1, 2017 | Food and Recipes

We’ve all been there, a quick look in the fridge to see what to have for dinner and we realise that we’ve got loads of veg in there that’s looking a little bit limp and you just don’t have the time or the energy tonight to think about what you might use it all for. You’re starving, you’ve already put those lovely chicken portions in the oven….I have the solution.

Chicken, Chickpea and Chorizo Stew

Sep 28, 2017 | Food and Recipes

I look forward to the chilly days of autumn when I can get my slow cooker back out of the cupboard, and this tasty chicken dish is firmly back on the menu.

Autumn

Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorised

Why I love the changing season and how that affects the food choices I make

Tomato Salad

Sep 20, 2017 | Food and Recipes

For me, nothing epitomises summer more than a simple salad of mixed tomatoes. Great with grilled meat or fish, and even better the next day for lunch with crusty bread to mop up the juices

Week 17

Sep 18, 2017 | Shop Local

I’m a bit late writing this as yesterday we travelled to Spain, we left home at 4am on Sunday morning, which left us feeling pretty disorientated for the rest of the day. I woke this morning to a beautiful sunny day, I feel very blessed to have this wonderful...

Week 16

Sep 11, 2017 | Shop Local

Wow, four months in and I’m still shopping locally for all my food! Unfortunately, I had to go to a supermarket this week; we needed boring stuff like toothbrushes, bleach, washing up liquid, cleaning cloths etc. And because we have the builders here now for the next...

Salad Jars

Sep 9, 2017 | Food and Recipes

Beautiful looking tasty jars of salad, make it your own and pop in the fridge. Everyone else is sure to have food envy!

Good bread is my ultimate convenience food

Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorised

I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid we had bread with pretty much every meal. Then along came the low-carb fad diets and my intake of bread was drastically reduced. In recent years, I’ve made my own bread: but honestly, it takes flipping ages, and usually...