I have a confession to make….. I am a witch. Well….. a porridge witch. Most mornings, you can see me stirring my potion (*cough* porridge) in my shiny metal cauldron (*cough* saucepan) I can prove to you that PORRIDGE is… MAGIC! That is has healing properties and can boost your MOOD and ENERGY. Porridge used…
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Expectation vs Reality – Dubu Kimchi (Kimchi Tofu)
How often when someone asks ‘HOW ARE YOU?’, do you answer honestly? Well you’re hardly going to go…. ‘It’s the anniversary of my cat’s death and I’ve been sitting on the loo all morning crying.’ or ‘I had a sex dream about my year 7 geography teacher and it is FREAKING ME OUT!’ or ‘I…
Food is LOVE – Caramac Porridge
They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Scrap that! A way to ANYONE’S HEART is through their stomach. Think about how many ‘ceremonies’ or ‘rituals’ we have related to food. Birthday parties and birthday cake. Christmas dinner. Thanksgiving dinner. Easter and chocolate. Going out for dinner with friends. Going on…
Wonderfully WEIRD – Turmeric Latte Oats
Turmeric is yellow. Groundbreaking stuff, I know. Does it apologize for being yellow? Does it beat it self up for staining your fingers and clothes? NO! It stands brightly in your spice cupboard saluting you with it’s brazen, sunshine colour ready to PERK up your curries and stews. I would like to introduce to you…….
(Low Sugar) Carrot Cake Oatmeal : How to stop ABUSING YOURSELF with FOOD.
When your mental health is BAD or your MOOD is LOW, do you A) Deprive yourself of FOOD, STARVING YOURSELF and PUNISHING yourself? B) Lose your appetite completely and FORGET to eat? C) Binge eat turning to all the DELICIOUS and ‘TRASHY’ comfort foods, eating so much that your body HURTS and you HATE yourself?…
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal – How to HUG yourself.
Hands up who loves desserts! I can never understand someone who would choose having a starter over dessert. I would eat dessert EVERY DAY if I could. Which is why I put so much time and effort into making such a delicious porridge in the morning. Because it’s that dessert feeling in a nutritious bowl…
Back to Basics Banana and PB Porridge- You are NOT your mental illness.
Today I am bringing it back to BASICS. After introducing you to a few ‘whacky’, ‘different’ or CRAZY oatmeals, I want to STRIP everything back to the very basics and teach you how to make porridge/oatmeal delicious simply. After yesterday’s day of appointment after appointment (all very helpful but emotionally draining) I was stripped of…
Matcha Peace Zoats – Calming your ANXIETY
I am scared. I can feel my heart racing and my breathing start to quicken. I am covered in cold sweat. The world starts closing in and becoming smaller. It feels like I am wearing a box of bees on my head, or, a cardboard box trapping me inside my self. But I am lying…
Happy GALENTINES day – ‘Nutella’ Oatmeal
Happy GALENTINES day! After years of bullying, it took me a really LONG time to trust girls and be friends with them. I was lucky enough to have one constant best friend that I’ve known since I was 11, but she was the exception as a teenager. When I moved to London, I met this…
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Oats (And Gut Health)
Let’s talk about gut health. It is mind boggling how interconnected your nervous system, your gut and mind are. I was diagnosed with IBS and lactose intollerance at the age of 12 after relentless years of bullying. Since then as soon as my anxiety levels are high, I’m stressed and my mental health is suffering,…
Joyfull Joy 