Today is the first day of SPRING! Huzzah! Never one to conform with the norm, my body has decided to go into HIBERNATION! I woke up on Tuesday morning with a high fever, swollen and painful throat and a migraine. Cut to yesterday and I was diagnosed with Tonsillitis, given antibiotics and signed off work…
Tag: porridge recipes
FUEL your BODY – Spiced Plum and Hazelnut Oatmeal
Your body is like a car. (I know I’ve used this analogy before but I truly want to expand on it.) When your car runs out of petrol, you go to the petrol station and fill it up. You don’t ignore the fact that the tank is empty and keep on driving. You fill the…
Salted Chocolate, Pistachio Cherry Oats and STOMACH SQUISH
I have STOMACH SQUISH. We all have STOMACH SQUISH. Do my family or my friends HATE me because when I sit down my stomach SQUISHES? No! Do police follow me down the street because I have stomach squish? No! Yesterday at a body confidence workshop with Laura Phelan (of Phelan Well), she made a really…
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…….
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…
Joyfull Joy 