It is 31st July and that can only mean one thing – I made it to the end of my 5 a day blog challenge! I can’t believe that I have managed it when I think back to the beginning of the month when this challenge seemed like a mountain. Read more…
What a day – I have managed 8 portions of fruit and veg and all without any Innocent Smoothies or struggle. Every single meal today has contained 2 portions of veg and my snacking was not out of hunger but the desire to review a new type of “1 of your Read more…
My habits have changed so much – my resolve to have all of my 5 a day is unshakable at the moment. I turned down the offer for BF to cook so that I could make sure I had my final portion and ended up with dinner containing two portions Read more…
Ah the start of a week and for once I am actually going to start with everything planned out so that I get through all the veg in a timely manner without the need to throw anything out. This seems to be the biggest issue of cooking so much fruit Read more…
I can’t believe that there are only 5 days left of this challenge! It seemed so hard to think that I could manage to have 5 a day all those days ago and now I’m just breezing through most days. This challenge is definitely the best decision I have made Read more…
I have loved today – I have been enjoying leftovers of the wonderful Maple glazed carrot tart that I made late last night from BBC Good Food. I found BBC Good Food after BF sent me a link to their definitive 5 a day guide and did a search for a Read more…
Today I’m interviewing Karen from The Sensitive Kitchen about her food journey, her business based off her experience and some hints and tips to getting more fruit and veg into your food. Hello Karen, thank you for talking to me today. First question – what is The Sensitive Foodie Kitchen Read more…
At the beginning of this challenge I explored strawberry pancakes on a whim. My off the cuff breakfast worked really well with the flavours working so well together. Now that I am only 9 days from the end I felt it was time to finally try a Change4life recipe and Read more…
Today we have two American guests staying so the buzz and craziness of sorting out food, sleeping arrangements and entertainment has taken up most of the day. I think it has been the longest time spent in the kitchen not focused on this challenge – I was warned by bf Read more…
A big issue with all this fruit and vegetable based eating is leftovers – a lot of the key ingredients have short expiration dates compared to my normal groceries. It means that if you do a load of shopping for a few days, you end up with quite a bit Read more…