healthy recipes

How to cook fish without making your house smell fishy

How to cook fish without making your house smell fishy

Fish can be a bit of a divisive food. Some people love it but many hate it. I have also found that lots of the fish lovers don’t like to cook or prepare it at home - choosing instead to eat it just when they go out to restaurants.

They either have no experience and are not sure what to do with it or they avoid cooking it as it makes their home smell of fish for days after….

A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE TO MAYONAISE

A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE TO MAYONAISE

So I was looking for a healthier alternative to the standard jar of mayo and came across a recipe for what I will call 'cashew-naise'. I know it could sound a little too hardcore healthy for some, but bear with me and remember I am not interested in healthy food unless it really tastes great and believe me this does....

Plan ahead – protein packed Apple and Cinnamon Bircher Muesli

Plan ahead – protein packed Apple and Cinnamon Bircher Muesli

As I said in an earlier post, the secret to eating consistently well is to get into the routine of planning and preparing food ahead of time.  Making meals in batches really helps.  A super easy way to sort out a healthy breakfast is to make bircher muesli.  It takes no time to pull together and it’s really easy to make a larger batch that will last you for a few days through the week.   

HOW TO TURBO CHARGE YOUR FRUIT SMOOTHIES

HOW TO TURBO CHARGE YOUR FRUIT SMOOTHIES

If you have any form of blender you can make a fruit smoothie, whether it is a simple stick blender or a turbo charged blender such as a Vitamix. A pure fruit smoothie will give you a bit of a sugar high from the fructose hit. There are simple things that you can do to lessen this sugar high and give it some real nutritional punch.