Dishes that bring me joy
I’ve been writing some quite in-depth/heavy posts lately and felt a real urge to inject a little lightness. Recently when my colleagues at work were talking about content that inspires them, an article about food came up that was literally just about that – food. It wasn’t shrouded in health statistics or offered as a precursor to physical benefits. There were no numbers, no morality attached, nothing. It was an…
Monthly mindscape – pancakes
It took me a little while to find the right picture for this month’s fiction prompt, but when I found it I immediately started writing the piece in my head – a sure sign that I’d found the right image. It’s by Sabrine (@mademoiselle.lys), who I’ve been hugely inspired by on Instagram. Her love of light, soft tones and sense of simplicity is basically everything I love aesthetically. This picture,…
How I eat what I want
How often do you think about what you’re eating, what you plan to eat or what you ate earlier? Are these thoughts about hunger, taste and satisfaction… or are they filled with numbers, guilt and shame? Back in my teens, the only thoughts that swirled around my head were the latter. I thought about how the food I ate would affect my body, how many calories I was consuming, how…
Fond food memories
I’m writing this blog from Dan’s parents villa in Spain, there’s sunlight streaming through the window and the faint hum of what I think must be the fridge. Yesterday was pancake day and we diligently shopped for the ingredients and made batches of batter after dinner. I covered my thin pancake with lemon juice from a bottle before coating it with sugar. Seeing the sugar get saturated with lemon and…
What intuitive eating really means
The nutrition industry is one hell of a minefield. There are so many different schools of thought, all screaming over each other “No THIS is the best way to eat”, “Don’t eat that, eat this” and “If you eat like this, you’ll be happy/lose weight/be healthy forever.” OK, I’m exaggerating a little, but you see where I’m going with this. Along with the noise, there’s also confusion. New terms get…
Let’s stop demonising food
OK, hands up if you’ve ever said one of the following phrases when offered a slice of birthday cake / other tasty treat: “Oh, no – I’m being good this week.” “Oh go on then, I’m so naughty!” “I’m so bad for eating this cake…” I admit, I have certainly done this in the past – but I’ve decided to stop and think about the language I use to describe…
How to eat well (most of the time)
Did you notice that I didn’t call this post ‘how to eat healthy’? There’s a reason for that. No, I don’t have anything against the word healthy, but when it comes to food, I think “eating healthy” can be a surprisingly loaded term. What does it mean? Plant-based? Vegan? Clean? No carbs? All the carbs….? What one person considers ‘healthy’, another might consider lunacy. I propose instead that when it comes…