Many years ago, and for a good few years in a row, I overconsumed on all the sugary, easy to grab and addictively tasty stuff from about mid November (my birthday month) until every last Christmas chocolate had been eaten, believing I could "make up for it in January". It obviously never worked and instead I'd end up miserable, bloated, hungry and absolutely exhausted by mid January. Drink in hand, I'd plan my next restrictive and unrealistic "diet and exercise plan", and launch myself into a...

During the Autumn and Winter, you may have noticed that lots of my recipes look like this one. Ginger & Squash Healing Soup And with good reason. Partly because they're my favourite. Partly because they're really tasty, healthy and filling And hugely because at this time of year our bodies need warming and soothing food that is easier to digest than cold, dry and raw ingredients which can cause bloating, dicomfort and are harder work for our digestion. I've been feeling a bit under the...

I'll admit it, I am a love-all-the-seasons-kind-of-a-girl. I love it all. The changes in weather, the freedom and endless heat of the...