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The war against the baddies begins by having the goodies abundantly available so I’ve compiled a shopping list. You will probably have some of it already. Shopping with a halo 🙂 You can swap things out (not like crisps in place of apples or wine in place of water though), you can religiously follow or just use what I write and eat as a guide. Up to you. The main thing to remember is if...

For a few weeks I am going to be posting every few days to say what we have, and are, going to eat with tips and life style adjustments plus recipes. The reason, we need it and I have so many people who ask me for help, tips and have the same problems and needs we do. You are welcome to take part. Let me know how it goes, what you need and any comments (please be nice?). “Hmmmm, this...

Dear Mother Nature (and this should be of interest to energy conservationalists and scientists), Was brain off sick when you thought up the concept of ‘menopause symptoms’? In particular the starring roll of hot flushes? Is there one single useful reason for them? Night after night of covers on,  covers off, covers on, covers off, knackered us, knackered partners, addled brains, baggy...

Garden smoothie picked! We are told time and again we need to eat our 5 a day – 5 fruit and vegetables. We would be better with ten but they started with 5 so we would accept it, and sometimes it feels hard to do – it shouldn’t be. One smoothie will take you almost there and this one is mostly just from the garden. Heres what I put in… A pile of lettuce leaves from...

Avocados love hearts Five things to do with an avocado Life is busy, often frantic and the fastest, easiest and most effective things do not have to come out of a bottle or a packet or cost a fortune. Avocados are a perfect fruit. I am told we could live on them alone (hey, come on, borrrrring!) so quickly discarding that thought here are 5 top things to do with them, I have so many more but...

I can not shake the vision of the little boy in India who had his eyes gouged out yesterday. Atrocities and tragedies are happening everywhere, all the time, we see so much of it we become almost immune, it bounces off, it didn’t happen to us. This one really hit me full on. The horror, the pain, the fact it can never be undone. The suffering, the shock, the realisation. Each fragmented...

I wrote a critical post the other day, which I removed after a long chat with someone who made me think again. I’ve actually had some really good feedback from it too, it struck a cord with many people but I want to qualify something. One comment I made was this – ” Imagine a fairy aura with all its shades of pinks, lilacs, blues and greens – if that was put under a...

Ok quick recipe for an easy, delicious and nourishing dip – yes and low calories, cuts through cravings for creamy, cheesy and savoury and more I’m sure! Delicious and nourishing dip recipe, coming up: Method: A bag of frozen peas (defrost – not in the micro wave if you can help it please!) blend with half a red onion (oh, yes, any onion if thats what you have) an avocado, a...

I would like to have a bit of chat about people who judge – does that mean I am judging them? Maybe, maybe – anyway here goes… The way we live, the way we eat is often in question– we are what we eat, we hear that all the time. Actually we are made of what we eat and do and think and say and experience. That’s obvious isn’t it? A LOT of people seem to think that their way is the best way...

Well things feel a little quiet around here. Last week was the Bleus Passions – the Blues festival- at Cognac, just down the road. It was super gooood! We saw Sinead O’Connor who was beautiful and sang like an angel, Beth Hart who was sexy ‘n’ sassy and sang like a rockin’ angel and The Hives who just took control and had everybody (say that word like the Blues...