Category: Lifestyle

  Great for those of you with kids (or grand-kids!) - not exactly smoothies, but I came across these super after school snacks - in an article in womansday.com. I’ve included my favorite 3 right here… but there are 20(!!) creative snack recipes in the source article (see attribution link at the end). Don't worry,…

  With the New Year almost upon us are you looking for something non-alcoholic yet tasty for your party?  Whether it is something for the children to drink, or for the drivers, join me in a low pressure, non-alcoholic concoction that is quite delicious. If I’m having a party I like to keep things simple to…

  HAPPY CHRISTMAS! A rich and creamy, real chocolate, hot chocolate treat. Indulgent, luxurious, silkily smooth. A special treat and not an every day drink. Just right for a warming, late night Christmas Eve treat. Yes? Recently I found some rich, dark, mint chocolate. It was delicious. I made some melt-in-the-mouth mint chocolate truffles with…

Want a drink to make you all warm and toasty? Then you must make this delicious mulled apple cider! I love it when in the colder weather, we have food & drinks warming and comforting - and there's nothing beats some hot apple cider for this. But here's the thing that makes all the difference... Instead of buying your apple…

Essential reading for anyone serious about healthy eating - I found this collection of concise myth-busting nutrition tips quite enlightening! All written by Registered Dieticians. There's a great satisfaction from finding the perfect balance between eating well, exercising well, and treating yourself!So it was quite a shock to realize that a surprising number of the “healthy” rules we’ve…

    Don’t skip breakfast, especially if you want to lose weight. If you don’t have time in the morning then prepare as much as possible the night before. But don’t skip breakfast as a good breakfast kick-starts your metabolism and help stops you snacking. Smoothies are a great weight-loss tool. Not only do they…

Want to keep on track with your healthy meal plans, but getting tired of drinking smoothies? Here's something to satisfy...2 super healthy recipes from nutritionist Kelly LeVeque: One is a sweet berry bowl, the other is a savory chocolate bowl--and they're both delicious! Watch the video and tell us how you like to make smoothie…

A couple of days ago Genie wrote a reply to one of our readers questions (thanks Alekhya!) which I thought worth sharing with you all... (Includes our top 3 favorite breakfast smoothie recipes on the following pages - you'll see why below) The question was about a challenge we've all faced, I'm sure: how to avoid…

Hi folks, I'm sad to say, we buried my mum yesterday. She had been failing for a while, but took a sudden turn for the worse a couple of weeks back, was taken to hospital but didn't respond to treatment and passed away 2 days later. We'll miss her sorely, but we're glad she's free…

    Just for a body to survive, we require lots of fluids; we can go without food longer than we can go without water. Getting enough fluids and staying well-hydrated, especially in summer, can be difficult for some folk. Of course, we all know that the best fluid to drink is water, but what…

We know we should do it, but getting started is a problem. Unless things are dire we don’t want to starve ourselves. However, you don’t have to starve to cleanse your body. Just make sure you get plenty of the right foods and your body will do it itself - cleanse that is, not starve!…

The Bulletproof diet suggests we can ‘lose a pound a day, reclaim energy and focus and upgrade our life’. I don’t know a lot about it (as you can probably tell, lol!), but part of it is to do with increasing your healthy fat intake which improves weight loss. It goes contrary to all we’ve…