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Smoky Winter Roots Soup - Paleo; Low FODMAP; Gluten Free

Smoky Winter Roots Soup

This soup tastes really unusual; I’d never tasted anything quite like it before! The combination of turnip and smoked paprika makes for a heady, wholesome soup that will warm your bones for sure <3

I ate this for breakfast quite a few times during my Whole 30.

Who needs green juice when you can have green soup?

1 turnip

6 medium carrots

2 scallions

8 large leaves of curly kale

2 tablespoons…

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10 Chocolate Desserts You Won't Believe Are Healthy...

10 Chocolate Desserts You Won’t Believe Are Healthy…

Mousse:

1. This raw chocolate pudding looks so impressive! Pomegranate seeds are instant prettiness for any dessert.

2. This banana chocolate pudding looks equally yum!

Chocolate cake:

3. This sticky chocolate fudge cake actually looks more delicious than its less healthy counterparts!

4. This grain and dairy free chocolate cake looks so decadent! Dat ganache frosting.

Brownies:

5. How super…

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1. Post-Whole30 Shop While I’m so glad I did the Whole 30, I also thoroughly enjoyed my first…

1. Post-Whole30 Shop

While I’m so glad I did the Whole 30, I also thoroughly enjoyed my first trip grocery shopping after! You can see peanut butter, tamari soy sauce, gluten free yeast, risotto rice, orange-flavoured Swiss-toblerone style bar (AMAZING), Irish mature cheddar and rice noodles all above! The above is pretty low-FODMAP in smaller portions so I haven’t lost the run of myself…

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WIAW: Last week of Whole30 and Lately

WIAW: Last week of Whole30 and Lately

Here’s a few photos of what I’ve been stuffing in my face in the last while!

Mini burger wrapped in serrano ham… Incredible combo, do try if you haven’t before!

Paleo fish pie… Totally made up the recipe as I went along and it was INCREDIBLE. Will post it soon!

Treatin’ myself – strawberries dipped in coconut cream. Nom.

   I went home for a few days which meant lots of eggs were eaten! Easiest…

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My Top 20 Decadent Valentine's Day Desserts

My Top 20 Decadent Valentine’s Day Desserts

Sweets for your sweet <3

Here are my top 20 desserts for Valentine’s day – whether you’re enjoying them with your sweetheart or treating yo’self as a singleton, these desserts are sure to impress!

Really though just slap some berries on dessert and BAM! it’s Valentine’s day appropriate.

  Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate:

1. Three words: Gooey. Chocolate. Caramel.

2. How perfect for…

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Banana Coconut Brownies for Two - Paleo, low FODMAP, gluten, nut, egg & dairy free

Banana Coconut Brownies for Two – Paleo, low FODMAP, gluten, nut, egg & dairy free

No need for Cupid if you make up a batch of these!

  So it’s Valentine’s week and the blogosphere is spewing out chocolate recipes like there’s no tomorrow.

I thought I’d add to that – it makes sense as chocolate will always be my first love.

Also I’m especially qualified as I live so near dear St. Valentine’s final resting place. #relevant

But more importantly, the cool people at Chocolate Log…

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February Goals

Whole30 ‘Dessert': Microwaved Blueberries with a Spoon of Coconut Cream & Toasted Coconut. Treatin’ myself on the last day <3

So January’s goals went semi-well!

They were as follows:

Complete my Low-FODMAP Whole30. This went really well! I fully completed it (sorry for not giving a review of the last week – college got a bit crazy) though there were a few accidental FODMAPs hiccups. Accumulationi…

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Sharing Internet Love: Links

Sharing Internet Love: Links

I haven’t done a post like this in aaaaages so I have a HUGE amount of links saved up! So this first one will have a lot of November links (sorrynotsorry). The weather is still pretty similar so things are still relevant.

The black stuff in this picture is the half jar of peppercorns that accidentally fell into my chili. Eating peppercorn for days. :(

  Newsy type links:

Finally! Detox is not a…

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Chicken Marinara: Hot and Fiery Addition.

Chicken Marinara: Hot and Fiery Addition.

NOTE: This is the deleted post! I figured out that it somehow made it onto Tumblr despite disappearing from the blog, so fingers crossed it stays on the blog now!

I have so many recipes saved up to post but I somehow never get around to it!

Finally I’ve taken the time to note this one down. It’s a great winter warmer that’s hot and spicy enough to keep your January healthy-eating interesting!

Pa…

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Week 3 of my Whole 30!

Here’s how the third week of my Whole 30 went! This week was a struggle – not in terms of cravings, but just because I had such bad digestive issues. I’m not sure what the cause was; I know it takes a while for your body to adjust to a new way of eating so it may have just been that. I was also under a lot of stress with deadlines for college – as IBS is strongly linked to stress (and I know it…

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So this is what I was supposed to be posting today. But WordPress somehow deleted my post?!? Wtf.…

So this is what I was supposed to be posting today. But WordPress somehow deleted my post?!? Wtf.

Unfortunately the only place I wrote the recipe was in the draft blog post, so I guess we’ll never know just what made it so good. It was definitely a combination of sriracha, tomato passata and spices if you want to give it a shot – I’m too disheartened myself :(

I thought I’d do a post anyway with…

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Chicken Marinara: Hot & Fiery edition

Chicken Marinara: Hot & Fiery edition

I have so many recipes saved up to post but I somehow never get around to it!

Finally I’ve taken the time to note this one down. It’s a great winter warmer that’s hot and spicy enough to keep your January healthy-eating interesting!

  Paleo and Whole 30 compliant if this sriracha used; low FODMAP.

Ingredients:

400 g diced chicken;

250 ml passata;

Cup water;

Handful basil;

2 tsp sriracha;

1 tsp…

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Week 2 Whole 30!

Here’s how things went this week. Warning: TMI content ahead :/

That’s coconut butter on the veg, nom!

Day 8:

B – Courgette frittata (it’s finally finished!) with four meatballs and a tomato.

L – Roast chicken with roasted carrots, turnip, tomato and homemade sriracha.

D – Chili with salad and sautéed aubergine.

I spent most of the day in the library, so this way of eating was great – it fuelled…

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First Week of Whole 30!

I explained my goals back here. Here’s the diary of my first week!

Day 1:

B – Courgette frittata and two smoked streaky rashers.

L – Two mustard-baked chicken thighs with roasted butternut squash.

D – Steak with sautéed bell pepper and scallion, and mashed carrots & butternut squash.

Today has been fine so far, though I would have loved something sweet after dinner.

I got the usual ‘what are you…

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Why I Haven't Made a New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year everyone!

Pretty sad that Christmas is over, but hey – it has to end some time so we can start looking forward to next Christmas!

So, this year, amidst the blogging spectrum of resolutions, I’ve decided not to make any.

I began my disenchantment with new year’s resolution last year, realising that by February my wishes for the year were all but forgotten. That’s why last year’s…

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WIAW - I'M BACK!

Any guesses as to what I’m planning based on my grocery shopping above?

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Well if you guessed a low-FODMAP Whole30 you’d be right! (Eek.)

I haven’t posted about it before, but I’ve suffered from IBS for a couple of years now, and I figured that this would be the best way to figure out exactly what’s triggering it. I know I’m a little lactose intolerant, but quitting lactose hasn’t cleared up…

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Happy Christmas! (P.S. I'm still alive.)

Happy Christmas everyone!

Hope you’re having the loveliest day.

And you’re not having such a great Christmas this year, I hope things are better for you next year.

From: http://giphy.com/gifs/harry-potter-hermione-granger-F7mQh1gizUQ24

P.S. Sorry for abandoning the blog as of late. I’m taking a bit of a break due to college exams and Christmas. Things will be pretty hectic until March, but I’ll…

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