Welcome to my blog! This is my little space where I can show my love for food, life and love. First, I'll give a little background. Its not a sob story I promise but I've had a pretty tough journey through my teens, suffering with Fibromyalgia from a very early age. Fibro brought a black cloud over my life and I lost a lot of love and motivation for life and all the amazing things that the world brings. Being accused of an eating disorder (due to doctors not acknowledging my condition), caused me to lose my passion for food and almost self fulfil their accusations. After a few unpleasant years, I powered through and struggled my way through all the bumps in the road. I can now safely say that I feel I have got the better of Fibro. Nevertheless,I have been constantly infuriated (and often influenced) by the ludicrous beliefs that cutting out certain foods or food groups is 'healthy'. I, naively, thought that following these so called 'health kicks' would somewhat cure me of Fibro. How wrong I was. CARBS ARE GOOD, PROTEIN IS GOOD, FATS ARE GOOD. Why we feel we need to cut out food groups, and limit our calories and go hungry throughout the day is BEYOND ME. Everything is good in moderation. Guilt is not allowed on this blog. My blog is dedicated to health and eating well, not less. I want to share with you my love for food, my recipes, my restaurant finds and much more. Yes, it's all healthy but I do not scrimp on taste! Please follow me and I hope you can share a slice of my journey and hopefully find some healthy inspiration! Much love Steph x
One of my faves! I usually oven bake salmon but it goes so nice and crispy when its pan fried (this was in coconut oil). Served with a homemade tomato and basil sauce, courgetti and spelt spaghetti. Good carbs are better than no carbs! #Italian #food #recipe #foodie #healthyfood #paleo #salmon #wholefood #fitness #instafood #instahealth #organic #diet #8020 #macros #lifestyle #glutenfree #spelt #spaghetti #pasta #goodcarbs #lovefood #vegan #veggie #cleaneating #cleanse #pure #wild #raw #foodblogger #blogger
Wednesday night treat! @wholeearthfoods peanut butter is EVEN good with dinner. I made this satay by: Mixing 2 tbsp PB, 1tsp chilli, a big chunk of fresh ginger grated, 2 tbsp tamari/soy, 1 clove of garlic crushed, half a squeezed lime and a tbsp honey, the about 1/4 of a tin of coconut milk. I put the chicken on skewers and spooned a couple of tbsps of the satay on top and shoved in the oven at 180 for 30mins. With the rest of the satay add another 1/4 tin of coconut to make it runnier so you can use it as a dressing for the salad. If you're veggie or vegan you can just miss out the chicken! The salad is a Thai quinoa salad that I threw together. If you'd like the recipe I can post! #paleo #glutenfree #guiltfree #satay #recipe #lovefood #quinoa #eatingwellnotless #lowcarb #grains #wholefood #fitness #salad #health #healthyfood #foodie #foodporn #foodblogger #blogger #diet #vegan #veggie #foodshare #8020 #chicken #protein #plantbased #dinner #instafood #instahealth #instafollow #instadaily #yummy #food #foodstagram #healthyliving
Such a good snack!!!! Because it's from @grazedotcom and it's called a protein flapjack I convinced myself it was healthy 😂 here's why, it has 9g of protein which will help to keep you full instead of just raising your blood sugar for it to then plunge back down again, it also has no artificial rubbish in it, it's made with natural sugars and vanilla! Either way it tasted pretty damn good 😍 #graze #protein #proteinflapjack #grazedotcom #snack #healthyfoodie #organic #healthy #foodshare #foodblog #blogger #iqs #diet #paleo #wholefood #superfood #instahealth #vegan #veggie #goodcarbs #fitness #healthandfitness #gains #lovefood #recipe
There is nothing better than a slice of toasted banana bread in the afternoon! Smothered with @wholeearthfoods peanut butter. I've tried loads of banana bread recipes and always seem to deviate from them. This is a @deliciouslyella recipe, with added walnuts and cranberries to give it a bit more to crunch! I love banana bread as it satisfies and sweet tooth, and doesn't make you feel guilty for eating cake! 🍰 #healthyfood #bananabread #recipe #paleo #instahealth #befit #organic #foodie #health #instafood #eatingwell #wholefood #fitness #deliciouslyella #foodshare #vegan #veggie #diet #iqs #protein #guiltfree #dessert #snack #cake #peanutbutter #wholefoods #glutenfree #grains
Crispy Salmon marinaded and cooked in a spring onion, garlic, ginger, chilli, Marsala, honey and rice wine sauce. Served with a load of veggies cooked in cumin, 5 spice and soy on top of a mountain of brown rice. My dinners pretty much have to have carbs, otherwise I end up craving sugar and, more specifically, chocolate later in the evening! So instead of loading up on white carbs or bread I go whole meal, or add lots of grains! 🤓 #eatingwellnotless #paleo #glutenfree #diet #lowGi #iqs #healthy #food #foodie #healthyfood #chef #recipe #vegan #veggie #pescatarian #fish #salmon #Thai #follow #8020 #follow #foodblogger #blogger #dontdeny #eatwell #green #grains #fitness #dinner #cook #goodcarbs #yummy
So gutted I've been so rubbish with this insta! So many meals and recipes I've not saved and have now forgotten! Well, here's to getting back on to it. Here's my Wild Rice and Sweet Pepper Salas with pan fired mackerel. & A squeeze of lemon 🍋🍋🍋 Yessss #food #healthyfood #recipe #fblogger #8020 #paleo #health #fish #veggie #wildrice #grains #vegan #vegansoffig #lovefood #eatingwell #fitness #moderation #dinner #follow #glutenfree
When you make yourself this healthy little summet for your breakfast tomorrow... And then you get drunk and realise you're probs just gonna want a subway in the morning 😱 I'm not goin Marbs, so I can have carbs right? #nocarbs #nocarbsbeforemarbs #lol #ijoke #healthy #chia #chiaseeds #breakfast #eatwell #glutenfree #paleo #deliciouslyella #subway #drunk #hangover
This dinner was beyond good. I looooove satay chicken, but it's apparently disgustingly unhealthy as it's usually a takeaway dish. So I decided to cook up my own version. I marinated the chicken in lime, soy sauce and lots of curry powder for about an hour. Meanwhile stirred 3 tbsp of @meridianfoods peanut butter, more lime juice and soy, minced garlic and minced ginger, and a chopped red chilli. This will be like a paste, so to smooth down I gradually whisked in 100% coconut cream until I got the texture I wanted. Poured over the sliced chicken breast and baked for 30mins. I served it ontop of zesty veggie buckwheat noodles. 🍜🍜 #healthy #recipe #food #healthyfood #paleo #8020 #detox #raw #eatingwell #superfood #honestlyhealthy #eatingwellnotless #peanutbutter #satay #iqs #iqs4life #cleanse #cleaneats #fitness #healthyandfitness #musclefood #protein #grains #vegan #veggie #foodshare #foodblogger
PEANUT BUTTER ON EVERYTHING 💁🏻 I don't need any excuse to eat peanut butter, just pass me a spoon. It's a crime not to put it on porridge tho...... Honey oats with flaxseed, figs and cranberries 👌🏼 #breakfast #paleo #foodie #recipe #8020 #healthy #healthyfood #foodblogger #vegan #veggie #fruit #5aday #peanutbutter #pb #instafood #f2fgrams #fatfree #glutenfree #wheatfree #superfood #realfood #wholegood #healthyalternative #detox #kitchen #follow
I made my own ravioliiiiiiiii 💃🏻 and this was the super amazing filling I stuffed them with. It is wild mushroom, Parmesan and ricotta. With LOTS of garlic, stock, and thyme. I then covered the Ravioli in a Marsala truffle sauce.... GRATZI 🙅🏻 #italianfood #pasta #homemadepasta #wholefood #paleo #paleodiet #superfood #tasty #dinnertime #foodporn #foodshare #cleanse #diet #whatdiet #8020 #healthyfood #healthyalternative #foodie #healthyfoodie #foodblogger #blogger #chef #recipe #share #lovefood #ilovefood #followme #f2fgrams
When you make so much biscotti you don't know what to do with it..... Christmas presents anyone? #biscotti #italianfood #foodie #biscuits #sweettooth #paleo #paleodiet #vegan #veggie #eatingwell #glutenfree #instafood #healthy #healthyfood #recipe #foodblogger #baking #healthyalternative #8020 #cleaneats #cleanse #foodporn #foodshare #wholefood #superfood
The 'I don't need anything else' wine. Came home after a long day at the Manchester office, to an open bottle of this. One of the many perks of staying with the parents for a few days! Such a nice wine! Alcohol is bad for you blah blah blah, all in moderation (except for Friday and Saturday 😜) I say! #redwine #wine #winetime #winewednesday #wineoclock #5pmsomewhere #vino #paleo #foodblogger #foodshare #wineshare #parents #food #foodie #allinmoderation #instawine #instafood #vegan #veggie #superfood #antioxidants #wholefood #organic #darkhorse #mealtime #followme #foodblog #blog #questions #featuremeinstagood #eatingwell #eatingwellnotless
I had honey roasted butternut squash risotto for lunch 🙊 I neeeeed carbs, so instead of cutting them out I try and replace some of them with healthy versions. Brown rice is a fab healthy alternative to arborio rice, and works really well. It does take a while to cook, but if you cook a large batch them you can keep it for lunches throughout the week. Mmmmmmmmmmm. #paleo #paleodiet #healthyfood #healthychoices #healthyalternative #organic #lowgi #recipe #risotto #brownrice #butternutsquash #foodshare #healthandfitness #cleaneats #eatingwell #nourishing #foodporn #instalike #instafood #foodie #healthyfoodie #superfoodie #glutenfree #clean #green
Not the best photo because I was starving but I had a big picnic plate for lunch. Consisting of, Quinoa Risotto Balls, avocado, rocket, sundried tomato and olive dip, almond stuffed olives and homemade butternut squash, seed and cranberry bread 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 and it was deeeeelish! #lunch #paleo #healthy #healthyeating #superfood #eatingwell #homemade #healthyalternative #glutenfree #wheatfree #paleodiet #cleaneating #organic #fresh #healthandfitness #quinoa #bread #avocado #picnic #vegan #veggie #vegansofig #wild #raw #yummy #eatingwellnotless
Apple and Cinnamon Chia Pot, topped with figs, apricots, walnuts and almonds allllll ready tomorrow morning. Because I started working from home I haven't done one of these for agessssss, as I've been able to make my breakfast whenever I feel and whatever I want. Definitely need to get back in the routine, because this is far nicer than a bowl of shreddies! #paleo #paleofood #breakfast #breaktime #clean #5aday #eat #healthy #health #healthandfitness #glutenfree #gluten #wheatfree #cleaneating #healthyfood #healthychoices #instafood #foodie #foodblogger #eatingwellnotless #wholefood #organic #recipe #foodshare #mealprep #chia #chiaseed #healthybutyummy #yummy #followme
