Are you ready to get the healthy eating back on track after the indulgence and partying of 2013?
Whether your trousers are feeling a bit tight or whether you simply want to banish the sluggish feeling of winter comfort eating… it’s time to feel re-energised and ready for a healthy, happy 2014.

Did you make any foodie New Year’s resolutions this year? I’ve already spotted lots of great blog posts about reducing meat, dairy, refined sugar etc.
I haven’t made a resolution as such, but I would really like to include more raw food into my diet this year – one of the big motivators was Vegfest London back in October. The cookery demonstrations were great fun and featured lots of raw food ideas that got me really excited. ( I never thought I would write ‘raw’ and ‘excited’ in the same sentence!)
Chad Sarno, an awesome chef and…

As many of you already know, kale is very good for our health since it is loaded with all kinds of antioxidants and essential nutrients. So, here is one of my family’s favorite kale recipes that we first tasted at a favorite restaurant on Cape Cod.

~ A head of cauliflower, chopped into small florets

~ About 8 cups of rinsed kale

~ 1/2 cup of sprinkled blue cheese ( optional)

Chop half a head of cauliflower into small florets and saute in a tablespoon of olive oil at medium heat for three minutes. This will soften and crisp the cauliflower and remove some bitterness.

Remove from skillet and sprinkle over half a head of finely chopped kale. (Kale tastes better in smaller pieces!)

Drizzle two tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Sprinkle with pepper and garnish with small crumbles of blue cheese.

Serves…

This is my favourite soup. Ever. Hard to believe when I think that for the first 27 years of my life I had refused to even feel the smell of mushrooms. Pregnancy turned things around and I found myself craving mushrooms and mushroom based foods.

This soup is really easy to make and tastes extraordinary! In these winter days a hearty soup like this, full of protein makes a wonderful dish.

Ingredients:

• 600g closed up mushrooms – washed and finely chopped
• 1 handful dried porcini
• 100g oyster mushrooms – washed and finely chopped
• 100/150g shiitake mushrooms – washed and finely chopped
• 1 big onion, finely chopped
• 3-4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 bunch fresh thyme (dry works just as well)
• 1/4  tsp rosemary
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1.5l vegetable or chicken stock
• a bit of olive oil/coconut oil

Begin my warming a bit of water and placing the dried porcini in…