I think we’ve all got a bit excited this week in the UK, because the sun finally came out to play. Sunshine straight to my head, I suddenly felt the need for something unusual and refreshing. So when I spotted an avocado and cucumber soup recipe in my Integrative Nutrition book, I had to give it a try. Tasty, quick and super simple, it would be a crime not to share this recipe with you.

Cool avocado and cucumber soup

Recipe slightly adapted from Integrative Nutrition by Joshua Rosenthal

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 1 avocado
• 1 small white onion (or half

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I eat a lot of salads, even when it’s freezing. I just find my own healthy salad recipe is the easiest way to get a perfectly balanced nutritional meal with the least hassle. You can tweak it to perfection, adapt to your own taste, and make it as big (or small) as your appetite requires.

Admittedly however, sometimes I make rather ‘standard’ healthy salad recipes. Plain tuna and pesto chicken I am somewhat over. Those are order of the day when I’m in a rush and I just stick to what I know, or what’s left.

Last week, I made … More about this

Wondering what to have for dinner tonight? I have a friend who quite often goes “Lauraaa…tell me what I should have for a healthy dinner tonight pleeeeasse?”. Katie, here you go…why not try these super simple Lemon Lamb Meatballs, a recipe that is now firmly featured in my staple collection for ease and convenience.

I know I’ve predominately blogged on breakfasts and snacks previously, mainly because these are the biggies to overcome with sugar. However, easy healthy homemade meals at anytime of the day, help you avoid any foodstuffs out of a packet that may contain ‘invisible sugar’, … More about this

As much as I’ve grown to like a cooked breakfast, time’s not always on your side. Scrambled eggs and avocado, whilst relatively quick, does take longer than a cop out bowl of cereal. However there is an excellent time savvy solution – the almighty breakfast casserole.

Once cooked, the breakfast casserole is, quite simply, brilliant for the following reasons:

• It’s quick (microwavable)
• It’s transportable
• It’s high in protein
• It’s a way of getting vegetables in your breakfast
• You can chuck pretty much anything into it
• It’s rather tasty (well mine certainly are)

Convinced?

Here’s my favourite breakfast casserole recipe … More about this

Soups can pack in the portions of vegetables and they officially increase your satiety – the fullness feeling that means you eat less calories to feel satisfied. Many advise towards the soup starter in a restaurant to stop you gorging later on in the meal – just watch it’s not a ridiculously creamy number which can whack up the calories. For more weekly tips like this sign up to the Happy Sugar Habits mailing list.

Although making your own homemade soup does seem like extra hassle and time, it has some serious plus points against the old shop bought … More about this

With the flurry of the Olympics and the ridiculous affair that has been this year’s British summer, it seems the sun is finally out and I am soon to head to a BBQ! Woo hoo The rarity makes it all the more exciting but I thought I would quickly post talk about a few healthy BBQ suggestions.

Now that I have newly started my ‘health blog’ (which I am loving ), I am somewhat fearful of getting a slap on the wrist from friends when I dive into anything remotely associated with sugar! I guess they expect you to practice … More about this

I have always maintained my opinion that in the UK we do ‘on the go’ lunch options pretty damn well. So what are some good shop bought lunch recommendations? The selection and choice is fantastic and the rate retailers are innovating to make things healthy is pretty handy, although sometimes you do find you pay a bit of a premium for it. Nonetheless, as others catch on to popular healthy options the prices start to come down or special offers pop up (Yipee!).

Working in Canary Wharf in London for 6 months I was literally overwhelmed by potentially having over … More about this

This week, I am working at home everyday where The Olympics have officially closed my office. I have stocked up the salad ingredients and am making a different but totally awesome colourful salad everyday. With all the colourful produce you can even get an Olympic ring theme going, although I thought about this then got a little stuck on blue and black so suggestions welcome!

Mixing up ingredients and trying new things means boring salads are a thing of the past. When you have shops like Whole Food Stores to hand, new ingredients are even a pleasure to buy (see … More about this