Happy New Year

So it has been an incredible few months. Hard, but incredible.

Food is now my life...I have to research, plan, prepare and be ridiculously organised with every minor detail. I have also had to raid every odd and bizarre wholesaler to buy quirky ingredients in bulk. I now have a kitchen full of airtight containers full of nutritional yeast, pearl barley, cous cous and dry roasted peanuts! I have also discovered a type of haribo (sour rainbow stripes) which meets the constraints of my diet, so I bought a couple of 3kg bags...obviously!

I have to say when I come home from work my heart sinks when I know there is little available to eat, but then I look at my AMAZING family organiser which has a column 'food' and I get my bottom into gear. Within minutes I am loving it and every meal I have prepared and cooked from mostly raw ingredients and comes out looking, smelling and tasting incredible makes me feel hugely proud. The best thing...my energy is back.

Before this diet quite often I was working on around 30% of my usual energy levels, and it was hard! Now i am nearly back up to 70% and feel so alive and full of options, and as my beautiful mother used to say 'the World is my oyster'.  Most evenings end with a glass of wine accompanied with my small pot of treats (a combination of dry roasted nuts and sour stripes which oddly really compliment each other). 

Sweet potato brownie...husband loved these...I didn't.

Marinated salmon with lemongrass, chilli, coriander and lime. SUPER delicious and I always make extra to have some cold the next day in a salad. FIVE STARS! With home-made chips!

Posted 3rd January 2016