Ooh baby!

Yesterday was a landmark in my pregnancy.  It was the first time a complete stranger – two in fact – commented on my bump.  The first was in a restaurant where the waiter simply asked if I knew if I was having a boy or a girl (I don’t, incidentally),...

The truth about eating healthily

I am often asked what are my top tips for implementing a healthy eating regime. Especially at this time of year when people feel like they’ve overdone it and need to shift some excess lard. So I’m just going to come out and say it: There is no magical...

The £250 Christmas pudding

On Christmas Day my mother-in-law was very excited to inform us that she had purchased a Waitrose Heston’s Hidden Orange Christmas pudding.  Apparently the previous year there was so much hype surrounding this pudding, that Waitrose had sold out and people were...

Keep the old, forget the new!

New Year, New You? Hmm…  I’m not so sure.  Here’s why I think starting 2015 with a diet is probably not the best course of action. Wishing you all a very happy new year, and all the best for a wonderful...