Healthy Eating - Eating What's Right For You

I haven't blogged for over a year now and thought I'd get back to it. My first post of the year is of course, the all round talked about subject - healthy eating.

I do normally eat quite healthily anyway as Chinese cooking is all about stir frying your meats and veg at a high heat and quickly so it doesn't kill all the good nutrients! However, I do and will spoil myself a bit too much and will go for the chocolate biscuit or bag of crisps as a snack. I also don't exercise very much as I find it very boring. I started going for a run for a couple of weeks and then stopped as I didn't like getting up at 10 to 6 every morning and go for a run before work! I would like to go to a dance class but it's a bit too expensive! So I thought I'd start with what I love most...FOOD!

I love cooking! Especially home cooked food. I don't think anything can beat a home cooked meal and you will always know what goes into it.

Salmon and Vegetable Laksa

With healthy eating, I believe you have to eat what's right for you and what works for you. There is a lot of food that doesn't agree with me so I try to cut it out and reintroduce it at times to let my body adapt to it slowly. I eat what's right for me. For example, I know that I can't eat bread that's been pre-packaged as that makes me really bloated so I tend to treat myself at the weekend to a loaf of fresh sourdough or any other fresh bread as that doesn't bloat me. It's all about trial and error. I know it can be a lot of effort but I feel like it's what needs to be done if you want to change your lifestyle.

That's why I love Madeleine Shaw and her recipes and her positive attitude towards a healthy lifestyle. Having bought her books I have tried out some of her recipes but adapted it for my taste and liking. I don't believe in following recipes word for word as everyone's taste buds are different and what the book says may not necessarily be what you like. For example, if you don't like cinnamon don't put it in. It's about what works for you. If you don't have the ingredient(s), don't go to lengths to buy it, use something else!

I have both her books and I think if you want a kick start to your healthy eating journey, her books will be just right. They are simple, yummy recipes and is accessible to vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters.

After starting my glow journey, I do feel much better in terms of my body. I bloat a lot less and my skin has cleared. But be warned...once you start healthy eating, you will break out as all the goodness you eat will force all the toxins out of your body. I had a few cravings here and there but got over it quite quickly after remembering how processed food made me feel.

I am starting to love eating clean and healthy and so I am going to start sharing some of my own recipes here.

Corfu!

Being so busy in the summer, I haven't had the time to write since May and so I want to talk about the holiday I went to in June as it was a really nice experience and I urge those who have never been to Corfu (a small Greek island) to go at least once!

Me and my cousin stayed at a nice, small and friendly apartment in Sidari, which was around 2 hours away from the airport and the centre of Corfu town. It is only a 15 minute walk into town, the beach and a 2 minute walk to the nearest supermarket! Christina Apartments was reasonably priced and cost us only £370 (booked through Thomson) for flights, hotel and coach transfer. It is also ranked #1 on Tripadvisor!

It's owned by a small family and they are all very friendly and helped out a lot and the food was very cheap! You could get a full english for around €2-€3! The place was kept nice and clean as there was a cleaner that came everyday and every studio had their own balcony which was nice to sit and eat breakfast in with a lovely view! There was always enough sun beds and people wouldn't hog the space with a towel like they do at hotels which is good as it's very annoying when people do that! The only down fall was that you had to buy your own toilet roll and cannot flush it down the toilet and have to put it into the bin as the drainpipes are too small and can get clogged up easily!

Rating: 9/10

We went on a lot of excursions and my favourite was Paleokastritsa as it was such a beautiful place and we even got on a taxi boat and sailed around some of the island and into the blue caves. We also went to Paxos and Anti-paxos (a little beach island with amazing white sand and crystal clear blue sea), corfu town for a bit of souvenir shopping and also got on a local bus to Kassiopi which was situated only half an hour away from Sidari. 

I do not recommend booking any excursions via Thomson as it was overpriced and the excursion I booked was cancelled and they never told me about it until I asked them! There are many cheaper travel companies in the centre of Sidari and the best place is Valeros Travel where I booked mine!

Corfu Town

Anti-Paxos beach

Kassiopi

 So save up and go to this wonderful little Greek island! 

   

Cafe no.33

33 Exchange Street

City Centre

Norwich

NR2 1DP

01603626097

Open 7 days a week

This little gem of a cafe is one of my favourite places to eat out for lunch in Norwich. Only a small place at the bottom of the high street, No.33 is always packed with people and queues, however it is all worth the wait.

The menu has many choices ranging from a full English breakfast, to  to fish fingers on sea salt focaccia which is all pretty amazing! Their menu changes from time to time but having been there many times, it's safe to say that everything tastes yummy!

What's more amazing is the generous amount of cake you get per slice and the wonderful flavours they provide as well ranging from the Classic Victoria sponge, to chocolate and banana, hazelnut and mocha to a refreshing lemon and poppyseed and many more including brownies! 

If you just fancy some afternoon tea and cake, this is definitely the place to come as a slice of cake and drink is only £3.50!