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PARMESAN CRUSTED COD WITH STEAMED GREENS
Parmesan-crusted Cod with Steamed Greens Another recipe given to us by the lovely Joy Skipper. And this one is soooo easy. A delicious gluten-free crusted fish recipe that is served with crunchy greens for great texture with the soft, delicate fish. Serves 4 75g...
NUTTY BITES : Perfect for long hikes !
Thank you to the lovely Joy Skipper for sharing this gorgeous recipe.:) These delicious little bites are full of great fibre, lots of minerals, essential fats (depending on the nuts you use) and most importantly, great flavour! The addition of cinnamon helps with...
VEGAN BUTTERNUT and BLACK BEAN CHILLI
This recipe was mastered exclusively for us by nutritionist Joy Skipper and is the perfect fodder for a chilli January night. This chilli is rich in flavour, and full of great fibre that your gut will love! Roasting the butternut with the skin still on not only...
“FIVE G-O-OLD RINGS….!!”
"...four mince pies, three double gins, two kilos on and a tight skirt that won't do up at all".... I'm sitting here like a lemon chanting that to make sure the syllables fit. But it’s a song we’re all in danger of singing. Here, my lovely friends, are the 5 golden...
HELPING YOUR CHILDREN HOLD IT TOGETHER OVER LOCKDOWN 2…
November 2020 Anyone under the age of 8 is going to be thoroughly delighted at having both parents all to themselves for this, our new Autumn lockdown. Anyone still living at home between the ages of 16 and 25 is going to be thoroughly pissed off. As a solo parent of...
Making the next few months feel brighter…
I walked into the kitchen on Monday and asked both daughters what came to mind for creating positivity and happiness in their lives over the next (and potentially dark) few months. I should point out they're in their twenties .... Buy a puppy Plan a holiday Drink red...
PROTEIN POWDER : A quick summary
If you want to get fitter and stronger, you will be using your muscles. If you want to lose fat, you will also be using your muscles and trying to eat in a way which encourages your body to burn fat and keep full for longer. So, you need to FEED that muscle with...
How to watch Annie live on YouTube
YouTube is a streaming platform. In normal speak, it is a medium for broadcasting live and pre-recorded videos. Everyone there has a channel. I have a channel and it's where I store my pre-recorded workouts, which you may already be familiar with. However, it is...
30 things you wish had time for. Now you have…
Of course, not everyone has that time. Some of our people are working day and night to protect us. But we are hankering down because this is something positive we must do to help the country. Our thoughts go out to all those in the NHS, all key workers, delivery...
Weighing yourself is doing your head in…STOP.
Each week I receive emails from all sorts of people (previous clients, people I've never met, mums worrying about their children.. daughters mainly) stressing over weight. Weight. Not how much fat they are carrying. But weight. The number on the scales. What the...
Annie’s 8 top tips to being greener…
Let's dive straight in. We're in no messing, no faff mode. SINGLE USE PLASTICS: ‘Single-use’ was named word of the year by the Oxford Dictionary last year. Plastic is ending up in our oceans thus destroying wildlife, eco-systems and actually ending up being digested...
THE HEALTH OF THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE : Part Two: Helping them out
Part One contained some important health issues which can affect men. This Part Two blog is intended as a plan to help them make changes so that the possibility of those health issues doesn't become a reality. VISIT TO GP There's no way round this. The only way to...
THE HEALTH OF THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE: Part One: A checklist
This blog is aimed at women. Women of 'mid-life' age who may struggle to knock some sense into their partners, friends and brothers about taking health seriously and getting even small symptoms checked out. I have friends who are married to men who are lovely,...
PREPARING FOR THE MENOPAUSE (peri and post) Part II: Being ready for physical and emotional changes
I am a health and fitness professional and the well-being of all women (and men) is at the core of my everyday life and is what gets me out of bed in the mornings. I went recently to a seminar about the Menopause, where the guest speakers included, amongst others, a...
PREPARING FOR THE MENOPAUSE (peri and post) PART III: Pelvic health
In this piece, I'm talking briefly about the pelvic floor and the vagina, two other areas where you may notice some changes as you start the peri-menopause. PELVIC FLOOR OK, so this may not strictly be a symptom of the menopause (peri or otherwise) but it isn't going...