If you’ve not heard all of the latest news and trends on gut health, where have you been for the last 2 years? Gut health has been all the rage because scientists are slowly beginning to discover more about our gut and how it plays a massive role in various aspects of our health.   One area that is being looked...

Here are Simply Souperlicious we love our veg – as you well know by now! If you can manage to eat seasonally, wherever you are, the food is fresher, tastier and more nutritious than anything consumed out of season. There is a multitude of reasons to eat this way, apart from it being more nutritious and whether you can grow...

It’s that time of the year – the nights are growing longer, the weather is unpredictable, and your family come and go at all times of the day with different school and working patterns. Not only that, our wallets are being affected by what seems to be a never-ending economic crisis and we are all having to think about feeding...

To be honest, I don’t really care what people think about potatoes – I love ‘em! Call them potatoes, ‘spuds’, ‘tatties’, whatever you like, they are probably the most useful and potentially tasty tubers on the planet. It’s up to you and how you cook them, even though nutritionists worldwide will throw their hands up in horror at the thought...

Come on guys – lighten up! Carbs are not your enemy! Carbohydrates are arguably the most misunderstood of the three macronutrients, vilified and restricted in some groups, whilst being favoured and promoted in others. Carbs, just like any other food stuff, are neither “good” nor “bad”, how they are integrated into our diet determines how healthy they are, not what...

Alright, gather round everybody – it’s time for a serious talk. We’re going to discuss something that I know for a fact many of you are wildly uncomfortable with: adding vegetables to your desserts. Wait! Hang on! I know that vegetables that have been hidden in desserts are the reason that you have trust issues. But before you flip over...

I’ve recently been binge-watching The Lord of the Rings extended versions and the 60-odd hours of documentary footage behind the making of the films (lockdown life means we party hard, you know how it is) and I always get excited in The Two Towers when Samwise Gamgee gears up for his iconic line. “Po-tay-toes. Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em...

Before doing my research for this post, cabbage and I weren’t best friends. My only reference to cabbage is a sloppy green pile of borderline inedible food served on the side of a questionable roast dinner. It’s something I’d associate with an older family member, the kind of food that they force you to eat because it’s ‘good for you’,...

I’ve been on a mission recently to try and eat as many seasonal fruit and vegetables as possible. Partly because it’s better for the environment, and partly because I've found an amazing farm shop close by and I want to take full advantage of their produce. So, each month I’m scrolling through the Veg Society website to find out what’s...

I know that generations before me are going to despise what I’m about to say, but being a millennial is hard. Aside from the fact that we can’t afford anything, and no not because we enjoy brunch, but because of the overwhelming increase in the cost of living; we are guilt-ridden with trying to make life decisions that will better...

Nobody said that this would be easy, but more and more of the world’s population are turning to a plant-based way of life. In fact, it is believed that 20 percent changed to vegetarian or vegan diets in January 2021, in spite of the limitations on fresh food experienced in Europe during Covid. It is anticipated that when statistics are...

It is understandable that anything small, round (like pea shape or similar) and edible, can be called a ‘bean’. But there is more to beans than you may know, so let’s cut to the chase and discern what is a bean, and what is actually ‘a legume’. The first certified records for the existence of beans in the human diet...