I really believe what you eat and drink has a huge impact on how you age, as well as how you look and feel. I've always been into healthy eating, but these days, I try and make that extra effort into maintaining my balanced diet because it just makes me feel energised and keeps my skin hydrated. Many of you know about all the gut issues I've had to deal with over the years, which is why I often like to make restorative juices and smoothies that are easy to digest and absorbed by the body. There is now a...

For me, after Christmas day is over, I like to let the delicious leftovers carry onto new flavour-packed dishes. It can really save you time and money from making meals from scratch, and it’s also a great way to get creative in the kitchen. Any leftover roast vegetables such as pumpkin can instantly be made into nourishing salads and I often create restorative smoothies such as my pumpkin spice smoothie as a breakfast  shake after my morning workout. Roasted pumpkin is wonderful divided into individual freezer bags ready to blend into smoothies or stir through my oatmeal or chia porridge....

It’s no surprise I love to spend most of my time in the kitchen. Cooking a nourishing pot of Ribollita or baking my all-time favourite Gluten-Free Banana Bread is simply therapeutic for me, and the results are amazing every time because I always make sure I’ve got my most loved kitchen tools handy. Any tradesman will tell you that in order to produce a good result, you need the right tools for the job. Below is my ultimate list of kitchen tools that are "the essentials"  to whip, chop, blend, squeeze, mix, grind, juice and store your delicious healthy creations....