Getting out
March – Month 2.
Our food diary for March has followed a similar pattern to February with our food quotas remaining the same. Our only real change has been an increase in the amount…
The iconic beans on toast
The weekly heroes
We all have our favourites; whether it's films, pets, Quality Street, fanatical dictators or even related children. It's always going to be the same with food. Ever visit one of…
Seeing the potential
Keeping the cupboard challenge potential in mind
Wednesday was a good example of a rummage through the freezer to decide on dinner. Last week we bought a piece of salmon that was on offer in the supermarket.…
Gloom in the trees
Darker days
I have a number of reasons for this blog, each quite different, but each has its' own connection, in some tenuous fashion. One prominent value that has transpired from writing,…
February's food tracking
February review
So from looking at my tracking sheets it is clear where I have found challenges during my first month of tracked eating. Not enough protein. Not enough vegetables. Now I…
Lunch inspiration
February – Month 1.
This is a food diary of sorts showing the meals we've eaten throughout the month. Whilst I enjoy photographing food, historically I've never been too keen on actually photographing what…
The new kitchen
Operation Kitchen
“Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.” – Alfred Hitchcock We've lived in our little terraced house for 16 years now. I bought it with my Dad's help…
The undeniable truth of the food tracker
My Upside-down Food Pyramid
The undeniable truth of food tracking The new novelty of logging my meals has illuminated realities that deep down I think I always suspected. Firstly photographing your meals - like…
Where academic nutrition and cooking collide
PN way == Chef way
Where cooking and coaching collide So...... PN, or Precision Nutrition if you didn't know, is an information and coaching business originating in Toronto Canada. When I started getting interested in…
Everything in moderation
Everything in moderation
Deciding to start writing a blog again didn't really come with any master plan. I enjoy writing and thought it was maybe time that I did more of it, both…
That sneaky middle aged spread
A flabby ambush
What the hell is that.......!?! I turned to get a better view. Was it the light......? My posture....? I twisted and contorted. Tried tensing and breathing in. It was still…
The dawn of Cupboard Challenge
So I've dabbled with blogs before. Never really got that far. I suppose I was never really sure what I was hoping to achieve with one. Now I find myself…
Making Lasagne
I’ve got this theory. The secrets to the universe and complete understanding are hidden everywhere and can be found in everything (hmmmm…..maybe this isn’t my theory after all….). For the…
Wiggle your big toe
This has felt like a long and laborious week. Firstly I’ve been attempting to learn how to make CSS responsive. At the instruction level it all sounds so straight forward.…
Just like riding a bike
So I’ve been twitching to get started on what is generally regarding as programming ‘real’ code. As I understand it HTML and CSS aren’t strictly considered programming. The code is…
Version control
Based on my experience this week, I find the name of Git a touch ironic. The fundamentals of version control make absolute sense and I can only imagine some of…
Center a div
*!$**%&!!$^!! why won’t you just move!?! The line of text just sat there stubbornly, nicely aligned to the left margin. Unfortunately, I wanted it in the centre. In the kitchen,…
Refresh the page
So this is just the start. A lot has happened over the past year. In many ways it’s been a collision of factors that have been on interjecting courses for…