Be Well with Bernie

After a long hard winter of storms and snow the sun is finally shining!!   I’m sure everyone has welcomed the bit of heat on the bones with open arms. If we’re meant to eat according to the seasons then sunshine has to mean salads, and lots of them.   Salads don’t need to be boring.   In fact you can do so much to make them interesting.   The only limit is your imagination J For me, eating healthy and staying on track with my nutrition is all about being organised.   I start to get nervous when I see my stocks of plastic containers stacked up in the fridge depleting.   No matter what I make I make a big batch in one go.   That way I have a few days where I don’t have to cook a thing and I’m less likely to find myself getting hangry which is always a good thing.   I divide each dish into (carefully measured) individual portions so that I can take it with me wherever I go.   So I thought it would be a good idea to use this week’s articl...

Storm Ophelia has hit ☁⛈ and I'm home alone. I have to say that a forced lazy day is very welcome.  It's nice to just kick back and relax without feeling like you have to be running anywhere or doing anything.  As nice as it is I'm bored stiff.  I've already watched two movies and the kitchen is calling me non stop.  I know I'm not hungry, it's just boredom.  So, I've decided that I will kill a bit of time and satisfy my belly and do some cooking...  Lets hope the power doesn't go??? Since going meat free I've fallen in love with falafels...  I have to admit that a few months ago I had absolutely no idea what they really were...  I remember finding a falafel stall at Electric picnic a few years ago.  Myself, Mags and Paul were there for the weekend and we had them for dinner every day.  They were absolutely delicious and totally satisfying.  I thought the wrap itself was the falafel.  I didn't know the falafel was the...