Spicy Pork Tostadas with Baby Corn and Peppers: It’s that time of year when everyone I know wants to lose a few pounds…and it’s also the time of year when we are all making resolutions. Everything from what can we do to improve ourselves to how can we slow down global warming and save the […]
Skinny Toad-in-the-Hole for 5-2 Diet
5-2 diet recipe for Toad in the Hole and low-calorie recipe planning: I think it is much easier to diet when the weather is good. At this time of year, I really want comfort food, warm starchy things that fill me up with a kind of internal heating system. And if I wasn’t following the […]
Moinhos Velhos Juice Retreat and Yoga – Part One
Moinhos Velhos, Portugal – juice retreat with yoga, meditation and alternative therapies: Located by the Barragem da Bravura, Algarve, Portugal, Moinhos Velhos is the perfect place to detox the mind, body and spirit. Whatever you seek to achieve, be it rest and relaxation, a complete detox, to heal or to help transform some aspect […]
Coronation Chicken and Lavender & Lovage Book Review and Giveaway
Cookbook and Travel Stories – Lavender and Lovage (and a recipe for Coronation Chicken from the book) I’ve known Karen almost since I started my own blog. I’ve admired her food photography and enjoyed her recipes both in my own home and at hers in France. We share a love of travel and in many […]
Ella Di Rocco in Fulham – The UK’s First Wine Spa
Taking the Plunge… I’m slowly coming around to the idea that a regular spa visit might be just the thing for a middle-aged chap or chapess looking to unwind and have a bit of a detox. So when the chance came to visit the UK’s first wine spa Ella Di Rocco on the fabulous Fulham Road, Chelsea […]
Happiness and Wellbeing in Aruba
The Ultimate Wellbeing Destination in the Caribbean – Aruba: This year, here at London-Unattached we’ve already visited three Caribbean islands, adding Barbados, Grenada and St Lucia to our previous trip to Antigua. What’s becoming increasingly evident is that each Caribbean island is quite unique and there’s really no such thing as an ‘average Caribbean experience’ […]
Healthy Lemon Chicken
Lemon Chicken – Trying to eat healthy food: This recipe for healthy lemon chicken is very quick and simple. I made mine using the wings and legs from the Organic Chicken in my Abel and Cole box this week. If you don’t plan on feeding a whole family, it’s quite a good idea to take […]
Adventure Yogi – Yoga and Wellbeing Weekend Retreat
A weekend in the country with Adventure Yogi: Escape the rat race and take some time out for yourself in the Sussex countryside……. My London life is full of fun but the daily grind of work and family life can take its toll. Once the winter months set in I get a little weary especially […]
A More Mindful Diet with the Mindful Chef
Lemongrass trout with coconut lime rice recipe: As a keen cook who lives by herself, I never really considered recipe boxes. But, as it happens, The Mindful Chef does have recipe boxes for one. I believe they are the only recipe box company that offers boxes for a single person – so, I was able […]
The Mindful Chef Vegetarian and Vegan Recipe Boxes
Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes – Burrito Lettuce Wraps with Carrot Fries: One of the best things about the Mindful Chef recipe boxes is that they offer a good range of options for Vegetarian and Vegan cooks. Or, for families where one or two members of the family are following a veggie/vegan diet. Our contributor Simon […]