Food for Thought: Top Tip 4
4. Choose Whole Grains Cindy explains that grains are just the seeds of cereal plants. The seeds have 3 parts; bran (the fibre rich outer layer,) endosperm (the middle starchy layer,) and [Read More]
hurried@home
The worst thing about weekends is that they are over way too quickly, especially long, lovely ones such as this! We check out of the hotel and head out of town. Orange, you've been awesome! We take [Read More]
Slow Cooker Chicken Couscous
Serves 4 Gee, I love my slow cooker! And this one pot wonder ticks all the boxes. It's quick (at least by slow cooker standards) low fat, healthy and needs new accompaniments. Oh and did I say [Read More]
Food for Thought: Top Tip 3
3.Drink more water and tea, and less alcohol and sugary drinks Cindy from Nutritionchic shows us a 1 litre bottle of fizzy pop and then shows us a cup of sugar. That's how much of the sweet stuff [Read More]
Lolli Redini
After a sneaky glass of wine at Union Bank Bar, we head down the road (literally,) to Lolli Redini. The Lonely Planet describes this as the "apple of Orange's eye," and while we're on the topic of [Read More]
Orangey-boom!
I wake up far earlier than necessary so I decide to put my time to good use and run this town! It's fun running round Orange but I choose my route wisely. My sense of direction is famously bad, I [Read More]
Food for Thought: Top Tip 2
2. Move your body and "change your genes to that of a younger person!" Cindy from Nutritionchic explains that there are two types of exercise, aerobic (planned sessions of physical activity,) [Read More]
Bistro Ceello
Our first feast in Orange is at the delightful Bistro Ceello. When we arrive looking wet and just a little bit wild, I love that the restaurant is in a converted federation -style house. The building [Read More]
Big Day Out
Hurrah! This weekend we're giving up on the city and going out to the country, but before we make our great escape, I squeeze in a sneaky 8km to set me up for the fun filled days ahead! We've both [Read More]
Food for Thought: Top Tip 1
1. The Tape Measure Test To be healthy, women should have a waist measurement of no more than 80cm and men no more than 94cm. Despite what we think, the size of our legs and bums is not important, [Read More]
