Ultimate Greek Salad

Serves  4 When I was a kid, we used to go to this totally amazing Greek restaurant in North London. I can't remember how but somehow my mum and her mate, ended up at the knees up on the opening [Read More]

What a Banana!

It's the second day of the year and my first workout. Heaven knows I have some hard yakka to do on the treadmill to kill some of those Christmas calories! It's too hot to run outside this morning, so [Read More]

Caramel Banana Tart

Serves 6 Ingredients 1 sheet puff pastry 20g butter 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 medium bananas (400g), sliced thinly   How to Preheat oven to 220 C/200 C fan [Read More]

New Year – New Start

Everyone has a well deserved lie in - may it be the first of many in 2012! We wake up to beautiful sunshine. It's a total s0l-fest! There's no better way to start the new year than with some serious [Read More]

Auntie Sandra’s Lokshen Pudding

Serves 6 This baked noodle pudding is delicious warm or cold, on it's lonesome or with a side of ice cream. I bet know what you're thinking, a noodle pudding is a paradox! But it's a very [Read More]

Toodle Pips 2011

It's New Years Eve and the last pump class of the  year. We're like pumping sardines in that studio - everyone must be really taking this last chance training to heart! Today, it's so busy, we don't [Read More]

The End of an Era

Annie was right. The sun comes out today - in full force. I go to my last Basic Training class of the year and it's glorious. I go fast and I go hard and I have absolutely nothing left in the tank. I [Read More]

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow

Actually, the sun comes out today. Now  I remember why I love Summer! Seeing the sun shining makes it a whole heap easier to get out of bed and get to the gym for my training session with Kathy at 6 [Read More]

Holidays End

As stoved off as the city was on Saturday, is as quiet as it is today. It's like a ghost town and eerily silent. But who am I to complain? I have almost a whole train carriage to myself and there's no [Read More]