Blog and Podcast

As I’ve been operating in the eco space for a while now I’ve met quite a few ecopreneurs and I’m always inspired by their commitment to doing the right thing which is one of my brand values. And as this is the season of the Virtual Christmas Market I thought it would...

This is a personal one - I share my experience of my Dad getting Coronavirus. In this episode I talk about how it affected me emotionally and physically as well as the practical steps that we took to deal with it and the support that we got. I know this podcast is...

We are having a cake-off! #nervous! Before we start...here are the important links: You can find Paul's recipe, along with Paul’s pudding making course here. You can get your hands on my Christmas cake kit here. And here’s the video of me making my Christmas Cake kit....

Hey Hey Hey! In today's episode I speak with the wonderful Cami Layne...fellow podcaster whose voice I am just a little envious of 😉 Cami is a busy mumpreneur of two - to be honest I don't know how she does it! But she did confide in me that she could do with a hand...

Hey, and welcome to the Virtuelicious podcast: all about cooking fresh food...fast. After years of working long hours and not having time to cook, I felt unhealthy, lethargic and fed up. I needed to make a change. Over the years I learnt how to cut corners without...

Bread making can be quick. And I have a special guest who knows all about baking to share her top tips to make the quickest of breads - flatbread. As usual, we have a good old chinwag and I randomly share my top tip for calming the fire in your mouth when you eat too...

Pinky is a busy entrepreneur and single mother who just doesn’t have time to cook….until she fell in love with her slow cooker. Slow cooking isn’t something that I have done a lot before so I couldn’t wait to get her on my show…not just because I knew that she would...

Hey hey hey! Can washing up every be a joy? I think not! BUT there are things that I have learnt along the way that makes it easier. And that’s how I managed to talk about washing up for nearly half an hour! Here’s some of the stuff I talk about: pros and cons of...

Love cooking but find you can never find that knife, saucepan or lid you need? Is cooking becoming a chore?  I hear you...I've been there. And I've picked up a few nuggets along the way that may help you if you feel that your kitchen cupboards are in need of some...

So many people I have spoken to love the idea of batch cooking but in practice it rarely works out. After all, who wants to spend half a day slaving over a hot stove only to eat the same meals over and over?  Well, here's a different approach to batch cooking....

Hey hey hey! So today I'm talking about how to keep your meals interesting...how to add that va-va-voom to your dinners, how to switch up the same ingredients so you don't get bored and how to make balanced meals.  And don't worry, you don't have to spend ages in...

Hey hey hey, today we're roasting veg....when we talk about meal prep quite often we think about batch cooking a main meal like a roast or lasagne...but what about the sides? Building on the last episode about food prep, in this episode we deep dive into prepping veg....