8 Tips for Clean Eating

I have put together a short list of tips that helped me to eat cleaner and become healthier. I have put the most important tip at the top, as this is key to eating cleaner. Even if you only follow one of these tips - make it the first one!

A good way to start your clean eating regime is to follow a couple of the tips below, adding in a new one each week for 8 weeks, and by the end of 8 weeks you will be eating clean!

8 Tips for Clean Eating:

1.   Cut down on processed foods, if you don’t recognise an ingredient, chances are your body won’t either.

2.   Cook from scratch where possible using fresh, natural ingredients.

An Alternative to Pasta and Fries - Courgette Noodles and Courgette Fries

I have recently begun trying to lower my intake of carbohydrates, particularly processed white carbs. I found this difficult because I love pasta and potato fries so when I came across the idea of using different vegetables in place of these foods, I was very eager to experiment with some recipes. I have played around with a few different ingredients, and so far, my favourite vegetable to use as a carb replacement is the courgette (or zucchini to American folk).  I have made both noodles and fries in this way and both recipes are very quick and easy to make; they really don’t require much more effort than cooking the real thing.

Going Greek

When I began trying to eat cleaner, I was always looking for alternatives to things like cream, mayonnaise, ice cream and other creamy high fat foods. After living in the US for 3 years, I found that Greek Yoghurt was very popular and so easily available, so I gave it a try and I absolutely loved it, I ate it with everything: for breakfast with fruit and cereal, in smoothies, salad dressings, dips, and even as a way to make pasta sauce creamy again! I had found the solution to my love for all things creamy!!

Clean Nutella

I will freely admit to having a very strong liking to a certain chocolate hazelnut spread, but as I am trying to eat cleaner I wanted to see if I could make my own 'clean' version. And if I do say so myself, I think this 'clean' version is pretty awesome and I think it only fair to share the recipe. 

I wish I could say that this photo is of me, but it is just a very cute baby eating Nutella. 

My Quest to Clean

This is my first ever blog, started at the request of some friends (you know who you are) as I seem to be coming up with healthy alternatives to foods that we all love but aren’t exactly great for us. I enjoy cooking, baking and developing new recipes and that is what this blog will be about; my journey to eat as clean as possible and to help others do the same along the way. I am by no means a clean eating freak, and do enjoy foods such as chocolate, cakes and all those delicious things, but I do enjoy experimenting with cooking and baking and finding alternative ways to make a dish healthy and clean.