The New You - Living a Healthier Lifestyle

12/11/2025

10/11/2025

The power of a plant based diet. I would not be wearing the same dress if I hadn’t changed to this healthier pattern of eating.

Why?

A whole food plant-based diet, oil free eating gives you more food with less calories PLUS the power of all the nutrients which happen to be anti-aging.

Photos L-R: 2013/2019/2025

09/11/2025

Food prep Sunday has begun!
Easy Bean Stew
The filling for the lentil cottage pie and Hasselback butternut - recipe from bowlofdelicious.com

Thinking of a curry maybe next 🤔

What’s everyone else cooking for the week ahead?

07/11/2025

My two boys ♥️ my youngest son -
Uncle M with my grandson. Celebrating 1 year old today.

07/11/2025

It’s a beautiful day for lunch by the pool!
Getting the ‘ol body back in shape after the holidays and ready for Summer.

#1 habit = food choices. Whole foods, plant prominent and definitely oil free.

A healthy lifestyle beats‘s dieting and leads to long-term sustainable weight loss with healthy choices

04/11/2025

Emotional support carbs 🤣😂 love it.

Listen, I don’t want to be dramatic… but these mashed potatoes might just be the reason you finally forgive your cousin for bringing instant potatoes to Thanksgiving that one year.

🥔 Creamy, buttery (without the butter), and so fluffy they could double as emotional support carbs — these are the best vegan mashed potatoes you’ll ever eat.

And no, you won’t miss the dairy. You’ll just wonder why you ever trusted a cow with your comfort food in the first place.

Perfect for holidays, weeknights, or random Tuesdays when you just need to eat your feelings in potato form.

31/10/2025

wonkybox.nz from my box this week using the FENNEL.

This salad is so simple and so delicious (well I think so) if you like fennel then it’s worth trying out. ☺️

1 large fennel bulb (washed & remove outer skin if damaged and bruised). Cut off the stems with fronds.
1 large apple (can be any type)
Juice of 2 lemons (optional but at least 1)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Method

1. If you have a mandolin slice the fennel bulb only on the thinnest setting.
2. Squeeze one of the lemons and pour over the fennel.
3. Cut apple in half and sliced thinly or you can grate it.
4. Pour the juice of the second lemon over the apple and mix everything together well.
5. And chopped walnuts mix through and it’s ready to be served.

NOTE I use plenty of lemon to keep salad fresh for up to 3-4 days and the apple doesn’t go too brown that way either

31/10/2025

Woo hoo a lovely surprise!

30/10/2025

Time for what’s in this week’s 🧅🥕 Wonky Box 🌽🥬

Use TN69A9 for a 25% discount off your first box. Only 2 codes left!!

28/10/2025

Food share! Here are some of my most recent meals. I think we can safely say in all but one photo I definitely make sure I get my greens in ☺️
Everything is as close to whole food plant based as possible with the exception of the pasta and rice.

26/10/2025

A very random post about a moth! My first sighting …..

Spotted this afternoon - a most magnificent Pūriri Moth - native to NZ. These fabulous creatures only live 48 hours as a fully formed adult moth after spending up to 6 years as a caterpillar.
You can see they are quite big from the photo of the seat. Pūriri Moths are blind and have no mouth so cannot feed hence their short lifespan. I thought it really was quite amazing.