welcome to
Welcome to the Nourish Blog.
I hope you enjoy reading my posts and find inspiration for cooking plant based recipes, developing healthy habits and learning about intermittent fasting and essential oils.
Inspiration for a healthy lifestyle
Miranda Lewis
Learning how to meditate has been transformational for me. It allows you to recognise that whilst you have thoughts, you are not your thoughts. You don’t need to believe them or react to them if you don’t want to. Have you tried meditation? How did you find it? Before I explain why to meditate, let me cover […]
read post
The benefits of using essential oils Back in September I found myself in the US surrounded by 40 000 strangers wondering what on earth am I doing here?I was thousands of miles away from my children … In Salt lake city, which, let’s just say is not a destination top of my list … Jet lagged and […]
Read More
There are only a few weeks left of 2019 and the New Year is fast approaching!Have you ever made a new year’s resolution and not stuck to it? If you said yes, it’s not just you! It’s you and just above EVERYONE else. New Year’s resolutions tend to be BIG and often far fetched goals. I […]
Read More
HOW TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOCOLATE Does healthy chocolate really exist? Yup! Cacao is super high in many nutrients, including antioxidants, magnesium, iron, chromium, manganese, zinc, copper and vitamin C. Raw cacao is a superfood. This is great news for chocolate lovers, like me! The bad news is that most chocolate is not at all healthy. As cacao […]
Read More
Sleep is the best drug on the planet, the secret sauce. Everything in our body and mind works better with proper quality sleep. Whilst we are all individual, most people do well with a minimum of 7-8 hours uninterrupted sleep. Not getting enough sleep increases your risk for chronic diseases such as; type 2 diabetes, heart disease, […]
Read More
I have been vegetarian since the age of 15, (let’s just say that’s now more than a few decades ago!) but my desire to be plant-based started long before my teenage years. I remember as a child not feeling comfortable with eating meat (except bacon!) and feeling funny about consuming another animals’ blood. My parents weren’t […]
Read More
Why Diets Don’t Work My words today come straight from the heart 💓(Also from the bathroom floor — we’re staying in a hotel and all sharing one room and I typically get my best ideas at night when the kids are asleep. So me, my laptop, and some dark chocolate have found a dry towel […]
Read More
I knew from a young age that sugar was bad, that my mum disapproved of it, that even though it was delicious I shouldn’tlike it, or want it. So to avoid getting in trouble I snuck sugar. I would grab a sugar lump when no one was looking, sneak the jar of Nutella up to my bedroom to […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
If you have experienced moments of emotional eating or binge eating episodes you will know how much guilt and shame can be attached to those events. As I share in this week’s episode of The Positive Nutrition Podcast punishment and guilt are not the tools that will support you to break the binge cycle. Instead, […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
Learn how to create balanced meals without sacrificing taste or enjoyment in this practical and tactical episode of the Positive Nutrition podcast. In this episode I introduce the VIP’s framework: I explain the importance of each component and offer tips for incorporating them into your meals. This is not a time consuming process, it’s a […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
Diets have consequences, many consequences. Here are just a few key ones: On this week’s episode of the Positive Nutrition podcast, I share how you can lose weight (if that’s truly what you need) without dieting. I break down 5 healthy habits that can support you towards your weight loss goals whilst also benefitting you […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
Welcome to the first-ever episode of the Positive Nutrition Podcast! In this episode, I share my story from disordered eating to food freedom and I give you a feel for the kind of content you can expect from the Positive Nutrition Podcast. What is Positive Nutrition? Positive Nutrition is a term I coined, combining my […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
I love to have a matcha latte after lunch. It’s a great alternative to coffee with many health benefits. This recipe is delicious, creamy and vegan. Enjoy. What is matcha? Matcha is a green tea powder high in antioxidants. It contains caffeine so it has a stimulating effect (which can help alertness) but it also […]
READ THE POST
More from Around the Site
On the Blog
Proving that a healthy lifestyle can be simple, and delicious.
Healthy can be simple and delicious, let me prove it to you.
I know it's hard to make time for yourself. The demands are endless and your to-do list is never ending. That's why being healthy needs to be a lifestyle choice, an automated part of who you are, otherwise it will never happen. It's easier than you think, let me show you!
And all the recipes are super simple and quick to make, because I KNOW, just like me, when you want chocolate, you want it NOW!