Gluten Free Sausage & Spinach Soup for #SHHealthySmiles

A delicious gluten-free soup with ingredients that will give you a healthy smile!

Yield: 6-8
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes

Gluten Free Sausage & Spinach Soup

This soup is a deliciously, easy option for a quick late autumn/early winter dinner. I especially love this recipe because it features ingredients (courtesy of Simplyhealth) that promote healthy smiles. Just take a look at the inforgraphic at the bottom of this post for more ideas about how to cook your way to a healthy smile.

 A gluten free take on a classic Greek dessert with a floral twist!

Yield: up to 2 dozen
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes

Gluten Free Pistachio & Rose Baklava

At the age of 18, I was desperate to travel the world. I dreamt of leaving America and heading anywhere, passport and camera in hand. As a student at uni, jetsetting off around the world wouldn't be an option until a semester spent studying abroad my final year, so I had to make do with the next best thing: hanging out with international students in my campus's I-House, going to cultural talks and food festivals. It was at one such festival that I fell in love with the sweet, nutty heaven that is baklava.

A #GloriousAdventure with Food

I love food -- both this food blog and my plus size lifestyle blog are evidence of that. One of  the most incredible things about food is its power to transport you. Tastebuds are shapeshifters, working with scents, they can catapult you to foreign lands, inspiring you to visit, to travel, all off the back of a sweet, floral coconut or the heady potency of spice.

Gluten Free Roasted Butternut Squash & Quinoa Salad with Honeyed Balsamic Vinaigrette

This warm winter salad features roasted butternut squash, quinoa and a few surprising twists, drizzled with homemade honeyed balsamic vinaigrette, it's gluten free, mostly vegan and vegetarian!

Yield: 2 main portions or 4 side dish portions
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes

Vegetarian Roasted Butternut Squash & Quinoa Salad with Honeyed Balsamic Vinaigrette

I'm a sucker for a good salad. I'm talking about salads with substance, with more than just a few spindly salad leaves and half chopped tomatoes and cucumbers. Salads that will fill you up and keep you full and that are perfect for any time of year. The roasted butternut squash and quinoa salad recipe I'm going to share with you today is just that type of salad: it's full of goodness and makes for a filling meal ready in just over half an hour.

Visiting Blackpool as a #TravelodgeTourist

Journey with us as we play #TravelodgeTourist in Blackpool and discover some of the city's must-see attractions for a rip-roaring family day out!

What do you think of when you hear the word Blackpool?

 Is it the UK's number one destination for hen and stag debauchery? Or perhaps that it's a stomping ground for one of the largest and most invigorating gay communities in the Northwest? Or Strictly, the fact that it's home to one of reality TV's most-loved shows? More than just a seaside resort, Blackpool has been called the Vegas of the UK and while that comparison might be inflating things slightly, it is a splendidly dazzling destination with something for everyone.

How to Make Rubbed Sage with a Plantui Smart Garden

How to use fresh, home-grown sage to make traditional rubbed sage!

Yield: varies
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: varies

How to Make Rubbed Sage

I am extremely excited about today's post! It's my first post utilising the fruits of my Plantui Smart Garden: it's harvest time! The first plant I harvested was my sage! It smelled so delicious whilst it was growing; I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and use it! Just look at how beautiful and vibrant the sage was:

With American Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas not far behind, I thought I'd share a recipe for how to make rubbed sage. Sage features prominently in both Thanksgiving and Christmas meals (usually springing up in stuffing or sausages et cetera) and it's one of my favourite herbs.

Rubbed sage is ordinary dried sage that has been rubbed gently to fluff the edges of the leaves or into a fine, fluffy powder. The second way tends to be what's sold commercially--fluffy clouds of sage great in baked goods like savoury scones. But I love sage and prefer it to be a bit less airy, so you'll notice in this recipe that I don't rub the sage as much as you might have expected. Feel free to continue to rub your sage until you're left with a fine powder if that's how you prefer it.

#tastytuesdays 108: more Thanksgiving recipes please

It's nearly that time of year! Let's prepare to give thanks by sharing our best Thanksgiving dishes; whether they're main courses, side dishes, desserts, drinks or appetisers! Anything that works for the Thanksgiving table is welcome! :)

Please link up your PINS so you can benefit from my repinning!

How, When and Why to Pinch your Plants with Plantui

I'm happy to report that my Plantui plants are growing out of control!Just this past week, the basil and sage have really shot up and are close to reaching the LED lights in the underside of the top of my Plantui Smart Garden.

My Plantui plants need a hair cut!

I panicked and gently moved them so that the tops are actually growing outside of my garden. Haha. Then, I stumbled across this comment on my Instagram from the Plantui team:

I'll be honest, I had no idea what this meant. So I did a bit of research and stumbled across this invaluable information on the Plantui blog! I'll be pruning my plants this weekend, come back next week to see what a difference it makes! In the meantime, here's what the Plantui experts have to say about pinching your plants:

#tastytuesdays 107: Thanksgiving recipe call

It's nearly that time of year! Let's prepare to give thanks by sharing our best Thanksgiving dishes; whether they're main courses, side dishes, desserts, drinks or appetisers! Anything that works for the Thanksgiving table is welcome! :)

Please link up your PINS so you can benefit from my repinning!

Plantui Smart Garden Growth Update

Come along in this video & see how my Plantui Smart Garden has grown!

Follow along below in this Periscope video and take a peek at the growth update from my Plantui Smart Garden: