Making clean eating easy.

What we are all about

I’m on a mission to make clean eating as easy and sustainable as possible.

• Eat real food
• Try not to eat sugar
• Try not to eat processed foods
• Know where your food comes from
• Eat when you are hungry
• Stop eating before you are full
• Move every day
• Remember it is impossible to be perfect

Who are we

I’m Cath; I’m addicted to Post-it notes, lifting heavy things for fun and good food. I live a busy life writing things on Post-it notes during the day, telling people what to do, drinking coffee, throwing weights around my home gym, and trying to keep my two fur babies, Bella and Luna, from stealing my space in bed.

When I’m not playing with Post-it notes or my babies, I’ll be found playing in my kitchen. I love experimenting with new recipes and have no issue with eating my mistakes on the way to a perfect meal.

So how did I end up with a food blog?

I have always enjoyed cooking and have fond memories of being in the kitchen when I was little. For years, I loved being in the kitchen, making and trying new things. I love fresh fruits and vegetables; when I was little, I would take an apple over sweets any day. When I was little, I was never fond of meat and was a vegetarian for about seven years.

In my late teens, I got sick. While I was sick, I lost my love of food, and I ended up with a negative relationship with food.
For a long time, I ate because I had to, not because I wanted to. Back in 2010, I was eating one meal a day and living on coffee. As with many things in life, a relationship helped to change my relationship with food because you can’t spend time surrounded by people who live to eat and not have that rub off on you.
I started to get excited about food and playing with new recipes.

I decided to give a paleo diet a go in 2013. It worked well for me, but I wanted something more flexible and fit with what worked and didn’t. Call it paleo, primal or keto – many call it clean eating. I eat real food and try to avoid processed foods and sugar. I love taking simple ingredients and turning them into healthy and tasty meals for everyone to enjoy.

This blog

This blog is where I share the recipes I have created or adapted that have worked and enjoyed by all. I am not a chef or a professional recipe developer. All of my recipes are based on personal tastes and the ingredients available in my region (New Zealand). I use products that fit with what works for me. Where possible, I offer alternative ingredients that may work for you.