The dish gumbo originates from Louisiana, USA. It is similar to jambalaya in that it has two typical versions, the creole and the Cajun varieties. Cajun is traditionally meat based, whereas creole is seafood. Jambalaya is a rice based dish, while gumbo is more of …
There is so much I love about this extremely healthy and nutritious salad. For a start, it is ready in 20 minutes. It also contains some of the healthiest foods that I enjoy to eat and packs a whole lot of flavour. As a bonus, it …
Radishes come from the brassica family of vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. They are the edible root of the plant, although you can also eat the green leaves that grow from them if you wish. They are mainly eaten raw, added in to salads …
One of the most popular questions I get asked as an athlete is related to my diet. Whether I eat a special one, sticking to specific foods and is it strict. By now you should already know the answer, but I thought it might be …
A while back now, when talking about using the grill, I briefly mentioned that I’m not very good at making omelettes the conventional way in a frying pan and so use the grill to finish them off cooking. I thought it would be a good …
Last month I was approached by someone to ask me for my top 10 bits of nutritional advice and so I thought I would write them down and share. 1. Get Plenty of Fruit & Veg Aim for 8 portions of fruit and vegetables a …
Peas, or to be more specific, green peas, are part of the legume family of vegetables, as the plants produce pods which encase the seeds or peas. Beans, chickpeas and lentils are all part of the same legume family. Most legumes are more commonly available …
This is a recipe I’ve been making for several years now. For the first little while I played around with it a lot to get it perfect, but now its pretty much set in stone. Its a really good balance of spicy and sweet. Its …
Couscous is a wheat based grain found most commonly in North African and Middle Eastern cuisine. Its basically a very small pasta made from semolina. Its most commonly found served as an accompaniment to Moroccan dishes, like this Moroccan chicken one pan recipe, but it’s bland flavour …
For this recipe I used hake, a white fish common in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese cuisine. I first came across it when on my first training camp in Majorca. Each night once we had finished dinner, the waiter would come round and ask us what …
Sometimes its nice to have a break from eating meat for my protein source. Eggs and chickpeas are both good vegetarian sources of protein so this meal is still really balanced and nutritious even without the meat. It serves as a good reminder that vegetarian …
Butternut squash is one of the most common of winter squashes found in Britain. Confusingly though, winter squashes are not only harvested or even grown in winter, it is just they take a longer time to grow than the summer variety. They are from the …