Food is one of my favourite topics and recently I came across a great metaphor linking the humble potato with some ideas for life.

My friend, Servane Mouazan, a social innovator who runs Social Leadership courses for women groups and other entrepreneurs gave me one of her leaflets which says all you need to succeed is to be like a potato!

Like a potato you want to:-

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Food is one of my favourite topics. And what better time than spring time to try out new recipes and new experiences?!

As I write this from my home office in London, it is a typical British spring day - beautifully rainy, blustery and cold!

Regardless of that, spring is certainly in the air and I can feel the freshness of new ideas, people and events coming into my life. How about you?

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It is a beautiful spring morning here in London and I have just had a leisurely (i.e. lazy!) breakfast.

Health and nutrition are very important to me and as much as I can I do take optimal self-care. This morning I feasted on freshly made bean sprouts.

A while ago I outlined my method for making your own bean sprouts.

Having just made the bean sprouts overnight, I am always amazed at this little miracle in my own home. It is fascinating how in just one day and night, the beans have sprouted inch long “tails”. A reminder yet again of the universal mind all around us that just makes things happen.

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I wrote recently about saving the copper beech tree in my garden.

I also wrote about about Sadhguru’s inspirational project to plant 114 million trees. As Sadhguru says:-

“Trees are our closest relationship. What they exhale, we inhale. What we exhale, they inhale. This is a constant relationship that nobody can afford to break or live without”

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I went food shopping in my local Tesco store and as it was just after school leaving time, there were a few children also in the store.

I couldn’t help noticing what they were all buying and it was interesting to see how few of them were buying any foodstuffs that would be considered “healthy”. They were buying a range of sweets (candy), chocolate, fizzy drinks and salty snacks such as crisps.

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Krispy Kreme doughnuts can be seen in many UK high streets and also sold in UK supermarkets. But as people wake up to just what’s good and what’s not good for their bodies, it is debateable just how well such food products will do in the future.

So right on cue I have just learnt that Krispy Kreme are having serious problems in the USA and UK..

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It is another glorious sunny day in London as I write this.

September seems to be the new August as far as sunshine in the UK is concerned. I look forward to many more summer days like this before autumn sets in with its beautiful colours and refreshing winds.

There is definitely freshness and new energy around as I begin my week back on “normal” food, having been on a detox fast since last Monday.

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Today has been the second day of my apple fast - and so far so good.

Amazingly havingly had no whole food for 48 hours, I have more energy and focus than I have had for a long time.

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I recently attended a seminar on healthy eating by my friend Peter Pure.
Yes, that is his real name
Peter’s teachings have prompted me to finally go on a long awaited detoxing programme. So for the rest of this week, I will be thriving on fresh apple juice only.

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On one of my recent shopping trips to my local supermarket, I somehow managed to pick up a crooked trolley from the row outside.

The trolley had a mind of its own and kept going at almost ninety degrees from the direction I was pointing it at. As I found out soon enough, one of the wheels was misaligned.

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