"Fish are friends, not food!"

Be warned - this is a tedious link! I love that line in 'Finding Nemo' when Bruce the friendly shark is reminding himself that the fish are his friends, NOT FOOD! The tedious link here is that that line always makes me think about two things; food and friends (rather obviously), but more specifically that food is my friend, NOT FOE!

I hear so many people talk like food is their enemy, which definitely included me at one stage and occasionally I find it has its grip on me again. I write this having spent two days this week feeling not so great and giving myself a little (actually, a rather large) pep talk, so I don't write this from a place of having it all sorted by any means.

We're living in a world where so much food is instant, cheap and processed. I'm not convinced this is the stuff God designed us to be eating personally and if I take a quick look around, the proof is in the pudding (I love pudding).

I'm not saying lets eat lentils and carrot sticks all day (although lentils and carrots make GREAT soup!), but I'm keen to think about what I'm putting into my body because I think it has a far bigger effect than we understand. I'm not sure having rules of what I 'can' or 'can't' eat is ever a good idea - rules get broken and guilt follows, that's when food becomes an enemy. But I do think knowing what you're eating and knowing the effect it has can change what we put in. I want to eat as much natural food as possible with my lifestyle (the less processed the better), food that gives me all the nutrients I need and food that gives me plenty of energy to keep me going with all the day to day things.

Being slim isn't the answer, being healthy is. What we look like doesn't always accurately reflect what's on the inside. I want to put good, fresh and most importantly TASTY recipes on here because that's what I want to put in my body! I love food. Bruce-y wouldn't be proud but I'm determined for me and good food to be best buds :)