Last Friday morning, just in time for breakfast, I took delivery of a cool bag, stuffed full of fresh, organic, cold-pressed green juices from Purifyne, ready to start my 3-day green cleanse. I was offered the chance to roadtest one of their nationwide juice cleanses and as their ‘green cleanse’…
CF Eats
Married to a greedy Italian with two ravenous boys. Good, healthy home-cooked food is our love language.
CF Weekend: The Bank Holiday plans, Chelsea and a lot of eating out
I have spent most of the last week dodging all forms of news/social media, desperate to avoid seeing anything of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show coverage as we are going on Saturday and I want it to be a complete surprise. I’ve been a number of times before on press…
CF Eats: an immune-boosting nutrition overhaul
So, I thought I’d do a series of posts on my plans for a serious nutrition overhaul. I’m not calling it a diet as to me, that relates to weight-loss. My plan is to literally feed my completely broken immune system back to health. I’ve seen my consultant today and…
Snapshot: a week or two on Countryfille.com
Hello stranger. I know, it’s been a while. Forgive me. You wouldn’t believe me if I told you that in the last 10 days we have had two deaths, a stroke and some heart surgery in our immediate family. Crazy, heart-breaking, stressful and all true. So, I’m afraid this is…
My new-found nibble – the Graze box subscription
I have a rather unhealthy cure for writer’s block. Eating. It started at uni; if I came a cropper mid-way through an essay on Baudelaire (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t?) I’d amble up to the communal kitchen, make a piece of toast and munch my way out of the…
Honestly Healthy – eat with your body in mind, the alkaline way
The ‘Alkaline Diet’ has popped up on my radar a few too many times for me to ignore. The Brilliant Writer has been raving about it for a while now, every Jan glossy had a spin on it and according to her Twitter feed, Victoria Beckham can’t get enough of…
CF Eats: kale crisps
God I love crisps. Like really love them. Posh Kettle Chips (have you tried the pesto flavour?!) or the downright toxic pickled onion Space Raiders of my youth. Crisps are my diet Kryptonite. So, to that end, here are my Kale Crisps which satisfy my cravings for a savoury, salty…
CF Eats: an easy tomato and bean soup
I’ve recently re-discovered this recipe while in search for an economical, filling winter soup and wondered why I haven’t made it for so long. I made a huge batch on Sunday and it will last for a whole working week’s worth of lunches. It is designed to be a ‘use…
CF Eats: DELUXEBITE foodie subscription genius
So I’ve posted a bit about Glossybox, the monthly subscription company that delivers a handful of high-end beauty samples, beautifully wrapped each month. Now please welcome Glossybox’s delicious, ethical, brilliant, foodie equivalent: DELUXEBITE. This box of YUM was sat on my doorstep this morning after co-founder Jason Brown dropped me…
Country Fille – the coffee snob
I’m not afraid to say: ‘My name is Country Fille and I’m a coffee snob’. Even as an impoverished student, the Blonde and I would quite happily pick the mould off our last piece of toast for breakfast but it would always come with a steaming cup of freshly ground…
The boy turns one. A mother’s anxious post
So, next week is Country Bebe’s first birthday. I know, this year has flown by. While we’re not throwing him a big party, there will be a few of his little friends, doting grandparents and general well-wishers dropping by and I thought I’d make a cake. Cue a quick Pinterest…
CF Review: The Railway, Honiton
When everyone from your mother to the Devon Twitterati (Kirstie Allsopp included) mention a ‘great little pub doing modern Italian food up a side street in Honiton’, you know you need to pay a visit. Only 8 miles from our front door we finally nipped over for my birthday dinner…