Posts in “Vegetarian”


Diet | Lifestyle | Low Fat | Nutrition | Quick meals | Recipes | Vegetarian

Healthy Raspberry Recipes

We have been eating raspberries for the last two weeks in my house – and yet more and more fruit is ripening. I’ve eaten them raw and I’ve added them to my porridge – but what else can you do with them? Obviously I could freeze them, but then I’m still going to have to […]

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Diet | High protein | Lifestyle | Low Fat | Nutrition | Recipes | Vegetarian

Do You Follow Recipes?

I was so impressed when google returned 126 Vegan Jamie Oliver Recipes – that I’ve made a list of 15 dishes I want to try! They range from cauliflower daal to fancy sprouts, are rated from easy to “show off”, and tell you all the nutritional information you would be interested in (fats, carbs, protein […]

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Day On A Plate Recipe Challenge!

Something you may not know about me is that I used to LOVE Ready Steady Cook – and I’m not sorry! I went to see it live when it toured the country and I even applied to be on the show. Imagine my delight when one of my exams for my cooking diploma was in […]

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How Did A Vegan Cope In China?

I was a little apprehensive about our Chinese adventure – the last time I went to Beijing, I lived on a diet of Pak Choi and Boiled Rice for 10 days. But it was a long time ago, and I’m not the same timid vegan. Armed with protein shakes for last resort options (very useful […]

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Day On A Plate – Sunday Prep!

Here is a little insight to my kitchen! The best way to cook healthy is to be organised. So for me, Sundays are food prep days. My Sunday prep involves planning out menus and buying the food which will cover what we are going to be eating for the week ahead (and buy something for a plan […]

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My Vegan Christmas

For the last few years, we host an early Christmas dinner for our friends. So whilst this blog may seem a little early, my meal planning has to happen NOW. Last year I shared what I would be eating at Christmas and it gave some of you some new ideas for veggies, vegans and meat […]

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Diet | Lifestyle | Nutrition | Personal Training | Vegetarian

Healthy Places To Eat Near Leeds – Cheerful Chilli Review

Whilst, at motive8 North, we love to exercise and eat healthy, we also like to enjoy a nice, healthy meal out. And as we don’t want our personal training clients or class members to live completely like monks it’s nice to recommend healthy  places for them to eat. Here is a restaurant recommended by  personal trainer, Ieuan Cranswick, as […]

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Diet | High protein | Nutrition | Vegetarian

How Much Protein Should I Eat Per Day?

Are you concerned that you’re not getting enough protein in your diet or that you’re having too much? How much protein should I eat per day….as personal trainers we get asked this question a lot. But if we said to you that you need to eat 80g of protein a day (rhetorically speaking)- would you […]

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This Year’s New Diets

As personal trainers, we need to keep up to date with the newest fat busting, calorie zapping, detoxifying, no food no taste diets that are out there. Not to promote them to our clients as we stand by the motive8 Nutitional Plan being the best approach for our clients but it’s good to know what […]

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What Does A Vegan Eat At Christmas?

I’m a vegan and I’m constantly asked ‘What Does A Vegan Eat At Christmas?’ so I thought I’d blog about it! We’re catering for 3 Christmas meals this year – ones with friends and the others with family. I’m in charge of the veggie options – and I don’t just mean roast potatoes! So let […]

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Diet | High protein | Low Fat | Nutrition | Recovery | Uncategorized | Vegetarian

A Personal Trainers View on Wasabi

The Wasabi website boasts that the sushi is made from scratch in-branch every morning and uses only the freshest and finest ingredients – and I have to say, I’ve never been disappointed! The thing with Wasabi is that you don’t have to like fish (or rice for that matter) to eat there – I’m vegan […]

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Meaty dishes

Grilled Chicken With Quinoa Salad Serves 4              Ingredients Method 225g quiona Tablespoon butter 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped 1 garlic clove , crushed 400g chicken mini fillets 1½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 300g vine tomatoes , roughly chopped handful pitted black kalamata olives 1 red onion , finely sliced small bunch mint leaves, chopped juice and zest ½ lemon […]

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Anabolism | Nutrition | Recipes | Vegetarian

Summery Snacks

Frozen Fruit Stick 31 kcalories, protein 1g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 0.01 g (makes 8)              Ingredients Method 100g strawberries , hulled and halved 8 seedless grapes 100g/4oz mango chunks 100g/4oz melon chunks 2 kiwi fruit , peeled and cut into chunks 100g/4oz pineapple chunks juice 2 limes 4 passion fruits , halved and seeds […]

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Building Muscle | Catabolic | Diet | High protein | Low Fat | Nutrition | Quick meals | Recipes | Vegetarian | Weight Loss

One pot dishes

Roast summer vegetables & chickpeas Serves 4 327 kcalories, protein 11g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 9g, sugar 13g, salt 0.51 g Ingredients Process  3 courgettes, thickly sliced 1 aubergine , cut into thick fingers 3 garlic cloves , chopped 2 red peppers , deseeded and chopped into chunks 2 large baking potatoes , peeled and cut into bite-size […]

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Abdominal muscle | Building Muscle | Catabolic | Diet | High protein | Low Fat | Nutrition | Personal Training | Recovery | Vegetarian

The health benefits of Zinc- why you should be eating a diet rich in this amazing micronutrient

The health benefits of Zinc- why you should be eating a diet rich in this amazing micronutrient Zinc is so important because its found in every tissue of the body and is directly involved in cell division, its a powerful antioxidant and is directly involved in proper endocrine function and therefore the maintenance of hormone […]

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