Anna Orkisz-Rideout

27/09/2023

What do I eat as a new mum ( breastfeeding) to keep me going and recover well from birth 🌱🌱🌱
EXAMPLES
Healthy fats & protein
🌱eggs
🌱avocado
🌱meat
🌱olive oil
🌱Greek yogurt
🌱chia seeds
🌱offals( liver, liver pate, black pudding)
🌱butter
🌱cheese
🌱hummus

Plus veggies & fruit, wholesome carbs : rye / sourdough bread.
I also make broth on regular basis from either organic or free range chicken, duck legs or beef ( anything on the bone ). From that I make soups most days.

I still cannot believe the food in hospital I was offered, was mostly carbs which means I was hungry again within an hour of eating. I couldn’t wait to get home ☺️
It’s impossible to recover and have the energy to look after your newborn. Be prepared and take your own food or ask someone to either cook for you or get you some healthier option of ready cooked meals.

26/02/2023

🌱VEGGIE NOODLE SOUP WITH WHITE BEANS

Delicious, wholesome and quick to make

INGREDIENTS:
•Onion
•Courgette
•Red bell pepper
•2 cloves of garlic
•Jar of white beans
•Tomato purée
•Whole wheat noodles
•herbs + seasoning: oregano, basil, marjoram, pinch of cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper

Crush the garlic, chop the onion, cut the courgette and red pepper.
Put everything in the saucepan at the same time with fat of your choice, I used ghee. Fry for 10 minutes. Add herbs and tomato pure, fry for further 2 minutes ( be generous with herbs, that's where the flavour is.).
Pour about 1 litre of boiling water, it depends on how thick you want the soup to be. Feel free to add more if you like.
Add the drained beans and leave it to boil for 10 min on low gas uncovered for some water to evaporate.
Season with salt, cayenne pepper & black pepper.
At the noodles, look at the portion suggested on the packaging. Cover the saucepan and switch off the gas.
Leave it on the side for further 5-10 min for the noodles to soak in some of the liquid. No need to cook the noodles. Sprinkle with some parsley leaves and enjoy🌱

NOTES:
For a quick soup I always put everything in at the same time, even the fat. The flavour will be there and there is no need to preheat and often burn the fat before you add anything else.
I often use broth as a base ( chicken, duck), always cook some at the weekend and keep it in the fridge.
I had some leftover chunky ham which I also added here.
Feel free to experiment, use tinned tomatoes, different veggies, beans. It will work out at the end .
And enjoy the process, cooking can be creative and enjoyable🌱

19/02/2023

🌱6 ingredients PASTA with ham & courgette 🌱

Real quick and tasty lunch/supper🌱

INGREDIENTS:

1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
100g wholewheat pasta
2 courgettes
100g Chunky ham
feta cheese

Cook the pasta.
Fry chopped onion using fat of your choice ( I use ghee), add crushed garlic, give it couple of minutes.
Add chopped courgette and fry for few minutes, add a dash of water and let it cook until the courgette starts to fall apart and turns into a sauce.
Add cut up ham and cooked pasta. Mixed it all gently adding salt and black pepper, sprinkle with some feta and enjoy 🌱

Serves 2
Feel free to exchange any of the ingredients for what you like.

12/02/2023

💥THE BEST Celebration Cake 💥

Sponge with vanilla cream and raspberries on top👌

SPONGE:

•4 large eggs( egg whites separated from egg yolks)
•100g sugar
•100g all purpose flour
•100g potato or corn starch

Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan.
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks, add sugar in 4 part and whisk.
Add egg yolks one at a time and whisk for a short time.
Sift both flours over the bowl of the eggs and sugar mix. Best to do it in 2 parts and gently mix by hand, just until combined. Do not over mix !

Pour the mixture into 20 cm round cake tin and bake for 25-30 min. Don’t open the oven while baking!

CREAM:

•500ml whole milk
•100g sugar
• Vanilla extract

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan and heat until just below boiling point.

•100ml milk
•3 egg yolks
•2 Tbsp white flour
•2 Tbsp potato or corn starch

Mix all the ingredients together, best to use whisk.
Pour it in the saucepan with milk and sugar and keep whisking. May be worth taking it of the heat while mixing so not to get lumps. Put it back on the heat and slowly, while mixing, bring it to the boil.
It should thicken up. Set aside, let it cool.

• 200g soft butter

Beat the butter until light and fluffy. Add the cooled “milk and egg” mixture. Add it in 4-5 part, every time mixing very well.

Now all you’ve left to do is to slice the sponge in 4. If it looks a bit dry you can soak it with a little bit of warm water.
Layer with the cream and decorate it as you wish. Raspberries in my case :)
Cool it in the fridge for few hours and enjoy x

11/01/2023

MACRONUTRIENTS 🥦🍞🥚🥜🍫

09/01/2023

This is the time of the year when we feel under pressure to do something new: loose 2 stones, exercise 5 times a week, no sugar, no alcohol!!
If that works for you, great!
But if you want to try different approach here it is:
💫look at your life and be honest with yourself, this is the only way to change anything
💫people that surround you, are they supportive
💫is what you’re doing energising or draining you
💫do you feel well in general or you just put up with your digestive symptoms ignoring them every day
💫do you think of yourself as priority or you always put yourself last

Knowledge is the key. Learning to listen to your body, stop for a minute before you do something automatically. Start with yourself and focus on the journey💥

# I’m here to share my knowledge, experience and to help you make those baby steps. To understand how your body works.
Can’t promise the golden pill but I can promise that with a little help you can feel like your old self again #

25/12/2022

Marry Christmas Everyone 🎄🎄🎄
May your Christmas be peaceful, full of love and laughter 🌲🌲🌲

26/08/2022

🌿5 minute garlic mayo recipe🌿

24/08/2022

Leftover yoghurt as a takeaway snack 🌿

13/08/2022

Homemade mint lemonade 🌿🌿🌿

02/08/2022

Green Breakfast Shake 🍌 🥬 🥜

01/08/2022

Polycystic O***y Syndrome ( PCOS).
Very informative yet simply explained, worth reading🌿

Polycystic o***y syndrome (PCOS) is thought to affect one in 10 women. How might nutrition and lifestyle help manage symptoms?

02/07/2022

Simple 5 minutes 5 ingredient omelette 🌿

07/05/2022

Client Testimonial 🌿
Loved working with Luiza!

There are no easy fixes, it takes time to get your body back in balance but when you do get there it’s worth it, believe me🌿Creating new habits is the answer. Not restricting yourself but getting knowledge to understand what your body needs now. See if it works for you. Don’t look at anybody else. We are all unique! 🌿
I went through this journey myself. I followed other peoples diet not listening to my body! I became obsessed with what to eat and what to avoid, I wasn’t in a happy place! It’s only when I started to look at my diet and went back to basics, learned about what my body needs and how it works I started to enjoy food again🌿
You can feel like yourself again but you need to make the change because it’s you who is responsible for your own health, no one else 🌿 🙏🏻

07/05/2022

🌿3 ingredient energy balls 🌿
For when you crave something sweet 🌿Here is an example of balanced and naturally sweet delicious energy balls🌿

03/04/2022

Things don’t always go to plan 🌿
Don’t be hard on yourself 🌿