Fresh food ideas

The sun has come out of hiding and spring is in the air! We’ve put together some of our favourite refreshing healthy food options to help you feel energetic and fit back into your summer wardrobe.  Thank you to our Hopewood fans for providing us with these great suggestions.  

“I love green smoothies made with banana, raspberries, apple, pineapple, mango and a bunch of fresh English spinach with chai seeds.”

“My favourite healthy dish at the moment is a pea and mango salad. I’ve been given a lot of ideas from my visits at Hopewood :)”

“A Middle Eastern dish of couscous, finely cubed cucumber and tomato and diced red onion with a splash of lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.”

“I love light Philly cheese whipped with light cream, lemon and lime juice, and fresh pineapple pieces. A great dessert that is light on the calories but high on taste.”

“Stewed apple with a crumble topping of rolled oats, cinnamon, coconut, pepitas, sunflower seeds and a tiny bit of melted butter.”

Thank you all who shared your favourite healthy culinary options. We can’t wait to try out some of these melt-in-your-mouth ideas. Enjoy!

Secrets to being healthy revealed...

During our 50 Prizes in 50 weeks competition, we asked our dedicated Hopewood fans “what’s your secret to being healthy?” We were overwhelmed with all the wonderful and inspiring answers we received.

We’ve listed some of our favourite responses below, because some secrets are just too good not to share:

“Staying positive. An internal happiness creates peace, lowers stress and encourages enthusiasm for life. And makes for wonderful relationships with those I love.”

“I discovered the secret how to be healthy 2 weeks ago...the secret is to LOVE YOURSELF! It is intense journey but it is worth it”

“I maintain a positive attitude, eat healthy, drink plenty of water, and make lots of time to spend with my lovely friends and family.”

“My secret to good health is eating nutritious food, walking in the fresh air, relaxing with good company and taking time out to be pampered.”

“Regular exercise, good healthy food, eight hours sleeps each night, no smoking & doing things that I enjoy to de-stress.”

“My secret to being healthy is being positive in life, eating well, exercising regularly and enjoying every moment and making it count.”

“Plenty of sleep, exercise, sunshine, fresh air and beautiful vegetarian food - oh and a healthy dose of love and affection!”

“Downtime.  I think it is extremely important to relax, recharge when you can and find a quite place to gather your thoughts as often as you can.”

“I keep stress to a minimum, and when I do get stressed I turn up the music and dance around my house singing.”

A big thank you to all who shared your secrets. We hope you don’t mind we shared a few!