My name is Mint and this is my first post ever to introduce myself and to talk about MyNutriNosh blog 

Born and raised in Lyon (known as the gastronomy capital of France), I made the move to the UK for a job in chemistry about 11 years ago and I’ve loved living here so much that I decided to stay permanently!

I always had a keen interest in food in general, cooking meals from scratch to feed my friends and family, searching and experimenting new recipes and flavors, and of course, eating (gained few extra pounds to prove it)!

In the more recent years, I started to take more of an interest on the effects that food has on my physical and mental health but also on our planet well being. Whilst the movement on vegan and meat free diets went viral across the world, I don’t think I could realistically ever go fully vegetarian. However, I am willing to do my bit for the environment by reducing my meat consumption and try adopting a more flexitarian approach to my diet (better having all of us doing it partially that only a handful of us doing it fully!).

Being allergic to some nuts and intolerant to certain food (thank you IBS…) I would find it quite tricky at times to find recipe collections online or in recipe books that would provide me a tailored solution to my diet requirements. So to get a better understanding on how to design bespoke nutritious recipes, not just for myself but also the people around me who have allergies/intolerance or just don’t like certain foods, I decided to get a qualification in Nutrition and Weight management (check out the Future Fit website if you are interested!). If being locked down was good at anything this year, it was to give me that kick to do this and the time to finally follow my passion for Food in more depth!

This blog would follow my journey experimenting on myself and my guinea pig (ie my boyfriend, Mr Pombear  ) in order to achieve our personal respective goals (weight loss and wellness for me and strength/endurance for him) through a combination of eating tasty tailored meals and ongoing HIIT exercise. I will be sharing my adapted recipes, experiments, reviews and tips with you as I progress with my courses, so stay tuned for more!