Mission Nutrition Blog and recipes

Can small rewards help you change your behaviour around food?

Changing your diet isn’t just about what you eat, but about the way you eat. It’s about changing your habits and behaviours around food. Here I explain more.

Burnt out? Tired? Mind too full?

This is a quote I now LOVE: “Rest is not a luxury you earn when you are finished with creative work. It’s a discipline you cultivate to make you more creative”

Want to get results?!

Why will power isn't the way!

If you set a goal to get healthier this year, whether it is to eat better, exercise more, stress less or improve your sleep, the common approach is to get super focused, TRY really hard to follow whatever rule or plan you have set for yourself and call in on willpower to keep you on track.

Soup for the Soul

This is quite easily the best soup I have ever made! My lovely friend Claire, another fellow brit who is my website designer and designed ‘It’s a Beautiful Day’, gave me a frozen container of the soup and I begged for the recipe and have been making it ever since.

Mini Egg Savouries

Looking for something as a healthy lunch or satisfying snack? I whipped these together for my chat on TVNZ Breakfast when I was talking about brain food!

Super Tasty Tempeh Bowl

Looking for some new inspiration for dinner? This is it!

Mussels

Watch this video below to get the run-down of the nutritional goodies in green lipped mussels and smart hacks to help you buy, prepare and cook them at home.

8 Top Tips for a Great Night's Sleep

As adults we need around 7-9 hours sleep yet over the past 100 years the amount of sleep we get has reduced by as much as 1.5 hours per night meaning many of us just aren't getting enough, but the quality of our sleep has declined too, meaning more of us are waking up not feeling well rested even after our time in bed!

5 easy habits to boost your mood

It is possible to feel good more often, by adopting five simple habits that can help shift your mood and outlook and benefit your overall health, too.

Make instant gratification work for you

It certainly isn’t new news that making poor lifestyle choices has negative consequences.

Boost your Brainpower

Missed Claire Turnbull's recent Breakfast interview? Watch it here and get some really helpful tips on how to look after your brain as we head towards those wintery months.

Happiness Hacks

Do you ever look at someone else's life and think that they have it so much better than you? Or maybe you feel like things often don’t go your way or that you have very little control over how happy you feel?

Black Bean Brownies

Looking for a delicious way to get more pulses in your diet?

End your fight with food - your questions answered!

If you missed Claire Turnbull’s latest FB Live event about how to create a healthy relationship with food with Mission Nutrition’s Amy Judd – then watch it here!

Want to eat well and and save money?

Then pick up these 5 foods next time you shop!