Quotes from Ella Woodward

I love cooking and having friends over for dinner, so a beautiful table to sit around is a must.

Before I changed my diet, every time I ate, my torso would feel burning hot, and the areas around my lymph nodes would really ache.

I don't want people to see healthy eating as a diet. I want it to be satisfying food that everyone takes pleasure in eating.

Eating well isn't about dieting or deprivation, so you shouldn't feel that you're bound to certain rules.

There are a million different things that I want to do.

My problem with the word 'clean' is that it has become too complicated. It has become too loaded. When I first read the term, it meant natural, unprocessed. Now it doesn't mean that at all. It means diet. It means fad.

When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there.

I finished my dissertation six weeks early. Who does that? As soon as something comes in, I like it to go out.

For lunch, I tend to eat leftovers. I'm always recipe testing, so I tend to enjoy whatever is left in the fridge. I'm a big snacker, too.

As I started eating more natural foods and thinking about what I was putting into my body, I became more interested in what I was putting on it, too.

On a weekday, I'll go for a big bowl of creamy porridge with almond butter and berries if I'm at home, or a super quick chia seed breakfast if I'm running out the door first thing.

There's no such thing as 'bad' food or 'good' food.

Since September 2013, I have been in a really good place with my health. But I still have to be conscious about keeping it in that good place and taking care of myself.

The most important thing is to snack on things that are filled with real food and nourishing ingredients that will leave you feeling energised and happy.

I love really simple colours at home - lots of cream, beige, and grey with rustic wooden tables.

I'm a neat freak. I find I work best when I feel organised and together, and as I work from home, that means my house is always so tidy!

The first recipe I made was a disaster. I'd been chopping and pressing dates to create a raw brownie, and I thought it would work even better if I blended them in a food processor. So I went and bought one specially. When my boyfriend at the time came over to try the results, he took one bite and spat it out - I'd left the plastic on the blades.

I spent ages learning to take photos, which was a lot of fun, and I think it really helped readers get excited about the recipes.

Just because I like being healthy doesn't mean I can't have fun - I don't drink excessively, but I'll have a couple of vodka-and-sodas.

I'm conscious of the way I live and do things every day that nourish my body. I eat well, I work out, I try to manage stress, I get a good sleep in, and together, that does wonders.

I have always kept my beauty regime super simple, but I would say discovering you could use coconut oil to take off eye-makeup remover has been a game changer.

The things I cook and eat on a regular basis are really inexpensive.

I think it's essential to engage with your followers. I always used to email bloggers, and no one ever replied, so I try to reply to every comment and question, and although sometimes I regret it when I'm sat on Instagram til 3 A.M., it's worth it.

I'm always cooking big veggie curries for friends with tons of spices, coconut milk, chilli - I'll saute potatoes in the spices, then cook them with all the flavours and stir in some chickpeas and spinach at the end before serving it on a bed of sesame brown rice. It's easy to do and tastes amazing!