EP2 SAVE MONEY on FOOD | May's Narrowboat Kitchen

[@wellbeingonwater]

If you struggle to have discipline with your eating habits, you may find the practice of yoga can help you to implement healthier practices. Yoga is a lifestyle after all, not just stretches. It also helps when you sign up to something, like online yoga with May? www.tinyhomeyoga.co.uk

[@iangerrard321]

You must be the healthiest person on the canal network, wish I could restrain myself from eating too much bad stuff, you are an inspiration.

[@wellbeingonwater]

I try

[@Andrea29987]

That salad looks amazing…..going to have to try it. Quite a windy salad 😂 but we are ok with that in this house 😅

[@steven-andrewgriffith3369]

Learnt a lot in this vlog - thank you!

[@wellbeingonwater]

Yay really glad to hear this 😀

[@merlinscat]

Tofu is a great substitute for eggs in omelette or scrambled egg

[@iainmccree6270]

hi Merilyn here looks so good i want to eat it found your page started from the start and working up

[@wellbeingonwater]

Thanks for going through all the videos!

[@shirleygreaves9650]

Your food looked very colourful and healthy. You ooze energy and enthusiasm you’re a great advertisement for fasting and eating all of the colours of the rainbow. Thanks for this video May. X

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Shirley, thanks for your comment. Putting in all the colours of the rainbow is always a challenge I find fun and I often get inventive! 😊

[@sianwarwick633]

You could do more of these healthy eating + yoga vlogs, they are totally inspiring. I'm watching this in Spring too, which is when people get out and go in Northern hemisphere

[@sailingheretic]

Wow, you eat so healthy; no wonder you’re glowing!

[@wellbeingonwater]

... she reads whilst shoving hob knobs in her gob 🤣

[@mrsa2232]

I have just discovered your channel and I am really enjoying it. I don't live on a narrowboat, but do in my head.

[@wellbeingonwater]

Welcome aboard! Maybe one day you will for real! But for now in your head is good 😁

[@sianwarwick633]

Yes !

[@s1nb4d59]

You have the most gorgeous little kitchen may,so jelly 8).

[@wellbeingonwater]

😊 thank you, Hehe jelly!

[@johncampbell4256]

Hi May you rock the meals they look tasty,healthy and nutritious 👍🍽️

[@wellbeingonwater]

Thank you 😋

[@tommotomlinson3370]

Great video May, healthy and hearty...just imagine how much food is thrown away when it could easily be used in simple meals like you have demonstrated....what a cracking juicer too....👌

[@wellbeingonwater]

Cheers Tommo 😀

[@sianwarwick633]

Wow, this is quite inspiring May. I have not seen how to cook kale differently before. I agree with the benefits of fasting. You only need to change your diet to feel an energy lift from fresh ingredients. Good that UK grocers accept the cellophane wrap. It’s shocking

[@modestadventurers]

And I always thought vegetables where just something you put on a plate to keep the food company. Inspired menu though May.

[@wellbeingonwater]

A common mindset 😊

[@PickingPaul1]

Love your videos

[@wellbeingonwater]

Cheers Paul

[@galaxywhispers1787]

Great video May, awesome tips. 🙂

[@wellbeingonwater]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@martinsorra6529]

I love the yellow knitted cap is it home spun or store bought? Here in Canada we would call that a touque or tuque. I work outside in all weather conditions year round and what you're wearing looks warm. :)

[@wellbeingonwater]

It was handmade by a lady who makes them for kids 😆 I do stay plenty warm in the winter

[@hannahking4045]

Very much enjoying binge watching your videos today May, so inspiring and fun.... re fasting, most of the research into fasting was on men, finding now that actually for women/folks that have a menstrual cycle, fasting can be really unhealthy, causing cortisol spikes eeek. Obviously every body is different but I was shocked to hear that little to no research was initially done on women. Thanks again for your lovely videos!

[@wellbeingonwater]

Aww thanks Hannah. Yes its very interesting sting, I'm not sure if I mentioned in this vlog (i cant remember) but theres a podcast I listened to that changed everything for me. Its nice to have fasting as a thing at certain times of the month and then the rest of the time I stuff my face with bread 🤤 haha

[@janetchessum6262]

Could you please write a book with your recipes and store cupboard staples. Loving the vlogs keep it up

[@wellbeingonwater]

Yes a book is definitely on the cards !

[@nigelmorphew4290]

Medium rare fillet steak would add a bit more colour, and texture and be a lot more healthy for you!

[@wellbeingonwater]

Healthy for you maybe, we're all different

[@nigelmorphew4290]

I agree if we were all the same life would be boring!

[@Martyn2021]

Just a quick question May, what do you do with fruit pulp once you have have made your juice. As I am sure you could add a cream or cake mix to it a made some kind of desert, so that would add two meals to your ever growing list

[@wellbeingonwater]

Yes!! Lots of fibre there. I'm not a massive dessert maker but I have thrown them into a batch of cookies before

[@sianwarwick633]

If you had a gluten free 'flour' mix, or gram flour, that would be an energy cookie to eat after juice breakfast.

[@kennethganser4119]

Hi May, Thanks so much for starting this series on healthy eating. I am very Anxious to start following your dietary recommendations, and I am looking forward to the resulting benefits.

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Kenneth, thanks so much for saying so! Keep up the good work

[@howdymartin6258]

"Colours in your diet" -- never heard that before but it makes sense. And never knew about the Super Six @Aldi-Lidl -- great advice May

[@wellbeingonwater]

Ooo yes so important. Each colour will give you the nutrients you need for your gut health. Eat the rainbow everyday and you'll serve your body in the best way possible 😊

[@catonhottinroof]

The food looks really tasty🍲

[@wellbeingonwater]

It was!

[@joannahart1604]

Looks great…thank you xX

[@wellbeingonwater]

You’re welcome 😊

[@icooper5236]

Actually the soft plastic is used to mix with tarmac and it extends the life of the road surface

[@wellbeingonwater]

Cool!

[@philipwinter8729]

Good if fasting works for you but not something I would go for. I did a healthy eating programme via my GP which was dead against set diets. Regular healthy eating was the plan!

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Phillip, yeah it's super important to do what works for you

[@Roo-s_Life]

It's all about being one step ahead! They all looked lush 😋 xx

[@wellbeingonwater]

I'm pretty good at that but sometimes over do the planning and forget to be present... que yoga!

[@hananonihongo]

Not to mention skipping a few days of food means less pooping (which matters on the boat where you have to be mindful about the human waste)! 🙂

[@wellbeingonwater]

Haha! Yes that's very true 😅

[@ewoutvan-manen3583]

Great video. Thank you!x

[@wellbeingonwater]

You are so welcome!

[@Daytona2]

Thanks for sharing, May - interesting to see. Inspired by you I bought some lentils the other day ...wondering what to do with them! Will have to Google. I spend about £3 a day all in (meat eater and alcohol drinker) Lidl & Aldi are cheaper because they are huge European supermarkets and benefit from better deals from suppliers wanting huge orders, in every area of their businesses (benefits of scale). A major cost for the other supermarkets is the ridiculous number of each product they stock. Tesco was notorious - 28 different tomato ketchups, for instance (and probs all crap 😂).

[@wellbeingonwater]

Ooo lentil loaf is a strong fave, with a yummy sauce to go ontop and some steamed veggies. Yum! Thanks for the info, the world works in mysterious ways

[@rosemarie-karma]

Great video, great food. What was the job you shot off to? I thought you gave one up but didn't catch what one 💚

[@wellbeingonwater]

I'm now doing some fundraising for the charity 😁

[@charliewoodhead3216]

Go on May💥💥 ❤

[@wellbeingonwater]

Woo 😁

[@nickvaughan4069]

It's WITCHCRAFT how you have managed to do this is brilliant,but I do worry about you fasting there's not a lot of you May , just saying.Nick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿x

[@wellbeingonwater]

Cackle cackle! You don't need to worry, I eat ALOT

[@LarryBrooks1979]

Gonna try your stir fry recipe with some chicken and coconut. No wilted salad for me though…

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hope you enjoy

[@Andrea29987]

I think you need to write a frugal cook book 😊

[@chorky2]

Hi I noticed you have a really tiny fridge freezer I wondered if you could show us how you manage with it and what you usually store in it. Thanks Heather

[@wellbeingonwater]

Great idea! I'll try include that in a future video

[@sianwarwick633]

This is a normal size fridge for one or two people - I have fridge the same size

[@seanmc1351]

Morning may. great video again. some of the stuff you use i have not heard before. I do have a question, not related to this video, maybe one for the future. we all live in homes well most of us that is secure, no holes and stuff, to keep the inside in and the outside out. With you being moored up in nature, and have your mooring lines. the smells of your great cooking. how do you get on with creepy crawlys, rodents that can use mooring lines to transfer from the bank to your home and how do you protect against that love always sean

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Sean. I box up my goodies to stop rodents from eating everything and then use the most humane way of keeping them away. Ants are unavoidable so I put down those alarm things. Spiders you have to live with!

[@seanmc1351]

@@wellbeingonwater Thanks May, it was just a thought, how you deal with it, i know you do boxes for food, was wondering how you dealt with, the stuff that would get on boat lol. great vlogs again by the way

[@steveelkins52]

Kale and Brussel sprout salad. And it wasn't even April 1,

[@wellbeingonwater]

HA! It was yum

[@StephenStylesGoesVanCamp]

I was starved as a kid till teens so I ain't fasting ohh no 😂

[@wellbeingonwater]

Ah yes, any past history like that best to stay away. Same with eating disorders

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

You’re fasting every night until break fast. 🫡

[@johncampbell4256]

Hi May I've been told if you use celery and apple juice in a juicer it's good to drink for a detox ?

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey John, yes that's a goodie but not to everyone's taste! Add lemon if you try it and dislike it 😊

[@NomadicNight]

Great video May ! - What ingredients were in that orange looking juice drink please ?

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey logan, orange and carrot I believe. Ginger is also a lovely ingredient

[@gerardferry3958]

just had vegeterian bacon eggs and spaghetti hoops, i will get my coat

[@wellbeingonwater]

Haha

[@margemaple6091]

love you so much xx :)

[@wellbeingonwater]

😘

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

0:20 it’s Monday…no it’s not 😂

[@SirTeabag]

Oh - do tell what make /model that juicer is - looks like it works really great

[@wellbeingonwater]

I don't know actually, I've had it a looooong time. But what you're looking for is a slow masticating juicer.

[@SirTeabag]

@@wellbeingonwater Thanks! - after a search I reckon your one is the ElectriQ by the way.

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

How many special beanies do you have? 🤔 👍 It must be a requirement, to have a KZbin channel, one must wear the beanie? (Pools of Timothy reference.)

[@wellbeingonwater]

Only two 😊

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

@@wellbeingonwater Don’t worry, I took a sewing class in middle school. I’m on it.

[@alisongalloway1455]

I watch other vlogs that make cheap meals, but they add on a percentage of the cost of the items they use from the store cupboard. That is the only way you can show a fairer cost. I have been a vegetarian for 47 years. The cost of eating healthy isn't cheap and the condiments. herbs and spices are what cost heaps. I pay nearly 9 pounds for a tiny jar of nutritional yeast. I just spent 25 pounds on a couple of bags of fruit and vegies for 2 people for a week. Your meals look very tasty, but the portions are tiny. Sorry I missed what you eat for breakfast? Fasting to save money is wrong. Nobody should have to not eat due to money! I am wondering if you check your iron levels on a regular basis?

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Alison, thanks for your comments. I'm one of those people that eats little and often. Breakfast stuff was shown in episode 1. There's definitely investments to be made with your health for sure. I don't fast to save money. I fast for health reasons and another benefit is that it saves money! Every-body is different and you should do what works for you 😊

[@wellbeingonwater]

Maybe you missed it - at the beginning I asked you to watch episode 1 where I show you around my pantry. I make it clear that healthy food requires investment and that my essentials are included in that first video. I think with eggs, potato and rice/noodles etc I used in this video, cant be much more than £5 extra, max! Can't cost up every egg and grain of rice, i'm a busy gal!😀

[@marydiaz8841]

Hi May, love your channel. I'm new here. Do you eat meat?

[@wellbeingonwater]

Hey Mary! Thank you 🙏🥰 I do not eat meat but I'm also not someone who limits myself with labels either

[@NomadicNight]

Also, how long do you fast for each time ?

[@wellbeingonwater]

14 - 16 hours once or twice a week

[@NomadicNight]

@@wellbeingonwater Ok, well although you're giving your digestive system a break by doing that, you're not fasting for long enough to get the best benefit from it. During the first 24 hours of fasting, your body uses the glucose stores in your body in place of food. Those areas are your liver, your muscles and your bloodstream. To get the most benefits from fasting, you need to fast for between 48 and 72 hours, drinking only water, ( not juice ), mixed with half a teaspoon of natural salt, such as Himalayan Pink salt, for every litre of water. Your water should be mineral water from glass bottles, such as Pellegrino, from Sainsbury's in the UK, not tap water, because tap water contains chlorine and fluoride. After 24 hours of fasting, your body starts recycling old damaged cells and proteins to use as body fuel, and only if you continue until at least 48 hours, will your body begin to use any fat reserves that you have as fuel. This process is known as Autophagy, which literally means 'self-eating'. When I first began fasting for personal health reasons last year, the second day was the hardest, because my blood sugar was at it's lowest level, but if you can makes it to at least the 48 hour mark, your hunger will reduce, and your blood sugar will normalise. Doing a 72 hour fast once a week will benefit you far more than any 14-16 hour fast, I assure you. I don't expect you or anyone else reading this to just take my word for it, so please try it for yourself the way I've described doing it, and you'll be amazed at the results. Any infections or inflammation that you have will also improve if you do a 72 hour fast, especially if it's the first time that you've tried it. I strongly suggest only doing a 48 hour fast to begin with, as it will be much easier. The most important thing to remember, is that when you break your fast, you must eat only a small meal to start with, such as soup and a piece of fruit, to avoid overloading your digestive system. Diabetics must not try this type of fast, nor anyone taking essential medication, because of potential health problems. Also, anyone with an eating disorder must not try any type of fasting either. I'm not a Doctor or a health expert. I'm just a middle-aged man on KZbin who lives on mostly Organic food, who cares about his present and future health.

[@wellbeingonwater]

@@NomadicNight Great advice there, maybe you should do a vlog? :)

[@wellbeingonwater]

Also I do a 72 hour fast every seasonal change but intermittent fast weekly

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

@@wellbeingonwater A 72 hr fast! That takes some mental and testicular fortitude. 🫡 I did 24 hour fast and it was straight will power at the end.

[@dawncollier8944]

Do you have your afa on all.of the time? ❤

[@andrewturnbull1027]

If you fast' (don't eat) for 3 days a week I find you starve and save money 😊

[@wellbeingonwater]

😆 ... maybe once every 6 months

[@cskeise]

💙👊😎

[@wellbeingonwater]

🫡

[@stephens9566]

Now I just worked out what this would cost in Australia based on Woolworths pricing came to $34.85 .

[@wellbeingonwater]

Is that good?

[@stephens9566]

@@wellbeingonwater no, works out to be about £24.00

[@chrisgibson1592]

Kale and sprouts….just as well your a solo cruiser!..😮😂😵‍💫

[@wellbeingonwater]

Haha!

[@PickingPaul1]

@3.01 when you say you fast, I thought you were going to say fart

[@wellbeingonwater]

Ha brilliant I do that too

[@Diosanaoli]

❤

[@wellbeingonwater]

🥰

[@graemeday4195]

I must admit, I find the complete lack of proper bacon disturbing..😊

[@wellbeingonwater]

😆

[@agfbuilding]

Can you dust the glitter ball please 😊

[@wellbeingonwater]

I use the dust as garnish for my meals... 🤪

[@sianwarwick633]

​@@wellbeingonwatergood come-back

[@mossadmossad2226]

Brussel sprouts? People actually eat those things? 🤔... I thought they where just something your parents put on your plate at the end of every week, to check whether you'd been replaced by an alien or something. "MIB? Yes it's our son, he's eaten the sprouts... Well, it's eaten the sprouts. We need a Men In Black team round to exterminate it right away!" ... "Our son? He died unfortunately... He died choking on a brussel sprout." 😞

[@mossadmossad2226]

'George and The Brussel Sprout Conspiracy'... Nine year old George accidently discovers the horrifying secret all adults are keeping from children. Brussel sprouts on a Sunday roast are actually a secret method of testing whether children have been replaced by an alien life form, that has been attempting to infiltrate humanity for millennia. All parents are informed of the horrifying truth by Governments during pregnancy, and given a secret phone number to ring in the event their child fails the 'Brussel sprout test'. But George soon discovers adults are now eating the dreaded vegetable, including parents, teachers and dinner ladies, and it's up to young George to save Earth from the intergalctic sprout eaters.

[@wellbeingonwater]

😅

[@sianwarwick633]

I ❤️ love Brussels sprouts, cole slaw, cabbage, broccoli, especially with almonds

[@williamscott-ryan1538]

What happened to being spontaneous Boring. Boring I must be to Asian because I love to go to the market everyday. Fresh fresh fresh. Girl pack your bags stick a pin in the map and live.

[@joannedibben2352]

I would really like to stick a pin in a map and just go believe me and I will one day🌈🌈

[@williamscott-ryan1538]

@@joannedibben2352 from this side of the camera it would be good for your palate to go to Thailand, inject some zing because cale etc is so dull

[@wellbeingonwater]

🐿

[@sueevans6389]

Great meals if your a rabbit.

[@wellbeingonwater]

Nibble nibble