I was born and raised a Yorkshire girl. As a child my mother called me a ‘good-eater’, because every meal ended with a spotlessly clean plate. Growing up I even had a reputation for being able to out-feast my uncles, who would sit back in admiration as I polished off my third helping of Sunday roast. Over the last 15 years or so nothing has changed – but now I’m here in Sydney, enjoying all of the amazing produce that Australia has to offer.
My Feast Wisely philosophy? It’s all about indulging in food as one of life’s (biggest) pleasures but doing so in a way that’s good for your body and your mind. For me this means a diet packed with fresh produce and variety that’s low on meat and sugar and free of processed foods.
Although an English-Aussie, after many trips to Italy, I’m almost Italian at heart. I love everything about the relationship the Italians have with food – it’s fresh, seasonal, local, mindful, social, generous and hearty. And I’ll happily admit that ice cream, pizza and prosecco are among my vices – because for feasting wisely means moderation not deprivation.
When not planning, preparing, eating or writing about food I’m relaxing with my husband and my two (Italian) dogs, Enzo and Vespa.
I hope you enjoy my posts and perhaps learn a little something along the way……..
Laura
Feast Wisely 
love your thoughts on eating well. Agree totally that we should fill ourselves and make it worth it 🙂 Many thanks for your visit to food for fun. Appreciate very much.
Thanks also – we’re pretty aligned in that respect!
My sentiments exactly. Eat great food, local when possible. We try to I still that into our boys, they certainly already have healthy appetites!
That’s good to hear – if only all children ate so well we might not have an obesity problem the world over!
The name of your blog is great. Following to see what you do next.
Thanks – took me a while to land on the name but glad I did!
Amazing blog! Apart from being a travel lover, I must say… I am a foodie too 😀 Will be happy to follow you!
Thanks so much for the feedback, appreciate it….
You’re welcome 😀
Food, cooking, eating, dogs…sounds good to me! Great to meet you x
You too – looking forwards to seeing more of your recipes!
I knew there was something that connected us from the minute I got on your blog! Being Italian, I know what you mean about the food relationship 😀 And nothing beats a good gelato in the warm summertime 🙂 I will be looking forward reading more of your posts! Have a great day =)
Oh how I am envious of you living alongside wonderful Italian food! I will follow you too 😄
Thank you =)
Hi Laura! I love your philosophy- mindfulness is something so many people lack when eating, especially in the US. I think its so important to savor and appreciate food, and life really. I’m happy I found you! I’d love for you to share a post at my Tuesday link up!
Xoxo K
http://peeledwellness.com
Fellow member of the clean plate club
Thanks for the follow and lovely words on my Feast Wisely philosophy – I can only imagine how much room there is for your role in education, especially living in the US. Look forwards to your Tuesday posts.
Balance is definitely something that I also try to incorporate into the way I eat. Love your food philosophy and as another English Laura who is now Aussie, we have a little bit in common (though I’d say that I’m a little bit Middle Eastern rather than Italian, I’m a bit obsessed with all things Ottolenghi, pomegranate and za’atar!). Thanks for stopping over at my blog so that I could find yours. Love what you’re doing so far! xx
Thanks fellow English/Aussie Laura for the lovely feedback! And yes I have dabbled in Middle Eastern but that’s all – hopefully you’ll share some good recipes (I love lamb and eggplant)…..
Hi!
Just stummbled accross your blog- love your idea on food philisophy. It is all about enjoying but with a balance in everything! I love to cook aswell and have dinner parties when I spurge on butter and cream, yet during the week try to eat as healthy as possible! Have a look at some of my recipes 🙂
xx Hanna
Thanks Hanna for the lovely feedback – agree totally with your weekday / weekend philosohpy, I’ll check out your site too…..
Hi 🙂 I’ve nominated you for a blogger award in my latest post. Thank you for all the support you have given me during the start of my blogging journey. I am so grateful and I have nominated you as a sign of my appreciation. You are an example of the community spirit shown to me and I look forward to learning more about you. Thank you again! x
Thanks so much Vanessa – I really appreciate it!
Hey Laura!
I just nominated you for the Liebster Award! You can find out more information about it on my new blog post!
~Julie
Thanks Julie, I just saw your post – really appreciate it!
You’re welcome Laura! You deserve it! 🙂
~Julie
We have the same name and I’m Italian, though living in France and I also have 2 dogs!! 😉
You’re making me so jealous – you must enjoy so much great French and Italian food…..
… 😉 but I have Parisians all around me….and I’m sure you have great food in Australia as well!
We do but it’s hard to beat Italian and French food!
Great blog Laura! Love your feat wisely philosophy! Looking forward to following your blog
Thanks Archana and bring a curry fan I love the name of your blog!
Yes, I see that we do have quite a few things in common! Nice to meet you as well!
Thank you for following my blog!