The Metabolic Edit

Atomic Habits by James Clear, is a popular and accessible read for anyone wanting to understand how we develop and sustain new habits. The book offers a practical science-backed framework for building sustainable habits and helps with breaking those existing habits which may be sabotaging our progress.

By using small incremental changes, or ‘atomic habits’, they build into significant long-term results, focussing on behaviour change principals: make it obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying.

Many of the team here at Combe Grove recommend it. It helps us to automate our environment and rely less upon willpower alone. Graham, our Lead Metabolic Health Coach and movement expert, particularly liked this book and found that it got him into a groove when writing his dissertation and training during lockdown.

Registered Dietitian Amanda made the team a warming and nourishing soup to beat the winter blues. Using a beautiful jumbo pink banana squash harvested from the Kitchen Garden.

Try making this cosy and nutritious recipe at home.

Ingredients:
750g chopped squash
1 large chopped red onion
3 cloves of garlic
25ml of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp of chilli flakes
2 parts stock

Serve with
Grated cheese
Mixed seeds
Chopped herbs
3-4 tsp of nutritional yeast for extra protein

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
Chop the squash, red onion and garlic into small chunks, coat with the olive oil and chilli flakes and place on a baking tray.
Roast the vegetables for about 25 minutes until golden brown.
Add the roasted veg to a pan on the stove with the stock and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
Blitz in a blender, food processer or handheld blender until smooth.

Decanter the soup into a bowl and top with the cheese, herbs and seeds. Optionally, you can add in 3 to 4 tsp of nutritional yeast for extra protein.