My Story

Hello there, I’m Laura & I’m a 23 year old who currently lives in Sydney, Australia.

My blog has recently become the place for me to share my life with the world in whatever way I feel like at the time. I throw in a recipe from time to time, generally two a week. I blog daily & share one meal a day, you are not seeing everything that goes into my mouth.

My recipes are vegetarian (except four) with a little seafood thrown in & feature items that are free from artificial ingredients. Most of my recipes are adaptions of other peoples recipes, I always mention when I’m using somebody else’s recipe.

I have an unhealthy obsession with bubble tea, black coffee, certain drinks at starbucks & I can not survive without sushi once a week. My music taste is equally as awkward as my love for a big bowl of noodles.

I lost an entire person worth of weight when I was 20 years old & I have not looked back. Losing that weight dramatically changed the way I thought about food, the way I prepared my food and the way I enjoy my food. I became more aware of the food I was putting into my body & started to become very interested in the nutritional side of food.

This interest in nutrition lead me into university where I am currently undertaking a Mature-Age Prep Course in Maths and Science. Upon completion of those course in 2012, I will be applying for a Bachelor of Applied Science with the intention of being able to apply for a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics. Fingers and toes crossed!

I eat more fruit & vegetables than most people think is possible, I enjoy them & that is why I do it. I’m do not eat red meat purely because I do not like the texture of it. Seafood is my best friend so be prepared to see a lot of it around this blog, I love it.

On November 11th, 2000 my life was changed forever. My local swim team had their usual swim meet and I was eager and excited to participate. I had signed up for multiple races one of which included the 100-meter breaststroke. This race began at the shallow end of the pool and even at the young age of 12, I knew diving into 900 cms of water wasn’t the brightest idea. Being the obedient swimmer I was I stood on the diving block anyways to begin my race. Within seconds my life was changed forever. The starting block I was standing on wasn’t at all stable and I fell face first and hitting my chin on the bottom of the shallow end of the pool.

The impact of the fall caused a whiplash effect in turn breaking my spinal cord, leaving me paralyzed from the neck down with little mobility in my arms. I have always been a resilient person and this has helped me cope with this life changing event I experienced. Dealing with a spinal cord injury is quite a traumatic experience however I was able to be strong, accept my injury, and move forward in my life. It wasn’t an easy thing to accept by any means but I wasn’t about to give up on life because of the situation I was placed in.