Ask anyone in my family and they will tell you I am the family member who is always doing something with food, whether it is eating or cooking, food is never far from my side. My fascination with food started from a young age, I think mainly because I was always hungry (and still am)! I remember always sneaking food, particularly biscuits, and I wouldn’t just take one either. I would be found behind the couch with the whole biscuit jar under my arm! My curiosity for food grew more when I travelled to Europe with my family. My ever hungry stomach lapped up all the delicious new foods I was surrounded with, and olives, stuffed vine leaves and Greek salads became a regular feature of my daily diet. My greater appreciation for food led to me studying a Bachelor of Science majoring in Food Science. Here I learnt about the actual make up and properties of food and being heavily involved in sports, the nutritional side of what I was eating become increasingly important to me. It can be challenging to prepare food for trainings sometimes; it is easy to get stuck in a rut of eating banana after banana and tin after tin of creamed rice. I often run out of time to prepare snacks and my rumbling tummy can’t wait. So I am constantly on the look out for new meals and snacks that I can make for training, with the challenge of making them healthy, filling, quick but of course still tasty. When I have spare time I also love making food for others which is perfect for me as typically all get togethers with my family and friends are centered around food. Even if it isn’t a special occasion, thought is always put into, what we are going to eat, who is bringing what or which restaurant we are going to. I still consider myself very much a novice in the kitchen, still experimenting and trying new things when I can. Cooking is definitely something I am spending increasingly more and more time on, if only I had more spare time. So let’s get in the kitchen and get cracking!