Top 66 Ella Woodward Quotes

I can’t sleep with my make-up on. There is something about it. It doesn’t matter what time it is; I just can’t do it.

I love cooking and having friends over for dinner, so a beautiful table to sit around is a must.

Eating well isn’t about dieting or deprivation, so you shouldn’t feel that you’re bound to certain rules.

I literally never ate fruit or vegetables before. My diet instead revolved around ice cream, chocolate, peanut butter and jelly eaten with a spoon, pick-n-mix, and lots of cereal and pasta – I was a sugar monster.

I began researching natural healing, which is how I came to change my diet. Overnight, I gave up refined sugar, gluten, dairy, anything processed or refined, and meat.

I eat the way I do because I really enjoy it but also because it’s the only thing I’ve found that helps me manage the illness I had, and that plays a big part in it.

I can smell bacon sizzling or chicken roasting and appreciate the aroma, but I don’t want to eat it.

I think the smell of something is so important, especially when you’re putting it on your face.

For me, I’ve got no interest in being a celebrity, and I have no interest in doing photographs, going to this party or that.

I was a real sugar junkie. I don’t think I realised I was actually fully addicted to it.

I literally couldn’t walk down the street; I slept for 16 hours a day, was in chronic pain, had blackouts, never-ending heart palpitations, unbearable stomach issues, constant headaches – the list goes on.

There are a million different things that I want to do.

I don’t want people to see healthy eating as a diet. I want it to be satisfying food that everyone takes pleasure in eating.

I want to give you a way to eat your broccoli in a way that you actually want to eat it.

I’ve always loved the scent of rose; it’s just the most beautiful scent. If you open my bathroom cupboard, everything is rose scented.

If I could go back in time to Freshers’ Week, I’d tell myself to make the most of university. Enjoy the fact you have all this time to do things you love. People always say that to you when you’re about to start, but you never listen, do you?

I didn’t believe in marriage; I thought it was a silly concept before I met Matt.

I finished my dissertation six weeks early. Who does that? As soon as something comes in, I like it to go out.

You’ve got to introduce people to things in a way they’re going to enjoy.

Healthy eating doesn’t have to be crazily complicated; it can actually be so fun.

I still have a sweet tooth, so I bake a lot, but I’d much rather have one of my sweet potato brownies than a processed chocolate bar.

When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.

I don’t really have a 9-5, which I love, as every day is so different.

You have to separate the negative into two categories – half of it is sensible, constructive things that has made us better. But half of the negative online is negative for the sake of being negative, and it’s important for us to remember it’s okay they don’t like us, and sometimes there’s no point in engaging in that.

I love really simple colours at home – lots of cream, beige, and grey with rustic wooden tables.

There are so many amazing plant-based foods out there that I don’t feel the urge to eat tofu bacon.

I think it’s essential to engage with your followers. I always used to email bloggers, and no one ever replied, so I try to reply to every comment and question, and although sometimes I regret it when I’m sat on Instagram til 3 A.M., it’s worth it.

I love exercise, but I didn’t join a single sports club as a student – I have no hand-eye coordination. Things like yoga are amazing, but anything with a ball just isn’t for me.

If you’re struggling with that sweet tooth, try making healthy sugar swaps using things like honey, maple syrup, and medjool dates. These are all completely natural and will satisfy any sweet cravings.

I don’t have one favourite spot – I love writing anywhere that I feel inspired. I have to admit that I do love getting cosy in bed or under blankets on the sofa and writing from there.

Blogs are amazing, and I’m so grateful to mine for giving me such a great platform to explore other ideas, but it’s just not practical to scroll through 30 pages of blog to find a dinner recipe.

People criticised me for using too many exclamation marks and the word ‘awesome‘ too much, but that’s just me.

I was a very, very slow learner. I was good at nothing.

A delicious smoothie is a really easy way of taking on lots of amazing skin boosting ingredients and was my first port of call every morning in the run-up to my wedding – I’ll throw in frozen berries, banana, spinach, almond butter, almond milk, and oats for a quick breakfast quite often.

Healthy eating isn’t supposed to be about self-denial; it’s not a punishment.

As I started eating more natural foods and thinking about what I was putting into my body, I became more interested in what I was putting on it, too.

I have always kept my beauty regime super simple, but I would say discovering you could use coconut oil to take off eye-makeup remover has been a game changer.

I’m promoting healthy – healthier – eating, not suggesting everyone should emulate me.

Making small changes every week over a few months will result in huge changes.

On a weekday, I’ll go for a big bowl of creamy porridge with almond butter and berries if I’m at home, or a super quick chia seed breakfast if I’m running out the door first thing.

Just because I like being healthy doesn’t mean I can’t have fun – I don’t drink excessively, but I’ll have a couple of vodka-and-sodas.

It’s so cool, the number of emails I get from people saying I changed their life. It’s pretty crazy.

I’ve always been pretty lucky with my skin. I did notice a big change when I changed my diet and started to eat more natural foods in that my skin just got clearer and brighter.

The most important thing is to snack on things that are filled with real food and nourishing ingredients that will leave you feeling energised and happy.

Home-made smoothies are a great way of satisfying a sweet tooth. Adding in things like frozen banana will make it taste super sweet and creamy.

I always carry a little jar of nuts around with me. I roast them beforehand with tamari and thyme to give them a deliciously rich flavour.

When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there.

It’s about making small changes at first and adding foods to your diet before you take any away; start with one extra vegetable or fruit at every meal, and hey, presto, that’s 21 portions a week.

I always moisturise in the morning, put my make-up on, and at the end of the day I take it off with coconut oil, wash my face, moisturise, and so often, that’s it.

I love Anthropology for kitchenware – they make the best bowls, plates, cutlery etc.

I really focus on natural products, so I love using unrefined products instead of refined ones. I swap white rice for brown rice or quinoa. I use brown rice pasta instead of regular pasta, nut milk or oat milk instead of dairy milk, and coconut yogurt instead of cows‘ yoghurt, etc.

My aim is to get people excited about eating more veggies and seeing them as delicious ingredients rather than a chore.

With eating well, there’s a perception that it’s depressing. People think they’re just going to meditate and eat kale.

I’m always cooking big veggie curries for friends with tons of spices, coconut milk, chilli – I’ll saute potatoes in the spices, then cook them with all the flavours and stir in some chickpeas and spinach at the end before serving it on a bed of sesame brown rice. It’s easy to do and tastes amazing!

My main aim is to change our perception of how we look at vegetables because I think vegetables have always been put on the side – it’s always been your steamed broccoli or boiled broccoli with your meat.

I was really inspired by lots of people I came across who were managing various illnesses through diet and lifestyle. I kind of figured, you know, if it worked for them, then I might as well try it and see if it works. So I did.

Growing up, my dad was the ultimate person for open-mindedness.

Honestly, I have been able to accept my father‘s new relationship because you get to that point with your parents that you realise it’s their life, not yours.

Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn’t eat that well. Everything was home-made but not much veg or fruit.

I’m a neat freak. I find I work best when I feel organised and together, and as I work from home, that means my house is always so tidy!

My problem with the word ‘clean‘ is that it has become too complicated. It has become too loaded. When I first read the term, it meant natural, unprocessed. Now it doesn’t mean that at all. It means diet. It means fad.

I’ve always been such a loser with my organisation skills. That has always been one of my sad stand-out points.

I love social media, but it made me quite anxious.

I find both yoga and pilates awesome at calming my mind and strengthening my body.

I think it’s really important to find the right balance for you – a way of eating and living that satisfies you physically and mentally – and that’s different for everyone.

If you eat broccoli steamed or boiled, it’s not very exciting, but you can roast it with things like turmeric and make it amazing. It’s all about how you cook something and what you pair it with.