Hey there, thanks for stopping by!
Hey there, thanks for stopping by!
I’m Sarah Bell, a nutritionist, author, food photographer, recipe developer, mum and the creator of Our Nourishing Table – a food blog focused on publishing deliciously healthy recipes for you and your family. From better-for-you sweet treats and easy breakfasts to beautiful salads and healthy dinner recipes, there is so much here to keep you inspired in the kitchen.
Our Nourishing Table is my corner of the internet that I created where good food is always served and where there is ALWAYS room for one more. It’s the place where I get to share with you the healthy recipes that I share with my family and friends.
So, thank you for being here. I hope you find some new and delicious healthy recipes to add to your cooking repertoire.
My recipes are designed to nourish with maximum enjoyment, because I want to show you that
healthy doesn’t have to be boring.
Fun fact, I am rather digestively challenged.
As someone who is digestively challenged, with a daughter who has an anaphylactic peanut allergy, I love creating recipes with food intolerances and food allergies in mind. I create recipes that are mostly:
- Gluten Free – apart from the occasional oat recipe,
- Dairy Free – I do use cheese on occasion but will always provide substitutions where possible; and
- Refined Sugar Free – on the odd occasion I use refined sugar if it’s what the recipe needs to work but most of my recipes are sweetened with natural sweeteners.
All of my recipes are clearly labelled because having food intolerances or allergies is already challenging enough, and I’m here to make your life easier, not harder.
Food has always been a passion for me.
Saturdays spent in the kitchen creating delicious dinners, music playing, pinot noir in hand are my favourite. Some of my most treasured times are the weekends when my husband Ryan cooks the barbecue while I take care of the salads and sides, kids playing outside, swimming, kicking the footie or playing backyard cricket.
I love how food has the power to forge connections.
I learnt to cook at home, taught by my Mum and my Nan. When I think about my Nan now, I can’t help but remember the carrot cakes we baked and the insanely delicious crepes with lemon juice and sugar that we would make nearly every time we stayed (of course I had to make a gluten-free almond flour version). Such sweet memories that make my heart happy.
As with my Mum, everything in my Nan’s kitchen was made from scratch…
There was no packet mix baked goods or Gravox gravy, everything was made with real ingredients. Mum has always been a keen gardener and was putting flowers in salads before it was cool. Having such an abundant vegetable garden growing up helped inspire my love of salads. I have so many salad recipes but some of my favourites are my Honey Roasted Carrot Lentil Salad, Roasted Sweet Potato and Goat’s Cheese Salad and my Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad.
The way I cook now is heavily influenced by how I learnt to cook as a child. Homemade, family-friendly food, vegetable forward recipes and some healthier baking and treats thrown in for good measure.
I try to give my kids the same experiences in the kitchen that I had growing up so that they can learn to be confident cooks, teaching them the skills to create a variety of nutritious food (that also tastes good). As frustrating as cooking with kids can be at times (let’s be real here), I truly believe that it is so important to get them involved in the kitchen.
I haven’t always had a healthy relationship with food
I haven’t always had a healthy relationship with food
I struggled with disordered eating from a very young age. I remember restricting my eating as young as 10 years old, and this continued on for me for years, hitting it’s peak in my early 20’s when I was dangerously thin. I have since radically changed the way that I view food and dieting.
My health ethos can be summed up in 3 simple points:
- I believe in counting nutrients not calories
Following a restrictive diet has time and time again been proven to be detrimental to not only mental wellbeing, but physical health and weight gain as well. Why? Because there is only so much time your brain will allow you to restrict your calories before it starts sending messages to your body that it needs more. This often results in sugar cravings and overeating. Eating a diet filled with fruit and vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins ensures that you are giving your body what it needs to thrive, reducing cravings and overeating. - Diets do not work but long term, sustainable changes do.
Small changes over time are more likely to stick. But don’t forget that allowing yourself to indulge from time to time is a GOOD thing. - To me, good health is more than just eating well.
It means fostering meaningful relationships, having fun & truly enjoying the food that is in front of you. And what better place to do that then at the dinner table with the ones that you love.
Times are busy and often rushed, but that doesn’t lead to good health
and wellness if we are neglecting what really matters:
Nourishing food, mindful eating and making time for joy.
Get started with some of my favourite recipes
Looking to work together?
I truly enjoy working with brands and businesses that align with my business.
I’ve worked with many top brands, creating beautiful content to help promote their products. If you would love your brand to be showcased on my website or social media pages in an organic and natural way, please contact my brand management, Ivy Talent Co.
As a nutritionist who has been developing recipes for 10+ years, I can create beautiful recipes that hero your product, accompanied by stunning food photography images for you to share on your website and social media.
With a combined social media following of 200k+, I can create engaging content to help get your products out there. I am very picky in accepting the brands that I work with and only share sponsored content with my followers from brands that I truly love, use or I know will resonate with my audience.
I create beautiful imagery and videos for brands and businesses to showcase their recipes or products. Whether that is product photography to show off your beautiful products in your online shop, hero shots of recipes to send out to your audience or recipe videos to share as reels on socials, I can by providing a beautiful and captivating suite of images and videos.
Clients and brands I’ve worked with
