Hey! I’m James Wythe. A fully qualified health coach, cookbook author and full time food blogger and new dad with over 1 million followers across my socials.
Here you’ll find affordable, healthy, quick and easy family-friendly recipes.
All my recipes are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free due to my own intolerances but I try to make the recipes as accessible for all. Whether you have food allergies or intolerances or just want easy delicious recipes then you’re in the right place!
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A Little Background About Me
I grew up in the South of England in a family that loved to cook and the centre of any occasion would be the food. I feel this helped to inspire me in the kitchen today.
Growing up I was incredibly sporty, I played all sports and seemed very natural at them all. Then when I was 12 I started to fall in love with golf and that became my main focus. I travelled the country playing national events and wanted to be a professional golfer when I grew up. I attended Merrist Wood College and then onto Bournemouth University both for golf.
Now with my own little family of 4, we all absolutely love food! More about our family is further down this page.
I spend most of my time in the kitchen creating recipes, my wife would say I am a super messy cook but that part of the fun right!
My favourite hobby outside of cooking is playing golf and I currently have a handicap of +1.
My story of how I started Healthy Living James is quite unique.
Over the past 12 years, my life took a dramatic turn when I fell ill seemingly overnight that left me bed bound for 2 years and house bound for the next 4 years. Diagnosed with ME/CFS, I faced debilitating symptoms, including weight loss, extreme sensitivities, and insomnia. Despite the lack of a cure, my mother’s determination and a nutritionist’s advice led me to make significant dietary changes, which gradually improved my health. During this challenging journey, a supportive person named Luise played a vital role, standing by my side and helping me regain my strength.
Throughout my recovery, I discovered a passion for cooking and its positive impact on my well-being. I started a blog, Healthy Living James, to share my healthy and easy-to-make recipes with friends and family. This venture quickly gained traction, and I was inspired by the support and messages from readers who were also dealing with illness. Now, 11 years later, I am humbled to see my face on the cover of a recipe book, realising my dream of spreading inspiration and promoting a healthier lifestyle for all.
My full illness story is inside my cookbook.
My Family
My journey is continuing to grow and so is my family, Luise and I had our first child called Arlen in November 2022. We created a new blog called Our Free From Family, where we will be sharing our journey as a new family, no secrets! As parents with food allergies and long term illnesses, we will be navigating our way through raising a dairy free and gluten free child. We hope our journey can help you or someone you know and if you’d like to follow the journey you can either follow us on Instagram @ourfreefromfamily or read our blog – www.ourfreefromfamily.co.uk
More About James & The Blog
I create recipes to make cooking healthy home cooked recipes easy for everyone using accessible supermarket ingredients. That includes people with coeliac disease, people with allergies and intolerances, vegans and vegetarians alike. I design balanced meals that make use of feel-good and healthy foods.
To read more about my long-term condition, the reason for starting on this path on the first place, read my story above.
After I began my own journey to wellness and healthy living, people who tried my food began asking me to share my secrets. I realised that my passion for creating healthy recipes was about more than just me.
I get asked this all the time! I always say my 10 Minute Peanut Butter Curry as it’s so quick and easy to make and packed full of flavour.
I shoot my photography with a canon 5D mark iv with a diffused artificial light source (Godox SL300ii 320W 5600K)
My Cookbooks
My brand new for 2024 eBook called “20 Easy Dinners You’ll Actually Make” is now live! Following on from my viral recipe series on socials this eBook has all the dinners you’ll need in one easy to access place.
Here’s 5 things you’ll love:
- 20 affordable dinners using simple supermarket ingredients
- A 4 week meal plan so you know what’s for dinner for the week ahead.
- Full shopping list for each week broken down into sections: protein, tinned, others, herbs & spices, fruit & vegetables.
- All recipe have less than 10 minutes of prep and done in 30 minutes or under.
- Most recipes under 10 ingredients.
My debut Hardback cook book “Healthy Living James” is which came out in 2022!! Packed with over 80 delicious, easy recipes that you’re going to make over and over again.
This is honestly a dream come true for me. Since starting my blog in August 2016, it’s been a massive goal of mine to release a cook book. And that dream is finally became a reality.
You can find out more information about my cookbook Healthy Living James.
Each recipe is: gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, mainly plant-based (but it’s easy to add meat or fish), simple to follow, affordable and easy to adapt with ingredient swaps. With ideas for breakfast and brunch, on-the-go lunches, batch cooking, store cupboard meals and week-night dinners, the recipes will include:
- 15-Minute No Bake Granola
- Speedy Spinach and Cashew ‘Ricotta’ Pasta
- Mushroom Stroganoff
- Chickpea and Avocado Smash Burgers
- Tex Mex Quinoa Salad
- 20-Minute Fish Curry
- Chocolate Pots
I wanted to create a recipe book that would cater for all, no matter your allergies or food choices. There’s no judgement or preaching, just accessible recipes for all to enjoy.
It’s definitely not one of those cook books you’ll buy, flick through, put on the shelf to look pretty and not use. This recipe book is going to get a beating, exactly how it should. I know these are recipes you’ll try and continue to make time and time again.
Plate Up
I’m really excited to announce that you can now get some of my best dinner recipes on the Plate Up App and website which is going to really transform the way you plan, shop for and make recipes at home!
Plate up reached out to me about giving my recipes to use on the app, I liked their mission so much I even invested my own money into it as I really believe in how this can help others cook more at home which is one of my main goals with Healthy Living James!
Here’s 6 things you’ll love about Plate Up:
1️⃣Get the ingredients for recipes in just a few clicks
2️⃣Get your ingredients delivered to your door by your preferred supermarket with the ability to add other groceries/items you need for the week
3️⃣Compare supermarkets against each other price wise for your ingredients to make sure you’re getting the best deal
4️⃣Get access to over 80 of my most popular recipes and many other great chefs
5️⃣The app/website is completely FREE to use with NO surplus fees on top, you’re paying the price of the supermarket
6️⃣Take the stress out of planning and shopping for food
Give it a try! I can’t wait to hear how much it helps reduce stress around cooking/shopping and get you eating healthier at home!
My Favourite Recipes
These are some of the recipes I make the most at home!
Featured In
Here are some of the great publications and podcasts I have been featured on.
Publications
- Top 6 Free-From Food Bloggers to Follow
- Business Insider – 3 Quick Anti-Inflammatory Recipes
- Top Plant-Based Influencers to Follow
- Buzzfeed – 38 Recipes you can make with a can of beans
- Yahoo – 15 Vegan One-Pot Meals
- 6 Free-From Bakers to Follow
- Daily Record – 30 Minute Anti-Inflamatory Recipe
- Dorset Biz News – Long-term illness that led to Healthy Living James
- Bournemouth Echo – Healthy Living James Releases Cookbook
- Metro – Best Gluten-Free and Vegan Pancake Recipes
Podcasts
Here are some of the podcast I have featured on
- A Gluten Free Podcast
- Oh Crumbs Podcast
- Resilience Rising Podcast
- Optimum Health Clinic
- May Contain Podcast
- Talk Twenties Podcast
Let’s stay connected
That’s it! I really hope you enjoy exploring all the recipes I have created and most importantly, cook some of them. Still to this day the most rewarding thing since starting this blog is hearing your thoughts on the recipes.
Media Enquiries: For all media and brand collaboration requests, please contact me. Alternatively, I’ll always be announcing my latest news and services via my Healthy Living Club, so if you’re not already a member (why not!?) go ahead and sign up for free Newsletter.
