Hi, Welcome! My name is Michelle, I create recipes, I write about food, and I photograph it. Originally from Ireland, I now live in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England with my husband and daughter. Ely is one of the smallest cities in England and is famous for its beautiful Cathedral, quaint tea shops, and the annual eel festival. We moved to Ely from Ireland at the end of 2013, before that we lived on the lovely island of Jersey where we met, married and had our amazing daughter Abigail. We love living in Ely and being so near to Cambridge so I think we’ll be staying here for some time yet!
Who is the Last Food Blog for?
I started this blog with the good intention of sharing my recipes, which are mostly seasonal, sometimes local and are usually easy to make. I am a trained and certified health and wellness coach and have a diploma in diet, health, and coaching from The Institute of Health Sciences Ireland, but I don’t practice that, making good food is where my heart lies. Creating vegetarian meals for my family is my passion. Since starting this food blog we have now adopted a vegetarian diet. So on this blog, you will find vegetarian and vegan recipes but you will also find some historic meat recipes on this blog, I’ve left them here for my readers who have followed the blog since the beginning when we used to eat meat. I believe in living a happy, healthy, well-balanced life where I can eat cake if I want to so there will be treats too.
A Simply, Healthy food blog…
The aim of this blog is to help you make good healthy food for you and your family. There will be no crazy long lists of ingredients, no hard to find ingredients, just simple, good food that everyone will enjoy. Everything I have learned about cooking has come from cooking for my family and friends, from reading lots and lots of cookery books, cookery magazines and doing my course. I am not a trained chef, dietician, or trained photographer. All recipes are my own unless stated, any recipes that have been inspired by other recipes will be credited. I hope you find my food blog a good resource to help you on your way to cooking good food for you and your family.
Follow Me
You can like The Last Food Blog on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. You can also find me on Instagram and Pinterest. I can also be seen on Foodgawker, Tastespotting and on Healthy Aperture.
If you have any questions or would like to work with me please send your emails to michelle[@]thelastfoodblog.com
Michelle x
P.S. Just in case you were wondering about the name The Last Food Blog, well there are a gazillion food blogs out there that, well, we may just be at peak food blog status so I guess this has to be the last food blog! 🙂
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joy thomas says
March 5, 2016 at 5:47 amhi michelle, i read your page, i really like it, awessome blog, thanks
Michelle Alston says
March 5, 2016 at 11:37 amHi Joy, thanks so much! I’m really glad you like it 🙂
Esther says
April 5, 2016 at 3:51 pmHi Michelle. Funnily enough, I was born and brought up on the island of Jersey, but now I live in Los Angeles. Your blog is beautiful. I’m so glad I found it. You have some great recipes. I’ll definitely be trying some of them on my family.
Michelle Alston says
April 5, 2016 at 4:51 pmHi Esther, thank you so much for your kind words. Wow you are a long way from Jersey, we really loved it there 🙂 I bet L.A. is a beautiful too though. I’m really glad you like the recipes, Michelle x
Anne-Marie says
June 23, 2017 at 10:17 amHi Michelle,
I really like your blog and your food philosophy. It’s one of the things I truly love about the UK – being able to get locally sourced food and the pride people take in providing it.
Also love the design of your blog 🙂 Can’t wait to read more of your recipes! The White Pizza with Spinach & Ricotta one is right up my alley 🙂
Best,
Anne-Marie
Michelle Alston says
June 23, 2017 at 3:41 pmHi Anne-Marie, thank you so much, that’s so very kind of you! I totally agree with you, we’re really very lucky here x I hope you enjoy the recipes, all the best, M xxx
Faiza says
November 28, 2017 at 1:45 pmHi! U cud name ur blog as the ” The Ultimate food blog” Lol!
Michelle Alston says
November 29, 2017 at 11:45 amThanks Faiza 🙂
Lauren says
December 3, 2017 at 4:13 pmHey Michelle,
I stumbled across one of your recipes on FoodGawker, and I am glad I did! Sometimes it is hard to sift through all the recipes on there and Pinterest, and your blog is clean and easy to navigate. Not to mention, the recipes are right up my alley, as I have been looking for things that are tasty yet healthy. I’m excited to start trying my hand at a lot of these! Thank you for the time and effort you put into all of this. I know it is a lot!
Michelle Alston says
December 5, 2017 at 12:48 pmHi Lauren, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I hope you enjoy the recipes, let me know how you get on with them. Best wishes, Michelle x
Aleta says
June 27, 2019 at 2:54 amHey! I am a fellow food blogger and was just reading your bio. My family is originally from the little island of Jersey! Most are still there, but my grandpa moved to Canada when he was in his 20’s. He brought over some Jersey potatoes which he grew each year, keeping the seed for the following year. My dad still grows the potatoes and I currently have the Jersey potatoes growing in my own garden! Just thought I’d say Hey!
Michelle Alston says
June 27, 2019 at 7:27 amHey Aleta, so nice to meet you! Oh, how lovely is that! What a great thing you’re Grandpa did and I love that you’re continuing on with the tradition.Xx