About Jemima
Hello, I’m Jemima, a home cook, recipe creator and cookbook author, and the founder of Finding Balance.
After school I picked up the basics at Leith’s, but it’s my love of food that has taught me everything since. I have four boys who keep me on my toes.
How this started
Years ago I found a way of eating that genuinely worked for me, and I started sharing the recipes I created along the way. What I noticed was that structured plans and programmes tend to come to an end, and then you’re left figuring it out on your own. So I built Finding Balance to be the bit that comes after: recipes and a way of eating you can actually live with, for good.
I call it baseline eating rather than a diet. High protein, high fibre, whole foods, plenty of variety, and a bit of calorie awareness, held together rather than any one rule doing all the work. I eat this way often, and I also have pizza, takeaways, a full roast, and chocolate, without treating any of it as a slip-up.
What I believe
I don’t believe in vilifying food, and I don’t believe in fear-based rules. I’m not a nutritionist, and I’m not here to teach you, just to share what works for me, in the hope that some of it works for you too.
Thank you for being at my table.
Jemima x
Quick answers
What is Finding Balance?
Finding Balance is a way of eating created by Jemima, built around high protein, high fibre, whole foods, variety and calorie awareness. It is not a diet or a medical programme.
What is baseline eating?
Baseline eating is Jemima's term for a flexible, realistic way of eating that can work alongside daily life, rather than a rigid set of rules to follow.
Is Finding Balance a diet plan?
No. Finding Balance is not a prescribed diet or medical programme. It offers recipes and an approach to eating that can support general healthy eating goals, including for people following calorie-controlled or medically supervised plans, who should always follow their healthcare professional's advice.
Who is Jemima?
Jemima is a home cook who picked up the basics at Leith's after school, a recipe creator, and the author of the Finding Balance cookbooks and app.
A little more from Jemima’s Table
Recipes, ideas and Finding Balance news, sent occasionally.