Welcome to the Melrose Team Heidi Thornton

Heidi Thornton is an Accredited Practicing Dietician and Accredited Nutritionist who lives for food, travel, cooking, photography and collecting vintage home-wares.

Having grown up on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, surrounded by beautiful local produce, Heidi developed an appreciation for good quality, natural food early on. She also credits her mother, a fabulous intuitive cook, for igniting her passion for food and cooking.

Heidi is fascinated with food history and cuisine from different cultures, and loves to re-create dishes she fell in love with whilst overseas. Heidi has traveled extensively, and lists Sicily, Morocco, France,Russia and Thailand as some of her favorite destinations. After falling in love with Spaghetti alle Vongole while in Italy, it is now her all-time favorite dish.

Documenting it all on her blog, Apples Under My Bed, Heidi adores having fun in the kitchen as she tries new recipes, challenges herself to work with unfamiliar ingredients, chases down street food across Asia, spends weekends cooking at her parent's house and makes pancakes on Sunday morning. Creating delicious food with a healthy edge is a true passion for Heidi. She hopes you enjoy her recipes and feel inspired to get cooking.