Low-Calorie Tarragon Chicken for the 5:2 Diet and Pinot Gris: Today I got a craving for Tarragon Chicken. One of the challenges with any diet, including the 5:2 diet, is that weird psychology that kicks in and makes you really want what you shouldn’t be eating. I cared for my diabetic mother for some time […]
Three Ingredient Banana Pancakes.
Easy Three Ingredient Banana Pancakes: Hurrah! I’ve hit my target weight (60kg) through the 5:2 diet and am now theoretically maintaining by doing a mixture of one fast day a week and something called 16:8 where I eat within an eight-hour window. But, it’s Christmas and I’m fully anticipating gaining a kilo or two over […]
5:2 Diet Curried Parsnip Soup
Curried Parsnip Soup for the 5:2 Diet. I didn’t plan to write this recipe for curried parsnip soup up on London-Unattached nor was I doing a 5:2 diet fast day when I made it, but when I was busy eating it yesterday for lunch and tweeting (yes I know…it’s sad!) three people asked me how […]
Low Calorie Bolognese with Vegetable Spaghetti
Cutting Calories for the 5:2 Diet – Spaghetti Bolognese: I’m back in the UK after a couple of trips abroad and on the 5:2 diet trying to lose some of the weight I’ve gained and to continue to lose a bit more. For me, restarting a diet is the hardest time, so I try my […]
Greek Yoghurt Stuffed Sea Bream and the 5:2 Diet
A Greek Recipe for the 5:2 Diet and some Hellenic Memories: My first visit to Greece was a shock. I was on a Schools Cruise – in the 1970s some of the cruise liners used to rent out space in the bows of the ship to school groups. We flew from London to Athens into […]
Low Calorie Celeriac Soup – with Wicked Blue Cheese Croutons
Low-Calorie Celeriac Soup Recipe. As any regular reader of London-Unattached may have noticed I share recipes for a lot of home-made soup. Celeriac Soup is one of my own personal favourites – I love the taste of celery and by using celeriac I can avoid the stringy bits on normal celery you are supposed to […]
Low Calorie Miso Glazed Black Cod and More
Two Low-Calorie Healthy Ideas for Alaskan Black Cod For years I thought black cod was the same fish that I buy from the supermarket to make fish pie or fish and chips. Perhaps better sourced, perhaps better cooked. I’ve eaten miso-glazed black cod in some of London’s top restaurants. And, I just thought that the […]
Healthy Recipes for the 5:2 Diet Fast Days – Mushroom Stroganoff
Managing 5:2 Diet Fast days – Mushroom Stroganoff with Lentils. I’m back into the 5:2 diet now, my first full fast day for a few weeks will be tomorrow. In the meanwhile, I am attempting to ease myself in gently by eating light meals today like this diet mushroom stroganoff with lentils that would potentially […]
5:2 Diet Recipe Chicken, Aubergine and Chickpea Lebanese Style
A Lebanese Pantry used for a 5:2 Diet recipe: OK, I’ll admit there’s a bit of calculated cooking going on here. I’ve been intending to enter Bethady Kedy’s competition to win a trip to The Lebanon for a while, and I needed to blog about something Lebanese as part of my entry. But, I’m also […]
Spicy Prawn and Coconut Asian Noodle Bowl – 5:2 Diet Recipe
Spicy Prawn and Coconut Noodle recipe with Coriander and Ginger: Dieting in the summer is so much easier – somehow as the nights close in and the temperature drops, our minds turn to sticky toffee pudding, sausages and mash and delicious calorific food that really doesn’t work on a fast day. But, despair not. There […]