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Poached Chicken with Wild Garlic Pesto – a 5:2 Diet Recipe

September 17, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 6 Comments

5-2 diet recipe Poached chicken with wild garlic

Poached Chicken with Wild Garlic Pesto – Making Diet Food Tasty The healthiest of food can suddenly turn into something rich and calorific quite easily. Butter and cream based sauces will simply blow the calorie allowance for a 5:2 diet fast day – and frying, even in healthy olive oil, can wreck any attempt at […]

Low Calorie Chilli Con Carne with Cauli Rice for the 5:2 Diet

August 31, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 9 Comments

Skinni Chilli Con Carne

Spicing it up with a low-calorie Chilli Con Carne recipe: I’m trying my best to lose a bit of weight again – and back doing the 5:2 diet.  Being sent a pack of meats from West Coast Foods which are part of their Skinni range and are very low fat is quite a help.  I’ve […]

Simple Low Calorie Beef Stroganoff

August 28, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 5 Comments

stroganoff feast

Diet Beef Stroganoff – a Healthy  Low Calorie Treat after my 5:2 Fast. I make variations on the stroganoff theme whenever I want something that tastes a little luxurious.  It is stunningly simple and depends on good quality ingredients and careful preparation to make a delicious meal.  This evening I’ve made a diet beef stroganoff, […]

Mediterranean Chicken en Papillote – a 5:2 Diet Recipe

August 25, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 7 Comments

Mediterranean chicken en Papillote

Mediterranean Chicken En Papillote – Chicken Parcels: Cooking en papillote is a great method for anyone trying to eat healthy food or to diet, whether you are following the 5:2 diet like me or not.  Essentially, your fish, vegetables or meat are put into a pouch made from foil or parchment with whatever seasoning you […]

Heck Veggie Bites and a Low Calorie Serving Suggestion

January 22, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 4 Comments

Heck bites Fresh Tomato Sauce

Heck Veggie Bites for Meatless MondaySunday: As regular readers of London-Unattached will know, I am a committed carnivore.  Although I try my best to eat a balanced diet and really do enjoy what some people call a ‘feastarian’ lifestyle, I don’t believe I will ever become a vegetarian or vegan.  That said, I have no […]

Cod with Fennel and Tomatoes – 5:2 Diet Recipe

January 17, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 1 Comment

Easy Low Calorie Cod with Fennel

Low-Calorie 5:2 Diet Supper – Cod with Fennel and Tomatoes: I always seem to end up on a diet in January.  This year I’m trying a slightly new approach, though still based on the 5:2 diet, which worked VERY well for me last year until I went on a few gastronomy trips.  I’m trying to […]

Salmon Goujons – Low Calorie Tasty Mouthful.

July 12, 2016 by Fiona Maclean 4 Comments

Salmon Goujons with sauces

Salmon Goujons for the 5:2 Diet  – Low Calorie and Full-Fat options! Do you remember that poem about Jack Sprat and his wife? This recipe reminds me a little of that – a dish that will work if you happen to be on a low-calorie diet or even doing a 5:2 diet fast day like […]

Diet Recipe – Cod with Wild Garlic Pesto

March 5, 2016 by Fiona Maclean 3 Comments

Cod with Wild Garlic Pesto 2

Diet Disaster – Cod with Wild Garlic Pesto – and a glass or two of chardonnay: If there’s anything that completely ruins my efforts to control my weight, it’s a love of good wine.  Whether I am dining out or at home, I really do enjoy a glass with the food that I’m eating.  Right now […]

Basic Summer Cooking – Quick Courgette Ratatouille Recipe

June 28, 2015 by Fiona Maclean 11 Comments

Hake with Courgette Ratatouille

Courgette Ratatouille with Summer Savoury: This ratatouille recipe is really an early summer dish – when the first vine tomatoes are really ripe and there are young, fresh courgettes available.  Very simple to make, it keeps well in the fridge for three or four days, works cold with a salad or warmed up to serve […]

Soup Story – Low Calorie Creamy Leek Soup

January 8, 2015 by Fiona Maclean 24 Comments

Creamy Leek Soup

Low Calorie Creamy Leek Soup – experimenting with Raw Food: I should be doing the 5:2 Diet. I know I should be – I’ve put on a bit of weight and I’ve discovered that the 5:2 diet is a way that works for me – if I fast (500 calories) one day a week I […]

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