Chicken and Leek Casserole or Soup – a 5:2 Diet Recipe for leftovers. It’s back to work and back to the 5:2 diet for me. I’ve had family staying over Christmas and the New Year so I’ve been cooking more and making richer food than normal. On New Year’s Eve we had some fabulous thyme […]
Chicken, Ham and Leek Risotto for Leftovers
A recipe for Chicken Ham and Leek Risotto – more than a Hug in a Mug: As the dark nights close in and the weather gets wintery, I yearn for comfort food. Asda were kind enough to send me one of their new extra tasty roast in a bag chickens to try the other day […]
Chicken and Butternut Squash Curry 5:2 Diet Recipe
Variations on a Theme: Chicken and Butternut Squash Curry Recipe for the 5:2 Diet. One of the challenges of cooking for one (and eating out rather a lot too) is that I tend to end up with leftovers. Not just leftover meals, but ingredients too – and making 5:2 diet recipes for two days a […]
Poached Chicken with Wild Garlic Pesto – a 5:2 Diet Recipe
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 […]
5-2 Diet Chicken Casserole – Low Calorie Fast Day British Style
5-2 Diet Chicken – Fast Day Chicken Casserole for a Cold Winter Night Do you have family recipes that you’ve made in one variation or another for years? My 5-2 diet chicken casserole is something based on a recipe that my mother made using her own chicken portions. She made much the same dish […]
Low Calorie Sweet and Sour Chicken For the 5-2 Diet
Sweet and Sour Chicken the Low Calorie 5-2 Diet Way: A little while ago I was sent a sample of Truvia, a natural sweetener that is almost zero calorie. The idea was supposed to be that I could cook with it, but when I checked, I found I’d been sent small sachets, the sort you […]
Fast Day Food – 5:2 Diet Asian Chicken Wraps
5:2 Diet Asian Chicken Wraps – Fast Day Meal Plan: Asian chicken wraps in a lettuce leaf are one of the prettiest 5:2 diet recipes I make. For me, one of the challenges of a 5:2 fast day menu is how to eat well without including a large portion of rice, potatoes or similar. Particularly […]
Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives
Easy Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemons and Olives: At this time of year I love spicy food, warming stews and rich, deep flavours. A Tagine is a Morroccan dish that usually involves meat or fish and some kind of fruit. It seems particularly appropriate to make a chicken and preserved lemon tagine with olives – It’s […]
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 Dirty Kitchen Secret’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 […]
5-2 Diet Lemon and Coriander Chicken
5-2 Diet – Recipes for the 5-2 Diet: Now, I am still doing the 5-2 diet. I am really encouraged by the weight loss so far, and I am hoping that I am also getting some of the health benefits. I watched the Horizon programme, Eat, Fast and Live Longer which highlighted research that has […]