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5-2 Diet Spicy Tomato and Lentil Soup

August 30, 2012 by Fiona Maclean 15 Comments

5-2 Diet Recipe – Spicy Tomato and Lentil Soup Whether you are trying to follow the 5:2 diet or following a more conventional low-calorie diet, soups are a wonderful thing and this diet tomato soup, spiced up with chilli or paprika (or both) and thickened with healthy lentils is no exception.  Warming, filling and healthy […]

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

August 31, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 8 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 […]

Seared Scallops for 5:2 Diet

August 11, 2012 by Fiona Maclean 20 Comments

seared scallops

5:2 Diet Recipe Seared Scallops with Chilli Lime Butter Along with a number of other food bloggers I was rather taken by the 5:2 diet as described on a recent Horizon programme where Michael Mosley highlighted some research that suggested that by having two days a week of ‘semi fasting’ you could not only lose […]

5-2 Diet Meal Planning and Recipes

December 3, 2012 by Fiona Maclean 18 Comments

mustard gratinated smoked haddock

More on Planning for 5:2 Diet Fast Days I’m really not good at meal planning.  It’s probably because living along, I’m used to catering for myself in a kitchen foraging kind of way.  At best it leads to inventive cooking.  At worst it’s only me who gets to see and eat what ever I happen […]

5-2 Diet Shirataki Noodles with Beef

January 6, 2013 by Fiona Maclean 14 Comments

5-2 diet shirataki noodles beef stirfry

5-2 Diet Fast Day Noodle Stir Fry: Doing the 5-2 Diet or another low calorie plan? Have you come across these really low calorie Shirataki noodles (just 5cals for a 100g portion). If not they are worth trying because they can really help manage hunger – and if you like stir-fries then they make a […]

5:2 Diet Fast Day Favourites – Cauliflower Rice

August 12, 2013 by Fiona Maclean 17 Comments

5;2 diet recipe Garlic Chilli Prawns in Coriander Caulflower Rice

Coriander and Ginger Cauliflower Rice with Garlic Chilli Prawns recipe for 5:2 Diet Fast Day: There are certain 5:2 diet recipes that are doing the rounds at the moment.  We all try to find ways to enjoy our 5:2 diet fast day meals.  Some of the ideas I’ve seen around include all sorts of things […]

5:2 Diet Plateau and a Gingered Parsnip Soup Recipe for a 5:2 Fast Day

October 30, 2013 by Fiona Maclean 5 Comments

Gingered Parsnip Soup 5-2 diet recipe

Weight Loss Plateau – Gingered Parsnip Soup Recipe for 5:2 Diet: Every so often with the 5:2 diet, I seem to hit a diet plateau and no matter if I am fasting twice a week or not, I simple stop losing weight.  Although I find the 5:2 diet quite easy to follow it’s quite often […]

Spicy Prawn and Coconut Asian Noodle Bowl – 5:2 Diet Recipe

October 10, 2017 by Fiona Maclean 4 Comments

Prawn and Zero Noodle Coconut Chilli Bowl

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 […]

Ignite and Excite – a Sichuan Style Noodle Dish

January 11, 2018 by Fiona Maclean 4 Comments

Lee Kum Kee pork stirfry

Tears of Joy – Spicy Pork Stiry Fry with Chilli Oil: There is, apparently, a traditional Sichuan recipe called ‘Tear in Eye’ which comprises rice noodles, chillis, crumbled peanuts sichuan pepper and scallion.  I’ve googled.  I can’t find it.  But I can find reference to a dish served in a Chinese restaurant in the US which looks […]

Halloween Special – Witches Finger Chilli and Naughty Nachos.

October 30, 2016 by Fiona Maclean 5 Comments

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Halloween Themed Food – Witches Finger Chilli: I don’t normally bother trying to make Halloween themed dishes.  But, if you’ve ever been invited to one of those pot-luck events as a food-blogger you may well feel my pain.  For some reason people assume I can cook (that’s OK – I can) and that I can […]

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