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 […]
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 […]
Low Calorie Chilli Con Carne with Cauli Rice for the 5:2 Diet
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 […]
Halloween Special – Witches Finger Chilli and Naughty Nachos.
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 […]
The Heinz Chilli Challenge
Some Like it Hot – the Heinz Chilli Challenge “Heinz meanz beanz!” was the familiar tagline that followed on from “57 varieties!” and the understanding that Heinz is associated with baked beans and soup is very strong, aided considerably by those clever but simple marketing terms. Heinz like most other successful world brands doesn’t stand […]
5:2 Diet Plateau and a Gingered Parsnip Soup Recipe for a 5:2 Fast Day
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 […]
5:2 Diet Fast Day Favourites – Cauliflower 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 Shirataki Noodles with Beef
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 Meal Planning and Recipes
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 […]
Christmas Gifts for Food Lovers that Last
Day One – Flavrbox Tasting Subscription: Mea Culpa. I was very kindly sent a Flavrbox to review in September. Despite scoffing the sweeties in my box before I even had a chance to take a photo, it’s only now that I’ve had a chance to check a few more of the items and write a […]