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 […]
A More Mindful Diet with the Mindful Chef
Lemongrass trout with coconut lime rice recipe: As a keen cook who lives by herself, I never really considered recipe boxes. But, as it happens, The Mindful Chef does have recipe boxes for one. I believe they are the only recipe box company that offers boxes for a single person – so, I was able […]
The Mindful Chef Vegetarian and Vegan Recipe Boxes
Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes – Burrito Lettuce Wraps with Carrot Fries: One of the best things about the Mindful Chef recipe boxes is that they offer a good range of options for Vegetarian and Vegan cooks. Or, for families where one or two members of the family are following a veggie/vegan diet. Our contributor Simon […]
Sugar-Free Afternoon Tea – Harvey Nichols – Review
A Paradox in the Kitchen – Sugar-Free Afternoon Tea: Bundling up to the Fifth Floor Cafe at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, I was somewhat apprehensive. Afternoon Tea involves cakes in my book. And cakes involve chocolate, cream and lots of sweet and sugary treats. But I was also a little intrigued so I checked out the […]
Healthy Moroccan Style Sausage Casserole
Low-Calorie Moroccan Style Sausage Casserole with Heck Chicken Sausages: I haven’t given up cooking, though at times it may seem that all I am doing is eating out. I have a store of healthy and tasty recipes that I’ve been working on over the last few months just waiting for Christmas to be over. If […]
Cooking with Quorn – Meat Free Tarragon Chicken
One Pot Tarragon ‘Meat-Free’ Chicken: Quorn is a healthy substitute for meat. In addition to preprepared replacements for a whole range of dishes including sausages, chicken escalopes, steak pies, burgers and chilli, there are also packets of quorn ‘meat’ which you can use as a substitute for beef or chicken in a range of dishes. […]
Low Calorie Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
Diet Soup Recipe – Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato: It is definitely soup season again. Any regular reader may have noticed that I am not the most patient of cooks. While I prefer to cook from scratch, I am quite prepared to take shortcuts. And, although I would always recommend buying your vegetables ‘whole’, sometimes […]
Healthy Asian Glazed Grilled Tuna for the 5:2 Diet:
Glazed Tuna Steak – Healthy 5:2 Diet Recipe: A few weeks ago I was sent a little bottle of Yutaka Yuzu to try. For those who don’t know, Yuzu is a citrus fruit – related to lime – that is used a lot in Japanese cookery, often in the form of Ponzu – a soy […]
Healthy Burgers? 5:2 Diet and Healthy Portobello Mushroom Burger
Healthy Portobello Mushroom Burger: OK, I fibbed just a bit. You probably wouldn’t quite have your mushroom burger like this on a 5:2 diet fast day. The bread roll adds a whopping 150 calories and to me, that’s a bit of a waste of calories as it won’t help fill you up for long. But, […]
Two Steps Forward, One Back – 5:2 Diet Again – Cod with Shrimps
Back on the 5:2 Diet – Summer Cod with Shrimps and a Vegetable Medley: Having hit my target weight at the end of 2013 with the 5:2 diet, I’ve lapsed. This year so far I’ve been to Puglia (lots of fabulous buratta – literally buttered cheese and pasta), to Costa Barcelona (sounds healthy till you […]