Cookbook and Travel Stories – Lavender and Lovage (and a recipe for Coronation Chicken from the book) I’ve known Karen almost since I started my own blog. I’ve admired her food photography and enjoyed her recipes both in my own home and at hers in France. We share a love of travel and in many […]
Skinny Toad-in-the-Hole for 5-2 Diet
5-2 diet recipe for Toad in the Hole and low-calorie recipe planning: I think it is much easier to diet when the weather is good. At this time of year, I really want comfort food, warm starchy things that fill me up with a kind of internal heating system. And if I wasn’t following the […]
Moinhos Velhos Juice Retreat and Yoga – Part One
Moinhos Velhos, Portugal – juice retreat with yoga, meditation and alternative therapies: Located by the Barragem da Bravura, Algarve, Portugal, Moinhos Velhos is the perfect place to detox the mind, body and spirit. Whatever you seek to achieve, be it rest and relaxation, a complete detox, to heal or to help transform some aspect […]
Grilled Mackerel with Fennel and Caraway seeds
Grilled Mackerel. My attempt at a healthy supper after the indulgences of the last few weeks was to buy some fresh Mackerel and to grill it rather than pan fry. Mackerel is an oily fish and works very well without the addition of any extra oil or fat – in fact you can see some […]
Healthy Spicy Pork Tostadas – How to Cut Calories and Save the Planet
Spicy Pork Tostadas with Baby Corn and Peppers: It’s that time of year when everyone I know wants to lose a few pounds…and it’s also the time of year when we are all making resolutions. Everything from what can we do to improve ourselves to how can we slow down global warming and save the […]
5-2 Diet Haddock with Lemon and Parsley Crumb
5-2 Diet Haddock – Tangy Fish in a Crisp Crumb: This is another recipe using some of the wonderful fish that John at DelishFish has sent to me. It’s very easy and quick – the sort of thing you can rustle up in the time it takes to microwave a ready meal. And, trust me, […]
Winter Warmer Vegetable Soup Recipe
Simon’s Winter Warmer – Hearty Vegetable Soup: A large hamper of Unilever Kitchen products arrived at my door, full of household names that I didn’t know were part of the Unilever family. The collection included many stalwarts of Britishness – PG Tips tea, Bovril, Coleman’s Mustard, Hellman’s etc., as well as a good mix of […]
Healthy Lemon Chicken
Lemon Chicken – Trying to eat healthy food: This recipe for healthy lemon chicken is very quick and simple. I made mine using the wings and legs from the Organic Chicken in my Abel and Cole box this week. If you don’t plan on feeding a whole family, it’s quite a good idea to take […]
The Mindful Chef – Red Pesto Fish Skewers
Healthy Food to Cook at Home – the Mindful Chef Red Pesto Fish Skewers: I love the idea of recipe boxes as a way of inspiring people to cook new dishes. There are various bits of research which suggest most of us never cook more than 9 recipes on a regular basis. Think about it. […]
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 […]