TV Pizza Night! Sun-Dried Tomato, Red Onion and Chorizo Pizza Recipe With winter returning to the landscape via shed loads of snow and cruel Easterly winds, my evenings have reverted to fireside suppers whilst watching the TV again…….mainly cooking programmes, much to my husband’s disgust! And, with these cosy evenings comes the desire for comfort…
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5:2 Diet 215 Calorie Kebabs! Cajun Chicken Kebab and Spiced Yoghurt Dip Recipe
5:2 Diet 225 Calorie Kebabs! Cajun Chicken Kebab and Spiced Yoghurt Dip Recipe I am rather proud of this low-calorie recipe! I often hanker after tasty “fast food” types of food when I am on a diet, and although I have never really found a decent chicken kebab outside of Cyprus (or Turkey and Greece)…
A Vegetable Jewel in the Crown: Fenland Celery and Fenland Celery Soup Recipe
A Vegetable Jewel in the Crown: Fenland Celery and Fenland Celery Soup Recipe Celery, a simple vegetable, but with the unfortunate reputation of being served (stuck in a water-glass) as an accompaniment to those 70’s cheese board protagonists, Edam and Danish Blue, with cream crackers and a glass if Mateus Rose. But, celery can be…
A Spring Fling Recipe for the 5:2 Diet! Low-Calorie Minted Pea & Vegetable Frittata – 200 calories
A Spring Fling Recipe for the 5:2 Diet! Low-Calorie Minted Pea & Vegetable Frittata – 200 calories I really feel as if spring is just around the corner – yes, we have been warned of more cold weather to come, but, the sun has been shining lately even if mornings and evenings have been frosty…
Smoked Cheese and Cherry Tomato Rarebit: On Toast Snack or Light Supper Recipe
Smoked Cheese and Cherry Tomato Rarebit: On Toast Snack or Light Supper Recipe Sometimes all that is needed is something on toast; beans, tomatoes, cheese and egg are always perfect partners for an “on toast” snack or light supper dish, but it’s nice to push the taste boundaries when serving something on toast now and then. And…
Meal Plan: Diet Food and Comfort Food – Farmhouse Chicken & Vegetable Stew with Dumplings Recipe
Meal Plan: – Diet Food and Comfort Food – Farmhouse Chicken & Vegetable Stew with Dumplings Recipe I apologise for missing out on last week’s Monday Meal Plan, but, I was making marmalade in Somerset with Vivien Lloyd, and was away from Sunday until very late on Monday evening when I got back home. I…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Honey Roast Chicken, Hand Pies and Bread & Butter Pudding Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Honey Roast Chicken, Hand Pies and Bread & Butter Pudding Recipes February Core Ingredients: Rhubarb; Carrots; Potatoes; Swede; Chicken and Honey It gives me great pleasure to announce to all of my readers that I will be working in partnership with Organic UK for the next eight months. I will be creating thrifty…
Recipe: Wild Haddock with Smoked Sea Salt Crust and Cherry Tomato Scramble
Recipe: Wild Haddock with Smoked Sea Salt Crust and Cherry Tomato Scramble I am always constantly amazed at how many people are scared to cook fish, for me it is the easiest ingredient to cook, and as I have said many times before, it is the original “fast food”. At my cookery school in France where…
Memories of Hong Kong and Chinese New Year: Chinese Chicken Egg Roll Wraps Recipe
“Chinese New Year” 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Chinese Chicken Egg Roll Wraps (225 calories) I remember cordite filled humid air, dragons and lions dancing through streets, little red packets filled with money, flowers and firecrackers, hot fried food eaten on the side of the road, red, the rattle of Mah Jong pieces, the “Beggar’s…
Luxury Low-Calorie Recipe for Fish on Friday: Smoked Salmon Pitta Pizza for 5:2 Diet Fast Day
Luxury Low-Calorie Recipe for Fish on Friday: Smoked Salmon Pitta Pizza for 5:2 Diet Fast Day My “Fish on Friday” post today is a luxury one, a special LOW-CALORIE snack, lunch or light supper recipe with more than a hint of gourmet about it, Smoked Salmon Pitta Pizza. This recipe is a remarkable 194 calories and VERY…
5:2 Diet Meal Plan for Fast Days: Low-Calorie Haddock Goujons with Garlic Panko Crumb (Recipe)
5:2 Diet Meal Plan for Fast Days: Low-Calorie Haddock Goujons with Garlic Panko Crumb (Recipe) The first full week in the New Year after all of the festivities brings me back to earth with a heavy bump, and it ‘s back onto my 5:2 diet plan with a vengeance. I have managed to fit in the…
5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipes: Coronation Potato Salad and Low-Fat Pan-Fried Garlic Hake Fillets
5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipes: Coronation Potato Salad and Low-Fat Pan-Fried Garlic Hake Fillets The time between Christmas and New Year is a strange one on the culinary front – there is a plethora of sweets, cakes, pies, biscuits and other rich pickings from the savoury buffet table, as well as piles of turkey no…
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche For my last Fish on Friday post before Christmas, I bring you a simple and very elegant appetiser, Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche, as well as a list of some of my fish recipes over the last year…….most of…
Spanish Olives ~ Olé! A Duet of Tuneful Olive Marinades with Lemons, Oranges, Herbs & Ginger
Spanish Olives ~ Olé! A Duet of Tuneful Olive Marinades with Lemons, Oranges, Herbs & Ginger Oh I DO love an olive! Well, let’s be truthful, I like OLIVES in the plural – and, apart from dipping and dunking my crusty bread into a bowl of luscious, glistening olives at parties, lunch on the terrace, picnics,…
Day Eight on the Advent Calendar: Christmas Trees and Bacon, Cheese & Garlic Fougasse Recipe
Day Eight on the Advent Calendar: 8th December: Christmas Trees and Bacon, Cheese & Garlic Fougasse Recipe It’s time to talk trees, Christmas trees…….real trees or faux trees, what’s you preference? I have always loved a real Christmas tree, and avalanches of needle drop have never really bothered me – the smell and “presence” of…
