Taxis, Trains and Temptation! 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Smoky Mexican Stir Fry with Chicken What have taxis, trains and temptation to do with a delicious low-calorie recipe you may be thinking, and the answer is not much! But, as a title of today’s post, it’s just my way of telling you what I have been up to over the last two…
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A Weekly Meal Plan, A Taste of Autumn and Allotment Soup (100 calories) for the 5:2 Diet
A Weekly Meal Plan, A Taste of Autumn and Allotment Soup (100 calories) for the 5:2 Diet It’s that time of year again, with apologies to my Southern Hemisphere followers, but Autumn is JUST a whiff away……just a wood smoke aroma away and maybe even just a crackling fire away………as I definitely noticed an autumnal…
Scandinavian Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Egg Breakfast Wraps
It’s Friday and that means Fish on Friday, and today my post is an easy, in fact just made and devoured, breakfast wrap; made with some “Square” wraps that were sent to me as part of a small selection of Warburtons product samples. I was sent a selection of bread samples from the famous British bakery a…
5:2 Diet – Fast Days & Feast Days, Weekly Meal Plan and a LOW CALORIE Breakfast Omelette Recipe
5:2 Diet – Fast Days & Feast Days, Weekly Meal Plan and a LOW CALORIE Breakfast Omelette Recipe My Monday Meal Plan this week has slid to a Tuesday – as you know if you have been reading and following my blog over the last few days, I have been SO busy with a houseful…
Organic September & Seasonal Family Recipes – Chicken Pie, Strawberry French Toast & Soup with Cheese Toasties
Organic September & Seasonal Family Recipes – Chicken Pie, Strawberry French Toast & Soup with Cheese Toasties – When I was approached by Sainsbury’s recently and asked if I would like to participate in the Organic September event, which is being run by the Soil Association, I was delighted to accept the challenge. Organic is always the way to…
A Special 5:2 Diet Recipe for Fast Days: Luxury Steak Burger with Artichokes and Olives
A Special 5:2 Diet Recipe for Fast Days: Luxury Steak Burger with Artichokes and Olives I know what you are thinking, HOW can this LUSH looking burger be DIET food? Well, it is IF you use VERY lean minced beef or even better, minced steak. And, of course, you have to DITCH the bread bun…
Fasting and Feasting with Fish on Friday: Middle Eastern Tahini and Lemon Baked Fish – Perfect for the 5:2 Diet
Fasting and Feasting with Fish on Friday: ~ Middle Eastern Tahini and Lemon Baked Fish ~ Perfect for the 5:2 Diet IT’s a LOW CALORIE Fish on Friday post and this recipe has been made with one of my favourite types of fish, Hake. And, the recipe in question is one of my own recipes, an exclusive restaurant…
Fast Days and Feast Days: 5:2 Diet Recipe – Herb and Spice Crusted Baked Chicken Breasts (180 calories)
Fast Days and Feast Days: 5:2 Diet Recipe Herb and Spice Crusted Baked Chicken Breasts (180 calories) Yes you CAN have lovely, tasty and exciting meals when following the 5:2 diet and on your fast days! Fast days on the 5:2 diet aren’t “no food” days, as many of you will know, but they are VERY low-calorie…
A Hot Day,The Lavender Harvest and Barbecued Peaches with Honey and Lavender (5:2 Diet)
A Hot Day,The Lavender Harvest and Barbecued Peaches with Honey and Lavender (5:2 Diet) Today was HOT, very hot, the mercury rose up the dizzy and breath stealing heights of 38C and there wasn’t a breath of air as the sun beat down on my wilting plants and herbs………the chickens were in shock and we…
5:2 Diet, Fast Days & Feast Days and Roast Tomato & Garlic Soup Recipe (70 Calories)
5:2 Diet, Fast Days & Feast Day Roast Tomato & Garlic Soup Recipe (70 Calories) I am not a fan of “faddy diets” and yet I must admit to being fascinated about the latest 5:20 diet that was featured in Eat, Fast and Live Longer, part of the documentary featuring the medical journalist Michael Mosley, where…
Search for a Connoisseur & Sharp’s Brewery: Smoked Mackerel with Hot Beetroot and Horseradish Cream
Search for a Connoisseur & Sharp’s Brewery Smoked Mackerel with Hot Beetroot and Horseradish Cream I am always up for a cookery challenge and when I was approached by Sharp’s Brewery recently and asked if I would like to develop a recipe to be matched with a BEER, I was intrigued and very interested! I know that the usual pairing…
The Hot & Spicy Breakfast Club! Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways
The Hot & Spicy Breakfast Club! Mexican Breakfast Eggs – Two Ways I LOVE breakfast and I LOVE Mexican food, so when I saw that Heather from Girlichef was the guest host for Helen’s (Fuss Free Flavours) Monthly Breakfast Club, and that her theme was MEXICAN, I knew in a flash I was IN –…
Lammas Day, Yorkshire Day and my Grandma’s Yorkshire Season Pudding with Herbs
Lammas Day, Yorkshire Day and my Grandma’s Yorkshire Season Pudding with Herbs Today is Lammas Day and Yorkshire Day………but let’s talk about Lammas Day first; the traditional beginning of harvest falls on the first of August and is called Lammas day. (This is believed to be a corruption of “loaf-mass”, due to the loaves of bread…
Sun Dappled Summer Days and Lavender Honey Roast Stone Fruits with Vanilla
Sun Dappled Summer Days Lavender Honey Roast Stone Fruits with Vanilla I have been cautious, I have NOT waxed lyrical about sun dappled summer days in the garden, with a hammock slung between two trees for swinging and reading…….no poems about larks or harvest fields have passed my lips or indeed my fingers as they type……I…
Frugal but Comforting Family Fare: Stuffed Tomatoes with Herbs & Oats (Gluten Free)
Frugal but Comforting Family Fare: Stuffed Tomatoes with Herbs & Oats (Gluten Free) This is an old family recipe, one that has been welcome on my table for many years and before that on my mum and grandmother’s table too…..a recipe that is comforting and yet frugal, a recipe that “pads” out the meat but…