~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
A Tasty Store-Cupboard Standby: Low-Calorie Salmon & Herb Fish-Cakes Recipe (285 Calories) I love store-cupboard and leftover recipes, but, I often forget to write them down and many a “thrown together” tasty meal idea has been lost, as it is almost impossible to replicate them again. This was one such recipe, but this time I [...]
Fish on Friday – 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Smoked Haddock and Spinach Gratin (200 calories) I must apologise for my lack of “Fish on Friday” posts lately – I have been out on Fridays a lot recently, and have not been able to develop any new recipes or share them here…….but today, even though [...]
Weekly Meal Plan: 5:2 Recipes and Smoky Mexican Bean Soup (170 Calories a Bowl) I am a day late for my weekly meal plan, but, I still have a plan and a new recipe to share with you today, a delectable Smoky Mexican Bean Soup recipe, which is ONLY 170 calories a bowl – and is [...]
Easy Chinese 5:2 Diet Recipe for National Vegetarian Week: Rainbow Stir-Fry with Quorn With not much time on my hands and with lots of fresh vegetarian ingredients in the fridge for National Vegetarian Week, as well as trying to fit in my two fast days a week for the 5:2 diet, I turned to an [...]
5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Wild Garlic and Chilli Sweetcorn Fritters (185 Calories) It’s time to go back on the 5:2 diet, after a few weeks of unfettered eating whilst travelling and staying with my parents, I am keen to get back on my two fast days a week. And, I want, or should I [...]
National Vegetarian Week, Seasonal Favourites, 5:2 Recipes and my Weekly Meal Plan This week is National Vegetarian Week, and I was set a challenge by Asda supermarket to eat vegetarian all week! I was happy to accept, and felt a little bit of a fraud, as to eat vegetarian all week is an easy challenge for me, [...]
Recipe: Low-Calorie Moroccan Cod Parcels for the 5:2 Diet and a Healthy Happy Heart As Lavender and Lovage regular readers will know, I love fish! I eat it at least twice a week – it’s easy to cook, tasty and extremely healthy, as well as being low in calories. I have been working with Fish [...]
Easter Monday Meal Plan: Pace Eggs, Pizza and 5:2 Diet Recipes I hope you have got time to read my meal plan for this week, as I have decided to post a monthly meal plan………got you! Happy April Fool’s Day! A Happy Easter to all my family, friends and readers too. I have had a [...]
Easter Gourmet 5:2 Diet Recipe: Scallop and Prawn Platter with Chilli Herb Vinaigrette Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, it commemorates Jesus Christ’s last supper and the initiation of the Eucharist, which is observed in many Christian churches. It’s also the day that the Queen presents special ‘Maundy money’ to local pensioners, last year [...]
Weekly Meal Plan, 5:2 Diet Recipes and Curried Carrot Soup (85 calories) I have been a bit lazy with my meal plans lately, as things have been a bit upside-down at home……but, this week I am pleased to be able to share a meal plan with my readers, as well as a new 5:2 diet recipe, for Curried [...]
Karen S Booth
