Low-Calorie Comfort Food: Harvest Festival Minced Beef & Vegetable Casserole (5:2 Diet) I love this time of year, as you will all know if you read my last post for elderberries and preserves, Elderberries, Hedgerow Harvests and A Cornucopia of Preserves for the Autumn Pantry. It’s not just the obvious change in meals, from salads…
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Scottish Meat and Tatties for an Autumn Supper
Scottish Meat and Tatties for an Autumn Supper As weather becomes more autumnal, I have been thinking about cooking comfort food for our family suppers. My casseroles and Pyrex dishes have been brought to the front of the pan drawer, whilst the slow cooker has been liberated from its summer storage area and now sits on…
A Simple & Elegant Low-Calorie Lunch: Lemon & Herb Poached Salmon Recipe (5:2 Diet)
A Simple & Elegant Low-Calorie Lunch: Lemon & Herb Poached Salmon Recipe (5:2 Diet) I LOVE salmon, I use salmon in my meal plans regularly and have a large and diverse selection of salmon recipes on Lavender and Lovage. I also find it perfect for simple low-calorie recipes on the 5:2 diet for fast days…
Fish on Friday: Parmesan & Chive Salmon with Garlic & Nutmeg Spinach Recipe
Fish on Friday: Parmesan & Chive Salmon with Garlic & Nutmeg Spinach Recipe Welcome to the start of the weekend! Yes, thank God it’s Friday and I am looking forward to a leisurely weekend with a meal out planned for Sunday and some me time too. As regular Lavender and Lovage readers will know, I…
A Hearty 5:2 Diet Recipe for Autumn: Butter Bean & Chorizo Stew with Tomatoes
A Hearty 5:2 Diet Recipe for Autumn: Butter Bean & Chorizo Stew with Tomatoes It seems that winter, or should I say autumn, has arrive with a vengeance, as we have been battered with torrential rain and strong winds lately. Most of the apples and pears that were left lingering on my trees are now…
Organic September: My Top Ten Organic Store Cupboard Ingredients & Meal Plans
Organic September: My Top Ten Organic Store Cupboard Ingredients & Meal Plans Welcome to week three of my Thrifty and Organic posts, and a HUGE thanks to all of you who attended the #ThriftyOrganic “Twitter Party” that I hosted last week with Organic UK and Foodies 100. This week finds me pondering on what my top…
Healthy Fish and Chips for Fish on Friday: Baked Hake & Oven Chips Recipe
Healthy Fish and Chips for Fish on Friday: Baked Hake & Oven Chips Recipe It’s Friday and that means Fish On Friday for us! I know I have not posted many fish on Friday posts over the summer, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been eating fish, on the contrary, we have enjoyed all sorts…
Windfalls, September Harvest and Comforting Soups: Curried Leek and Apple Soup Recipe (5:2 Diet)
Windfalls, September Harvest and Comforting Soups: Curried Leek and Apple Soup Recipe (5:2 Diet) There is no doubt that the dieter’s friend is a bowl of soup, and I have managed to complete many a “fast day” with a bowl of comforting soup as one of my meals for the day. Plus, you usually manage…
Fasting on Saturday before Feasting on Sunday: 5:2 Diet Autumn Roast Vegetable & Cheese Salad
Fasting on Saturday before Feasting on Sunday: 5:2 Diet Autumn Roast Vegetable & Cheese Salad Recipe By the time I get to the weekend, I have normally fulfilled my two “fast days” and am looking forward to a weekend filled with wine, roast dinners and special baked treats. However, this week as I have been…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for Organic September: Somerset Pork, Apple Tart and Many More Recipes!
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for Organic September: Somerset Pork, Apple Tart and Many More Recipes! Core Ingredients for September: Pork, Apples, Butternut Squash, Leeks, Cabbage and Oats September Menu: Spiced Roast Butternut Squash Soup Irish Soda Bread with Oats Somerset Pork with Apples Creamed Leek and Cabbage Braise Rustic Apple Galette Welcome to a very…
La Plancha: Chilli Peppered Chicken Steaks & Mediterranean Goat’s Cheese Vegetable Stacks
La Plancha Cooking with VeryCook: Chilli Peppered Chicken Steaks Mediterranean Goat’s Cheese Vegetable Stacks Recipes I have always loved the style outdoor cooking, whether it be outdoors or inside…..so, when I was asked if I would like to be the FIRST British food blogger to work with VeryCook and receive one of their La Plancha…
An Old Flask and Childhood Memories: Cheese, Onion and Potato Pasties Recipe
An Old Flask and Childhood Memories: Cheese, Onion and Potato Pasties Recipe I remember many picnics throughout my life, both as an adult and a child; and, when my parents offered to give me an old Thermos flask recently, for food styling, as soon as I saw which one it was, the memories just came…
Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Goat’s Cheese and Basil served with Mixed Pepper Tomato Salsa
Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Goat’s Cheese and Basil served with Mixed Pepper Tomato Salsa I love creating and developing recipes, so when I was sent a bumper hamper full of ingredients from E-On recently and asked to come up with some tasty, quick and simple recipes, I was pleased to join in. I was sent…
Easy Summer Dining: Bourbon Beef and Pepper Skewers and Accompaniments (Sous Vide)
Easy Summer Dining: Bourbon Beef and Pepper Skewers and Accompaniments (Sous Vide) With the summer still giving is hot and sunny days, with just the odd shower of rain here and there to cool things down, my next Sous Vide Supreme post is all about BEEF, and barbecue cooking, although these skewers can (and were)…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for August: Hamburgers, Peaches and Mediterranean Vegetable Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for August: Hamburgers, Peaches and Mediterranean Vegetable Recipes Core Ingredients for August: Minced Beef, Aubergines, Courgettes, Onions, Peaches and Quinoa August Menu: Hamburgers with Herb Baked Onions Oven-Baked Ratatouille Mediterranean Quinoa Salad with Goat’s Cheese Amaretti Peach Melba Crumble Parcels Welcome to August’s Thrifty and Organic Meal Planner; with the…
