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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Red Lentil Dahl With Roasted Vine-Ripened Cherry Tomatoes, Green Beans and Mint.
Red Lentil Dhal makes a brilliant 5-2 fast day diet meal solution. Low in calories, healthy and bursting with flavour it marries well with a wide variety of seasonal vegetables. It’s early summer here, so today I used green beans, … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Beans, Dhal, Fasting Diet, Healthy, Lentils, Mint, Tomatoes, Vegetarian
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Incredibly Delicious. Insanely Addictive. Sweet and Salty Candy Cane Cracker Toffee.
One tell tale sign that it’s the end of school year, and Christmas is round the corner is the burgeoning supply of candy canes in the house. What to do with all those sticky, sweet candy canes? Usually I crush … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Confectionery, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Candy Cane, Chocolate, Christmas, Food, Salty, Slice, Sweet, Toffee
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. Grilled Corn Salsa.
To commemorate the first day of summer we fired up the barbecue and roasted a couple of ears of corn. This incredibly healthy and delicious Grilled Corn Salsa is very easy to prepare, playing a starring role in a low … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Capsicum, Chilli, Corn, Fasting Diet, Healthy, Salad, Spring Onion, Summer, Tomato
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Passing Down The Baton Through The Generations. Judy’s Christmas Pudding. Our Family Recipe.
One of the enduring pleasures of this blog has been scribing closely guarded recipes that grace the table at family celebrations, transcending the test of time. Last Easter I had the privilege of scribing and baking my grandmother’s Apple Strudel, … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Brandy, Cherries, Christmas, Christmas Pudding, Cointreau, Dates, Peel, Prunes, Pudding, Raisins, Sultanas
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Tis The Season To Be Thankful. The Holiday Turkey. Brined, Roasted And Stuffed.
Tis the season to be thankful. Thursday 28th November is Thanksgiving Day in North America. Whilst we do not celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia, preferring to save our turkey for the Christmas table, I thought I would share with you … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Apple, Brine, Caramelised Onions, Christmas, Cider, Food, Sage, Spices, Stuffing, Thanksgiving, Turkey
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Meal Idea Under 400 Calories. Spicy Chinese Style Roasted Green Beans With Stir Fried Pork.
Inspired by a glorious platter of Szechuan green beans recently enjoyed at a favourite Chinese restaurant, this meal idea is incredibly tasty and highly addictive. Traditionally the beans are deep fried in hot oil until blistered, then stir fried with … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Beans, Chinese, Fasting Diet, Healthy, Intermittent Fasting, Pork, Spicy, Stir Fry
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Weekend Birthday Celebrations. Mini Strawberry Cloud Cakes With Chocolate Bottoms and Fresh Raspberries.
This weekend our daughters celebrated their fourteenth birthday. As always we marked the occasion with home-made birthday cake. This year I revisited Annabel Langbein’s dreamy Strawberry Cloud Cake, the subject of one of my earliest posts. Refashioned into mini cloud … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Frozen, Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Cake, Chocolate, Cloud Cake, Dessert, Raspberry, Strawberry, Summer
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Meal Idea Under 200 Calories. Grilled Asparagus Salad With Rocket, Mint and Parmesan.
Asparagus season is in full swing. One of my favourite salads combines lightly grilled asparagus spears with peppery rocket and refreshing mint. Dressed with a simple olive oil and lemon vinaigrette. Garnished with a good grating of parmesan cheese. Another … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Asparagus, Fasting Diet, Gluten free, Lemon, Mint, Parmesan, Rocket, Vegetarian
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Rich, Dense and Fudgy. Blonde Brownies With Sour Cherries, Macadamia and White Chocolate Chunks.
Brownies are a perennial favourite in our house. Rich, dense and fudgy these blonde brownies use white chocolate instead of the usual dark and are crammed full of sour cherries and macadamia nuts. Absolutely delicious and incredibly moreish they need … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Baking, Blondies, Brownies, Cherries, Dessert, Food, Macadamia, White Chocolate
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 100 Calories. A Classic Catalan Salsa. Romesco Sauce.
This weekend at a barbeque at my friend Ros’ home I was reacquainted with Romesco sauce. A deep, earthy, smoky salsa made from roasted capsicum, chilli, tomato, onion and garlic. Pounded to a paste and thickened with nuts and a … Continue reading
Posted in Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Capsicum, Chilli, Fasting Diet, Garlic, Lemon, Onion, Salsa, Sourdough, Tomato
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