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Category Archives: Salads
Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Shredded Brussels Sprout Salad With Fennel, Apple, Rocket and Bacon.
We’re making good use of winter greens at the moment. The star of this deliciously crunchy salad is the unassuming, often unfairly maligned Brussels Sprout. Finely shredded coleslaw style this nutty little cabbage is very much in disguise, tempting even … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Apples, Bacon, Brussels Sprouts, Fast Diet, Fennel, Gluten free, Parmesan, Salad, Walnuts, Winter
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Som Tam. Thai Green Papaya Salad.
Last week I was lucky enough to visit the Paddington Community Garden. Tucked away behind Trumper Park and The Palms Tennis Centre, it’s a thriving oasis of individual and communal plots producing an enviable array of organic fruits, vegetables and … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Chilli, Fast Diet, Garlic, Green Papaya, Healthy, Herbs, Lime, Salad, Som Tam, Thai
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Grilled Spiced Yoghurt Chicken With Cucumber Salad.
One of the easiest ways to tenderise and infuse flavour into lean chicken breast is to use a spiced yoghurt marinade. For best results I like to prepare my marinade the night or morning before it’s needed so that the … Continue reading
Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Diet Meal Idea Under 200 Calories. Asian Slaw.
It may be Autumn but the heat and humidity show little sign of abating. When it’s stifling hot I like to eat salad. Easy to eat. Easy to prepare. Today’s 5-2 fast day offering is an Asian inspired coleslaw. It may … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Asian, Bean Sprouts, Cabbage, Coleslaw, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Herbs, Salad, Snowpeas
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Fish On Fridays. Spicy Thai Style Fish Cakes. Served With Nam Jim Dipping Sauce And A Cucumber And Bean Sprout Salad
The first Friday of Lent. The perfect excuse to post a fish recipe. Growing up in a Catholic household my mother made sure we always observed the no meat on Friday rule, taking the opportunity to serve up fish for … Continue reading
Posted in Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, Salads, Seafood, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Beamsprout, Chilli, Cucumber, Fish Cake, Gluten free, Lime, Nam Jim, Snapper, Spicy, Thai
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Autumn Fig, Pear and Radicchio Salad With Prosciutto and Pomegranate.
Summer is officially over and has segued into a sticky and humid Autumn. Soft, ripe juicy figs and pears are making an appearance at the markets. Paired with salty prosciutto and bitter radicchio and sweet late season pomegranate they are … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Autumn, Fast Diet, Figs, Pear, Pomegranate, Prosciutto, Radicchio, Salad
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Watermelon And Feta Salad With Mint, Parsley, Pistachio and Lime.
This vibrant and good looking salad uses the unusual but absolutely delicious combination of of creamy salty feta cheese and fresh juicy watermelon. An explosion of flavour bursts punctuated by peppery rocket, refreshing mint and tangy lime. Pretty as a picture, … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Feta, Lime, Mint, Parsley, Pistachio, Rocket, Salad, Summer, Vegetarian, Watermelon
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Meal Idea Under 100 Calories. Simple Mexican Style Summer Stone Fruit Salad With Chilli, Lime and Sea Salt.
It’s late summer and our markets are awash with a superb array of perfectly ripe, gorgeously perfumed stone fruit. We truly are spoilt for choice. Apricots, plums, nectarines and peaches are at their peak season best and seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Fruit, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Apricots, Fast Diet, Fruit Salad, Healthy, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Stone Fruit, Summer
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 400 Calories. An Indian Inspired Tandoori Chicken and Fresh Mango Salad With Pappadums.
Earlier this month we embarked on a road trip and dropped in to visit our friends Gill and Pat on their farm in rural NSW. As always we experienced country hospitality at it’s very best. Lunch was served outside, under … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Chicken, Fasting Diet, Gluten free, Mango, Pappadum, Salad, Summer, Tandoori
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