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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. The 5-2 Diet. Putting It All Together. For Under 500 Calories a Day.
It sounds to good to be true. Eat whatever you like, within reason, five days a week. Drastically restrict your calories to just a quarter of your recommended daily intake for the remaining two non consecutive days a week. Feasting … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Healthy, Low Calorie, Recipe, Under 500 Calories
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. 5-2 Diet Recipe Ideas Under 400 Calories.
Here is the fourth instalment of my 5-2 diet recipe ideas by calorie count category. Each image in the picture gallery represents a recipe that carries an energy count between 300 and 400 calories per serve. Given the only meal I … Continue reading
Posted in What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Healthy, Low Calorie, Recipe, Under 400 Calories
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Another Trip Down Memory Lane. Ice Magic. Chocolate Crackle Topping And Ice Cream.
Raise your hands if you remember Ice Magic. That chocolate flavoured ice cream topping, manufactured by Cottees. It set hard in seconds. Like magic. A trip down memory lane for me. The stuff of childhood dreams. Instantly transforming a tub … Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Chocolate, Coconut Oil, Dessert, Food, Gluten free, Ice Magic, Icecream, Recipe, Summer
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The Taste Of Spring. Simply Delightful. Jerusalem’s Beef and Lamb Meatballs With Broad Beans and Lemon.
Each changing of the seasons brings new food associations. For me the true taste of Spring is broad beans, double shelled to reveal their vibrant emerald green sweetness. Every home has its own rituals, in ours we mark the arrival … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Lamb, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Broad beans, Food, Herbs, Jerusalem, Lemon, Meatballs, Ottolenghi, Recipe, Spring
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. 5-2 Diet Recipe Ideas Under 300 Calories.
The key to a successful fast day? Healthy meals that pack a flavour punch. The perfect plate? Seasonal. Prepared from scratch. Low in fat and carbohydrate. Includes a moderate amount of lean protein. Jam-packed with vegetables, herbs and spices. Vibrant. Colourful. Full … Continue reading
Posted in What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Healthy, Low Calorie, Recipe, Under 300 Calories
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Baking At Carisbrook. From Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem. Chocolate Krantz Cake.
Spring time in Mount Wilson is magnificent. Perched high in the Blue mountains this tiny village hamlet is famous for it’s cool climate gardens. This weekend we were lucky enough to be invited by our good friends to join them … Continue reading
Posted in Baked, Chocolate, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Babka, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Food, Jerusalem, Krantz, Ottolenghi, Pecan, Yeast
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Celebrating A Milestone. The Perfect Gift. A Truffle Tree From Gascony.
I’m so overwhelmed. This week I celebrated a significant birthday with more than a little help from my friends. Over a long and lively lunch my gorgeous girlfriends presented me with the perfect gift. My very own truffle tree, growing … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration
Tagged Birthday, Celebration, Food, france, Gascony, Gift, Gourmet, Perigord, Truffle Tree, Truffles
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The Perfect Mid Week Dinner. Omurice オムライス . Japanese Omelette With Fried Rice.
What to cook for my teenage son on the eve of his departure of a school field trip to Japan? The perfect midweek dinner. Omurice (オムライス). Japanese omelette rice (omu-raisu). Popular in Japan, it is considered yōshoku (western food). A contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in Eggs, Rice, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bacon, Dinner, Eggs, Food, Fried Rice, Japanese, Omelette, Rice, Sweet Chilli
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The Paddington Foodie 