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Eat, Fast And Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Day Meal Idea Under 300 Calories. Sesame And Shitake Mushroom Soba Noodles With Crispy Kale.
Today’s fast day offering is an amalgam of some of my favourite super foods; buckwheat, kale, mushrooms and sesame into a simple but tasty noodle dish. Soba is Japanese for buckwheat, so it should come as no surprise that soba … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Vegetarian
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Fast Diet, Garlic, Ginger, Gluten free, Healthy, Kale, Mushroom, Sesame, Soba Noodles, Vegetarian
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Thai Street Food At Home. Pad See Ew. Soy Sauce Stir Fried Rice Noodles.
This simple stir fry is always popular in our house. Soy Sauce Stir Fried Rice Noodles may be ubiquitous Thai street food popularly prepared at road side stalls all over Thailand, but they’re also a staple fixture on Thai restaurant … Continue reading
Posted in Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, Pork, Rice, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Broccoli, Healthy, Mushrooms, Pad See Ew, Pork, Rice Noodles, Soy Sauce, Stir Fry, Thai
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Eat, Fast And Live Longer. A 5-2 Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Sweet Potato and Leek Soup With Apple and Ginger.
Rain has brought some welcome relief from the relentless humidity we have been experiencing of late. For the past few days it seems that Autumn has at last made its tardy appearance. Today’s 5-2 fast day idea is a decadently … Continue reading
Posted in Soup, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5:2 Diet, Apple, Autumn, Fast Diet, Ginger, Gluten free, Healthy, Leek, Soup, Sweet Potato
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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 400 Calories. Spicy Thai Coconut Soup with Snapper, Prawns and Rice Noodles.
Today’s Fish on Friday post has accidentally and unintentionally morphed into a 5-2 recipe post. Gathering fresh seafood, herbs and spices for a Spicy Thai Coconut Soup it occurred to me that the majority of ingredients were building blocks for … 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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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. A 5-2 Fast Diet Recipe Idea Under 200 Calories. Clear Tomato Consommé.
February in Sydney can be particularly brutal. The relentless heat and humidity is energy zapping and can leave you feeling listless and out of sorts. We had a respite for a few days with some welcome rain, but not for … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Asparagus, Consomme, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Prawns, Soup, Summer, Tomato
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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 Recipe Idea Under 300 Calories. Jerusalem’s Turkey and Zucchini Meatballs With Spring Onion and Cumin.
My fascination with all things Ottolenghi continues. Last Spring with the markets awash with broad beans I fell in love with Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s recipe for Beef and Lamb Meatballs With Broad Beans and Lemon published in their stunning … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, Small Bites, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Cumin, Fast Diet, Gluten free, Healthy, Herbs, Ottolenghi, Spring Onion, Summer, Turkey, Zucchini
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer.A 5-2 Fast Day Meal Idea Under 300 Calories. A Mediterranean Grilled Haloumi and Summer Vegetable Salad.
When the temperatures soar the last thing I want to do is spend hours in a hot kitchen preparing an evening meal. On hot, balmy evenings the barbecue is my best friend. Relaxed, alfresco cooking and dining. Pared back … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Capsicum, Eggplant, Gluten free, Haloumi, Healthy, Summer, Tomato, Vegetarian
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