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The 5-2 Challenge. A Hearty One Pot Dish. Chicken Couscous with Fresh Harissa, Roasted Capsicum and Green Beans.
Another Monday. Another fast day. Made that little bit more interesting with school holidays and a full house. I wanted to do something with couscous for dinner tonight. Couscous is filling, hearty and very, very good for you. Whenever I … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Capsicum, Chicken, Chilli, Couscous, Fasting Diet, Food, Garlic, Green Beans, Harissa, Healthy, Intermittent Fasting
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The 5-2 Challenge. Veering off Course. A Little. Pumpkin, Leek and Spinach Salad with Pine Nuts.
This week marks the end of school term. Looking at my diary yesterday it became apparent that I would need to reschedule my week. Substitute Thursday for my usual Friday fast day. The beauty of the 5-2 challenge is that … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Gluten free, Intermittent Fasting, Leek, Pine Nut, Pumpkin, Recipe, Salad
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The 5-2 Challenge. Resetting My Appetite Thermostat. A Bowl of Puy Lentil and Vegetable Soup.
Let me preface this by saying I have always had a more than healthy appetite for good food. In my younger days I didn’t really have to think about how much or what I ate. Being naturally lean and moderately athletic I … Continue reading
Posted in Soup, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Intermittent Fasting, Lentils, Parmesan Rind, Soup, Vegetables
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The 5-2 Challenge. Figuring Out What To Eat On Five Hundred Calories A Day.
Having watched the BBC documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer I resolved that one day I would give the 5-2 eating plan a go. After all it didn’t sound too onerous. Five feast days offset by only two fast days … Continue reading
Posted in Eggs, Soup, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2, 5-2 Diet, Crab, Eggs, Fasting Diet, Food, Intermittent Fasting, Miso, Omelette, Soup, Tofu
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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. What’s It All About? Intermittent Fasting and the 5-2 Diet Plan.
Since October last year there appears to be a groundswell of growing support for the 5-2 eating plan. Perhaps it’s just a case of heightened awareness on my part but over the last couple of weeks,in particular, media coverage seems … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration
Tagged 5-2, 5-2 Diet, Diet, Eat Fast and Live Longer, Eating Plan, Fasting Diet, Food, Intermittent Fasting
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