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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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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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Eat, Fast and Live Longer. 5-2 Fast Diet Meal Idea Under 200 Calories. A Classic Middle Eastern Salad. Tabbouleh Lettuce Cups.
There is nothing nicer than a crisp, refreshing tabbouleh on a hot summer’s day. A classic Middle Eastern salad. The perfect side dish to accompany grilled chicken, seafood or steak. Or simply spooned into lettuce cups. Perfect finger food. Tabbouleh … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Lettuce, Mint, Parsley, Salad, Summer, Tabbouleh
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Eat, Fast Live Longer. 5-2 Fast Day Recipe Idea Under 350 Calories. Toasted Fregola Salad With Hot-Smoked Salmon, Asparagus, Pine Nuts and Mint.
On my last visit to Little Italy in Five Dock I was fortunate to pick up a packet of Fregola Tostada. A regional artisan pasta native to Sardinia. Traditionally made by hand, coarse semolina is combined with water and rubbed … Continue reading
What To Drink As The Temperature Soars? A Grown up Gin And Tonic Slushie.
Gin and tonic has always been my cocktail of choice. Particularly so on a hot and balmy night. Today in Sydney the temperatures soared to an unseasonally warm 37 C. Definitely time for a refreshing Bombay Sapphire with tonic and … Continue reading
The 5-2 Challenge. An Asian Inspired Pork Larb Salad With Ground Toasted Rice.
Larb is a minced meat salad popular in Thailand, and is widely regarded as the national dish of its neighbouring country, Laos. Most commonly made with pork, chicken or beef. Seasoned with lime, chilli, fish sauce, ground toasted rice and … Continue reading
Posted in Pork, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Beansprouts, Chilli, Coriander, Larb, Mint, Pork, Rice, Thai
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The 5-2 Challenge. Keeping Cool When Temperatures Soar. Watermelon, Mint and Lime Paletas or Granita.
I fell in love with paletas last summer. In fact one of my earliest posts was about these very addictive Mexican fruit ices. It’s early spring but temperatures are already beginning to soar. We are expecting the thermometer to reach … Continue reading
Posted in Frozen, Fruit, Sweet Treats, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Gluten free, Granita, Icy Pole, Lime, Mint, Paleta, Watermelon
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The 5-2 Challenge. Fresh, Delicious and Vibrant. A Fast Day Guacamole With Crushed Spring Peas.
I love guacamole and have been preparing it for years. Most times I vary the recipe to accommodate what is readily available at the market and in my herb garden. With avocado season in full swing my fruit bowl is … Continue reading
Posted in Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, 5:2 Diet, Avocado, Coriander, Fasting Diet, Gluten free, Guacamole, Mint, Peas, Tomato
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The 5-2 Challenge. A Fast Day Roast. Frenched Rack of Lamb With Dijon Mustard and Mint.
What to serve when you have unexpected company for dinner on a fast day? This is the dilemma I faced yesterday. With the end of the week looming and a full diary I didn’t have the luxury of swapping my fast day … Continue reading
Posted in Lamb, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Intermittent Fasting, Lamb, Mint, Peas, Roast, Tzatziki
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