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The 5-2 Challenge. Reinterpreting a Classic. As a Salad. Prawn Cocktail With Green Goddess Dressing.
The beauty of the 5-2 diet is that there is no set menu. On fast days you can eat whatever you want as long as you keep to your 500 for women and 600 for men calorie limit. Which is … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Seafood, What I Love to Cook
Tagged 5-2 Diet, Fasting Diet, Food, Green Goddess Dressing, Intermittent Fasting, Prawn, Prawn Cocktail, Salad, Seafood, Shrimp
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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. My Mantra. Eat Mindfully. Seared Tuna Nicoise Salad.
Following last week’s experience I was determined to start today’s fast day organised. My mantra? Eat mindfully. Extremely important on fast days when I am restricted to a mere 500 calories, The 5-2 challenge works best for me if I … Continue reading
Reinterpreting An Old Favourite. Caesar Salad With Poached Chicken and Maple Roasted Bacon.
Another post. Another salad. This time its a reinterpretation of the good old fashioned classic. Caesar Salad. I used to make this all the time. In the nineties that is. Before children. Not having eaten Caesar Salad in a very … Continue reading
Posted in Poultry, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Bacon, Caesar Salad, Chicken, Dressing, Food, Recipe, Salad, Summer
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Happy Days. Grilled Zucchini Salad With Lemon,Mint, Chilli and Goats Cheese.
I’m craving salad at the moment. Here is a fresh, vibrant gutsy zucchini rendition courtesy of Jamie Oliver. Featured in one of his very first books Happy Days. Published in 2001. Can it really be that we have been enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Food, Gluten free, Goats Cheese, Italian, Lemon, Mint, Pine Nuts, Salad, Vegetarian, Zucchini
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Roasted Beetroot Salad with Honeyed Walnuts and Marinated Goats Cheese.
I’m roasting beetroot for one of my favourite summer salads. And yes. These crimson orbs come from my father’s garden. Of course. Roasted to a nutty deliciousness. Combined with peppery rocket, bitter radicchio, sweet honeyed walnuts and unctuous marinated goats cheese. Layer upon layer … Continue reading
Posted in Musings & Inspiration, Salads, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Beetroot, Cheese, Food, Gluten free, Radicchio, Rocket, Salad, Summer, Vegetarian, Walnuts
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A Summer BBQ. Fattoush Salad with Chermoula Crusted Lamb.
With a big, beautiful bowl of chermoula on hand and a searingly hot afternoon to contend with we enjoyed a late BBQ lunch on Sunday afternoon. The menu? Inspired by the Middle East. A crisp and refreshing fattoush salad paired … Continue reading
Posted in Lamb, Marinades, Pastes and Dressings, Salads, What I Love to Cook
Tagged BBQ, Chermoula, Fattoush, Food, Lamb, Middle Eastern, Pita, Salad, Sumac, Summer
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So Very Refreshing. Shaved Lemon and Fennel Salad with Rocket, Currants and Almonds.
Its Melbourne Cup Day in Australia. The race that stops a nation. Literally at 3.00 pm. A day for sweeps, calcuttas and flutters at the races all over the country. Hats and pretty dresses. Long lunches and champagne. Its going … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Vegetables, Vegetarian, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Almonds, Currants, Fennel, Food, Lemon, Recipe, Rocket, Salad, Spring, Summer
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A Taste of Summer. Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls with Seafood and a Lime Dipping Sauce
How ironic! I wrote this post last night when the weather was warm and balmy. What a difference a day makes! Temperatures have dropped, there has been a steady drizzle of rain all morning. What’s more we are bracing for afternoon storms. … Continue reading
Posted in Salads, Seafood, To Serve with Drinks, Vegetables, What I Love to Cook
Tagged Basil, Coriander, Dressing, Food, Herbs, Lime, Mint, Prawn, Recipe, Rice Paper Roll, Salad, Salmon, Seafood, Summer, Vegetables, Vietnamese
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