Cooking. The 5:2 diet – feasts for fast days. For the first time since university I am on a diet.
Somehow, I've become a calorie-counter, someone who weighs out porridge oats and drinks herbal tea. In other words, the kind of person I've always pitied. The thing is, I'm actually quite enjoying it – enjoying being a relative term, of course. In an ideal world, I'd boast the kind of robust metabolism that laughs in the face of cooking six bakewell tarts an afternoon, but I don't.
And since I started my Perfect recipe column a couple of years ago, I've noticed the pounds slowly creeping on. The fasting diet, otherwise known as the 5:2 because of the format – five days of normal eating a week and two in which you restrict your calories (500kcal for women, 600kcal for men) – seemed to offer a glimmer of hope for my hips. So far, I've managed two months. The odd thing was, after Easter I was impatient to get going again. I couldn't disagree more.
. • Don't be too hard on yourself. . • Carbs are rarely worth the calories. Roast whole turbot recipe. Food and Drink - Recipes from Clare Latimer - Whole roast turbot with beurre blanc. Published: 02 September 2010 by CLARE LATIMER WHILE staying in my cottage in Cornwall we went to my very good friend Chris Bean, the local fisherman, and sorted through his catch of the day and came upon a very big whole turbot.
With the thought of my lemon verbena growing in the garden, lots of hungry guests to feed, and bottles of Muscadet in the fridge, this could not be left to go to the market. We drove off in the car with all the pride and excitement we would have felt if we had caught the beast ourselves. Straight home and we all set too. The men opened the wine, the women got cooking and the kids clicked away at their mobile phones with the same importance until they were made to lay the table! WHOLE ROAST TURBOT WITH BEURRE BLANC Ingredients Method Preheat the oven 200C / 400F / gas 6.
Wipe the olive oil all over a very large roasting tin and then place over the lemon verbena sprigs. Pour over a splash of white wine and grind over the sea salt and black pepper. Pan Roasted Turbot Recipe, Fennel Croquettes & Pernod Velouté. Rivercottage. Recipes. Beetroot and Feta Cheese Tarte Tatin and a trip to the Sugarplum Cakeshop. Serves: 4Cost: ~€2.20Preparation time: ~70 minutesCalories: ~660 per serving This post today is inspired by the wonderful Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall whose fantastic series “Veg every day” I recently finished watching.
If you live in England then you’ve almost certainly seen him on TV, but for those that haven’t, I really recommend checking out his shows and books. He has a passion for food and a love for his profession which I’m sure could inspire even the most indolent home cook. When I saw a beetroot tarte tatin he made on his show I just knew I had to give it a try, although I tweaked it a bit as I found pure beetroot a little plain. Before I get to that though I went back to that American cake shop in Paris this weekend and I remembered to take a camera for once so I can actually share a few photos with you now. I know that what I’m about to say might sound like heresy but I’m not a massive fan of the French café culture.
It’s a shame the Sugarplum Cake Shop isn’t a bit bigger. Food - Chefs : Nigel Slater recipes. BBC Two - Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight. Tropical Rooibos Tea. The ever popular South African Tea has had a Charbrew uplift.
Blended with orange peel, lemon grass, ginger, pink peppers and cardamom this tea delivers the perfect tropical taste. This tea is naturally caffeine free! What is Rooibos Tea? Rooibos tea is produced from the red leguminous shrub native to the mountains of South Africa. This shrub has thin leaves that resemble spruce needles. Rooibos tea has won wide popularity in its homeland, as well as in the U.S. and Europe. Rooibos has a dark red color, pleasant floral fragrance and a sweet taste; many people like its unusual flavor. Rooibos tea contains antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins (C, E, A, and others).
As we mentioned, Rooibos tea is rich in antioxidants. Rooibos is a good alternative to the traditional cup of tea or coffee. Want to know more about Rooibos cleanses your soul? The One Pie Dough to Rule Them All. Is it hubris to call this a perfect pie dough recipe?
Well, it is perfect. And do you know what’s perfect about it? You can do it too. Yes, YOU. I don’t care what kind of sordid, tragic past you’ve had with other pie dough recipes. 101 Cookbooks - Healthy Recipe Journal.