Friday meant new hamper day – hooray! I’d been looking forward to the new delivery because, let’s face it, everyone loves a food delivery, don’t they? I met the same cheery delivery chap as before in my front garden on my way back in from the gym. Because I’d beenContinue Reading
Like yesterday, I skipped breakfast but not for long, as I had the granola (196 cals) with some soya milk after my run. If you’ve ever weighed out a 35-45g portion of cereal, you’ll know you don’t get much in a bowl for the number of calories it contains. IContinue Reading
Today’s breakfast should have been deluxe muesli (234 cals) and yoghurt (90 cals), but I’m not a fan of eating solids for breakfast so I had the fresh pineapple and mango (83 cals) that should have been yesterday’s dessert in a smoothie with some soya milk (you provide your ownContinue Reading
As I said in the introduction to my Bodychef trial, the plan starts at Tuesday dinnertime, and tonight’s dinner (and my first introduction to the food from Bodychef) was vegetarian korma (207 cals), quinoa (0 cals – I’m assuming that’s a mistake?) and salad (7 cals), with fresh mango andContinue Reading
Quite often I’ve looked at those diet plans – you know, the ones where you choose a meal plan and the food is sent to you and all you need to do is heat it up. And each time, I’ve thought, that looks like a good idea but they’re soContinue Reading
I’ve wanted to make a vegan chocolate mousse for ages now but most of the recipes I’ve seen contain avocado, and you should all know by now my feelings about avocado but just in case you don’t, my feelings generally revolve around the word ‘bleurgh’. So, silken tofu to the rescue.Continue Reading
Betty Crocker may well bake, but it’s not something I do very often. Not cakes, anyway. Let’s see… how many cakes can I remember ever making? Oh, I know: one. Yes, one. It was a very pretty one though – look. Pretty on the outside, at least. You can seeContinue Reading
I love these kinds of meals. The kind where you use up what you’ve got in the fridge. So simple, so cheap but, most importantly, so delicious. Leek, mushroom and goat’s cheese tart (serves 4) ½ block puff pastry, rolled into a rectangle ½ a large leek, sliced 3 mushrooms, sliced 65gContinue Reading
Have you heard of matcha? It’s a green tea that comes in powdered form, is full of good stuff and I’ve got a friend who loves it and says it gives her a nice steady energy rise during the morning with no crash. It looks like this. Traditionally, matcha is drunkContinue Reading
You can tell by the photos just how good this was. I made this when I was home alone and therefore didn’t feel obliged to make a ‘proper’ dinner, which had the added bonus of allowing me to experiment on myself with something I wasn’t sure The Meat Eater wouldContinue Reading