Entertaining in the week is something most of us try to avoid, but sometimes it just can’t be helped. Cue my latest favourite recipe that cooks all on its own and needs nothing but some steamed greens to make it presentable. It’s easy but it tastes like heaven! Continue reading
One of my favourite cook books at the moment is Sally Butcher’s Snackistan. It satisfies my cravings for food that’s flavour dense, nutrient dense and mostly low carb. Continue reading
It’s not easy to adapt a low carb diet to our convenience food mentality. Most of us want to grab and go when it comes to lunch and breakfast, but few foods offer the level of easy packaging and shelf life that carbs do.
I’m on a mission to provide a few quick and easy, store cupboard, brunch/lunch/supper options that don’t break the Dissident rules. Continue reading
When days are long and evenings are short quick and easy recipes are required. If you’re watching your weight you also need quick and easy low carb. Here’s one I prepared earlier… Continue reading
We realised at the last minute on Sunday that we had a magical ‘free’ day. We decided to make the most of it and whizz up to the Imperial War Museum: one of those things we’ve meant to visit and never got round to. Time for a quick and easy dinner that I could stick in the oven and forget about for a few hours. Continue reading
I have to confess that a lot of the strange-shaped squashes in my organic vegetable box used to end up in the bin. I just didn’t know what to do with them! (Not quite in the spirit of the scheme…)
Then one day, in desperation, I decided to hack one open and have a go at cooking it and, Continue reading
Last night I was going out to give a talk on nutrition for mental health to a group of counsellors and psychotherapists, so supper had to be early, quick and sustaining. The fridge was rather bare… Continue reading
Less of a recipe, more of a template, this post sings the virtue of lentils instead of bread as a base for delicious lunches. Continue reading
Rooting around in the fridge the other day I found a lone chicken breast, a couple of tomatoes, a red pepper and a neglected bag of rocket which needed using up. Somehow I needed to rustle up some supper from this or do an emergency dash to Waitrose. Continue reading
This, for me, is the most delicious and moreish salad I have ever tasted. Slightly fiddly the first time you make it, it soon becomes second nature and easy to whip up in a flash. You won’t regret trying this recipe, I guarantee! Continue reading
Power Through Your Plate 