Tom Kerridge – Lose Weight pg. 156 So this takes a while… 4 hours in total. Be prepared…  I don’t know exactly why, perhaps the cut was actually slightly different to the one recommended, but the beef shredded during carving. As such it ended up as a stew. Is...

Rewarding ourselves for a successful week of health… with sugar and fat. First the ginger snaps, only Lisa has the palate of a toddler so we removed the ginger. Creating a beautiful, buttery, crisp biscuit… Which really feels like all it’s missing is a little ginger. Made with butter rather...

Tom Kerridge – Lose Weight, pg. 166 The pork is taking more like 20 or 25 minutes, rather than 7… Confusing. Maybe this is much thicker than the intended piece? It was the same weight though. Lovely bok choi. Messed the pork around.  The recipe says 7 minutes in...

The Doctor’s Kitchen, pg. 206 I’ll be honest…  Used the whole can of coconut milk.  What on earth am I going to do with a partial can of coconut milk before it goes off? Burnt the almonds. Seem to taste fine so I’ll persevere with these ones.  So I...

Doctor’s Kitchen, pg 159 Used buckwheat soba; Used beansprouts instead of spring onion, I believe the onion would be better, but the beansprouts are slightly better FODMAP.  Couldn’t find sesame seeds…  Added chili furikake instead, this with the sliced chilli also it was a little too hot.  Really good,...

Tom Kerridge – Lose Weight, pg. 160 Many onions… too many? No puy lentils, so beans. Very nice, does work with beans, needs a good couple of good pinches of salt. Could punch up the meat with some flavour in the oven. Wouldn’t lose any of the onions....