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A great winter breakfast: cinnamon french toast recipe

Cooking time: 5 mins French toast (or eggy bread as it’s known in our house) isn’t the prettiest breakfast, but you’ll be hard pushed to find something more satisfying or delicous on a cold wintery...

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2 minute chocolate mug cake

  Serves 1 Prep time: 1 minute. Cooking time 1 minute. I’ve quite fancied the idea of a chocolate mug cake for a while now, but just never seemed to get around to it. We were a bit desperate for a...

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Glamberry cupcakes

Cooking time: 20 mins The snow is settling and so I’m taking refuge in the kitchen and baking! These cupcakes look so special that I thought they deserved a glamorous name! I made these when I had...

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Breakfast raisin bread recipe

I make this about once a week, but it’s so delicious it generally only lasts a day. It’s a granary loaf which has lots of raisins in it, which makes it delicious for breakfast (or any other time you...

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Low fat curry recipe: Quorn Jalfrezi

We’re off on holiday soon so I’m making an effort to cook us healthy low-fat meals with the intention that we’ll be a little slimmer and ready for the beach. We’re also making an effort to eat less...

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Healthy beefburger recipe (inspired by the Hairy Bikers)

This recipe is a variation from the Hairy Bikers healthy cookbook. I found their recipe was a bit wet and the burgers didn’t hold together very well when you griddled them, so I’ve adapted it a bit....

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Super-simple mini meringue (and chocolate meringue) recipe

Meringues are one of my favourite desserts – not only are the delicious, they’re also low-fat, look splendid and they’re super-easy to make. ONCE you have the right recipe that is. I lost my...

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Super deluxe Strawberries for Wimbledon week

I’m looking forward to watching some Wimbledon today, what with Laura Robson and Any Murray playing it could be a tense day! So, I thought perhaps a decadent treat would help relieve the tension, so I...

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My ABS sandwich (which could be MORE evil than it is)

I’m well aware that no sandwich involving white bread, bacon and avocado is going to win any slimming awards, but it’s got some good healthy stuff in it too. ABS stands for Avocado, Bacon &...

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Tasty 5 minute cous cous lunch (which actually IS tasty!)

I fancied something healthy for lunch today, and this is packed with taste and goodness, and best of all it only takes 5 minutes to throw together! I’ve always found cous cous a bit bland, but I...

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Freshly baked pain au chocolate

What could possibly be a better start to the day than a freshly baked pain au chocolate and a great cup of coffee? Well, perhaps not having to put the oven on would be a nice thing, but it was worth...

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The ‘Hairy Dieters’ low fat crispy chicken

I discovered this recipe in the Hairy Bikers cook book: Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight. It’s absolutely delicious, and very filling which means you don’t really need to have potatoes...

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My dieting Nirvana: a great low fat cupcake recipe

I’ve never really seen the need for low-fat cupcakes in the past, they just seemed a bit of an antithesis. But when I climbed on the scales yesterday and realised I was half-a-stone OVER my...

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Colourful crunchy and soft summer salad

This is a lovely salad for summer days – partly because it’s so bright and beautiful! It’s also got a really interesting mix of tastes and textures, from the crisp crunchiness of the sugar snap peas...

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Lashings of summer berries in the sunshine

What could be nicer on a summery day that fresh sweet English strawberries and blueberries served with vanilla ice-cream. Mmmm…. That’s enough typing, I’m off to go and eat them – have a great weekend!

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A pirate-themed 1st birthday party

We were lucky enough to go to our gorgeous Godson’s first birthday party at the weekend. Fabulous day, delicious food and of course and lovely little boy who just seems to be growing up so fast! First...

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Low fat chocolate chip cupcake recipe

We all enjoyed the Hairy Dieter’s lemon cupcakes I made last week, so I decided to make a chocolate-chip version as this week’s treat. Instead of flavouring them with lemon I used vanilla and added...

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Oven baked chicken recipe

It’s been a bit hot for cooking in the oven recently, I’ve been doing most of my cooking on the barbecue. Today however I had a small disaster. Even though it’s 32 degrees outside I’ve had to use the...

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Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

This isn’t the prettiest recipe I’ve ever featured, but it’s defnitely tasty! It’s another one from the Hairy Dieters recipe book.  I made the meatballs with lean minced beef and to be honest I prefer...

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My ABS sandwich (which could be MORE evil than it is)

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