Everyone loves a dip – whether it’s for party food, a lunch box addition, a support group offering or legitimate snack. We make them quite often and have a whole repertoire in our archives from bean, avocado and salsa to more unusual beetroot (use the search box to see what’s on offer!). Here is a[Read More]
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Waistline Friendly Winter Snacks
GUEST POST: At the end of a long wintry day, you just want to sink down on the sofa, TV remote in hand, and reach for that ‘sharing’ packet of crisps, or your favourite chocolate – we’ve all been there! The problem with these oversize snack bags (aside from their typical sky-high calorie content)[Read More]
Go On Beef It Up And Raise The Steaks For Father’s Day!
Dads can be a fussy lot and especially the Bariatric Dad for whom picking the perfect present can be very difficult indeed (and this Sunday looms ever nearer). Well that’s where we come in because whether or not your old chap is a would-be chef, outdoorsy adventurer or sit-back and see type of fellow – we[Read More]
When the ‘Bad’ Foods Feel the Best!
My feature on ‘slider foods’ caused quite a stir (see here). So many of you wrote to say how easy it was to slip into the habits of old and allow these kind of foods to take over again after surgery – and how much you regretted it but were pleased to now see[Read More]
Eat Me! Parmesan Crisps
Yesterday I mentioned that when the ‘munchies’ or ‘eat-me’ times occur for whatever reason other than true physical hunger I have a few tricks up my sleeve to deal with them. Some we’ve covered before (see here) and basically amount to distraction tactics. Occasionally (and some times frequently – I’m being honest here) I[Read More]