My original Herder’s Pie recipe (from my 1st ‘Return to Slender’ cookery book – details here) was probably the most popular one I ever did in the early days. Many WLS patients told me they enjoyed it enormously and their families loved it too. For many it was the first soft food meal after surgery[Read More]
comfort food
Out With The Cold, Bring In The Stew! Super Simple Recipe 21
There’s no doubt the mercury has dropped here in the UK and I am making friends again with my slow-cooker, casserole dish and stew pot. I am also very pushed for time too – as I am sure most of you are when challenged with mid-week meals, day after day, and salads or[Read More]
Food That Gives You A Healthy Hug
GUEST POST: According to researchers, the top 5 foods associated with comfort are beans on toast, bangers and mash, tomato soup, chicken pie and macaroni cheese – foods often associated with happy childhood memories. They are often just what we crave when it’s cold outside and we want to warm our body and soul with[Read More]
Bonfire Sausages with Tomato Gravy and White Bean Mash
Bonfire Night means bangers to me! Not the exploding firework kind (although I don’t mind them) but the meaty sausage sort. And what better than bangers and mash? I have little problem in demolishing a sausage but do chew very, very well and choose a good meaty and low fat variety for good nourishment,[Read More]
Glowing Lentil Soup
I always wonder when I make a soup and enjoy it so much, that I don’t make it and others more often. This is so true of the soup you see above – it literally sings with flavour, stores well and is just the ticket now that the days have turned a mite chillier. It[Read More]