I am sure that I’m not the only one finding cooking 3 meals per day (and thinking about the occasional healthy snack) something of a challenge at the moment. I LOVE COOKING and yet it has tested my patience, resolve, ingenuity and stress levels as time has passed. If a full-time chef could have been[Read More]
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How To Prepare & Pack The Perfect Bariatric Lunch
GUEST POST: After bariatric surgery you always have three choices when lunch time comes around: Skip lunch Go out to eat Eat a packed lunch Although skipping lunch may have its short-term benefits such as getting more work done, it does have significant shortcomings. You will miss an opportunity to meet your protein goals for[Read More]
Leafy Panzanella
There are days when you just don’t feel like cooking; days when it’s too hot to turn on the oven; and days when you haven’t been shopping and need to use up the remnants of your refrigerator. Yesterday was such a day for me – I arrived home late from a day out; it[Read More]
Rotisserie Chicken – A Great Shortcut To Dinner!
Am I the only person to stand in the supermarket aisle with little time to spare and not too much of an idea what to throw on the table for an evening meal after a busy day? Thought not … and yet I have to hand a plethora of recipes at my fingertips but they often[Read More]
Be Prepared!
I know that especially in the early days after WLS portion sizes seem ridiculously low and you may lose the incentive to cook meals from fresh because of the leftovers. But what if they could be frozen away to provide a meal when you least feel like cooking and what’s more they will portion