Eggs and beans make a great breakfast, lunch or brunch dish for the bariatric patient and in this cheat’s version of a shakshuka ( a Middle Eastern favourite) they offer a great meal with plenty of protein, veggies and fibre without all the faff of making something laboursome from absolute scratch. The key ingredient is[Read More]
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BGT Low-Carb Brunch Pie for UK Mother’s Day
BGT? Yes, not BLT, because this savoury pie or quiche has BACON, ‘wild’ GARLIC and TOMATOES as the main ingredients. This is what I plan to serve for part of our brunch on MOTHER’S DAY (in the UK) this year as a ‘lazy like Sunday morning’ offering. My own children will be cooking our main[Read More]
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]
Solo Dining
A simple mid-week (or even weekend meal), a baked sweet potato provides a great source of slow release energy. Topped with light and creamy ricotta, crunchy vegetables and seeds, this is a most healthy and satisfying meal for one. A great solution to solo dining especially when the cold winds do blow (and we might[Read More]
Mugastrone
There’s great comfort to be had from a cup-a-soup – especially if it is made from scratch and you know what’s in it. But it doesn’t tick the box if it takes hours to prepare. So here’s the alternative to the packet sort, a quickly prepared version that can be ready in around[Read More]