I’ve been rooting through the freezer and store cupboards the last few days to make a meal or two. This is for several reasons – a good old clear out was well overdue and the food budget has been tested over the holidays and I don’t want to go into the red. Lurking in[Read More]
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Deeply Dishy!
According to my newspaper yesterday ‘you’re nobody if you don’t eat from a bowl this year’. For, thanks to Nigella and Gwyneth, eating from a bowl is the default order for fashionable foodies this year. Well forgive me for sounding boastful but I think we have been bang-on-trend and ahead of the curve[Read More]
Bariatrics Can Do Barbecues!
It’s a well-known saying that ‘fresh air sharpens appetites’ and when catering for a crowd to think of normal quantities, then DOUBLE them! But this is not so for weight-loss surgery patients. Appetites may be sharpened but quantities eaten still remain small. This is why it is so important to make every bite count[Read More]
Happy Hallowe’en
Hallowe’en – love it or hate it there’s no getting away from it! And certainly things are going to get scary over the next week! Personally I have great memories of spooky nights with my children in the past where we traipsed ‘zombie-like’ around our neighbourhood, trailing blood-soaked (ok – kechup/catsup) rags in our[Read More]
8 Foods To Avoid After Bariatric Surgery
Many would-be weight-loss or bariatric surgery patients are worried (prior to making a decision) that some foods will have to be removed from their life for good after their surgery … is this true? Are there foods to avoid after bariatric surgery? Well here’s the low-down … It’s important to avoid certain foods on[Read More]