Slimmercook

These make a light meal in summer.
Make the dipping sauce the day before if possible.
1 cup dashi instant granules (fish stock)
a good pinch of dried bonito shavings if you can get them
1/2 cup mirin (sweet sake for cooking, you could substitute ordinary sake and a spoonful of sugar, or sherry if you can’t find either)
1/4 [...]

The final day at last! The soup as usual, or its ingredients as salad, stir-fries etc. Plus brown rice, fruit juice and vegetables. I haven’t found any quantities for the brown rice so I’m boiling 500g in my rice cooker and I’ll visually divide it into portions to make sure it lasts [...]

For several years I’ve been an active member of an intranet cookery conference and have posted dozens of recipes there. Unfortunately the University is going to phase out that system this year and I don’t want my recipes to be lost so I’ve decided to gradually post them here. Not all are “slimming” [...]

Some versions of the CSD give a second day of beef, others substitute skinless chicken, fish or seafood on one of the two days (either 5th or 6th) but insist on the other day being beef, because of its high iron content. Husband brought home some nice steaks yesterday evening so I’m happy to [...]

I make this often when I’m doing high-protein, low-carb diets. If you do it with cabbage it would be a good alternative for Days 5 or 6 of the CSD.
1 onion, finely chopped
Dry-fry in large saucepan over medium heat until caramelised; if it sticks add a splash of water. Add:
500g lean mince (beef [...]

The fourth day continues with the soup, and adds up to eight bananas and eight glasses of skim milk. Some of these can be combined into milkshakes (see below). Or for variety, some of the milk can be replaced with low-fat yoghurt.
To make a really thick milkshake (smoothie), use frozen fruit. Whenever [...]

Scales remained the same this morning, but my plumbing is certainly getting a good scrubbing from the inside with all that fiber! I almost forgot to eat the potato in the evening, I was really not hungry, but did have a headache in the afternoon (though I get those at the best of times [...]

By starting the diet on New Year’s Eve instead of in the new year as I usually do, I was able to feel good after stepping on the scales this morning: I lost 700g yesterday. I know it’s just water, but still, a good start. My scales give this analysis: 79.3 kg, 38.0% [...]

Views on weighing frequency vary, from not weighing at all, instead measuring loss by looseness of clothing or a tape measure, through (most commonly) weekly weigh-ins, to daily. Many dieticians argue against daily weigh-ins, and their reasons make sense: it can lead to obsessing about weight, even eating disorders, and natural fluctuations in weight [...]

I’ve stopped following the Rosemary Conley plan so I’m no longer using the cookery book. This recipe is my own adaptation of a classic Greek and Turkish dish. The name means the Imam fainted, different versions say because it was so delicious, or because he found out how much (expensive) olive oil was [...]