Slimmercook

This is a classic Greek dish, served at Christmas in some regions. I use celeriac (the big round round root in the ground below celery). My other-in-law makes it with the Greek selino, a herb which looks rather like parsley, blanched to reduce bitterness. If neither is available use regular celery.
1 kg [...]

Husband has relatives in the north of Greece, a town called Alexandria (one of many in the world, this one is near-ish Salonica/ Thessaloniki). This is in the part of Greece called Macedonia–the palace of the royal house of Aegae at Pella and the tomb of Philip II, the father of the famous Alexander, at [...]

Over the middle, entering the final stretch.
Soup as usual, plus 300 – 550g lean beef and up to six tomatoes.
I’ll cook mine up as follows:
1 onion, finely chopped
Dry-fry in medium hot pan until it caramelises. Add a little water if necessary to stop it from scorching. Add:
500g very lean beef mince
Stir it around [...]

As I’ve already said in the previous post, I lost 700g on the first day of the CSD. Just water I’m sure but still, an encouraging start. Husband’s relative lost over 11 kg in three soup cycles, a friend lost 5 kg in two cycles and has kept it off for about two months–neither [...]

In a hot wok or large frying pan dry-fry lean beef strips until they just turn colour. Do not overcook or they toughen. Remove from pan, keep in a bowl. Wipe the pan with paper if it is obviously greasy. Reheat the pan, stir-fry sliced leeks, after a couple of minutes [...]

This is on p232 of the book. Very good, quick and easy, definitely one to do again. Even Son ate some.
Remove skin from chicken drumsticks and feed it to the stray cats. Mix crushed garlic, tandoori powder, ground ginger (or grated fresh), ground coriander, salt and pepper with low-fat yoghurt directly in [...]

This is on p138 of the Slim and Win book. Son took one look and refused to even try it, but Husband said it was very good.
Seal lean diced beef on all sides in a hot pan (no oil), then add chopped onion, garlic and cook until softened. Add mixed herbs, quartered mushrooms [...]

I love beans and this soup is filling, delicious and so easy to make, especially if you use tinned beans. The recipe is on p55 of the Slim to Win book. Dry-fry lean bacon (optional), shallots, garlic and celery stalks, all finely chopped. Add vegetable stock, three different types of tinned beans [...]

Since ‘quick and easy’ was commented on favourably re the 2nd Recipe (in my previous post–sorry I’m still learning how to do links) I thought I’d do another one. This is on p86 of the Slim to Win book.
Heat wok or large deep frying pan. I use stainless, not non-stick, so I only [...]

Baked Monkfish Chermoula page 109 of Slim to Win by Rosemary Conley.
I made this yesterday and even Husband (who usually grumbles about “diet food”) thought it was very nice. I couldn’t find monkfish in the farmer’s market and it would have blown my budget anyhow but I think this recipe would work with any [...]