Slimmercook

This is on p214 of Slim to Win. Bring water to boil with a stock cube. Add some broccoli, cauliflower and onion and boil until just tender. I only did it for 5′ because I usually like my vegetables to remain “alive”. Drain and arrange in a baking tin. While [...]

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 [...]

Sorry this is late. On Monday my weight was 73.7kg, i.e. a gain of 0.3kg since last Monday. However, I’m confident this is just a temporary fluctuation, probably caused by water retention from popcorn at the cinema last Saturday, and I’m continuing the plan. Today I was already less but I committed [...]

This is on p109 of the Slim to Win book. It’s one I’m definitely going to make again because it was very tasty but still quick and easy.
Dry-fry diced onion and garlic until soft. Add diced chicken breast and saute to seal the meat. Add ground coriander, ground turmeric, fenugreek seeds (just [...]

This is not from the Rosemary Conley book but it’s a dish I make regularly as it’s one of Son’s favourites, so I’ve worked out the calories. If you make it without avgholemono sauce the calorie count is not too high, around 70 calories per meatball with a little of the soup, so you [...]

First of all, apologies to my readers for not posting anything last week because Son and I came down with the flu and I really haven’t been up to much more than chicken soup. The “benefit” of this is that I lost an entire 1.0kg last week, without even following the plan since Wednesday. [...]