Slimmercook

Sorry this post is a week late. I had written this last Monday, but my internet connexion crashed as I was posting it, then I was down with sinusitis and did not feel well enough to rewrite the post.
I’ve been looking forward to starting this plan for a while. I’ve done quite a [...]

I haven’t blogged for a few days because I haven’t been so well, I had fever and sore throat. The good side is that I had very little appetite so not only did I not regain any of the weight I had lost during the Cabbage Soup Diet, but I even lost some more: [...]

I’ve completed the week on the Cabbage Soup Diet. I didn’t follow it 100%, especially yesterday evening. We were out all day, I had taken the rice with me and had that at lunch with a salad, but in the evening we visited friends and stayed rather longer than planned so on the [...]

These are a traditional Christmas treat in Greece. This is one third of my mother-in-law’s recipe, hence odd measurements; the full batch is for sharing with her offspring (my husband and his sister) and treating any visitors during the festive season, but my husband and I like them so much that I make extra [...]

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 [...]

In these credit crunch days it’s necessary to be frugal, and I’ve always felt unhappy about wasting food when so many people are starving in the world. This recipe combines both sentiments, and is a good way of clearing away the last bits of ice cream cluttering the freezer at the end of summer [...]

This is the standby of every Greek homemaker of the older generation when she wants to offer a home-made sweet to unexpected guests. Very quick and easy.
The classic recipe is very easy to remember:
1 cup olive oil
2 cups coarse semolina (number 4 in Greece)
3 cups sugar (but I use about 2 cups)
4 cups water
First [...]

This is the best recipe for angel food cake that I’ve come across. I make this regularly because Son doesn’t like egg whites, so whenever I poach or fry yolks for him I save the raw whites in the freezer in a lidded measuring cup until I have enough. Fat-free, but very high [...]

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” [...]