Fast Diet recipes – Day 11

Fast Diet recipes – Day 11

Breakfast: Gooseberry breakfast pots (196 calories) Lunch: Broad bean, pea and parmesan salad (200 calories) Dinner: Szechuan pork in lettuce wraps (182 calories) = 578 calories Fasting on a Friday can make you feel a bit hard-done-by, so it’s all the more important to make 

Bengal Sage tasting menu with Saurav Nath and Toscanaccio

Bengal Sage tasting menu with Saurav Nath and Toscanaccio

The Bengal Sage has become a Winchester institution in the 3 short years since taking up residence on George Street. It’s the place that locals in-the-know go to wallow in slow-cooked buffalo bhuna heaven and enjoy surely the best onion bhajis in the country. Like 

Alton Show Cookery Theatre 2013

Alton Show Cookery Theatre 2013

I had a great time in the cookery theatre on Sunday, catching up with some of Hampshire’s loveliest producers and compering for some really interesting and varied demonstrators. I took over the stove for the 2pm slot, cooking with some of the fantastic products sold 

Fast Diet recipes – day 10

Fast Diet recipes – day 10

Breakfast: Poached eggs with chilli and soy (175 calories) Lunch: Green bean, courgette and samphire salad (177 calories) Dinner: Chicken meatball broth (198 calories) = 550 calories Add 150 g fresh strawberries (50 cal) to make it up to a 600 man calorie day. Due 

Spiral meringues with raspberries and cream

Spiral meringues with raspberries and cream

After all those virtuous diet recipes, I thought it was time I shared something from one of our non-fasting days! These meringues went down a storm while we were in France and make a light and elegant dessert for summer dinner parties.

Fast diet recipes – day 9

Fast diet recipes – day 9

Breakfast: Strawberry breakfast pots (170 calories) Lunch: Spiced parsnip soup (151 calories) Dinner: Garlic and herb roasted tomatoes (178 calories) = 499 calories For a man’s 600 calorie day, add: Snack: 12 g (about 27) wasabi peas (48 calories) Dessert: Strawberry, ginger and lime sorbet 

Fast Diet recipes – day 8

Fast Diet recipes – day 8

Breakfast: Apricot and ginger porridge (201 calories) Lunch: Asian omelette rolls (193 calories) Dinner: Vegetable stir fry (160 calories) = 554 calories (plus mandarin jelly for Justin – 39 calories) Today was the last fast day before a much-anticipated trip to France to see my 

Fast Diet recipes – Day 7

Fast Diet recipes – Day 7

Breakfast: Poached eggs with chilli and soy (175 calories) Lunch: Smoked salmon and dill cream cheese crispbreads (199 calories) Dinner: Lamb and lentil koftas with tzatziki (196 calories) = 570 calories Although this wasn’t the most nutritionally balanced day, being rather higher in protein and 

Fast Diet recipes – Day 6

Fast Diet recipes – Day 6

Breakfast: Stewed apple breakfast pots – 195 calories Lunch: Chicken meatball broth – 198 calories Dinner: Carrot and feta salad – 204 calories = 597 calories Although our energy was running low after 2 fast days in a row, it wasn’t as much of a 

Fast Diet recipes – Day 5

Fast Diet recipes – Day 5

Breakfast: Prune and vanilla porridge – 193 calories Lunch: Slow-roasted tomato and red onion soup – 180 calories Dinner: Smoked Haddock with celeriac and spinach mash – 181 calories = 554 calories It seems like ages since the last fast day and we’ve had plenty