Recipe writing and food styling by Susie Carter
This weekend I had the honour of making a cupcake wedding cake for two very good friends of mine. They both love their food, so rather than go down the traditional wedding breakfast route, they made the whole day a celebration of their favourite flavours …
Breakfast: Rhubarb breakfast pots (187 calories) Lunch: Flageolet hummus (176 calories) Dinner: Broccoli and cauliflower with chilli and anchovy (140 calories) = 503 calories I was a little worried about day 4 as it was the first fast day to coincide with a food styling …
Breakfast: Banana and cinnamon porridge – 203 calories Lunch: Poached eggs with chilli and soy – 175 calories Dinner: White bean, tomato and anchovy salad – 154 calories = 532 calories (Justin had an apple too which brought his total up to 600) I had …
Breakfast: Rhubarb breakfast pots (187 calories) Lunch: Crunchy Asian salad (160 calories) Dinner: Lamb and lentil koftas with yoghurt dip & tabbouleh (183 calories) = 530 calories Yesterday was our second fast day and so far, so good. I’ve managed to bring the calories down …
Fast Diet recipes – day 1 Breakfast: Apricot and ginger porridge (201 calories) Lunch: Butterbean, tomato and parsley salad (166 calories) Dinner: Fava bean puree with chard (192 calories); Mandarin jelly (39 calories) = 598 calories
After spending much of my teenage life on one diet or another, I gave it all up in my 20s. I love food; both the flavour and sensation of eating and all the social rituals that surround it. Exercise however, I can take or leave. …
Justin’s a bit of a hot cross bun fanatic, so today I decided to surprise him by making a batch for lunch. This is a really soft enriched dough, so it’s not just laziness that made me resort to the Kitchen Aid. If you’re short …
I’ve just made these cherry chocolates as a surprise Valentine’s day dessert (shh – don’t tell Justin!). They look just like regular chocolate-dipped cherries, but no! The stone inside has been replaced with a water-based sloe gin ganache.
It’s been 5 months since my last post – a case of too much time eating and not enough time writing about it (though that is, of course, the best way round…). One trip that definitely deserves a belated mention is a trip we took …
