Let me get one thing straight. I love food. I love talking about it. I love cooking it and, of course I love eating it. I think grub is one of life's most fabulous things. I could not imagine an existence where dinner meant pushing a lettuce leaf round a plate. But I also [...]
COURGETTE BLIMEY: This pretend pasta dish will float your boat, not your bloat! Lots of people find it hard to give up pasta, even though most admit that after eating it they feel bloated, sluggish and uncomfortable, even end up with gut cramp. This is because, generally, most of us don't tolerate wheat [...]
I love greens. I'm practically addicted to spring cabbage and kale, but I'm not a massive fan of broccoli. I eat it because I know it's good for me, but I'm always looking for new ways to make it more appealing. Cooking it in a pan with coconut oil is amazing. I eat tons [...]
People always always ask me: "What can I do for a sauce to stop my food being tasteless?" For me, the combination of shallots, mushrooms and prawns is a match made in heaven. They produce unbelievably tasty flavours together, especially stir fried in coconut oil. The sweetness of the shallots and nutty flavour [...]
These days I probably eat more fish than anything. These hake steaks were fresh as anything so I seasoned and cooked them very simply and just let the flavour of the fish speak for itself. Curly kale is one of my favourite things in the world and packed with nutrients. And I'm quite new [...]
Firstly, I'm not a great lover of rice, brown, fried white or otherwise. But discovering cauliflower rice has been a revelation to me. This is my take on paella using cauliflower which is a superbly healthy and much overlooked vegetable. There's more to the humble cauli than just drowning it in cheese sauce on your [...]
The Med vegetables part of this dish was first borne out of a desperate visit to the fridge when I thought I didn't have much in. It's now a staple of my weekly menu. So tasty, with so little prep - just a few minutes to chop everything up. Ingredients Pep up: Quick and [...]
I've lost count of the number of times I've bought cauliflowers intending on making cauliflower rice, and then ended up chucking them out. But when I got the recipe for Moroccan cauliflower rice from my friend and awesome fellow trainer Nisha Obaidullah, I decided I was finally going to try it out. And I wasn't disappointed. [...]
Sea bass pan fried in coco oil with balsamic shallots and tomatoes, served on spring greens stir fried in coconut oil with toasted pine nuts.
Tried this for the first time tonight and it was lush and easy peasy to cook, just a series of steps to follow. Nothing technical. Took abut 25 minutes start to finish. Heat tablespoon of oil (I used Rice Bran oil - high in Vit E Got it from Tesco, but Asda sell it too. [...]