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  • 40 Ways with Chicken – Another little Cookbook - Here is a picture that explains it all. .
  • Cooking with a Digital Air Fryer - I purchased one of these at the Bedford auction a week or so ago. It only cost me £26 and I’m quite happy. I pulled myself together and decided that I would try it. Last Saturday, I was invited by Gesine to her birthday lunch in a very nice pub and I had roast belly […]
  • I see that i’ve been a little lazy blogging - So here are my apologies, and my hope for being more productive in 2014.  
  • Meatballs, Polpette and Rissole defined. - When looking for the definition of Polpette I came across these two descriptions: Meatballs or Rissole. A Meatball is ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning. Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce. There are many […]
  • Prolong The Life of Fresh Vegetables - I saw something about this on the TV and of course I had to experiment. First, I tried with Romaine Lettuce and prolonged the usability and crunchiness to a little over a week. My second try was with carrots. I was fed-up with carrots going limp and buying just 2-3 carrots was too expensive – […]
  • Publication of my Book - My book “Cookery Book for My Mother” has finally been published and it’s for sale here or you can purchase a copy directly from me.
  • Seasons Greetings 2015 - I wish all my followers a merry Christmasand all the best for the Year 2016.
  • Seasons Greetings 2016 - I wish all my friends and followersa Merry Christmasand a prosperous New Year.
  • Two Dozen Courgette Recipes - I have just put the final touches to my fourth food booklet and would like to share it with you. I am NOT going to self-publish unless I get inundated with requests. This 28 page booklet contains, as the title states, twenty-four varied recipes of what can be done with courgettes. The recipes vary from […]

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  • 1 rotisserie chicken – 7 different meals - Today I purchased one rotisserie chicken; which of course, for one person, is rather extravagant. I decided to dissect the chicken into: 1 portion of deboned chicken legs; 2 portions of skin-less chicken breast; scrape and cut all remains of chicken meat off the carcasses and bones, split this in 2 portions roughly ¼ and […]
  • Potatoes and leftover Stir-fry - Serves 1 Prep & Cooking Time: 10 minutes   1 onion medium sized or 2 large Charlotte onions 1-2 clove Garlic 1-2 baby sweet peppers 1 tbsp olive oil 20g butter 2-3 potatoes 1 handful frozen peas 4-5 small tomatoes 1 chicken stock cube Salt, pepper, marjoram, thyme & basil to taste Some leftover cooked […]
  • Super healthy dinner for one - Calories: 380 cooking and prep time max 15 minutes For the stir-fry: 100g cooked chicken, diced roughly. ½ medium sized onion, chopped ½ courgette, julienned 1 clove garlic, pressed 3 cherry tomatoes, halved and quartered 1 tsp olive oil 5g butter Salt, pepper and herbs to taste. For the rösti: 1 medium potato, grated and […]

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  • My Beetroot Smoothie - Prep time 2 minutes Blending time 3 minutes Makes 3 beakers/glasses Only 67.3 kcal (81.6 kcal)/glass I love beetroot salad and pickled so I was looking for what would taste nice in a beetroot smoothie, without too much of a Rooty flavour, and here is my solution. Yesterday I made the “Red Fruity” smoothie, but […]
  • Tonight’s Smoothie is Red - Prep time 2 minutes Blending time 3 minutes Makes 3 beakers/glasses Only 56 Kcal/glass 250 ml cold green tea ½ lemon, peeled, de-stoned and quartered 4 slices of ginger 1 handful frozen Raspberries 1 handful frozen Blackberries 1 handful frozen Blueberries 100 g frozen Pineapple 3-5 drops Vanilla extract Add a banana for a sweeter […]
  • Two green smoothies - Prep time 2 minutes Blending time 3 minutes Serves 3 (1st) Only 40 kcal/portion Serves 3 (2st) Only 20 kcal/portion When I was in Demark last month, my nephew introduced me to this morning drink. The two smoothies I tried weren’t that brilliant; but because I needed to lose some weight, after my trip to […]
  • Yellow Smoothie - Prep time 2 minutes Blending time 3 minutes Makes 2½ beakers Only 24 kcal/½ beaker I heard about yellow smoothies, so, I decided to try to make one myself. I am not in favour of using milk products (yogurt and milk). Here is my solution of a yellow smoothie. . 1 pear, peeled, cored and […]

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