May

How to make tasty chicken stir fry.

Chicken stir fry

Stir fry. Quick to make. Tasty. Healthy.

Chicken stir fry is really nice but requires minimum cooking skills, & lets you indulge afterwards without feeling guilty.

Stir fry’s easy to change according to your ingredients too: the marinade, meat, and veg can all be shifted around according to what’s available and your personal tastes, but the basic process remains the same. Continue reading →

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Dinner/Lunch/Recipes/Weight Watchers

chicken/healthy/marinade/stir fry/Weight Watchers

Apr

How to make banana loaf.

Banana Loaf

Breakfast. Cereal and milk. Repeat until fade.

Bored with the same old breakfast? Try banana loaf instead.

You can cut it into slices and freeze them – take them out in the morning and defrost in the toaster, you’re walking out the door eating a slice of hot banana loaf with spread on it a couple of minutes later.

It works equally well as a snack or dessert too. Continue reading →

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banana loaf/healthy/Weight Watchers

Mar

How to make broccoli and chickpea broth.

Broccoli and chickpea broth

Eating vegetables is a great way to feel full when you’re hungry.

Trouble is, they’re often not the most exciting things to eat.

This recipe uses some spices and chick peas to bulk them out and increase their flavour by making a warming broth. Continue reading →

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Mar

How to make strawberry trifle loaf – a healthy dessert.

Strawberry trifle loaf

Trifle’s one of life’s little pleasures.

It’s also ridiculously unhealthy, meaning that it has to be a rare treat if you’re trying to eat well.

Here’s a recipe for a relatively healthy strawberry trifle loaf that can be enjoyed much more frequently without feeling guilty. It looks pretty cool too. Continue reading →

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strawberry trifle loaf/Weight Watchers

Nov

How to make healthy hummus (or houmous).

Healthy hummus (or houmous).

Hummus is ‘healthy,’ everyone knows that: which is why we always eat the whole pot and then sit there wondering where it all went.

The problem is, if you eat an entire pot along with crisps then it can easily become less healthy than eating a burger and chips. So, you can eat less hummus. Or you can eat healthier hummus. I prefer the latter option

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dip/healthy/houmous/hummus/snack

Oct

How to make healthy fish burgers.

Healthy fish burger

Fish cooked at home doesn’t have to be dried out and tasteless.

Equally, burgers don’t need to be full of red meat and smeared with cheese. Fish burgers are just as filling and delicious but can be a hell of a lot healthier (and with the high price of beef they can be cheaper too). Most importantly, they can be light, juicy and zesty and leave you with room to enjoy a guilt-free drink or cake at the end of the day.

Here’s an original The Boy Can Cook recipe:

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Lunch/Dinner/Recipes/Weight Watchers

fish burger/light

Nov

How to make sweet potato soup – the perfect winter lunch.

Sweet potato soup

Sweet potato soup is hearty, warming fare.

You should get 4-5 servings from this recipe, and it’s suitable for freezing.

You’ll get a week’s worth of lunches in one batch. Sweet potato is one of my favourite vegetables for soup as it’s tasty and very filling. Bear in mind though that this is my basic recipe for soup – you can substitute the sweet potato for any vegetable of your choosing. Continue reading →

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soup/sweet potato

Aug