One of the biggest problems facing the single cook is the fact that it’s much more expensive to eat per capita for the single person than for a family. If we check the unit price in the supermarket, we can see that gram-per-gram, a single-serving sized item is always more …
Go directly to recipes Couscous is a popular staple in North African and Middle Eastern cuisine. While it looks like a grain, couscous is actually a pasta made from semolina (a flour derived from durum wheat). Healthy and delicious, couscous is a versatile ingredient that can be used in salads, …
Go directly to recipes Microwave rice is pre-cooked rice packaged in a small plastic container or a pouch that is designed to be heated quickly and easily in the microwave. To prepare it, you just need to follow the instructions which will usually consist of partially opening the package and …
Go directly to recipes A stroll down the aisles of a supermarket will reveal a host of quick and easy desserts. However, while most of those desserts might be filling and tasty, they are generally high in fat, sugar and other additives. When you make your own desserts, you can …
Go directly to recipe collections A good way for the single person to get a varied diet, especially when you have undergone gastric or bariatric surgery and have to eat in small portions, is to cook in bulk and freeze. There are some obvious benefits to bulk-cooking and freezing. If …
Go directly to recipe collections These days supermarkets and our neighbourhood greengrocer stock piles and piles of familiar and exotic fresh vegetables, in fact, the basic ingredients of all the world’s cuisines. We would so much like to try them all, but as a single cook who has undergone gastric …
Vegetables are an essential part of our diet, but in our situation, it’s all too easy to bypass them altogether. I’ve found that a good way to ensure that I get enough vegetables in my diet is to have at least one all-vegetable meal every day. I also try to …
Go directly to recipe collections You may feel that now that you have a reduced stomach capacity, you have to forgo some of your favourite dishes, or can only have them if you cook them in bulk and freeze them. However, even the biggest freezer has its limits. The recipes …
Go directly to Recipe Collections In our early days, just after our gastric or bariatric surgery, our nutritionist will recommend a restricted diet, but one of the few old favourites we can still enjoy is the humble egg. Highly nutritious, small, easy to digest and versatile, the egg will be …
Disclaimer: The advice on this website has come out of my own experience in my own particular situation. Where it contradicts your nutritionist’s advice, please ignore mine. Your nutritionist knows best. We can have gastric surgery for a variety of reasons. Like mine, your surgery might have been to treat …
Go directly to list of Essential Standby Vegetables After undergoing gastric or bariatric surgery, we still have to make sure we get all the nutrition we need, including our five veg and two fruit a day. One way we can make sure of this is, not only to include vegetables …
Go directly to list of Crisper Essentials One of the hazards of being a casual cook (someone who, like me, cooks because they need to eat and not the other way round) is that we tend not to think ahead and, when the spirit moves us, cook whatever’s in the …
