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 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 …
Go directly to recipe collections The recipes in this category are aimed at enhancing meals based on a piece of poultry, meat or fish. You would obviously know how to pan fry, grill, roast or barbeque a fillet, steak, chop, rissole or sausage. Under this category, you’ll find recipes for …
Go directly to recipes For many people, their first thought when planning a quick meal will be to reach for the pasta, and what a good thought that is. Pasta might be sneered at by the ‘low carbs’, ‘keto diet’ brigade, but it’s been part of the much vaunted ‘Mediterranean …
Go directly to recipes For many people, their first thought when planning a quick meal will be to reach for the pasta, and what a good thought that is. Pasta might be sneered at by the ‘low carbs’, ‘keto diet’ brigade, but it’s been part of the much vaunted ‘Mediterranean …
Go directly to recipes The cultivation of bananas can be traced back to Southeast Asia as early as 8,000 BCE. Bananas were gradually introduced to India, Africa and the Middle East by ancient traders and travellers. Arab conquerors carried them to the eastern Mediterranean, and eventually, European explorers encountered bananas …
Go directly to recipes The Granny Smith apple originated in New South Wales, Australia in 1868, when Maria Ann Smith propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. Since then, it has spread around the world and is the third most popular apple in the United States. The Beatles used the …
Go directly to recipes Spinach originated in ancient Persia, or today’s Iran, and surrounding countries. From there it crossed into India and then China. It was brought to Europe by the Arabs through Sicily and Spain and had spread to Northern Europe by the 14th century. It was a particular …
Go directly to recipes There’s nothing nicer on a cold winter evening than a hot soup. You’ll find lots of soups in cans and sachets on the supermarket shelves and fresh soups in the fridge, but most of them will be too large for your purposes or you might just …
