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 …
The following is a list of all the kitchen equipment you’ll need to follow the recipes or suggestions on this website. It isn’t a comprehensive or prescriptive list, by any means, and no doubt, you’ll have most, if not all, of it in your kitchen already. § Large Freezer – necessary …
Go directly to list of Pantry Essentials No kitchen is complete without a pantry well-stocked with all the supplies and ingredients we need every day. Our meals might be built around ‘hero’ ingredients, be they meat or vegetable, but the ingredients that give a dish its essence come from the …
Go directly to Recipe Collections I have based this website on a system which I have endeavoured to keep between strict parameters. However, that is not how my mind works. Sometimes I see a gap in the system that I think needs to be filled, or I may just want …
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 …
Go directly to recipe collections You might have undergone gastric or bariatric surgery and can only eat in small portions, but you might still lead a busy life where there’ll be times when you just want to get a meal on the table ‘asap’. You’re just home from work and …
Go directly to recipe collections A stroll down the aisles of a supermarket will reveal a host of quick and easy snacks and desserts. You might wonder, then, what’s the point of making them at home? Indeed, there will be times when the supermarket snack will be the best, or …
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 …
