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Raw food supper

Tom — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:30:35 +0000

Kix and I are on a health drive (because of my weight issues and because of Chloes herniated disk) so Chloe ~~cooked~~ prepared a recipe from a friend of ours who only eats raw food!

This is raw Satay style butternut noodles and raw brownies:

It was delightful. The “noodles” were tasty and surprisingly filling. You would think it tasted like eating a salad, but the recipe cleverly makes it taste more like a real meal. And the brownies are very rich, probably richer than the real thing. They taste like nakd bars.

I don’t think it’s easy to make – I was on a two and a half hour phone call and she was still working away at it when I had finished! It uses a weird machine that looks like torture equipment (a spiralizer).

Rich Chocolate mousse cake

Tom — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:53:30 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers “Cook!” (p180), Takes: 20 mins to prepare and 45 mins to cook, Rating: 9/10

Looks like a cake but doesn’t have the texture of a cake – it’s really smooth and melt-in-the-mouth. Usually recipes don’t look like the picture right? Well, this is an exception:

Mousse cake

Not mouse cake

Piri Piri Stir-Fry Veg Beef

Tom — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:02 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers “Spicy and speedy” (p5), Takes: 15 mins, Rating: 6/10

This is quick to make because you use a ready prepared stir-fry veg pack and quorn pieces are quicker to cook that real beef. The chilli is the important ingredient, without them it would be really bland. I prefer it with noodles rather than rice. Excellent weight loss food.

Ratatouille Pie

Tom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:00:23 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers”Delicious” (p157), Takes: 30 mins to prepare and 40 mins to cook, Rating: 7/10

My mum grows her own marrows and cougettes and so used to make Ratatouille all the time as an extra vegetable dish as part of a Sunday roast. So having it as the complete meal felt slightly under-whelming but it’s actually pretty good.

The pasty on the top helps turn it into a complete meal but I did find I had to have a few slices of bread with it to make it more of a meal.

Lentil and Chickpea Casserole

Tom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:36:23 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers Cook! (p120), Takes: 30 mins, Rating: 6/10

Classic vegetarian grub – boring but healthy. Lentils and Spinach are a good source of iron.

Moorish Tagine

Tom — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:34:08 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers Spicy and Speedy (p21), Takes: 30mins, Rating: 9/10, Nationality: Moroccan.

A very sweet tasting dish with bags of flavour and fairly large portions that are quite filling. I particularly like the the crunchy green beans in contrast to the soft potato. Highly recommended (and I love how the name “Moorish Tagine” rolls off the tongue).

Creamy Celery Soup

Tom — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:33:57 +0000

Source: Weightwatchers Cook! (p10), Takes: 10 mins to prepare + 20 mins to cook, Rating: 7/10

Artists have their golden ratio, physicists have their theory of everything and us dieters have our zero point meals. What I like about this soup is that it tastes like it has cream in it but it doesn’t (it’s zero points so it can’t).