The girlfriend is trying to lose some weight and has joined slimming world. It's an interesting diet system, but is tricky for me to plan meals for us that aren't going to eat into her "allowance".

I'm curious if any of you have some good recommendations for recipes that should be safe? Anything that requires a load of oil, or dairy, is probably a no-go.



A nice easy one that is ok-ish, is Mango Chilli Chicken.

Just dice up some chicken breast and mango, and skewer them alternately. The unhealthy bit is coating them in sweet chilli sauce, but I guess you can skip that bit. Bake at 200 degrees celcius for about 20 mins I think.

Surprisingly tasty!

I eat lots of Bolognese/Chilli, i fry some Olive oil in a pan with my meat (lean mince) sometimes i just pile in loads of veg without meat, and drain off the excess oil, i have lost weight eating this so it must be semi healthy , i always pile the veg in, literally whatever you fancy but i love Peas/Carrots/Mushrooms/Onions/Fresh sliced or chopped (tin) tomatoes and sauce or herb mix sauce.

I bundle this with Golden Veg Rice from Morrisons.

Stir fry's all day long, tiny amount of ground nut oil and rice noodles. Loads of veg with prawn / tofu / scallop / skinless chicken breast.

forget about the slimming/faddy dieting bollocks

nutrition isn't complicated despite an entire industry of so called 'nutritionists' trying to over-complicate and to some extent medicalise something that doesn't require it or promoting the latest vitamin tablet, super food or fish oil nonsense... (go pick up a copy of bad science)


"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" - (Michael Pollan)


Cutting down on sugar, avoiding processed foods, avoiding trans fats not eating too much red meat would be fairly sensible in general - ditch the puddings... do some exercise (no point losing weight and then being skinny-fat... still out of shape albeit a bit narrower).

curb the portion sizes first. get used to eating smaller meals first!

Thanks for the suggestions. Kathryn pretty much knows all that though. Just as I am one of those annoying people who can eat whatever and never gain weight, Kathryn seems to be the exact opposite. We're not unhealthy by any means, she runs 5-10k a few times a week, we cycle at weekends, but and she's hoping to do a half marathon soon!

Did a nice turkey curry last night, first time from scratch and not a pre made sauce. No oil, lots of veg, looking forward to making more but with different spices!

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/healthy

Haven't got any specific recipes but I subscribe to the newsletter from that site and they regularly have low calorie meals in there so might be worth having a dig throught their healthy section.

It depends entirely on what you deem healthy I suppose.

This probably wont get much of an audience here, but I've lost 2st doing it and have kept it off. I've now started being strict again and I'm hoping to lose the last 1/2 - 1st to get me to a position where I'm happy.

Basically its the paleo diet but I have been following marksdailyapple.com because it seems that a lot of stuff has been thoroughly worked through before posting. I've not bought any of the books or anything like that and I've not followed the fitness regime he ascribes to gaining optimal weight loss.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-shopping-list/ - thats the basic guide of what you should be eating. Now, it depends how far you wanna go but basically I only eat meat and vegetables nowadays, plenty of veg and salad with everything I eat. I have stopped eating potatos as much as I used to and all grains are off the menu.

It all started, for me, with a video of a talk by Gary Taubes about the process of storing fat in our body. This goes against the low fat mantra most people believe nowadays but a lot of recent research points to it being very healthy. I've read a decent amount on the subject over the last few months and think I've made an informed decision.

if she was going to look into diet chef, then http://www.lookwhatwefound.co.uk/landing is exactly the same stuff - just the dietchef is rebadged

Made a tikka masala tonight. It was actually rather good. Going to try and make a more extravagant curry at the weekend!

I'd be interested to know the recipes you're using, whenever I try curries they are more miss than hit.

anyone looking for a good cookbook :-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hawksmoor-Home-Breakfasts-Puddings-Cocktails/dp/1848093357 *may have reverse affects on weight loss*

4 diced chicken breasts
142g natural fat free yogurt
5 tbsp tikka curry powder
Finely chopped onion
4 crushed garlic cloves
2.5cm grated ginger
1 red chilli finely chopped
1 tsp, cumin
1tsp cinnamon
6 tbsp tomato puree
5 tbsp fat free fromage frais
255ml boiling water

Mix 3 tbsp curry powder, yogurt and chicken, marinate
Fry onions in low calorie spray, add garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cumin, chilli, and remaining curry powder, and cook for a few more mins
Stir in puree and water, cook for 15 mins
Grill chicken until cooked. Then add to the sauce.
Remove from heat and stir in the fromage frais.
Done!

I think we cooked the sauce Longer, which helped the flavour.

I'm going to try some recipes on cuzza, and they seem to look good

Quote from: zpyder on January 31, 2013, 07:35:46 AM
4 diced chicken breasts
142g natural fat free yogurt
5 tbsp tikka curry powder
Finely chopped onion
4 crushed garlic cloves
2.5cm grated ginger
1 red chilli finely chopped
1 tsp, cumin
1tsp cinnamon
6 tbsp tomato puree
5 tbsp fat free fromage frais
255ml boiling water

Mix 3 tbsp curry powder, yogurt and chicken, marinate
Fry onions in low calorie spray, add garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cumin, chilli, and remaining curry powder, and cook for a few more mins
Stir in puree and water, cook for 15 mins
Grill chicken until cooked. Then add to the sauce.
Remove from heat and stir in the fromage frais.
Done!

I think we cooked the sauce Longer, which helped the flavour.

thats a lot of chicken for 2 of you!