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Hello you good people, I hope everyone is doing ok. It has been some time since my last post (over 4 years!). In the past and for quite some time, my work lunch consisted of cold cuts (pork or beef) sandwiches. My dinners were processed meats mainly in terms of frozen pre-cooked...

This is a pretty quick Cilantro Chutney Chicken dish that I like to whip up for a quick dinner or lunch to take to work. Despite using several Jalapeño peppers this has a mild spice and just a tad of sweetness. It goes great with rice and Naan or whatever else you can think of:) Adjust the use...

Hello all - This dish was fun to make and not much cleanup which I know we can all appreciate. Definitely Vegetarian friendly and I believe also Vegan? Either way I hope you all enjoy! SERVES 3-4 INGREDIENTS 160g red lentils/ masoor dal ½ tsp turmeric powder, plus an extra pinch 700ml water...

As we already have a ' show me your breakfast ' thread, I was thinking a lunch thread was in order too. I tend to eat a light lunch, something like rice crackers and a snack that replaces my afternoon snack. For example starting with today's lunch: Prawn cocktail crisps, a rice cracker with...

It is a main course dish. Many people prepare take it as starters also. This dish can be prepared in two i.e. varieties dry and wet. Many people use soya sauce, chilli sauce and tomato sauce to increase its flavours. I am sharing with you simplest recipe that I prepare at home and enjoy with my...

These are pancakes my mother used to make, very useful in times of wheat shortages. Buckwheat, despite the name is not really a wheat but a seed but it still has very good nutritional properties and is available milled as flour. It is also naturally gluten free. Ingredients for 8 pancakes: 2...

Shermie and I were talking about each of us having high blood pressure. I'm sure many of us have a few health concerns that impact the way we cook and eat and even order out. I thought it might be interesting for us to share some tried-n-true recipes and tips for those of us that have moved...

Look at the lower right hand corner of this picture. I got this for my cat, and little did I know that it was so healthy! I understand wanting to not feed your animal things that are unhealthy for them, but this has got to be the first time I’ve seen calories listed on pet food. This means one...

Hello One of the most pro-health curry recipe - Healthy Papaya Curry Ingredients mustard oil Papaya - 1 medium size Potato - 1 medium size Tomato - 1 medium size Coriander leaves Grated coconut Garlic cloves Panchphoran Green chilly Salt turmeric Process Heat mustard oil in a cooker. Add...

Hello everyone i'm so delighted to be a part of this forum, i'm an health coach and i love to make recipes in the healthy manner and learn from professionals

Are you planning on any healthy resolutions for the new year? Be it walking or exercise, a healthier diet, drinking more water - what's your plan or goal for the new year?

This is one of my many cake recipes that I'll be sharing with you guys today. Morning glory actually requested this recipe to understand how I make a cake without using sugar. So I'm going to share it for all of you guys not just them. This cake is very healthy and diet friendly but you would...

Well my hubby and I are having our first anniversary this weekend. To celebrate I'm going to make a healthy tasty cake. The only issue is I only no 2 main ingredients you can use for making frosting that make frosting. The first is powdered sugar. I don't use sugar in anything anymore not...

I've made naan bread many times. My regular naan bread recipe includes olive oil, which this one omits. And while naan bread is traditionally made with yogurt, it's not used in the proportions I use here. The recipe for Light Bagels that I posted previously uses the same technique: the fat free...

This bit of sorcery was provided by - you guessed it - Weight Watchers. As I often do, I modified the recipe a bit: they didn't dunk the bagels in boiling water before baking, which I think is essential to developing that distinctive bagel "skin". The bagels had a different proportion of yogurt...

Hi, I have a question. Can I do pizza dough from rice flour? I like pizza, so I would like it in new, healthy version. I would like to have the texture of a slice is soft, delicate and fine. Can I achieve this result with this kind of flour?

I've always had fresh fruit sitting out for my family: bananas and apples, plus other seasonal things like pears. More perishable things like strawberries and grapes would be in the refrigerator, and I'd make sure to put them in front so they can't be missed. But, invariably, I'll end up being...

Here's an excellent article that examines that very question. And, here's a summary of what that article has to say on the topic: There is a significant health difference between partially hydrogenated coconut oil and virgin coconut oil, which has not been chemically treated. The partially...

Extract from The One Thing You Should Always Do Before Cooking With Garlic (msn food and drink here) The bioactive component allicin been linked to garlic’s ability to improve cholesterol profiles, protect against high blood pressure, and improve immunity, according to studies in the Journal of...

I have been making packed lunches for me and my friend to take to work to try and eat more healthy food. I've been making salads mostly but I'm running out of ideas. Any suggestions? Hope I put this in the right category - it doesn't need to be salad.