Hairy Dieters Week 8
Oh how time flies, I can’t believe I’ve had the Hairy Dieters book for 8 weeks now. This week comprised of 3 new meals that I’d not cooked, a meal out at a local pub for my birthday and then two meals we’d had before from the book. First up was the Coconut prawn curry, I served it with a small portion of rice and half a garlic chapatti, which obviously added a few extra calories but it was worth it. The curry it’s self was delicious, packed full of coconut and spices but could have done with an extra chilli kick. I did leave out the corn flour though as the sauce looked quite thick and I didn’t want to make it too thick and gloopy. Next up were the Italian style meatballs, I oped for pork mince for the actual meatballs and it...
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This week was a bit more of a normal week than weeks 5 and 6 so it meant I got chance to try a few more recipes from the book. First up was the Cod and Prawn Gratin, I really really loved this one, it was really simple to make, packed full of flavour and really filling. I used cod, smoked haddock and prawns, It would be easy to adapt with other fish and even raw prawns as I always prefer the texture of those when cooked. Next up were the Meat and Potato Pies I’d been looking forward to making them to see how the pizza dough worked out as I don’t even use the packets for home made pizza. In all honesty it worked really well, it was light, crispy and not in the slightest bit doughy. The filling was delicious too, I really loved the heat from the...
Read MoreHairy Dieters Week 6
Last week was an interesting week as we were away for a wedding on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and it was my wife’s birthday on Wednesday so there was a fair bit of eating out…although for the most part I did try to choose the healthier option…apart from the trip to Hickories where I did really spoil my self. Anyway in the run up to the aforementioned treats I stuck to my plan, Monday I had the rum and pigeon salad I wrote about here, Tuesday was Hairy Dieters Special Cassoulet, which was for the most part pretty delicious, It was strange not having any bread, rice or cous cous with it to mop the sauce up with but I guess that’s the point, in future I’d almost be tempted to leave one of the meat’s out and replace it with a small...
Read MoreRum and Thyme Pigeon Salad
On Saturday we popped to Saltburn farmers market, which seems to be going from strength to strength with more producers and more products available every month, amongst a huge haul of foodie delights I bought some pigeon breasts, which i’m a big fan of but hadn’t really cooked with before. So when it came to cooking them last night I wasn’t 100% sure what to do with them, I knew I wanted to be quite healthy but still filling and I knew that I needed the meat to be pink in the middle and that I was going to make a salad, other than that I decided to see what I had kicking around in the kitchen and go from there. It turned out really well, although I’d maybe leave out the walnuts next time and possibly add a tiny bit of crumbled crispy black...
Read MoreHairy Dieters Week 5
Week 5 of my Hairy Dieters cook along has been a cracker, I made two new recipes and also re made the Stuffed peppers that I’d already made in week 2 both the recipes were great and I think I managed to improve on the stuffed peppers. First up I made the Parma ham wrapped cod, mainly to see how it compared to my slightly less healthy cod recipes and my cod crusted with chilli, i’m please to report it was super simple to make and really delicious to eat. I just had mine with the vegetables but I made a jacket potato for the wife. It would also go well with new potatoes and might be nice with some cherry tomatoes added to the vegetable mix. Next up were the stuffed peppers, I’d loved them the first time round didn’t think the majority of...
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