Cambridge Diet

Cute_'n'_Quirky

RECIPE IDEAS FOR THE CAMBRIDGE FOOD PACKS


CHOCOLATE MUFFIN

1. Put a little BOILING WATER into a ramekin dish or microwavable mug (about 2 desert spoons to begin with you can add more later if needed).
2. Add the chocolate pack & mix to a thick paste. Put into the microwave on high for just under a minute – if it looks a little bit soggy in the middle, put it back in for about 10 seconds or so. Then enjoy.

This can be made with other flavour foodpacks as well.

A slightly different version of the muffin can be made by saving some of your bars, add it to the mix & it tastes like a brownie. Or when making chocolate muffins add a couple of teaspoons of the summer berry powder or water flavourings to make a sweeter muffin.

LATTE

Make up the vanilla pack as a hot shake; add a teaspoon of coffee & some tablet sweeteners to taste.

ICE CREAM

Put 11 ice cubes in a powerful liquidiser & crush the ice, add a sweet food pack – add a small amount of water, about 2 tbsp & liquidise for about 5 minutes. You may need to stir in between; you’ll end up with a nice bowl of ice cream.

CHICKEN STUFFING

Mix as you would do for a chocolate muffin, but use a packet of chicken soup instead. Cook in microwave for about 1 and a half mins, depending on how dry you like it.

CHOCOLATE BAR

Mix chocolate pack with a bit of water until you have a thick paste, then spread onto some tin foil and freeze for an hour or more.

Mars bar - as for chocolate bar, but with half of vanilla and half of the chocolate. Milky bar - as for chocolate bar, but make just with vanilla –gorgeous. Caramac - as for chocolate bar, but make just with the caramel.

Black FOREST GATEAUX MIX

10 ice cubes, chocolate pack, 8oz water & 1.5tsp of fruits of the forest flavouring. Blitz in a smoothie maker or try your blender.

CHEESECAKE SMOOTHIE

Vanilla pack, 10 ice cubes, 8oz water, 1tsp of the CD orange flavouring & blitz in a smoothie maker or try your blender.

CHOCOLATE COOKIE

Take sparkling water & mix with a chocolate pack& then add a pinch of salt, about 2 tbsp water, increase if needed to make thick paste. Put onto a small plate, rounded into a biscuit shape. Bake in the microwave for about 2.5 minutes.

ICE LOLLIES

Make up the CD summer berry or orange – a bit stronger than you’d normally make, as your taste dictates – put into lolly moulds and freeze.

CHICKEN CRISPS OR CHILLI CRISPS

This recipe is even better if you use a Teflon mat, it’s a bit like a sheet of greaseproof paper but you can wipe it clean. Mix a packet of soup with about 2 tbs of water until you get a thick paste, spread the mixture on the mat or greaseproof paper in a circle, microwave for about 2 mins. It will go crispy, then you can break up into smaller crisp size pieces.

AFTER EIGHT CHOCOLATE TREAT

Add strong cold peppermint tea to chocolate mix, I prefer this as a thick paste like a mousse, but you could have it as a hot chocolate mint drink or cold. Yummy

CHOCOLATE FUDGE

1 packet of chocolate 1/4 cup of hot water 2 or more sweeteners canderel 1tsp of coffee (if you like) mix well – it should look like a thick chocolate soup. Microwave it for 2 mins. It comes out as a thick gooey mess, which tastes like fudge!

CHOCOLATE PUDDING WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Microwave most of the choc pack like a muffin but keep some aside and mix into a thick paste whilst the muffin is cooking. Take muffin out and smear with thick choc goo and eat. It really does taste nice and cools the muffin down. This could be done with vanilla icing too

CHOCOLATE CUSTARD

Dissolve a sweetener in approx 70mls of hot water. Add a chocolate pack, microwave for approx 40 secs. Makes a lovely hot chocolate custard. A whole pack of this was a bit sickly for me though, so next time I used half the quantities and had it on top of a muffin.

POPPADUMS

Mix a soup pack with a very small amount of water (about 5 dessert spoons), into a smooth paste, spread on a plate or greaseproof paper and microwave for about 3 mins. Let it settle, when golden take out let it cool then peel off and enjoy. Be careful to not overcook as this makes them taste slightly bitter.

BISCUITS

Cut up a bar into 8-10 pieces. Arrange on a plate 3 or 4 at a time to give them space to expand. Microwave for about thirty seconds – or until they stop bubbling. Be careful as they may start burning from the inside out. Use a knife under the biscuits to prise off the plate. Or use baking paper - not greaseproof!

BLACK FOREST COOKIE

Add 1 chocolate pack to sparkling water (3 tbs give or take) add fruits of the forest flavour (half teaspoon) put in the microwave for one minute (let it settle) and you have the fluffiest cookie ever.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

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Please feel free to come and join us if you would like to.

lynzpower

never heard of sparks people

Well , I might as well fess up. Wagon, off fell, I

I am due totm, and good god the cravings. I had yesterday 2small handfuls of peanuts, a chocolate chip cookie ( only a small one, not a milies cookies size one) and a bite of this mincemeat filo pud OH had. and a bite of his whopper (gross) and 7 chips. ( oven)

to be fair, its only 2 short weeks ago when I could and did put a way a whole bag of peanuts at my desk at work or a packet of biscuits with one cup of tea, and 2 portions of chips a day, so I guess its a bloody big departure from what I was doing pre-CD. Im trying to be positive

I dont think im out of ketosis ( amazingly) as Im not hungry in the slightest and havent had my breakfast shake yet. Have managed only about a litre of water so far tho.

Typically im off for my WI tonight, and im sure my cdc will give me a going over. Im depserate for bars, they should keep my TOTM cravings at bay - I hope.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

You should be okay - a little blip doesn't usually hurt!!

If you are not hungry you haven't come out of ketosis.

About four years ago I had done Atkins for four weeks and couldn't understand why I wasn't in the slightest bit hungry.
Anyway, after the four weeks I went into Pizza Hut and ordered the smallest individual pizza. Within two hours I was ravenously hungry!! That pizza would contain a whole lot of carbs, which would knock me out of ketosis.

So I think you won't have done much damage!

Hope all goes well with the weigh-in!

lynzpower

thanks C&Q.

thats exactly what I thought about the carbs/hunger/ ketosis thing.

the more carbs I have the more I want.

Does anyone know if that is specific to certain types of people ( ie "us") or are MOST people like this with carbs?

penny_pincher_7

this ketosis thing.................i have been on the diet now for 6 days and i`m still fighting with hunger every minute am i doing something wrong as this would be a whole lot easier if i wasnt having this fight every day please help its driving me mad lol

lynzpower

if you are still hungry, then I doubt ,you are in ketosis.

these are the things I do to get into ketosis

have you made sure you have not had ANYTHING apart from the shakes/soups? and the permitted drinks?

are you haveing anything else like squash, fruit, anything like that as well? have you eaten ANYTHING since you started?

How much water are you drinking per day ?

penny_pincher_7

i am drinking about 3 litres of water and i have`nt ate anything atall only my 3 shakes a day i also have about 4 cups of black coffee a day(i don`t have sugar)so i dont need sweetners what do you think is wrong??

smileypigface

OK - so I've been watching this thread after it inspired me to make contact with a CD counsellor two weeks ago.

Had a good first week ... lost 8lb - didn't cheat once and wasn't hungry - ketosis stick showed nice and pink .. so far, so good!

Went to pot over the Bank Holiday weekend .. I'm too ashamed to list everything I put away ....... oh, what the hell .... a kebab and chips (I know, I know!!!), a pack of salted peanuts and cashews, a mini peperami ... and now today (weigh in this evening!) I've gone out of control in the work snack bar and eaten a tuna mayo and cucumber sandwich, two choccy bars and a packet of sweet chilli crisps!

Hmmmm, don't think it's possible to fall off the waggon any harder than this! And now I'm in the frame of mind that I may as well go and get another choccy bar as I've ruined it all anyway!

So, it's day 14 today and I'm almost too ashamed to see my counsellor later .. although I know I have to as I need to stock up on more packs if I'm going to try and climb back on the waggon this week!

How useless am I !!!!!!!!:o

lynzpower

Smileypigface!!

exactly how I felt yesterday. I was like , well why bother, Ive co**ed up so badly whats the point?

Well the point is that if you want to lose weight - ANY diet is gonna need some discipline, even weightwatchers, slimming world and al the others.

What tippped you over, were you hungry or jsut bored?