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petrichor

serendisglair wrote: »

You can get some of the recipies from the program here petrichor

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/C/cook-yourself-thin/recipes.html

No need to register for these few....there is also a book on amazon for about £5-8 so you could alway ask your local library to order it in for you

Thanks for this seren :T I never thought of looking on the Channel 4 site I'm afraid common sense isn't common enough with me :rotfl: . As MrP is back to work on Monday and DD is back from London I shall be back to menu planning for this week and the chicken wraps will certainly feature in it, they sound lovely...

...Hi :hello: me4bargains The glory of this thread is that it's here 24/7 so it'll help to keep you inspired between your weekly classes :j and bukup, I personally would find it impossible to drink 4 litres of water, blummin 'eck I'd never be off the loo:o but congratulations on losing 5 stone :T Do you need to lose any more? What have you found to be the hardest thing to deal with and how did you cope? ...

...Glad to hear your neighbour is happy katie :j it'll be a weight off your mind ...

xxxx

victory

petrichor wrote: »

Victory Could you please put the recipes on here? I've been to the site but don't want to register (or, more honestly, cough up the dosh ).

xxxx

You don't have to cough up any dosh or register at all, just put into google cook yourself thin and it comes up free and all the recipes per episode including the videos come up for free....

Amazon has the book much cheaper than anyone else at the mo....

victory

serendisglair wrote: »

By the way, well done Victory for having a go at the recipies...I'm forever looking at recipies but never get round to trying them!

I have to give them a go because I am so fed up with just veg, variety is the spice of life and my kids and H love all the new fresh foods they are getting it is a huge success in this house;)

victory

Serves 6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
296 calories per serving Ingredients
For the filling
700g/about 4-5 Bramley apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced
50g fructose sugar
1/4 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp cinnamon
juice and zest 1 orange
splash of calvados, brandy or cider, (optional) For the topping
100g wholemeal flour
85g butter, very cold and cut into cubes
3 tbsp fructose sugar
50g whole porridge oats For the vanilla creme fraiche
300g 4% fat crème fraiche
1 vanilla pod, seeds only
1 tsp fructose sugar, (optional)






How to cook mulled apple crumble with vanilla crème fraiche Heat oven to 180C. Place the apples, sugar, mixed spice, cinnamon, zest, juice, alcohol and three tablespoons of water in a large pan.
Stir gently over a low heat until the sugar has melted and the apples begin to break down. Pour into a two-litre pie dish and leave to cool a little while you make the topping.
Place the wholemeal flour and butter in a mixing bowl and rub together until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and oats and mix through.
Sprinkle over the apples, pressing down if necessary. Bake in the oven for 25 mins or until golden and crisp.
For the vanilla crème fraiche, mix all the ingredients together. Serve dolloped on top of the crumble.
Portion size
Mulled Apple Crumble (without crème fraiche)
Per serving, this recipe provides the following from your food group allowance:
1 portion of fruit and vegetables

victory

Ingredients 2 lemons
3 medium eggs
200g fructose
55g plain flour
200g ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder






How to cook low-calorie lemon and almond cake Put the lemon in a saucepan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour.
Halve the lemon, remove the pips, then purée in a blender, skin and all.
Preheat the oven to 170C. Oil a 20cm, round springform cake tin and line with a disc of baking parchment.
Beat the eggs and sugar together until pale and thick.
Fold in the flour, baking powder, almonds and lemon purée.
Pour into the tin and bake for one hour until the top is golden.
Do keep an eye on it for the last 15 mins as fructose sugar is slightly more likely to catch. The cake will be fairly dark though.
Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out on to a rack and cool completely.

victory

Serves 2
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
365 calories per serving Ingredients
For the marinade
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
A pinch of smoked paprika
Salt and white pepper
2 free-range chicken breasts, cut into 2cm strips For the garlic sauce
150g 0% fat Greek yoghurt
1 clove of garlic, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
A squeeze of lemon juice
Salt






How to make Lebanese chicken kebabs with garlic sauce and pickles To make the marinade, stir together the garlic, oil, paprika and seasoning.
Add the chicken and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
To make the garlic sauce, mix together the yoghurt, garlic, parsley, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. This can be made up to a day in advance if it's easier for you.
Heat a griddle pan until smoking. Thread the pieces of chicken on to two wooden skewers (if you soak the skewers before using them, they will not burn).
Lay the kebabs on to the griddle and cook for five minutes on each side or until cooked through. Lay the wraps on two plates and spread over the garlic sauce.
Lay two lettuce leaves on each, one of the tomatoes, three of each of the pickles and finally top with a kebab and a dash of Tabasco.
Fold the base up towards the middle, and the sides in. Serve immediately.
Back to Recipes

victory

Press on the back to Recipes under the lebanese chicken recipe and it takes you straight to the page of each episodes recipes.

Anyone found the new Frusi desserts in any shops yet? Everyone I go to has not got them:mad:

katyk_2

Thanks Serendisglair - I think I will stock up some for Green days then - obviously better avoided on red days. Nice to know though! Shame to miss at that price - they are hardly going to go off! Favourites are beef and chicken (both noodles and rice)

funkyfunkymonkey

victory wrote: »

You don't have to cough up any dosh or register at all, just put into google cook yourself thin and it comes up free and all the recipes per episode including the videos come up for free....

Amazon has the book much cheaper than anyone else at the mo....

Don't forget that there is a £2.75 postal charge on Amazon, unless your total order is £15.

You can get a copy from Play.com for £9.99 inc P&P - I've just treated myself.

http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/3394085/-/Product.html?searchstring=cook+yourself+thin&searchsource=0

FFM

bails

Hey everyone, hope you're all well and enjoying the weekend (it took me about 5 minutes to work out what day of the week it is!). Hope the September Challenge is going well for you and if not, keep positive and it'll happen!Just spotted a thing about water - not to put anyone off drinking lots of water (which is very good for you) but it is possible to drink TOO much. Unhelpfully, I can't remember the exact amount (my brain is frying in the heat) but I reckon 4 litres as an upper limit is good (besides, you'll be weeing for England with that lot inside you!)Can't do smilies on here for some reason but I am smiling at you loads and wishing you well.Take care and good luck for Wednesday xx