Hairy Dieters recipes.... Any good?

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  • ajfc1971
    ajfc1971 Posts: 258 Member
    oh mad someone in work was talking about it saying how they are doing skinny recipes. Will have to go on the BBC food website and fine out a few.
  • scottishsenorita
    scottishsenorita Posts: 17
    I've made the Italian meatballs in chunky tomato sauce and the Spanish chicken bake. Both were yummy!
  • juggerlugs
    juggerlugs Posts: 4
    Spanish style chicken bake from the book for tonights evening meal and it was bloomin marvellous, will be cooking that one again, easy to make too.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    They had it in at my local Asda last week... one short sighted old dear picked up a copy, and asked me to sign it for her... She was convinced that I was Si... despite a total lack of Geordie Accent on my part :laugh:
  • helenld1
    helenld1 Posts: 233 Member
    Got my book on Thursday and so far have done the Sweet and Sour Chicken - thumbs up from me and the non dieting hubbie.

    Today trying the pies and lasagne.

    What appealed to me about the book was that it caters for "proper"meals. What I mean by that is a meal I can cook both me and my husband without having to faff around changing it so it fills him up whilst is good for me still. Even my husband likes the look of recipes (who do you reckon asked for the pies today? :wink: )
  • blitzie
    blitzie Posts: 3 Member
    I made the cheese,onion & leek pasties, did use twice as much cheese than stated, but they still came under 300 cals each & were delicious & filling,was going to freeze some but the family loved them too lol
  • juggerlugs
    juggerlugs Posts: 4
    On the scales yesterday morning and It appears I have lost half a stone, I'm delighted but it's a long way to go. This has been achieved mainly sticking to the Hairy Dieters recipes in their book without too much excersising. The book seems to be working for me and proved to be my best buy yet.

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  • Joannespibey
    Joannespibey Posts: 2 Member
    I've had the book for the past month and i love the recipes! its the most amazing cook book i have ever owned i love planning what im going to eat and fine i still have enough for there yummy cakes this week its Swiss roll with my afternoon coffee!
    I've tried quite a few and so far both the hubbie and my son have loved all the cooking, not one recipe has been a dud, today i had the stuffed peppers (with feta sun dried toms mushrooms and hazelnuts -yummy yummy) and cottage pie for tea. i never knew dieting could taste so good!
  • Frannybobs
    Frannybobs Posts: 741 Member
    They had it in at my local Asda last week... one short sighted old dear picked up a copy, and asked me to sign it for her... She was convinced that I was Si... despite a total lack of Geordie Accent on my part :laugh:

    Hahaha, love it! Now I could understand it if it was Billy Connolly's autobiography or something!

    I've got the book - in my local Tesco for £7.46, so far made Paprika Chicken and Chicken Jalfrezi - both were very tasty indeed, but did involve a certain amount of "faffing" so not super quick teas (or dinner if you're posh!!) . Have the italian meatballs earmarked for my next try out. Plenty in there to keep me going for a while, and I'm a cookbook-a-holic!!!
  • Richardcag
    Richardcag Posts: 18 Member
    Try the Lamb, Potato and Spinach curry. It is amazing.
  • shelmac
    shelmac Posts: 82 Member
    My fav is the sweet n sour chicken, mmmmmm as I am missing my chinese takeaways, Plus the tuna sweetcorn pasta lunch is so easy to make and blooming gorgous. My Hubby is loving the recipes so far. He is attempting to make the Chicken Korma today. Fingers crossed lol x
  • kimmyfrancis
    kimmyfrancis Posts: 2
    The book people online have it for £4.99 plus pp. Its a great book....ive enjoyed loads of recipies out of it. Give it a go!!!!!
  • kaylemartin
    kaylemartin Posts: 235 Member
    I have the book! If you want a recipe, I could copy it for you? DM me
  • clairemid
    clairemid Posts: 1
    They are amazing!! I don't really cook anything else anymore - everything is there is so nice, that's all we really cook these days. The jambalaya is gorgeous.
  • addo88
    addo88 Posts: 2
    My mam has made quite a few of the recipes and every single one was gorgeous! So far have had cottage pie, paprika chicken, chicken korma, coconut prawn curry, beef and ale casserole, fish stew, and lamb tagine. Some of the recipes do require quite a lot of time and effort, but are totally worth it! For a speedy dinner do the coconut prawn curry, takes about 15 mins to prepare and cook and it's amazing! xxxx
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I made a version of their cassoulet in the crock pot this weekend (didn't brown anything, just chucked it in). It made a lot, and when I put the ingredients I used in the recipe maker here, it was only 350 calories for a generous bowlful (probably because of the low fat turkey sausage I used, plus I had chicken breasts on hand so used them instead of thighs).

    I loved it!
  • jrober
    jrober Posts: 1 Member
    The book is great! I have harissa chicken for lunch today!
    I got it from the book people. :)

    http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&productId=297863&searchTerm=hairy+dieters
  • DaveHuby
    DaveHuby Posts: 175 Member
    Go for it, tried quite a few of their recipes, very tasty.

    Inspiration seeing two large chaps shedding 6 stones between them.
  • Daisychain65
    Daisychain65 Posts: 161 Member
    You can like them on facebook too, some of the recipes are there. I love the ones I've tried though I dont eat meat so I had to adapt some of them.
  • janatarnhem
    janatarnhem Posts: 669 Member
    Amazing! their paella is to die for... Easy cook chicken is yummy... the salmon with chilli and ginger is quality... I could go on and on...!!!:drinker:
  • Paulinefrew69
    Paulinefrew69 Posts: 14 Member
    My Husband and I are using these receipes and have enjoyed every one so fara big batch at the weekend and then slip into the freezer in appropriate portions. Takes the guess work out of calories and because it is already made and just needs heating up there is less chance of the "cannt be bothered cooking, just get a take away".

    Great book well worth the money.
  • mandajane39
    mandajane39 Posts: 2 Member
    Totally fab! Tried loads and our favourite is the Paprika Chicken which the kids love too!:smile:
  • GuybrushThreepw00d
    GuybrushThreepw00d Posts: 784 Member
    Yeah, i like the one's i've tried.
    Their lasanga with leek as the pasta sheets was very good.

    Don't quite agree with their dieting approach on the tv series. But you can't knock the recipe's.
  • meesh045
    meesh045 Posts: 26 Member
    I bought the book through Amazon and have to say that it is fantastic. The only thing I would say is that the calories that their recipes tell you come up differently in the recipe calculator on here. The recipes are fantastic and also family pleasers so no need to cook separate meals. I would most definitely recommend :-)
  • suewestcountry
    suewestcountry Posts: 35 Member
    I made the paprika chicken it is so tasty
  • sharonhowell57
    sharonhowell57 Posts: 1 Member
    yeah my mum bought me a copy last year and its brilliant. we love the bread pasties and pizza dough pies and the cup cakes are good we enjoyed the casserole and the skinny lasagna but i found it messy to serve. if you still haven't got a copy of the book which (i'd thoroughly recommend and well worth the money) you can get the recipes that they do in the series on the bbc web site ok hope this helps
  • weatheredcheese
    weatheredcheese Posts: 112 Member
    Was bought this book for Christmas and not yet tried the receipies, i know a couple of people who also have the book and have tried some of them and seemed impressed with them.
    Always worth looking in Asda/Sainsburys/Amazon, normally the cheapest options.
  • thedescentofhope
    thedescentofhope Posts: 118 Member
    I own the book, would be happy to copy out recipes etc for anyone interest. I've Cooke over half the recipes in it and I'm loving them! You can message me it you want any recipes

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