Cooking from scratch
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I just read in the paper that The Hairy Bikers book has become an instant best seller- if those guys can lose 3 stone each hopefully more Brits can!0
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I cook everything from scratch, I bought the hairy dieters book last week and since starting I have lost 5 lbs. the recipes are easy and so far each one I have tried has been delicious, also a lot of them are already pre programmed in to mfp0
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At risk of looking like a 'Me too!', but I cook from scratch too!
It tastes so much better than most convenience food, and a lot cheaper and healthier too. The only trouble is, I like it and have indulged over the last couple of years a bit too much!
I'm just starting the intermittent fasting after watching the Horizon programme the other week, and so far (only 3rd day in, 2nd fast day today!) I feel great and a sneaky peek on the scales show a significant loss, so I am happy.
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hi,
I cook the majority of my meals from scratch. Sometimes convenience wins, and I find myself buying a Shapers lunch from Boots but I prefer being able to control what's goes in my food (especially salt).
Sounds like i might have to check this hairy dieters cookbook!!0 -
I cook all our meals from scratch, BBC Good Food is a favourite site for me so most of the food in my diary is from there. Feel free to add me as a friend is you want
Judging by your username I don't live very far from you, I'm in West Sussex.
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the BBC Good Food site!! I will make something from the BBC Good Food website for lunch most days. Feel free to browse my diary as it's open :bigsmile: 0 -
I also make my own frozen ready meals... as in, When im making something such as a casserole, spaghetti Bolognaise or anything, if there is excess, instead of it going to waste, or being shared out, i put it in a container and freeze it, so that next time, when i cant be bothered cooking, its there ready for reheating - at the moment i have virtually a full Sunday lunch, some chicken kebabs, and a beef curry - I know exactly what's in it, because i made it!
As for ones you buy from the supermarket, they baffle me, as they tend to taste quite sweet or salty! When i used to eat them, I'd look on the plate and think... i KNOW that's a piece of chicken there.... but it doesn't TASTE anything like chicken??! what on earth have they done to it?!
I love BBC Good Food, I went to the Good Food Show a few years ago and Gordon Ramsay (Gorgeous Gordy) wafted past me, and shook my hand... it remains unwashed to this day... :laugh:0 -
Hi from a newbie. I cook all my meals from scratch - always have. But since we've been counting the calories, I too am freezing what we don't need. I estimate I'll soon have enough to take a week off from cooking at all - just defrost my own "ready meals". I have loads of easy to make recipes if any-one is looking for something different. Tonight I'm making a chicken jalfrezi which will give a total of 486 calories per portion when served with a bag of Tesco frozen microwave rice0
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@ ketchup38. Have made the Cassoulet from the Hairy Dieters Cookbook - it really is yummy & well worth the work you need to put into it. Complete meal in one pot :happy:0
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Hi I cook everything from scratch too. It's healthier and its cheaper, plus it tastes much better. No brainer for me really. Though my husband loves processed stuff too. His idea of fine dining is a fray bentos pie and a packet of smash
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I cook everything from scratch - my food diary reads more like a shopping or ingredient list than actual meals.0
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I'm a stay at home mum and I love to cook from scratch for my family. But it can be pricey so I only do it about 4-5 times per week.
Would love to share recipes with everyone.0 -
I cook most meals from scratch and have done for years.... the joys of having a child that can't have to many artificial colour/preservatives.
I tend to cook by instinct and just throw stuff in a pan and hope for the best lol. not very often i freeze stuff as any leftovers are usually used over the next couple of days for lunches.0 -
I do cook from scratch a lot, but sadly not always, I find it hard working long shifts and being organised. I've built a fair few healthy lowish calorie recipes. I love browsing bbc good food and other sites, your welcome to check out my recipes.0
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Yes, I cook from scratch most of the time, and have done for years.
At the moment, I love the River Cottage Everyday Veg book and am also enjoying the Hairy Bikers Dieting book. I also bake my own bread - and recently baked some bagels. Cooking and adapting my own meals is a big part of this weightloss/lifestyle challenge for me.0 -
Everything from scratch with, at the moment, veggies from our garden. My favourite junk foods are pizza and thai, so my husband makes his own pizza dough and pizzas, and maybe once a fortnight we'll get a thai takeaway. The exception to cooking from scratch is when I'm on night shifts, when I'll take a veg-pot style dinner to work, or weightwatchers ready meal. I used to batch cook and take a frozen portion, but have got out of the habit. That must change!0
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im uk, i cook from scratch i cook for a few days at a time my diary's open. weight watchers by the way are very high cals. fresh veg is much better.0
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We have a complicated home situation. Our household comprises of Me and My three kids, my hubby, hubby's mum and hubby's grandad. Mum and Grandad are pickier with food than the kids are so it makes it very hard work catering for our crowd. For instance, tonight 5 of us are having sweet and sour chicken with steamed rice, the other two are having left over sunday dinner reheated. Tomorrow I will be making 2 cottage pies, one Hairy Dieter version and one with no veg, no onions, no tomatoes, just literally minced beef in gravy with mash on the top. Any leftovers will be frozen in individual portions so next time we have cottage pie I won't need to make 2 different ones.
I cook from basic ingredients for 6 meals out of 7 so I have more control over what I am eating. Mum in law always does the sunday roast or we go to a carvery. Either way I try to pick the healthiest bits out to eat and leave lots on my plate but have generally been so good during the week a little over indulging wont take me too far off track.
Am always happy to have more friends to share cheers and encouragement with so feel free to add me :-)0 -
I work nights and i'm always short of ideas for quick and easy cooking, would love to see some new recipes.0
