Opening Ceremony Pizza
I asked a fairly random bunch of people on Facebook just what they were likely to be eating before or during the Olympic Opening Ceremony this week…and pizza came top of the list. Some were going to...
View ArticleSpooky Solutions for Hallowe’en
Trick or treat, smell my feet or give me something good to eat! Ah, how I remember those trick or treat Hallowe’en days of the past when my children (and sometimes myself closely behind) trailed...
View ArticleLet’s All Go Brazil Nuts!
For one whole month it’s quite possible that work at Bariatric Cookery may come to something of a standstill – because yes (whisper it) there’s a football tournament going on! Many of you will know...
View ArticleTaste of Sunshine Salad
Heirloom tomatoes, in all their higgledy-piggledy beauty of colours, and sun-kissed nectarines with their golden-fleshed (or demure white-fleshed) beauty, encapsulate for me the height of summer. So...
View ArticleHappy Hallowe’en
Hallowe’en – love it or hate it there’s no getting away from it! And certainly things are going to get scary over the next week! Personally I have great memories of spooky nights with my children...
View ArticleThe New Cauliflower Cheese!
My family have become quite an enterprising and imaginative bunch over the last 5 years since my bypass. They know treats like chocolates, sweets/candy and other edibles just don’t cut the mustard...
View ArticlePizza The Action!
This last weekend I went to an 80th birthday party where a good number of the elderly crowd were runners. And they are runners in the present sense – still out running several miles a week in all...
View ArticleRipe On Time!
This weekend I have harvested my first outdoor tomatoes of the year and they are ripe on time! The weather here has improved and we’ve been barbecuing outside, grilling/broiling indoors and packing...
View ArticleGive ‘Em A Right Roasting!
Autumn/Fall has to be one of my culinary favourite times of the year – the bumper harvest of squash, pumpkin, courgettes/zucchini, garlic, onions, roots, tomatoes, beets, aubergines/eggplant and...
View ArticleIt Needn’t Be A Hallowe’en Horror Show!
The scariest part of Hallowe’en isn’t the ghoulish masks and the frightening costumes, it’s the sweet and candy binge that often accompanies it! According to some new stats your kid’s...
View ArticleMake It Festive At The Last Minute!
It’s getting a little late to be making things from scratch for the Christmas table but that doesn’t mean you can’t go all out festive! I have guests arriving early this week for the holiday so...
View ArticleCloud Bread
Cloud bread … something of a new internet sensation judging from the number of hits it has got and the flurry of emails I have seen about it. So what is it? Is it just a lot of hot air? Well, deemed...
View Article‘Fat Head’ Pizza for Low-Carb Followers
‘Fat Head’ Pizza on the Bariatric Portion Plate In the last 6 years I have experimented a great deal with making a bariatric-friendly pizza. So I started out with my basic tortilla one (see here)...
View ArticleRotisserie Chicken – A Great Shortcut To Dinner!
Am I the only person to stand in the supermarket aisle with little time to spare and not too much of an idea what to throw on the table for an evening meal after a busy day? Thought not … and yet I...
View ArticleBank Holiday Heroes!
Okay, this is it, the last UK Bank Holiday of the summer, so let’s not waste it watching TV; ordering food from the take-away; nor on our lonesome (unless needs must)! Let’s get friends and family...
View ArticleBest-Ever Protein Pizza!
There’s no denying that pizza is moreish and we have tried many a different recipe here at Bariatric Cookery – all in the interests of bariatric patients you understand! We’ve created versions on...
View ArticleHallow’een Treats That Don’t Make Your Skin Crawl!
PETRIFYING PUMPKINS! The clock is ticking and Hallow’een is slowly creeping closer. So too are those sweet/candy treats …. STEP AWAY! I don’t want to be a fun-stripper, party-pooper or worse,...
View ArticleCan You Pass The Pizza And WLS Test?
One of my most popular and early recipes for post-op bariatric eating in my first cookery book ‘Return to Slender’ (see details here) had a recipe for pizza using a low-carb or wholemeal tortilla as...
View ArticleNew Late Winter 2018 Newsletter Out Now!
The latest free Bariatric Cookery Newsletter has now been sent out to all subscribers – I hope you have had yours (check your inbox). It has some sage advice on using leftovers and repurposing food...
View ArticleLo-Dough – The New Found Sensation!
Many of you old timers to Bariatric Cookery (and some of you new to the website) will know that I don’t make a fanfare of many products that come my way. Especially if they promise great taste with...
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