It’s summer time. And with summer comes plenty of fresh fruit readily available at (slightly more than usual) reasonable prices. In fact, as I write this I have a big bowl next to me that is full of blackberries that I picked and froze last autumn mixed with juicy strawberries, picked up from a market [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Diet'
Paleo recipes: beef casserole
July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Recipes
There are all sorts of variations for beef casserole but it’s difficult to find a basic casserole recipe which serves the purpose of cheaply feeding hungry athletes (or a ravenous family) without all the fussy trimmings which turn a basic casserole or stew into something appropriate for a dinner party. Personally I don’t have any [...]
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Paleo recipes: beef burgers
July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Recipes
It’s still the season of barbecues (in between the rain storms we’re having here) but it’s frightening what gets put into beef burgers that you buy from the supermarket. It seems such a shame when half their ingredients are entirely unnecessary. The recipe below is made with lean beef mince, because that’s what I tend to [...]
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Blog-watch: some pregnancy articles
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Psychology, Training
Since I’m a woman and am aware that I am trying to write this blog for women, articles about pregnancy always catch my eye. Here’s a pick of some of the best or most interesting that I’ve seen recently. It seems that BBC News has been getting excited about pregnancy at the moment. The first [...]
Paleo recipes: onion tart
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Recipes
A variation on a pastry-encased Delia Smith recipe this week to complete the collection of five vegetable recipes that were inflicted on my family a few weeks ago. This was my personal favourite, though only just ahead of the peperonata and carrot roulade, probably because I’ve got a thing for caramelised onions. It was incredibly [...]
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Blog-watch: sunshine and Vitamin D
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet
Another blog-watch in the Vitamin D collection. It seems that this is going to be a regular blog-watch theme, but there is so much new information always appearing about this particular vitamin and it appears to be so crucial to performance, that discussions about Vitamin D become central to a blog like this. I have [...]
Weight loss progress and ongoing success
July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Psychology, Training
Weight loss – part 9 This is the ninth, and final, part in a series about weight loss including diet, exercise, measuring your success and keeping the weight off when you stop. Over the last few months I have found out about all sorts of diet and exercise related issues that should help with weight [...]
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Paleo recipes: carrot roulade with egg and watercress filling
July 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Diet, Recipes
Amazingly, this complex recipe was completely paleo when I found it in my Good Housekeeping book and required no adjustments. It just goes to show what you can find when you are looking! The recipe worked well with a few minor tweaks to the instructions where they were slightly lacking in the book – I [...]
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Blog-watch: low carb diets
July 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Diet
I had a rant on a links post the other week about the misguided concepts that people have over what constitutes low carb or high carb diets. One of the most common questions I get from people is that carbs are a necessity and how do I cope with no carbs in my diet. Misconception [...]
Paleo recipes: peperonata
June 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Diet, Recipes
You’ve probably noticed a theme over the last few weeks. I noticed that the “vegetables” section of the recipe list was a little short of ideas when put alongside my more favoured areas, like “meat”! As a result I set out to rectify this by hunting through my recipe books for some vegetable dish inspiration. [...]
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