Easy ways to reduce fat content in some foods and other tips....

One really nice tip I use when I feel a little naughty, and fancy a fry up, is to put a small amount of butter on some bread and grill it. It tastes just like fried bread and if you have a poached egg and some lean bacon with it, it is a super low fat fry up!!!

You can loose weight though exercise and proper diet. It is better if you prepare your own food for you to know the amount of calories you in take and to burn out.

I watched him make that chicken and it looked delicious nanapug. Just thinking - should have included Phil Vickery on the romantic fantasies thread - he's delicious, too!

Phil Vickery did a lovely lower (wouldn't say low!!) fat Southern Fried Chicken recipe on Thismorning thismorning. Am going to give it a try for the GCs. Looks lovely. He finishes it off in the oven on a raised mesh tray thingy so that the fat can drain off. Watch this space!! You can find the recipe if you go on to their web site. I have just printed it off.

Yes, I certainly agree about sugar. We have to be aware that soft drinks contain a huge amount of sugar too - in a hot country like Australia far too much soft drink is consumed, and we have an awful lot of obese people here.

My husband is losing weight simply by drinking lots of water - he keeps a 1.25 litre bottle of water by his side all the time.

I have never had sugar in tea, but always had some in coffee, but I've trained myself to enjoy coffee without sugar now. I would never touch artificial sweeteners or sugar-free drinks - too many dodgy chemicals in them.

Oh Yes! One of the treats visiting DS in NZ is that 'avos' are cheap and really buttery. Also grown outdoors tomatoes. Avo and tomato sandwiches every day.
There is the argument though that it is not so much fats as sugars we should cut down. Because they stimulate your appetite by releasing too much glucose into your bloodstream - you then produce lots of insulin that lowers your blood sugar and hey presto you are hungry again and craving something sweet. That is certainly the case with my DH who can only lose weight if his diet cuts out the refined carbs but includes a fair bit of fat and protein.

I think the best tip for eating healthily is to eat good fats.

The tip in particular that sticks with me is to have avocado in a sandwich rather than mayonnaise. You still get that lovely, creamy texture.

I never use reduced fat products as we need some fat in our diet. it is carbs that make us fat.

I've given up grain - everything with grain in it, and my tum is gradually going down. I feel stronger and healthier too, as I tend to replace carbs with protein.

I love real butter on my vegetables - margerine and all other processed foods are banned from my kitchen. I just use butter or olive oil.

Saturated fat is not the enemy - but transfats are really bad for you.

As for worrying about cholesterol - I just don't care, as I cannot take statins.

potatoes

My stepson uses a hand blender to cream and mash the potatoes! ( I was amazed the first time he served them up to us)!! thats if your like creamed potaotoes

Can anyone recommend a good rice cooker? I had a look on Amazon. Difficult to choose.

It is very fashionable for restaurants to offer 'crushed potatoes' which appear to me to be not-quite-mashed potatoes. What is the point?

You have to be careful with a hand-held mixer if your're mashing potato yogagran. If you do it even for a second too long, it becomes "wallpaper paste".

I sometimes use a hand held mixer to mash potato, makes it beautifully smooth and much easier on arthritic hands

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many many thanks. I have to go to the mall tomorrow and I think Theres an asda there. Will try

jeni Asda do ready prepared diced swede. I have problems with peeling and cutting a swede because of the old arthritis so sometimes buy it diced. Other than that I save the job for my DH .

Should read dratted. Low blood sugar!

Don't forget the black pepper! I'm drooling already and I'm dieting. Where is that drafted jingle?. She keeps my mind of food!

The ones you have with haggis are the orange ones. And I always mash my spuds and my neeps with lots of butter. Yum.

I think both, but I call diddy turnips 'diddy neeps' and big swedes just 'neeps' so all is crystal clear.

Do you have swede or turnips as neeps? To me neeps are swedes (orange) the dcs used to call it mashed Sweden!

Just seen that glass has already done the whole turnip cooking thing in the microwave. I'm sure it would work with boiling or steaming or baking as well in that case. And the neeps we get in Scotland already have their tops cut off (and fed to the sheep?).

Pheonix A tip for that sticky mashed potato saucepan. Rinse it out immediately it is emptied in cold water. Leave an inch of cold water in the bottom and replace the lid. When you want to wash it up sluice the water around before taking off the lid and most of the sticky stuff will rinse right out of the saucepan.

Thought so. But as for his principles:- didn't he run naked through the street, and how his screws?

Zephrine , I stand (or rather ,at this precise moment, sit) corrected!