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The Power Through Breast Cancer recipe blog provides deliciously different recipes to support optimal metabolic health. All recipes are free from gluten and added sugar, high in prebiotics, low in lectins, and packed with polyphenols to support your microbiome and mitochondria.
Everyone’s A Fruit and Nut Case…
At Christmas the shops are full of fancy chocolates that sometimes delight but often disappoint. If you’re already following a…
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Prawn and Mango Stir-fry with Black Rice
Two black rice recipes in a row? I guess that tells you how delicious it is. In truth, I cooked…
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Middle Eastern-inspired butternut squash and black rice pilaf
Today’s mission is to cram the maximum number of breast cancer friendly foods into one recipe that suits all diet…
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Moroccan Turkey Burgers with roasted aubergine, cauliflower, with avocado and dill pesto
Turkey mince is good for us – high in protein, low in fat, and packed with nutrients – but as…
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Savoury Apple Sauce
I always used to love apple sauce with a roast dinner but these days I find it a bit boring…
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Power potions: Dark Chocolate Linseeds
Linseeds are a fantastic female food. They are full of nutrition and soluble fibre and can support gut health, relieve…
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Easy Chicken Tagine
This is a recipe I make all the time but always forget to photograph. It’s incredibly quick and impressively tasty.…
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Leeks baked with chorizo and tomato
Leeks, to me, are one of the most underrated vegetables. They are full of valuable prebiotic fibre and oestrogen detoxing…
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Duck, walnut and pomegranate salad
I’ve been a Riverford customer for ever, or so it seems. My account tells me I’ve ordered from them 273…
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Apple and Almond Cake
We invited some dear friends to supper last night for an impromptu birthday celebration. Although I’m not the world’s most…
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Prawn, three bean and feta salad, with fresh mint
The Riverford broad beans were too good to wait… So straight into the salad bowl, blanched for 3 minutes in…
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Lamb, pistachio and mint patties
I’m always on the lookout for delicious and economical mid-week suppers and these hit the spot – they would also…
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Roasted apricots with pistachio and roses
Last night’s simple dessert accidentally turned into something bloggable that I was encouraged to share. I started off by halving…
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Fennel, orange and black olive slaw
I first tasted this slaw during a trip to Bologna several years ago, and it quickly became one of my…
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Not mushroom for breakfast?
I find the biggest obstacle to choosing and eating the right foods for every meal is my inbuilt programming of…
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Red Cabbage with Gin and Orange
Last year, on Christmas Day, we had the most delicious goose I have ever tasted — with crispy skin and…
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Speedy smoked mackerel paté in gluten free courgette cups
That nibbly time of year is approaching when I find myself missing those little dainty ‘croustades’ that I used to…
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Pork, squash and apple tagine
I knew when I woke up this morning that I needed double the hours in my diary to get everything…
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Baked fig with goat’s cheese and thyme
The fig season is upon us and, while I love adding slices of raw fig to a cheese board, they…
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Three pea salad with fresh mint and roasted hazelnuts
I made this the other night to accompany some (home-cured) duck prosciutto. The duck was good but the salad took…
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Prosciutto and strawberry canapés
I invited friends for a casual supper last week and found myself at the last minute wishing I’d thought ahead…
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Whole Sea Bream with Rocket, Rosemary and Garlic Pesto
I needed an uber-simple but ultra-healthy supper last night. Hubby was going to yoga (very impressive) and I was very…
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Cauliflower, lentil and halloumi salad
This was one of those accidental salads that worked so well I felt duty bound to write it down and…
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Pan-fried skate with capers and cod roe
My fishbox arrived again today with two fresh skate wings inside – and a huge piece of cod roe; I…
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Celeriac and Apple Remoulade with Smoked Mackerel
This recipe works just as well for a winter starter as it does for a healthy packed lunch; the quantities…
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Power breakfast: seasonal apple compote
I’m a great believer that the proverbs and old wives’ tales that we learned from our grandparents were based in…
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XVOO may be your secret weapon against breast cancer
You’ll see that in many of my recipes I feature something called XVOO – that’s extra virgin olive oil for…
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Tucked-up peppers
When the weather is skorchio I love to spend half an hour in the cool of the kitchen before the…
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Chorizo, tomato and garlic skewers
This one’s more of a tip than a recipe. When I was racking my brains for good low carb nibble…
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Halloumi, avocado and strawberry salad
Inspired by a recent visit to Juliet’s (my favourite Tunbridge Wells café) this salad is the perfect accompaniment to grilled…
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Spicy Summer Slaw
Thanks to the unpredictable contents of my Riverford box, I’m always looking for new ways to combine vegetable in a…
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Spicy Mexican Bean and Green Salad
Although this recipe is a little higher in carbs than I normally include (containing roughly 10g carbs per 100g) a small portion (c.150g)…
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Goat’s Cheese and Asparagus Crustless Quiche
To me, May is the most beautiful month; the garden is full of colour and life, summer is still waiting…
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Almond, orange and pecan cake
You know how I feel about cake and desserts: even when they’re made with the best ingredients, they are too…
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Black Forest Breakfast
There are some classic flavour combinations that risk being forever lost to low carb dieters and many of my recipes…
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Warm Salads: the easy way to ten-a-day
You can’t have missed last week’s headlines announcing that the five a day target needs to double. The New York…
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Coconut pancakes with bacon and raspberries
I’ll be honest, sprinkling sugar and lemon juice over a hot, lacy pancake is a favourite childhood memory that has been…
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Carrot, nut and yoghurt brunch bowl
I must confess, I find ‘during the day’ food a bit of a pain. I really love my evening cooking…
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Spring-inspired fish, fennel, orange and olive stew
Yesterday, I invited a few people for supper to celebrate a friend’s recovery from a rather horrible health scare. I…
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Easy on the mayo…
One of the great joys of going ketogenic has to be the freedom to put a huge dollop of mayonnaise…
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Power Broth: slow food, fast food
As summer draws to a close, I’m getting back into my Monday fasting routine. I find it’s a great way to…
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An Italian Picnic
We’ve just returned from a few hot and heady days in Rome enjoying some delicious food –and arrived home in…
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Scallops and bacon with samphire and peas
I’ve recently subscribed to Fishbox in an attempt to get more fresh fish into my diet which is both responsibly…
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Cinnamon and Tahini Ice Cream with Moroccan Oranges
I’ve got some of my favourite people coming for supper tomorrow night and I’m going to enjoy spending time in…
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Easiest ever smoked mackerel paté
It’s not always easy to eat enough oily fish, and it can be difficult to find easy and delicious low…
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Chocolate Avocado Mousse
There are endless variations of this recipe out there: here’s mine. But Now for a confession……it started out as an ordinary…
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Oliver Twist Broad Beans
Not everyone likes them, in fact a lot of people don’t, as I was reminded on Saturday evening when I…
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Courgettes with ricotta and wild garlic
I love it when the wild garlic arrives in my Riverford box, the smell reminds me of childhood country walks,…
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Lemon Macaroon Tart
If you’re still searching for a low carb, gluten free, dessert that doesn’t taste like any of the above, then…
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Quail’s Egg, Olive & Chorizo Nibbles
Ideas for low carb nibbles can be difficult to come by. This is my latest offering and I’m told they’re delicious.…
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Guilt-free, gluten-free, almost sugar-free chocolate brownies.
When I first tasted these brownies I had a moment of pure bliss. As Van Morrison would say, ‘I’ve been…
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Power Paté : Organic Chicken Liver
Paté makes a perfect low carb high fat snack. When it comes to superfoods, liver is very near the top…
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Making low-carb gluten-free gravies, soups and sauces
One of the most frequent questions I get from low-carbers is ‘how do I thicken a sauce?’ For those of…
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Blue cheese and celery soup
I’ve fallen in love with soup all over again while I’ve been recovering from surgery. It’s such a good way to…
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Accidental Summer Salad
One of the things I love best about summer is making a cooked salad and eating a delicious plate of…
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Rick’s Delicious Dopiaza
I’ve written before about mid-week entertaining. It’s one of the great benefits of working from home, but I still like…
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Power Dressing
My nutrition clients often ask me what they can dress their salad with, since most off the shelf varieties are…
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Coffee and Walnut Chocolates
Low carbers don’t need to miss out on delicious things. These coffee and walnut chocolates hit the healthy and happy…
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The Power Smoothie
Maintaining a healthy body weight is a big issue for cancer patients. My ‘Well Cell Smoothie’ is a healthy liquid…
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Power Lunches: two weeks of healthy ideas
This post is for everyone who works in an office and wants to take their own delicious low carb, gluten-free, dairy-free lunch…
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Cauliflower carbonara
I don’t miss pasta one bit, but I do miss some of the sauces. So there I was this evening, craving a…
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Diana Henry’s lamb and black bean chilli
I cooked this recipe twice in January, both times for large groups of people. The recipe doubles very successfully. We’re eating…
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Power salad of chicken livers and sherry with orange and fresh mint
I’ve cooked this warm salad several times now and it gets rave reviews, it makes a great starter or a…
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Halloumi, nut and olive salad
The sun was shining into my kitchen as I did my pre-lunch fridge surfing, prompting me to pull together a little…
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Thai prawn curry with carrot noodles
On Thursday night we had a quick and easy kitchen supper which was too good to keep to ourselves. My…
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Venison steaks and celeriac mash
My lovely husband needed a little bit of cheering up last night and this perfectly hit the spot. I’m sharing…
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Fake cornflake cakes
It really couldn’t be easier: Ingredients: 120g 85% organic dark chocolate 100g lightly toasted flaked almonds 50g unsweeteened dried cranberries…
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Christmas Cream Cheat!
Need to whip cream this Christmas? Just leave the film top on the pot and shake it until you can…
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King kale gratin
I tried this for the first time last night and started a whole new love affair with kale: I used…
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Smoked mackerel tartare
Although it’s incredibly good for you, I’m not a great fan of smoked mackerel. Generally I find it heavy, indigestible…
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Foolproof Christmas dinner
Some of you may remember a very stressed blog post a couple of years ago as I struggled to make Christmas…
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Dissident chocolate ice cream
My dissident diet has become such a way of life now that I even inflict low carb menus on friends…
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Nigel’s goat’s cheese frittata
Fritatta (fritattae? fritattas? frittatuses?) are one of the simplest and most delicious ways to eat supper. This one, stolen from…
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My new muesli
I’m not a fan of ‘free from’ or substitute foods but sometimes I miss sitting down in the morning with…
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Lamb kheema with peas
The perfect supper if you fancy a curry but can’t be bothered to cook it! Ingredients 1 large onion ,…
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Nigel’s low carb cheesecake
Back in the good old days when I used to eat cheesecake in the mistaken impression that it was lower…
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Fish pie ‘tortilla’
OK, I admit, this one was a bit of an accident. It started on Thursday morning; with a busy day ahead,…
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Very dark and moussey chocolate cake
This cake will be an (almost) guilt-free addition to the Easter menu this year. A serious hit of dark chocolate…
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Roasted chicken breast with creamy butternut squash and chilli
I’m always on the lookout for simple ‘one-pot’ suppers that can be assembled in no time at all, bunged in…
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Warm Puy lentil, cherry tomato and halloumi salad
A great warm salad that can be adapted to suit whatever’s in your your fridge and store cupboard. Ingredients 250g…
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Baked celeriac and blue cheese
This works well for a light supper or as an accompaniment to beef and pork. It works equally well with…
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Spicy Chocolate Chilli con Carne
No cookery collection is complete without a good chilli recipe. Here’s mine – spicy and rich. The chocolate adds a depth…
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Toulouse sausages with lentils and tomatoes
Delicious any time of year, the Italians tend to eat sausages and lentils on New Year’s Day to symbolise prosperity…
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Greek salad omelette
Half pizza, half salad, half omelette (maths not my strong point) this makes a great supper dish and works cold for…
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Slow roast lamb with fennel and herbs
Entertaining in the week is something most of us try to avoid, but sometimes it just can’t be helped. Cue…
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Vietnamese pork balls
This recipe came from a wonderful day I shared with friends at Jamie’s Cookery School in Brighton. I thoroughly recommend…
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Spiced squash and coconut soup
Coconut based soups are one of the best bits of low carb dieting. This one is delicious. Ingredients 600ml Chicken…
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Turkish aubergines
One of my favourite cook books for low carb is Diana Henry’s Cook Simple. This recipe for Turkish aubergines is…
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Power Breakfast: scrambled egg parcels
This is my party piece if guests come to stay. It never fails to impress – and it’s really easy.…
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Aubergines with spice scented lamb and prunes
One of my favourite cook books at the moment is Sally Butcher’s Snackistan. It satisfies my cravings for food that’s…
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Heavenly ham, eggs and lentils
It’s not easy to adapt a low carb diet to our convenience food mentality. Most of us want to grab…
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Broccoli and pine nut “couscous” (with no couscous)
I’m always on the lookout for carb susbtitutes that provide healthy, dissident alternatives to stodge. This one from my new,…
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Grilled salmon with creamy baked onions
This amazing recipe from Sophie Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights lives up to its name. It’s exactly the sort of recipe that…
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Baba ganoush
We’re out in Turkey enjoying the amazing climate and incredible food. Breakfast this morning was incredibly Dissident: Turkish yoghurt, extra…
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Nigella’s Rainbow Room salad
As easy as it gets, this salad is healthy and satisfying. It makes a satisfying lunch all on its own, or…
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Foolproof aubergine bake
I love aubergines and they are an indispensable low carb food, but I’ve always been a bit wary of cooking…
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Seasonal blackcurrant fool
Desserts are one of the trickiest courses when you’re on any diet, but particularly on The Dissident Diet. Normally I…
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Lardies* who lunch
When you’re trying to lose weight – or even trying to maintain your figure – lunch can be the most…
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Hazelnut and goat’s cheese salad
One of the nicest lunches I have ever eaten was at Palazzo Fava café in Bologna with my daughter, Polly.…
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Almost instant vegetable curry
The latest research suggests that aspirin can reduce your risk for a range of commonly occurring cancers (as well as…
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