August 2011

Zar – Recipe – Pepper prawns

August 27, 2011

I try and make any recipe I put on the blog fairly budget friendly. However, sometimes we need a treat!! I tend to think that if I’m eating healthy, I deserve it. And I try not to do that in the form of ‘bad’ food. Therefore – prawns!! We are so lucky in Aus to [...]

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Zar – Fats

August 26, 2011

This is my last in the series of three blogs and this is probably the most misunderstood part of our diet. Fat is very important to our body functioning. What’s vital is to understand the type of fats which are better for us and those which we should avoid. Saturated fats are contained in animal [...]

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GEORGIE – Tip Top Ten – Moisturising

August 24, 2011

I am a moisture freak – I have dry skin, and hate hate HATE feeling scaly. From top to toe, I like to be baby soft, so thought I might impart a little wisdom handed down to me by various make up artists and beauticians I have met so far in my career. 1) Skin needs moisture. But, [...]

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Marinated lamb with roasted cherry tomatoes

August 19, 2011

So, this is one of my fave ways to cook lamb. I do it for ZarBar and it goes into a foccacia with hummus and caramelised tomatoes. In this way, it’s hot for dinner, but you can cool it, slice it and put it into a salad. It’s fantastic. Serves 4 600g lamb backstrap or [...]

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Zar – Carbohydrates

August 17, 2011

Continuing on from last week’s blog on protein, I’ll give you some info on carbs this week. To put it in to context, when it’s winter, carbs is what we crave!! Potatoes, rice, bread etc, they fill us up and make us feel so good (for a little while at least!!) Another carb is sugar [...]

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Georgie – My natural weight?!

August 16, 2011

This is just a little observation -  It’s going to turn into a thesis and I am going to win huge prizes. Maybe a Nobel for services to weight loss.  Maybe not. Rosie should actually take credit as she has advocated the idea of your body’s natural weight to me repeatedly, for AGES.  Rosie’s always [...]

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Recipe – Dukkah crusted flathead fillets with braised fennel and lemon

August 12, 2011

I think we all know by now that I’ve got a girl-crush on Michelle Bridges, Biggest Loser trainer fit chick and I’ve been cooking quite a bit from her book, ‘Losing the last 5 Kilos’. This is really delicious, simple and quick. Flathead are small white flesh fish so use something similar if you don’t [...]

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Zar – Protein

August 12, 2011

Pose is very knowledgeable and blogged on this sometime ago. I thought it was time for a reminder and given my recent personal intervention on myself and that I’m back at Vision PT and looking to get back into good habits, I thought I would try my hand. Over the next 3 weeks I’ll cover [...]

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GEORGIE – Back to the old routine!

August 10, 2011

It’s good to be back! It’s been great to have a break! From Premier League, from blogging, from London! Here we go with a new season and lots of new blogs! This was the first year that I have done seasonal work. Meaning – when the football season came to an end in May, I [...]

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Hot and sour noodle soup with minced chicken

August 5, 2011

If you can make soup you’ll never be short of a meal. This one is particularly good as it has plenty of protein in the chicken and prawns which keeps you fuller for longer. It’s pretty special and could definitely be used if you have people for supper. Serves 4 2 tsp sunflower oil 250g [...]

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