Blog and Recipes
This week on Cooking, Coaching and Conversations Dr Lucy made breakfast for dinner - hemp seed porridge! This is a very easy low carb cereal replacement that is versatile and can be eaten hot or cold.
Ingredients:
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Dr Lucy showed us how to make a delicious low carb real food dinner in under 30 minutes - Moroccan chicken drumsticks and pan-fried veggies. There is no need to order delivery for dinner if you are tired, as this dinner is on the table in under half an hour.
Ingredients
- chicken drumsticks
- olive...
Tonight on cooking, coaching & conversations Dr Lucy is throwing together a delicious weeknight meal using cauliflower rice - cauli-sottto! This meal is very flexible as you can use whatever protein or veggies you have on hand.
Ingredients
- goats or feta cheese
- cherry tomatoes
- mushrooms ...
Tempting isn’t it?
Many of us would love to have our low carb cake and eat it too, to be able to enjoy all the sweet foods our brain desires while still losing weight on a low carb diet. Artificial sweeteners seem to promise that we can have the cake and still heal our metabolism and lose...
It is Dr Lucy's birthday and tonight she shares a quick and easy low carb dessert, berry sorbet. It could not be simpler to make, and is a lovely refreshing dessert for a family get together. This would be a great recipe to get the kids involved in the kitchen as no cooking required!
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Dr Lucy uses the ingredients she has in her fridge to prepare a delicious and easy lamb & beef stroganoff.
Ingredients
- butter
- chopped onions (we used frozen)
- 1kg lamb mince
- 500g beef mince (or burger patties, cut into pieces)
- Mingle Seasoning 'Hearty Stroganoff' sachet x 2
- salt
- ...
This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy cooked a true winter warmer - chipotle cottage pie. This recipe is very quick to throw together for a hearty weeknight meal and the whole family will love it.
Ingredients
- butter or olive oil
- chopped onions, we used frozen
- 1kg beef mince ...
There is much confusion about these two concepts so let’s discuss these and do some myth-busting.
Firstly, let's talk about ketosis.
Ketosis means you have ketones in your blood.
Ketones are produced in the liver and are a byproduct of fat breakdown.
This occurs when your body no...
Dr Lucy shows you how to improvise in the kitchen when things don't quite go to plan. It is still easy to make a delicious and easy low carb real food dinner, like this tuna a la RLM!
Ingredients
- 500g cauliflower florets, well cooked
- 3/4 cup frozen peas
- large tin of tuna, drained
- sun-dried...
Dr Lucy shows you how to make a delicious and super easy spinach and cheese frittata using ingredients you can have on hand at all times. Grated cheese, spinach & veg from the freezer and some eggs and feta cheese from the fridge and you are good to go!
Ingredients
- butter
- chopped frozen...
In some pockets of the low carb community, there is the message that we should be eating high fat all the time, no matter what; fat is free, fat is fine, you can’t overdo fat. It is true that fat does not stimulate your insulin. However, extra added fat is not a great idea if weight loss...
“Keto flu” is the name many people use to describe the transition period that may occur when you change your diet from a high carbohydrate diet to a low carbohydrate diet. Not everyone gets it. Some people have mild symptoms, and some people have very severe symptoms.
The...
