Lose Weight and Keep it Off

One of my favorite recipes has to be cheesy-stuffed butternut squash. It’s really easy to make, absolutely delicious and healthy. The downside is that it does take a while to make. The longest part is roasting the butternut squash to soften it so you can scoop out the middle. I also tend to roast it whole for 15 minutes beforehand to soften it enough to cut in half! Besides that, it’s great. I tend to start making it while my husband is on the train home from work. By the time he’s home, it’s ready to be plated up. Here’s the recipe for it. Ingredients: 1 butternut squash (halved with seeds removed) 100g soft cheese; onion and chive or garlic and herb work best for this but you can experiment with flavors 50g grated cheese (low-fat if you want to keep it lower in propoints/syns etc) 1tsp paprika (or to taste) 1tsp chives (or to taste) 1 slice of bread Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180C 2. Make a crisscross into the butternut squash halves an...

When you’re on a diet, you can feel like all sweet treats are banned. That’s really not the case. If it was, I wouldn’t have lost weight (trust me!). But to be able to lose weight, you need to find healthy desserts and snacks. These banana and cranberry muffins are perfect, and very easy to make. Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 200g plain flour (white) 2tsp baking powder 50g dried cranberries 100g sugar 1 egg (medium) 1tsp vanilla extract 50g butter, melted 100ml milk 1 banana, mashed Method: 1.        Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan assisted) 2.        Place eight muffin cases into a muffin tray 3.        Sift your flour and baking powder together into a bowl. Add the cranberries and sugar and stir everything together. 4.        Beat the egg, extract, butter and milk together i...