After
the excesses of Christmas, a celebratory weekend in Seattle and then
3 weeks on holiday back home in Scotland I needed to lose some
weight so I ordered this book with the hope it would inspire and
encourage me with some new recipe ideas. The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight isn't a new cookbook (it was originally
published in 2012) but from what I have read it has received a lot of
praise so I was keen to give it a go.
For
those of you unfamiliar with 'The Hairy Dieters' they are more
commonly known as 'The Hairy Bikers' or Si King and Dave Myers. Over
the years they have become national treasures in the UK, and have 12
cookbooks as well as several accompanying television series behind
them. These guys know what they are doing and love food. Of course
that love of food led to a large weight gain between the two so they
decided it was time to watch their waistlines and work on losing some
weight. The result was a combined loss of 6 stone (84lbs) and a
cookbook dedicated to healthy recipes that will help everyone lose
some weight while still loving food.
Now I
realise that for a lot of you a review of a diet book may not be too
interesting, however to me this really isn't a diet book. On first
glance when I looked through the book, my initial thought was 'this
is how I cook anyway'. It is simply good recipes where you use
sensible choices to cut calories and control your portion size.
There
are 10 chapters dedicated to recipes including 'One-Pan Dishes';
'Grills and Roasts'; 'Pies'; 'Pasta & Rice' and me favourite,
'Fakeaways'. There is also a very useful chapter on Menus for your
First Week to help you get started with you weight loss plan.
After
bookmarking a lot of recipes I managed to narrow things down and
tested 5 recipes.....
