I bought a bottle of Fanta Zero today (despite my detesting artificial sweeteners and unhealthy diet drinks!) and have poured about 100ml into several cups and placed them in the freezer. Ready to go pick me ups and snacks for summer

Tofu

Chop firm Tofu into 1-2cm size cubes, lightly pan fry (use a light spray of olive oil) with garlic granules, onion, cracked pepper and Basil/oregano or an Italian herb mix till golden brown.
add chopped tomatoes, & spinach (allowance -remember to include the onion in your weighing)
Cook till spinach wilts & serve

Experiment with your veges as different veges and herbs will dramatically alter the taste

I've been toying with the idea of doing crackers somehow with cheese and some baked peach or apricot on top, maybe with some sweetner. Dont know how it would turn out, kind of a desserty thingo.

THANK YOU 8-2 much and others who've contributed to this thread, I'm an atrociously lazy cook and so need a recipe for everything. Am looking forward to cooking up some Chicken meatballs fordinner tonight.. something I would NEVER have thought of. Thank you xxoo

AND wow Karol, only 1kg to go.. excellent work.. how amazing you must feel

i love my orange and mango sorbet
put 250 mls of fanta zero and mango allowance (150 g) in food processor and blitz till smooth put in a container and freeze it till almost frozen . pop it back into the food processor and blitz it again and it turns into a georgous yummy sorbet mmm mmm. i love it, if sorbet is totally frozen you may need to add a little more fanta zero when blitzing it.
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Feel like having your cake and eating it too? Need a special treat that tastes sensational? Then try this out!

Ingredients (makes 2 cheesecakes)

Ricotta Cheese (allowance)
1 tsp Instant coffee (to taste)
Sweetener (if desired)
Olive Oil Spray
2 White Crispbread
1½ Tablespoons Sprite Zero
Ground Cinnamon (to taste)

Method
Process or crush crispbread to fine crumbs. Add cinnamon and sprinkle with sprite zero so crumbs stick together. Spray 2 muffin pans with a little olive oil. Divide the crumbs into these and press down firmly. Blind bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool.
Meanwhile dissolve coffee (and sweetener if desired) in a small amount of boiling water. Add to Ricotta cheese with a little cinnamon and mix through. Divide the cheese mixture between the 2 muffin pans, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake in a moderate oven for 10-12 minutes. Cool in fridge. Enjoy as a treat with a long black after salad (vegetable allowance).

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Try out these fantastic cheesecakes...so fantastic in fact - you will think you are deviating!

Ingredients – makes 2
Ricotta Cheese (allowance)
Fruit (allowance)
Olive Oil Spray
2 White Crispbread
1½ Tablespoons Sprite Zero
Sweetener (if desired)
Ground Cinnamon or Nutmeg (optional)

Method
Using the same cheesecake base as for the Cappuccino Cheesecakes, with or without the addition of cinnamon, you can easily create these delicious cheesecake variations. Lemon juice, mango, peach and nectarine are just some fruits that create taste sensations. Why not be imaginative and try out different combinations of fruit?
After selecting and preparing your fruit, combine it with the Ricotta and divide the mixture between the 2 muffin pans. Bake in a moderate oven for 15-20 minutes. Cool in fridge. Enjoy as a treat after salad (vegetable allowance).

Mango Cheesecake
Dice mango (~100 g) into 1cm cubes. Mash ’ mango and combine this well with ricotta allowance. Place remaining mango cubes on cheesecake bases and pour ricotta mixture over top. Bake for approximately 20 minutes.


Peach Cheesecake
Halve peach and deseed. Slice 4-5 thin wedges. Cook these slightly with a little Sprite Zero and set aside. Dice the remaining peach and combine with ricotta. Divide into muffin pans. Arrange wedges on top and bake for approximately 18 minutes.

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guess what I'm going to make tomorrow then... are salada's whaty ou call white crispbreads?

Yes! Saladas are fine to make the bases out of. I have never tried it, but I think even wholemeal crackers would be ok, particularly with the fruit cheesecakes - though it would depend on the choice of fruit. Just make sure you don't use cracked pepper crispbread - pepper and cheesecakes YUK!!! I hope you have a magical birthday full of smiles and sparkles! Enjoy your 'cakes'!

Anyone doing anything delicious with fish? Looking for some quick and tasty ideas for using a filet of halibut, etc.

I hate using my fruit allowance on using a lemon.. I need my fruit to extend my tiny meal. I don't mind using some of it in the recipe as you eat the mango or orange but a lemon!::

Anyway any ideas for cooking fish?

Thanks:

Slimny - I too struggled with idea of giving up a whole fruit for a sqeeze of lemon juice...just doesn't seem fair! Anyway, if I was having fresh fish for dinner and had used all my fruit allowance, I would lay out a piece of alfoil and place two slices of lemon on it. Then I would either slice up lemongrass (the base part of the plant - like you use in soups, ect) and place this on the lemon slices or wrap my fish in a few blades of lemongrass. Put the fish onto the lemon slices and then put more slices of lemon (and slices of lemongrass if you used the base part of the herb, but put this on before the lemon slices) on the fish and wrap this all up in the foil. If you like, you could use fresh dill instead of lemongrass...it really compliments fish.
You can either dry fry this in a frypan over a medium heat - I usually put the lid on the keep the heat inside or you can bake it in a moderate oven. After your fish is cooked (time depends on thickness of fillet) unwrap and remove herbs and lemon slices and discard.

Also, you miss tartare sauce, try mixing a bit of dill (fresh/dried) and a tiny bit of white wine vinegar with your mayo allowance. Serve with your fish.

Hi all

I was wondering how you add your other comments to the end of your signature (eg date started Cohen's, goals, etc).

I love new recipes. This is great.

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Hi Everyone

This is one of my favourites when I feel like something easy and flavourful.

Mince Meat (allowance)
Onion (allowance)
1/2 tomato (allowance)
Fresh Parsley
Fresh Garlic
Chilli flakes (optional)
salt
2 Crispbread (crushed)

Mix mince 1/2 the onion, Fresh Parsley and chilli flakes and 1/2 crushed crispbread together to make meat balls. Fry these in a fry pan until almost cooked.

In a saucepan fry the other 1/2 the onion & garlic until soft. Add the tomato and cook until mushy and combined. Add a little water and make a thin sauce add the other 1/2 crushed crispbread to thicken, salt and add the meatballs. Simmer until thick.

I sometimes add balsamic vineger to the tomato sauce for something different.

I hope you guys enjoy this one.

Hey all

Why don't you put your great recipe ideas on the Cohen's web site so people who only go there can get them also???

Cohen's Lifestyle Clinic - Weight-loss and Wellness through Nutrition

Keep up the lovely ideas.

I am going to try one over the hols. If it works out I will post it...

ATA

Thankyou for these recipes...Less of me, the Chicken and Asparagus soup was great, I changed it slightly by adding coriander instead of parsley and chilli flakes and I LOVED it, a meal I would eat even not on Cohens!!!