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Cranberries: A girl's best fruity friend
After featuring in countless scenes of the Sex and the City, the distinctive cosmopolitan cocktail made a comeback.
And its trademark pinkiness comes from none other than cranberry...
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Organic products worth splurging on
Organic food is no longer limited to specialist shops or bought solely by fussy foodie consumers.
Eight out of ten households bought organic products in 2011, according to the Soil Association....
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Griddled courgette, broad bean, feta and mint salad
Dish type: Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 (130g) bag Italian style leaves
4 small courgettes
15ml/1 tbsp olive oil
225g/8oz podded broad beans...
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Don't fatten up your salad; keep those salad leaves light
Despite your best intentions, a salad can quickly become a diet disaster.
Calorific dressings and high-fat ingredients counteract the health benefits of a crunchy bowl of greens.
Keep your salads figure...
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Top foods to help shed a few pounds
When trying to lose weight, you can end up thinking of food as your enemy.
But in actual fact, it's just the opposite. If you befriend the right foods, the pounds are more likely to drop off than if...
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Fuelled for success: Olympians' diets revealed
It takes more than extra laps of the track or early mornings in the gym to turn athletes into Olympic champions.
Their finely tuned bodies require a carefully controlled diet – which could ultimately...
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Super foods: The key to younger looking skin
Plastic surgeon Dr Rozina Ali left the operating theatre behind for the frontiers of skin science, asking if it is possible to make your skin look younger without surgery, on BBC2 programme Horizon.
She...
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Reel in the benefits with our summer fish dishes
With summer finally on the way, it's time to start cooking fresh, light dishes.
Fish and seafood are the perfect main ingredients for a summery supper and a great way to top on on Omega-3.
These...
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Trout and Ginger Salad
Dish type: Fish
Fresh griddled trout and smoked trout are delicious on their own. Put them together, add a ginger dressing and you have a sensational first course or light main course that is easy...
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British cherries: Ripe for revival
To celebrate the throes of cherry-picking season we have four delightful British cherry desserts.
Traditional cherry orchards were phased out in the Sixties and by 2004 there were just a pitiful 960...
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Five steps towards a flat stomach this summer
Now that we're in the summer months, lots of us are thinking about getting into a bikini and hitting the beach.
As we know, yo-yo dieting is only a short-term fix, and the chances are you'll gain all...
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The key to healthy eating throughout the summer
With the holidays, picnics, outdoor barbecues and street parties that summer entails, our schedules can get thrown off a bit.
As can our eating routines, and many Brits neglect their normally well-balanced...
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Game, set, match: From Strawberry Fields to centre court
Wimbledon wouldn't be complete without a number of things: the world’s biggest names in tennis, electrifying matches, plentiful Pimms, a little drizzle and, of course, the perfect accompaniment...
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Combat your cravings and snack smart
Most of us fall victim to that mid-afternoon slump. It’s 4pm, you’re fading fast and in desperate need of a sugar boost – it’s so very tempting to reach for the biscuits.
We're...
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James Martin's Mushroom Soup with Coriander Cress
Dish type: Soups
Serves 4
Ingredients:
· 1kg (2lb 3oz) flat mushrooms – sliced and dark gills removed
· 100ml (3½fl oz) rapeseed oil
· 2 large shallots, peeled and...
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Best served chilled: Our 6-step diet plan to combat stress
Stress seems to be an inevitable fact of modern life.
But while we may not be able to wipe it out completely, eating the right foods can help our bodies cope.
Certain foods can actually exacerbate...
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Liz McClarnon's Chicken and Guacamole Salad
Dish type: Salad
This also makes a lovely lunchbox or picnic dish - just store in a plastic container.
Serves 1
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: none
Ingredients:
4 tbsp of fresh guacamole...
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Take a leaf out of our summer salads
Thankfully we've come a long way from the iceberg-loving Eighties, and we now have the widest choice of UK grown leafy salad available to enjoy than ever before.
From peppery rocket and crunchy...
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How many calories are you drinking?
If there is one thing us ladies tend to focus on too much it’s our weight.
Calorie controlled diets are part of some of the most popular weight loss programmes around. Someone who is following...
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Weight Watchers plan for bride Michelle makes her feel like 'a million dollars' for her big day
Michelle was unhappy about her size but lacked the motivation required to lose weight because she had no focus. But then, her mother booked a trip for the two of them and her aunt to go to Kenya. Realising...