Cook is a very important part of the site! We know how annoying it is to be "in the zone" in the evening, only to realise you are hungry, and have no idea what you're going to cook, how long it's going to take and whether you're going to gain a few kg or not. (Let's face it, unless you're really dedicated to your exercise, you probably will with six months of sedentary living!) So here we have a small selection of recipes, some very healthy, some not, but mostly very easy to prepare or with short cooking times. If people are interested we can also offer a "Menu Selector" in the future, where we can put up a suggested weekly menu at the start of the week, with a shopping list to go with it.

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Lamb Kebabs

Jul 24, 2008 in Cook

Bored? Frustrated? Restless? Irritable?
Are you hungry, by any chance?
Try this…

Ingredients:
Lamb Mince or even lamb pieces with a bit of fat but no bones.
Half an Onion
2 cloves Garlic
2 cm of fresh Ginger
Handful of Coriander
teaspoon of Cumin
One Fresh green Chili

If you have a food processor:
Put the lamb pieces and all of the other ingredients into it and blitz. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Remove and shape in to small flat burger shapes - or whatever shape you want really!

If you don’t have a food processor:
Use the lamb mince instead. Chop the onion finely and crush the garlic and ginger. Finely chop the coriander and chili. Mix it all together with the mince. Add salt and pepper to taste. Shape as above

Cook the burgers on a griddle pan or in a hot frying pan with a small amount of oil to stop them sticking.

Serving suggestions:
With some salad and pita bread and a yoghurt dip.
In a burger bun with salsa and a slice of cheese.
With chips!!

Calorie Count

Jun 21, 2008 in Cook

Okay, so far we have been doing viva practice for 7 hours.

We have consumed:

  • 1 tub of M&S chocolate cornflake crispy things.
  • 1 pack of M&S percy pigs
  • 1 tub humous
  • 1 pack carrot batons
  • 1 pack of grapes
  • 6 beef burgers made into cheeseburgers with cheese singles, a salsa sauce (all natural ingredients), mayonnaise, ketchup and sesame seed bun.
  • 2 litres diet coke
  • 3 double double espressos (with double cream and sugar)
  • 1 pack Fire Roasted Chilli Flavoured Tortilla Chips
  • 1 pack reduced fat ready salted crisps

And that’s between 3 of us.

We have done 6 long cases, at least 8 short cases, 6 science vivas and argued about various things that have been thrown up as a result of the vivas. We also argued about the (old) Final FRCA Guide question on management of Guillain-Barre. Where was the protein in CSF????

Update:It’s just been pointed out to us that we’ve had 2 of our “5-a-day”.