Fiona Kirk

19/02/2021

I AM NOT A SUPPLEMENT 'PEDDLER' BUT...
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02/07/2019

BIT OF A TREAT!

I was in Manhattan last week for a mind-blowingly-fabulous wedding in Brooklyn! The weather was blisteringly hot and The Liberty Warehouse on Pier 41 in the historic shipping yards of Red Hook, Brooklyn where the wedding, the feasting and the dancing took place was something else with the Statue o

01/06/2019

EARLY MORNINGS, LONG DAYS & LATE NIGHTS

Looking great, staying focused and having loads of energy when every day is full-on is a big ask and when you are often up at the crack of dawn, work long hours and regularly have to attend social events in the evening, getting your diet right to keep you firing on all cylinders can be stressful to

12/04/2019

SPICED LAMB SALAD

I mentioned the superb, top-grade lamb mince from James F and James M of Field & Flower in my newsletter last week and this reminded me of my Spiced Lamb Salad which I haven’t made in quite a while. Just how ridiculous is it that I seem to forget some of the recipes that I worked so long

03/04/2019

PORTUGUESE CUSTARD TARTS! - OH YES PLEASE!

Yes, I know that they don’t necessarily ‘fit’ with a soup/nutrition blog but they are so very hard to resist! James of the Portugalist website sums it up very nicely… “This pastry is quite simply perfection in two bites.” I am going to let him tell you about the history of pastéis de na...

28/03/2019

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE A NOODLE?

I suppose it goes way back to those slippery, little noodles in Knorr’s Chicken Noodle Soup ? I don’t think I have ever come across a single person who was growing up in the 60’s who didn’t delight in that deliciously-lovely ‘powdered’ soup that only needed some water to make it come ali...

11/03/2019

WHAT MAKES A GREAT SNACK?

Ideally, the purpose of a snack is to keep us nourished and ‘on our toes’ until our next meal - SO - it should be occasional, small, tasty, nutritious, filling, fresh, transportable and quick - and preferably, it should NOT be a response to a sugar craving, an answer to boredom or a totally mind...

03/03/2019

YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT!

Now… the way I see it is … if grilled flat, fresh mushrooms, just-ripe avocados, smoked salmon from fish so fresh even through the smoking you can detect it and a runny, free-range organic egg are your thing - you have just happened upon the very best combination - ever! I played around with thi...

28/02/2019

SPICING THINGS UP A BIT!
https://www.makeyourdietworkforyou.com/blog/2019/2/23/spicing-things-up-a-bit

You know those cookbooks that ask anybody and everybody in the surrounding area to donate their favourite and ‘best kept secret’ recipes to be included to make some dosh for a chosen charity? Well, I am a sucker for them all - you just know that Mrs S from Bonnyrigg or Mrs T from Borehamwood are...

15/02/2019

THIS IS GOOD!
https://www.makeyourdietworkforyou.com/blog/2019/2/15/spinach-beets-swiss-chard-and-quinoa

Spinach is a vegetable that belongs to the  Amaranthaceae  family of plants and is closely related to beets, swiss chard and quinoa and if any of you have purchased any of my books, you will note that my recipes include rather many of the Amaranthaceae family! They all boast a hig

13/02/2019

CHICKEN SOUP FOR COLDS & FLU
https://www.makeyourdietworkforyou.com/blog/2019/2/15/chicken-soup-for-colds-and-flu

No, not this time - I want to talk about Miso Soup, often forgotten when we need a bit of a pick-me-up when the weather is cold, damp and unforgiving and particularly when it comes to attracting the odd virus that is doing the rounds! This recipe is from the Planet Organic Cookbook which was

09/02/2019

JUST BACK FROM PORTUGAL!
https://www.makeyourdietworkforyou.com/blog/2019/2/9/just-back-from-portugal

I may have mentioned (on more than one occasion!) that the Portuguese LOVE their soups AND they are many and varied! One that I am particularly partial to is Caldo Verde and I just happened to pop into Casa do Ze on the front in the beautiful town of Lagos for a bowl …. and it was quite del