The kids are alright … with Hearty “meatballs” in a rich tomato sauce

A Monday night quickie, “meatballs” in a rich tomato sauce. Son loves meatballs, I don’t as I’ve been vegetarian for as long as I can remember, thought I’d try a

Ottoman Cabbage Rolls, winner for all the fam-bam & so very filling

Felt like something filling, had a half cabbage in the fridge. Thought of cabbage rolls but after all that Russian cabbage soup, just wanted some different flavour .. welcome a

Another quickie … Best mash recipe, with one simple added step … and some spicy tid-bits = Aloo Bharta

Look, I’m such a sucker for a mash. Especially though shall remain nameless ending an “ato” mash. Also a sucker for flavour. So combined those two suckers together and made

Macaroni cheese, ultimate dreary weather comfort food & finally a “cheese” sauce I love !

Yes, finally, I’ve made a cheese sauce recipe I love to eat. There are many out there, most using nutritional yeast as the cheese flavour. Well. High carbs in that

Yakisoba noodles, so very simple and so very delicious !

A little like good old Chow Mien, but with the depth of flavour of Japanese dishes. Delicious street food reinvigorated for the Optifaster’s taste buds (or restrictive list , one

Kill-a-kilo soup version with lower cal & half the carb, Welcome “Shchi” Russian cabbage soup

Gave the Kill-a-kilo soup a whirl this week. Personally, found it way too sweet for my liking, even minus the french onion soup mix, especially after drinking the sweet shakes

Hot Madras is here, for those who like lots of flavour (but not for the faint hearted).

The elusive Madras. Of course, you can definitely buy the ready made powder, but I looked at the ingredients and thought “nah” too many fillers including cornflour, which we cannot

A Monday night quickie … welcome Okonomiyaki mini

Well after all the tex-mex delights yesterday and a big huge mega craving for plain old toast averted … I gritted my teeth and whipped up some Okonomiyakis (Japanese pancakes)

Tex-mex feastin’ time y’all ! + recipe for pulled cabbage tostadas !

Tex-mex feast has arrived. It was such a fun thing to cook. I admit being a bit scared of Mexican because it has such a high carb load I wondered

Tex-Mex pulled pork, ah-la cabbage ….

Someone asked me to to try to copy Pork Belly. Now, I cannot think of any way of doing this Opti intensive friendly that wouldn’t break all the rules in