Low Fat, Low Salt, Low GI - Delicious February 2008
It’s the New Year - time of resolutions on healthier lifestyles, fitness regimes and healthy eating. So up steps Delicious with a seemingly low-everything issue.
They include a free magazine this month, 10 Thinner Dinners, which lists, amongst a few recipes, 50 ways to ‘lighten up and feel great.’ The tips range from steaming your vegetables, making low-fat pesto, substituting some of the butter in cakes with fruit purees through to using egg whites instead of whole eggs in baked dishes and ditching the salt pot.
You would be mistaken in thinking that a ‘health’ issue packed full of recipes acclaimed for their low levels of salt, fats, sugar, calories, and whatever would be bereft of a decent dessert. Far from it. We have a choice of Apple and Pear Tarte Tatin, Lemon Tart, Baby Palm-Sugar Meringues with Passion Fruit, Mocha Tiramisu and Velvety Orange Creams in this issue which should be enough to see even me through the month!
If you ever shop in the delightful food hall in Selfridges - and who doesn’t do their weekly shop there? - you should be able to find produce from Lake House Organics. Why is this significant? Because, dear reader, Lake House Organics is run by Trudie Styler (the wife of Sting). They don’t give full details of what is now available in an interview with Trudie but, to quote:
“Our beetroot, raspberries, gooseberries, herbs, apples, blackcurrants and onions have gone into the new range of Lake House Organic products.”
It seems the company produces honey, beeswax candles, various cheeses, sausages and various cuts of meat that are all sold locally. They also run a local veg-box scheme too.
So what stand-out recipes do we have in this issue? How about a Moroccan Chicken Stew with Lemon and Olives (low in fat), Raan-style lamb with tomato and spinach pilau (low in saturated fat and salt), Savoury Filo Strudel with Port Wine Sauce (low in calories and salt), Kohlrabi, Apple and Fennel Salad with Crab (low in calories and carbs) or Grilled Scallops with Gorgonzola Dressing, Hazelnuts and Radicchio? All sound tempting, don’t they?
One other article you shouldn’t miss is by bread-supremo Richard Bertinet. Hints and tips to make the best tasting bread and recipes for Rustic Baguettes, Seeded Bread and Dark Rye Bread with Raisins. Scrummy.
