Not Just a Man’s World – I was at a friend’s house for dinner between an orchestra rehearsal and concert a little while ago and she served up some amazing chicken tikka kebabs.  Catharine is a super cook and is so accommodating to my dietary requirements with plenty of meat and vegetables on offer.  She did a super trick with the… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – As expected I only got one workout done and it happened right at the end of the week, the day after getting in from four days of walking. It was a tough walk so I was surprised that I managed as much as I did on my return.  However, a week of eating larger meals… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – I was planning on cooking the chicken and ham pie filler a few weeks ago however I decided to make a few changes as I went along and, in the end, I found myself with something that tasted slightly different.  Despite having no lemon in it, the casserole tastes strangely lemony – most likely due… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – I unexpectedly squeezed in three workouts this week.  The nice thing about this summer-period workout is that I felt I had it in me to do the extra workout, rather than needing several days to recover.  In this way I feel better about missing workouts next week when I’m off walking again. Results for last… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – To continue my theme of trying to introduce some different mince meals in my life I found a stew with sweet potato included.  It’s fairly basic but at the same time the flavours are fantastic.  The sweetness of the sweet potato comes out beautifully but don’t make the error I made the first time of… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – This week was the test for the new programme.  Could I go away for a 4 day walk and get back and straight into the gym.  Would I have retained strength based on the lighter programme I did the week before? As it turned out, the workout went well and I even got an extra… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – I recently realised that I was always cooking our slow cooker chilli recipe and it was time to do something new with mince.  I enjoy the curries that we do, but somehow they had never worked quite as well with mince.  Then it struck me that even in India they do curry with minced meat… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – Having put up a plan last Monday for this week everything changed.  I realised that this was my final week before I start my full schedule of summer walking for the walking company, so I needed to spend this week perfecting and finalising my summer maintenance plan.  I’m aiming for a single, effective workout that… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – This was a recipe that I obtained from Mark Sisson’s website, Mark’s Daily Apple.  It was really tasty and went down a treat with both of us.  I served it up plain with some spicy tomato salsa (recipe to follow next week) and green vegetables, but it would work well with guacamole, soured cream or,… Read more

Not Just a Man’s World – This is another quick and simple recipe inspired by Nicko’s kitchen on You Tube, although this week I have made a few alterations to the recipe.  It’s called dirty prawns because they look a bit grubby, covered by the bits of herbs and spices. It’s one that can be pulled together in 5 minutes and… Read more