Author: Healthy Diet Tips

DoughStep 1Whisk together one ¼-oz. envelope instant dry yeast (2¼ tsp.), ¼ cup (50 g) sugar, 2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour in a large bowl. Whisk 2 large eggs with 1 cup warm water in a small bowl to combine, then pour into dry ingredients. Add 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature; mix with a sturdy rubber spatula or your hands until a shaggy dough forms, 6–8 minutes. Cover with a lid or plate; let sit 10 minutes (this will make it easier to knead).Step 2Turn dough out…

From nostalgic Sunday roasts to falafel pitta stuffed to the brim with pickles, we asked eight of the world’s top chefs and home cooks to name the one dish they’d never tire of.See our collection of comfort food recipes for recipe inspiration, then take a look at quick dinner ideas, healthy recipes and budget dinners.1. Chetna Makan, cookbook author and Bake Off finalist”It would have to be a chicken curry or a chicken biryani. It could be the best butter chicken, or my mum makes this masala chicken, which I have actually shared on my YouTube channel, but it’s just…

Setting yourself a healthy meal plan for the week ahead provides a myriad of benefits, from helping you budget to saving time and energy. Here’s why it’s a great way to stay healthy, too:Set your intentions in advance without getting distracted. For instance, is your main purpose to reduce snacking by focusing on low-GI, high-protein meals? Or are you setting a daily calorie limit? Once you’re clear on your ‘big aim’, you can plan your meals to fit round that.Looking at the week as a whole before you start gives you the ability to ensure you’re getting a varied, balanced…

“If you think nut roast is a boring vegetarian cliche, think again! This little beauty is chock full of delicious nuts, seeds and spices that come together in a taste sensation. Don’t be put off by the number of ingredients – most of these are lurking in the average spice rack and it comes together really quickly and easily. It works brilliantly as a roast dinner but also anywhere you would normally use mince, such as in a bolognese sauce, “meat”balls, rissoles, chilli or shepherds pie. If making for Christmas, you can add lots of allspice and nutmeg in addition…

This verdant pasta has two of my favorite things—greens and cheese—in abundance. Stuffed shells classically employ the oversized sort, each piece of pasta as big as a baby’s fist. But I love riffing on this technique with medium shells too. This swap means, instead of making a more involved filling with multiple ingredients—and stuffing each one by hand—you can simply sprinkle the open-armed noodles with a pungent cheese like feta and call it a day.The green sauce draws inspiration from a few places, including Joshua McFadden’s kale sauce from Six Seasons, Chris Morocco’s vividly hued pesto, and Priya Krishna’s Spinach…

Lens culinaris, lentils, are a legume that has been grown since prehistoric times. The majority of the world’s lentils are grown in India, the second biggest producer, and the source of many of the lentils we buy is Canada. Many of our specialist lentils come from Europe. You can also now buy UK-grown lentils from companies like Hodmedods; the plants were grown here in the past, but they are not easy to harvest. Lentils grow in small pods with typically two seeds (lentils) in each, and they need a warm, dry summer to ripen. Lentil varieties that suit the UK…

The Good Food podcastPlease note: this episode contains frank discussion of drug and alcohol addiction as well as some explicit languageChef and writer Alasdair Gill joins Samuel Goldsmith to talk about his raw new book, Knives and Spoons — a memoir-with-recipes charting his rise from kitchen porter to head chef, and his journey through addiction to recovery. Alasdair opens up about why kitchens took him in when nowhere else would, growing up as the son of the late restaurant critic A.A. Gill, and how food became the thing that kept his life on track. He also shares the chaos of…

We’ve all been there – you’re gently sprinkling chilli powder into your curry, only for your hand to slip and masses of the fiery spice to go tumbling down into your creation that you’ve spent time, effort and money on. Nobody wants to throw money down the drain (or good food in the bin) so we’ve rounded up the best ways to get your curry or chilli back down to an acceptable, and most importantly enjoyable, level of spice.Our food team have been testing a variety of different methods to pin down what works best and we’ve come up with…

Having vegetables delivered to your doorstep every week has a host of benefits – it’s convenient, healthy and supports small producers rather than large supermarkets. Many boxes offer organic produce and the contents are usually seasonal too. If you get stuck in a rut buying the same veg every week, then a veg box and its varied contents can help you try new things.Box schemes differ so it’s worth looking around before you sign up. Many boxes set their own contents, which often change from week to week. This suits the adventurous and unfussy, but you might be stuck with…

We all know that food gives us energy, and certain snacks can provide it particularly quickly! So if you’re a keen sportsperson or cramming for exams, is a strong coffee or a pack of Haribo the way to go?Low energy from a late night is one thing, but if you feel like you’re typically running on empty, it could be that your diet needs an overhaul. Regularly eating sugary foods or consuming stimulants like caffeine can result in a rollercoaster of blood sugar spikes and crashes, and that’s bad news for both your physical and your mental performance.So let’s take…