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Spicy Lemon Cod

Every time I go away I end up eating more fish, and then I come home craving more.  This spicy lemon cod is easy, quick and delicious, cod is a good source of omega 3 oils when it’s wild caught! Ingredients: Wild caught cod filet – dry them off in kitchen paper before cooking them […]

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Thai Style Salmon with Veg

Thai Style Salmon with Veg Fiber Points 10+ Salmon Filet 1 tsp crushed ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic 1 tbsp soy sauce Juice of a ½ lime (or tbsp apple cider vinegar) Toasted shredded or desiccated coconut (preferably unsweetened) Salad Onion (red or shallot) Mini Cucumber Carrot Juice of ½ Lime (or tbsp apple cider […]

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Breakfast Bowl for gut health

I am delighted peach season is back with us… I LOVE peaches! And yes, I keep the skin on them for additional fibre benefits (washed of course!) This breakfast bowl is not only delicious, but it’s great for the gut too! I have been including additional nuts, specifically brazil and flaxseed as they are highly […]

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Pumpkin, Chickpea & Spinach Curry

Pumpkin, Chickpea & Spinach Curry Fiber Points 12+ 2 tbsp oil (coconut or Extra Virgin Olive Oil) 2 medium brown onions (sliced) 2 cloves garlic crushed 2 birdseye chillies (sliced – deseeded if you don’t want the heat) 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp black mustard seed (optional) ½ teaspoon ground turmeric […]

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Miso salmon

Miso Salmon Fiber Points 4+ (depending on what you have with it) Salmon isn’t only a good source of protein; it’s also good for omega-3 oils, vitamin D, vitamin b12, selenium and potassium, which are all essential for your health. Miso is a fermented (traditionally) soybean paste, and can also be made from rice or […]

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Lemon & Garlic Cod

I purchased some very reasonably priced cod and an Italian lemon in lidl, and needed an easy and quick recipe.  Delicious with steamed or roast potatoes, steamed veg, Sauerkraut or whatever you enjoy your fish with. The more varieties of vegetables you have, the more fiber points you will have. Cod is a great source […]

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Simple Stir Fry

Stir Fry – Fiber Points 9+ A selection of veg to chop and stir fry: peppers, celery, carrots, onion, broccoli, cabbage, mushrooms, beansprouts, green beans, mangetout, edamame, spring onions, chillies, bamboo shoots etc. Lots of supermarkets sell bags of prechopped veg for quickness. 1 clove garlic crushed 1 cm fresh ginger thinly sliced 1 chilli […]

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Easy Laksa Curry

Along with Indian food, Thai is up there with my favourites. It’s always full of flavour and tastes fresh and healthy! This is an easy recipe for making veggie or adding chicken, prawns or tofu if you wish. As with all the recipes I share, the more variety of veg you use, the more fiber […]

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The ultimate comfort food

What is your ultimate comfort food? My absolute comfort food is macaroni cheese, chips AND garlic bread! BUT… fiber points = pretty much zero, unless I went to the bother of making the vegan version, but that just doesn’t cut it.  For my new subscribers, just to update you on what the fiber points thing […]

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Spicy Fermented Sprouts

I didn’t think I liked sprouts… to be honest, I had only tried them once and didn’t have a positive or negative reaction to them.  My good friend Janice (of Nourished by Nature) said that at Christmas time, she made a spicy sprout ferment… I was inspired, so I gave it a go myself. I […]

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Easy Hummus Recipe

I don’t like canned chickpeas, I find there is a taste from them that I don’t like, so I use dried chickpeas. You do need to soak them overnight before you cook them. I batch-cook them in my slow cooker, portion them and keep them in the freezer until I want to use them.  I […]

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My Soup Challenge

I was listening to a doctor talk about one of her patients who turned his health around by including a smoothie every day that had 57 different ingredients in it. He would go to the farmers market and buy whatever was in season, put it together in batches and make it up daily. He went […]

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Carrot & coriander soup

Carrot & Coriander Soup Fiber Points 8+ 500g bag of carrots  1 Onion  4 celery sticks  2 bay leaves  1 tbsp Oregano  1 tbsp Basil  3 heaped tspn Bouillion or 3 stock cubes Cayenne pepper (optional & how much depends on how hot)  ½ tspn black pepper  Handful of fresh coriander (plus spare to garnish)  […]

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Potato and leek soup

Nourishing your body is essential for better health. Gut microbiome research is coming on leaps and bounds over the last few years. The best ways to improve gut health is eating fermented foods (like the recipes I have shared in previous weeks) and increasing fiber diversity, aiming for at least 30 different sources each week. […]

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Healing Chai Tea

Welcome to Saturday Kitchen, my favourite recipes. The vast majority of them are gut-friendly, gut-healing, and digestive-supporting.  I have had quite a few new people join my mailing list recently, so if you are new here, welcome.  The reason I share these recipes is I have a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and Endometriosis.  From my […]

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Chocolate Banana Cake

Chocolate & Banana Cake Fiber Points 4+ 200g flour (white/plain flour no fiber points, whole wheat flour, rye, bran, seeded etc fiber points) 1 ½ tspn cinnamon powder  120ml olive oil  150ml liquid sweetener – I use honey or maple syrup  3 or 4 medium bananas (I use 4 if I have no eggs)  1 […]

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