
Healthy recipe: Summer spiced salmon and king prawns
HERE IS a fabulous spiced salmon recipe from Head Chef Simon Smith at Tameside Hospital, Manchester. Simon says: “Here we are cooking for the summer weather. This lightly grilled salmon, marinated in a spiced oriental sauce is quick and easy to prepare and cook. Perfect for those summer lunches with a salad or in the
Boot Camp 6 – keep repeating those good new habits
MY Boot Camp over the past six weeks has been helping you stay on track and I know so many of you have been noticing how things have changed and have had significant WOW moments! There was a lovely post in Slimpod Club yesterday and here it is: Last night it was our village cycling club’s

Healthy recipe: Smoked finney haddock with two-cheese sauce
OUR super chef Simon Smith has done it again! This week’s recipe is more than delicious – it’s absolutely packed with goodness. Simon, head chef at Tameside hospital in Manchester, says: “With this dish I want to show how a popular fish can be made into a tasty meal with little effort and the dish
Boot Camp week 5 – changing your Summer mindset
SO here we are at the last-but-one week of my Boot Camp and I thought it would be useful if this week we focused on the holiday season because I know this time of year can throw up all sorts of challenges, concerns and anxieties about food and your weight. This is hardly surprising since
Simon’s tasty and nutritious Thai chicken satay
What healthy recipe has Simon Smith, the head chef at Tameside hospital, cooked up for us all this week? He’s whipped up some highly nutritious and quick to cook Thai chicken satay. It serves 4 and preparation time is only 8 mins. Cooking time is 10 mins. What’s not to like!! Thai Chicken Satay Ingredients 2
Boot Camp week 4 – limiting beliefs and self-doubts
MY Week 4 Boot Camp video is about limiting beliefs and self-doubt – how they sabotage lasting weight loss (and what you can do about it). This was in my Boot Camp last January and it resonated with so many people so I thought it was important to include it now, too. If you’ve

Chicken Filo Parcels with Leek and Herbs
Here is the latest of our tasty, healthy recipes from Simon Smith, the head chef at Tameside hospital. Today he has whipped up some beautiful Chicken Filo Parcels with leek and herbs.

Boot Camp week 3 – your guide to consistent healthy eating
THIS week we’re talking food – such a HUGE subject and one about which there is so much confusion. Food gets labelled good and bad, naughty or “a treat”, a syn and any number of other things. So It’s no wonder food has all sorts of special meanings for many of us. We give it
Catalan Omelette
Simon Smith, the amazing Head Chef from Tameside NHS Trust in Manchester, is helping you to lose weight by creating a lovely healthy recipe each week. This week he has a lovely variation on an omelette for us. Eggs represent one of nature greatest nutritionally complete food sources. Each egg contains varied amounts of 13

Boot Camp week 2 – overcoming the fear of failure
One of the things I’ve noticed most during nearly 10 years of helping people lose weight is how a lot of them panic when I ask them to set goals. Last week was no exception. Posting a picture and setting goals sent shockwaves through some of the Slimpod community! In my blog last week I said
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