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I will attempt to update wartime recipes to modern tastes, in order to keep up with new trends, attitudes and approaches to food and it's preparation while still keeping a traditional British wartime feel to recipes. I will start by making recipes to the letter and move forward from there to encompass different modern diets. I will attempt to make meals first fit in to a popular diet plan and then will move on to Vegetarian/Vegan versions. So that everyone can enjoy British wartime recipes. This experiment is for my own amusement as well as to feel closer to my grandparents over the years they cooked and lived through hard times.

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Monday, 6 January 2014

A dedication to healthy eating and my vow to you.

I have been pretty naughty with my eating habits between my honeymoon and Christmas, and have piled on the pounds.  I have a stone and a half to lose. So I have signed up to slimming world. I have also signed up as a Dryathlete to raise money for cancer research.  (Text SYNG50 and your donation amount e.g. £2 to 70070 to support me. Thanks! )

So the recipes on my blog will reflect this from now on. I did try to do a lighter form of the wartime diet a while back, but I found that without the support of a group I fell foul of my own low will power: Hello sausage rolls and doorstep butter filled sarnies! So in an effort not to yo-yo yet again I signed up.

I will be adapting wartime recipes to fit my slimming world plan. They will all be low in fat, low in sugar and low in salt, so perfect for dieters and non dieters. They will be budget meals and most of all they will be different from your usual low fat fare. I hope this helps a few of you with your own healthy eating journey and inspires you to try new things. The wartime recipes will still remain.  I will always try to list the original as well as the adapted recipe in each case. What's the good news?  Offal, pigeon and rabbit is still on the menu! You'll thank me later.... Lol!

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