FitBrits Blog

So we decided to take a moment of reflection and review how the FitBrits website had changed in the past year and a half since its launch.  It’s fair to say a lots happened and it’s still growing fast.

Starting out with the odd recipe and cooking guide ‘here and there’, FitBrits now has a fast growing number of recipes, guides and cook-a-long recipe podcasts.  And lets not forget the Blog which is where FitBrits started.

You can now follow FitBrits on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and via the blog and RSS feed.  Now with the option to create a user profile with us, soon you will be able to receive recipe recommendations and have your shopping lists created for you.

We’ll keep you posted on the blog, but make sure you keep checking back for recipes and cook-a-long podcasts.

Anyone tried a banana sandwich lately???  Every time I mention ‘I could really do with a banana sandwich right now’ in the office, I usually get the same response.  Along the lines of ‘urghhhhh, that sounds disgusting’!

Now, these are the words of those who have never tried a banana sandwich in all their glory.  I couldn’t rave about them more, but I have a couple of tips to make sure you make the best banana sandwich ever.

• Make your banana sandwich on WHITE BREAD.
• Make sure your banana is very ripe (so it even has some brown on.
• Butter the bread, always butter the bread!
• Slice the banana downwards (into circles) and sandwich between the bread.

And there you have it, a perfect banana sandwich.

Our Beef Burgers recipe and podcast is now available from FitBrits.co.uk Click here to go straight to the recipe. You can also download the shopping list from the site.

Ingredients

• 500g Beef Mince
• x1 Egg
• x1 Large Onion
• Garlic (x2 cloves)
• Worcester Sauce (x2 tbsp)
• Salt & Pepper
• Parsley
• Olive Oil (to fry)

So you think you’ve had a meat feast pizza before?  You ain’t seen nothing yet!  If you want the best pizza you’ve ever tasted, you need to try this recipe for the weekend.

Not only is this crammed full of, well, whatever you want, its a monster of a pizza, tastes absolutely fantastic and works out a whole log cheaper than a shop/restaurant bought pizza.

You’ll never turn back to the greasy, poor excuses of an over-the-counter pizza after you’ve cooked one of these!

Well the sun has finally come out and the scent of bbq’s is about towards the early eveneings of the weekend.  Check out our latest article for tips when cooking on the barbecue to make sure you have a great one!

So I was on my bi-weekly trip to the supermarket and decided that I really wanted some steak.  However, I often struggle to cook it so it tastes REALLY good (in my opinion) - we’re talking restaurant standard here! 

So anyway, I wondered the isles and ended up getting some parma ham (among other things).  One thing led to another and I ended up wrapping my steak with parma ham with crushed garlic, herbage and pepper between the steak and ham.  AND IT TASTED GREAT!

The ham keeps the steak nice and juicy and you can cram loads of flavour between the ham and steak.  It’s such an easy way to jazz up a piece of meat that I can’t believe I haven’t thought of this before! 

And why stop with steak.  You could wrap chicken or absolutely anything up to give it that fine cuisine standard!

Our Chicken and Prawn Curry recipe is now available from FitBrits.co.uk  Click here to go straight to the recipe.  You can also download the shopping list from the site.

Ingredients

• Olive Oil (to fry)
• x1 Onion
• Garlic (x2 cloves)
• Ground Coriander (2 tsp)
• Turmeric (1 tsp)
• Ground Ginger (1/2 tsp)
• Chilli Powder (1/2 tsp)
• Ground Cumin (1/2 tsp)
• Vinegar (2 tbsp)
• Water (200ml)
• 250g Prawns
• Chicken Breasts (x2)
• Corn Flour (to thicken)
• Rice (to serve) 

So I often find it difficult to get my 5-a-day fix at my desk.  So with some left over natural yogurt (low fat of course!) from dinner a couple of nights ago, I threw in some raspberries, kiwi fruit and banana and left it in the fridge.

I must say as a non-liker of natural yogurt, it tasted superb and is dead easy to eat in the office (no mess).  It also fills you up a right treat.

Our Butternut Squash Soup recipe (podcast to follow) is now available from FitBrits.co.uk  Click here to go straight to the recipe.  You can also download the shopping list from the site.

Ingredients

• x1 Small Onion
• Garlic (x2 cloves)
• Vegetable or Chicken Oxo Cube (x1)
• x1 Butternut Squash
• 400ml Water

Check out our free conversion chart available from the website or to download as a PDF file HERE.  Stick it on the inside of your kitchen cupboard, it’s the perfect size!

And don’t worry, we got a couple of pint glass conversions in there as well for those without a measuring jug!