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  With my ongoing obsession with salsa (seriously, what can you not put it on?), I am making different types of salsa. I have already posted a regular salsa recipe, as well as one for pico de gallo, but salsa picante falls somewhere in the middle of the two in terms of chunkiness. I have even posted a mango salsa recipe. I usually make up a big batch of this and then store it in the fridge. It will keep for around 5 days - if you don't eat it all before then of course. Salsa makes ...

  With trying to get back into a routine and catch up on work I have missed, I haven't had a lot of time for cooking over the past 2 days. Therefore the slow cooker has been my best friend. If you haven't got a slow cooker yet, you really should. Even though I do tend to use mine more in the winter, there are still plenty of things you can use it for in the summer. Although this chicken was used for tacos, you can use it for anything. You can make a big batch of it for the week to add ...

    When I was younger, whenever I was feeling ill my Mum would make me mushroom soup. There is just something so comforting about it. It is warming and filling, which is why I made it today as it is freezing in the UK. Today I am getting back on track with my eating and this soup is low in carbs and calories and delicious too. The perfect lunch to ease me back into healthy eating.   Ingredients - Serves 3: - 15 medium mushrooms, sliced - 2 medium onions, dice ...

  I have been experimenting with making some oil free salad dressings and this is one of them. It isn't because I think oil is bad, not at all. I think olive oil should be included in your diet, as it is a healthy fat, but as with everything, you don't want to be having loads of it everyday. So if you have already had a lot of fats during the day, a oil free salad dressing would be good instead of the store bought ones that are loaded with oil. Oil often adds a lot of the flavour to s ...

  David Beckham. Ryan Gosling. Even those guys that stand half naked outside Hollister. What do they have in common? Answer: 'The perfect body' - according to the media anyway. They are all, without doubt, great looking guys, with their ripped pecs, muscly biceps and washboard abs and whilst there is no doubt that they work hard to look that way, do they portray a realistic image of how a man should look? A recent study has shown that more men than ever are feeling the pressure to ge ...