The Fast Diet Recipe Book: 150 delicious, calorie-controlled meals to make your fasting days easy

6 Reviews For This Product

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   Rated 4 out of 5

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   by D. Wild September 13, 2023

   This book has helped me with ideas while I try to lose weight

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   Rated 5 out of 5

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   by Britt Jones September 19, 2023

   I did the 5:2 diet many years ago with success. However this time round I have been struggling, and I realised I just needed more inspiration, creative ideas. I highly recommend this book, its got some great recipes which also have different variations, good photos. I’m so glad I purchased it and feel more optimistic with my diet moving forward.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

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   by Textile Figure Artist October 5, 2023

   This book starts by including useful information about the research behind fast dieting. The rest you can find on their website http://www.fastdiet.co.uk

   It is then divided into breakfast, lunch and supper recipe suggestions and then ideas for various ways to cook meat, fish etc. At the back are some meal planners with calorie counts, which is useful.

   I like how each recipe clearly shows, at the top of the page,how many calories you will consume for that meal, though it does not give a full breakdown of which separate ingredients have which calories.

   I was disappointed that the meals contained a number of ingredients that would not necessarily be in most people’s larders; such as pomegranate molasses, oysters, quails eggs etc. I tried a couple of asparagus recipes and decided that I prefer the taste of sugar snap peas, curly kale and shredded greens, which would work just as well.

   I was also disappointed that the recipes virtually used up a woman’s 500 calorie intake in just two meals (a man’s being 100 calories more). Meaning that a woman would either have to omit lunch altogether or go over their quota.

   In the end I’ve just used the recipes for ideas and to increase my knowledge of the nutrition for making satisfying, low calorie meals that will last me until the next meal time and this has worked well.

   Then, I discovered the 2 Day Diet Cookbook, in the library, which I felt had more tasty and accessible recipe ingredients that ‘The Fast Diet Recipe Book’ and the calorie count is listed on the bottom of each recipe page, though in very tiny writing! (see my review)

   You’ll be training your head around the idea of satisfying, low calorie meals, so that it becomes second nature. It really does work!

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   by KT October 6, 2023

   I first tried some of these recipes when they were featured in the Times and enjoyed them so much that I decided to buy the book as well. I am not disappointed – loads of delicious and imaginative meals for me to get my teeth into. There are also plenty of quick and simple ideas if you don’t want to spend half and hour preparing your food – although I do wonder why you would buy a recipe book if you don’t want to cook…?! Although some of the recipes have a fairly lengthy list of ingredients, none seem very complex or long-winded. So far I have tried the Red Lentil Massalla (delicious), Sarah Raven’s Chicken Puttanesca (destined to become a regular on non-fasting days and likely to be served up to friends and family too) and the O’Kelly Fish (too lemony – next time I will mix the lemon juice and olive oil to make a vinaigrette and drizzle it over after cooking). The recipe for shakshouka looks identical to one I have made before, which was fabulous, so I am delighted to see that it can be a fast day meal as well. There is a very handy index according to calorie count at the back, as well as useful menu planners, snack ideas (HOW many calories in an almond??!!) and sauces/dressings/rubs to help your imagination run riot. I would heartily recommend this book and suggest that even if the recipes don’t immediately attract you (and I struggle to see how that could be!) you give them a go and allow yourself to be convinced.

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   by David Robinson November 7, 2023

   I’ve been doing the Fast Diet for 2 months now and am very pleased with the results so far, but I’ll keep this review on the recipe book and not the diet itself.

   One of my worries with the diet was that the food I would have on my fast days would be too boring and would put me off keeping the diet going. A friend is doing the diet and buying low-cal snacks/wraps/meals from shops on the fast days, but the idea of doing that long term was not appealing to me. I’m a fairly competent cook and wanted food that interested me on those fast days.

   Luckily, I’ve found the recipes in this very tasty and fairly easy to make. I’ve not had any issues with ingredients, yes, some I’ve had to buy but they’re not that unusual or hard to get. Until I’d read reviews on here about expensive, unusual ingredients, I hadn’t even thought about it! I’ve also found the recipes surprisingly filling considering the calorie count, I had visions of pecking at a saucer full of food, but most are decent sized portions.

   Favourites so far include the cottage pie (made with celeriac), one of the tastiest cottage pies I’ve had and even superior to many “normal” ones. We also like the O’Kelly Fish and Lentil curry, and it’s hard to even think of a recipe made so far that we’ve not enjoyed. Some are simplicity indeed, like smoked salmon for breakfast topped with capers, red onion and lemon juice.

   It is possible to do the diet without the recipe book, as it’s only the calorie count that matters, but I’d recommend this book if you’re short on ideas for what to have and want some time-saving recipes instead that spare you the calorie counting.

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   by angela baker November 9, 2023

   The book has some great recipes tho some of the Ingredients are not easy to buy