Smoked Turkey bacon and spinach omelette.Dukan cruise

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This is a quarter of the omelette that was made. My daughter and I were in a bit of a hurry to eat this delicious omelette...in fact I naïvely thought I was going to have it myself!

2 eggs 

One and half teaspoons oat bran

A hand full of spinach drained and chopped

Four rashers of turkey bacon

Skimmed milk

I added these ingredients together and and put in a nonstick pan to make this delicious omelette.

Dukan most important ingredient is not Oatbran ... But a non stick pan

I am so used to putting oil in my food and cooking on high that the non stick coating on my pan is no longer there. Hubby is always telling me to turn down the heat and I am somewhat stubborn. However on realising that this is the reason my Dukan  Gallettes were sticking  I invested in a Tefal Non stick pan.. one of those that has a colour changer to tell you when it is ready or not.. I even bothered to read the care instructions.

My new investment has assisted a lot with my cooking and also means that I am able to use less oil .. as Dukan suggests: adding a little drop of oil and then wiping it of with a kitchen towel.

Make your own Sushi

Dukan states that although salmon has oil or fat it is no more than steak. I love sushi so I am glad we can have it on Both Attack and Cruise. Here I have thinly sliced some fresh salmon and added Wasabi. I did not have any sushi ginger but this would have been a addition. I used some light soy sauce to dip the salmon in after adding a little of the Wasabi ( beware this can be hot an only a little is needed)

When using soy sauce do remember that this is adding salt. If you find you are stagnating it is a good idea to look at your salt intake as this can lead up water retention.

Eating out is possible

The Green Dragon Prawn and Crayfish Salad

Look at this yummy and substantial Salad that the Green Dragon in London Colney managed to produce for me without me having to explain my diet or use a special menu. It was delicious and tasty.



The Green Dragon is a lovely family friendly place to meet which is by a canal and has lovely walks.. it does a wide range of menus including cream teas, authentic Indian curries and Traditional English Fayre.. Do Check it out it has something for everyone. Their meet comes from the local farm Hedges Farm so food miles and quality is guaranteed.

Dukan and the overly Obesity

I have just re-read the book re severe obesity and the diet. Dukan suggests that when on the diet that walking is enough exercise: too much exercise can make people feel lethargic and they are more likely to crave foods that are not on Dukan.

He also advises that exercise is usually not something that severely obese people are used to or they would not have got obese. Here I beg to differ I have always liked to cycle and swim and have also loved the wrong kind of foods.


Although I would like to take Dukan' s advice that whilst on Cruise if one I overly obese they should not re not exercising too much I would find that difficult as I would be depriving myself of activities with friends and family and me time in the morning in the pool before the day begins. On the other hand I can appreciate that too much exercise can be detrimental having sustained injured in the past form a over enthusiastic gym or dance routine.

I went to Champney's yesterday and enjoyed some lovely treatments as well as Nordic Walking and Aqua Mitt, I thin this has left me a little more tired than usual.. However I would not like to have missed the fun I had.

I will heed what Dukan says and yet be my own counsel. I think his advice was on the side of caution and obviously generalised but well meaning.

Rabbit stew

I made this rabbit stew following closely to the Dukan recipe book. but I must say I gave up hunting for raspberry vinegar and used red wine vinegar.. I sautéed the shallots and rabbit which I cut up myself although the butcher did offer Their own juices using my electric pressure cooker and then added tarragon, carrots chestnut mushrooms, celery and red wine vinegar, put it  in the pressure cooker for 21 minutes ( Dukan uses conventional cooking and says 40 mins) and it  was absolutely delicious tender and piquant. I was surprised how much water was produced in cooking this and the softness of the Rabbit was lovely.

I like Rabbit and do not agree it tastes like chicken, its stronger..My five year old daughter said its "gross". and also did not believe it as rabbit because if was not furry!

Salmon and cream cheese bites or canapes - Attack

A nice impressive recipe that does not take long to prepare.. But you do need to make before hand as it needs some chilling tome to become solid. I brought some smoked salmon and had some  very light cream cheese   and wanted to combine the two.

I added lemon zest and herbs finely chopped  and back pepper to the cream cheese.

Put some cream cheese  in the middle of the salmon and roll them in cling film and set aside in the fridge for an hour or more.. When ready to serve into pieces about an inch thick.. And serves


My five year old daughter liked these and said she wished she could have them everyday.. This is a great ( An expensive achievement) as she  thinks some of the recipes I have tried on the Dukan diet are "gross"
My husband remarked.. did you make those! They did look professional and shop brought.

This would make a great appetiser or canapés.. I shall certainly have some of these in the fridge wrapped up ready for when guests come round at Christmas. ( of dear I have written the C word in September)

This recipe would work with ham too.

Courgette Soup - Cruise

Courgette Soup - Cruise

I had a look in  the  Dukan Recipe book and found a recipe for cream of ourgette soup. I made this but did not put in the Fromage Frais.. So it just onions and courgettes and water and stock. I then used a hand blender.For my family who are not dieters I added a tin of kidney beans. I cooked the onions in the stock for around 10 minutes before adding the courgettes and more water then blended.

Lovely quick and delicious.

Beetroot juice

It looks like wine But Its not

I have a bad cold and thought a good way to get veg was with Beetroot and Carrot Juice

I had a few sips of beetroot juice and was suspicious s it tasted so sweet.. Although we are allowed vegetables I think taking it in Carb form would allow the ingestion of too many carbs. this had 8grams per 100 grams.

What do you think?

The Dukan War

Salter scales go up to 28.5lbs or 180kg

Are you at war and do not know it?

Do you find you self getting uncomfortable and irritable after stepping on the scales?

Do you sometimes think this weight loss cause is lost so I may as well admit defeat?Do you not know you are at war but your body, family and emotions do?

Do you feel defensive because of things that people say and do and put this down to your weight?

Dukan says "the weight loss phase is a period of war and to achieve true victory, the only result has to be ever lasting peace"

Dwight D Eisenhower said""We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it."

The peace that comes form weight loss is a slow one that can be easily be disturbed. Dukan offers a way forward with the carefully planned phases and maintainable plan.

I have so far lost 17lbs 11 days and feel so much better. even when the scales stayed stuck at the beginning of cruise for three days I knew that I would be loosing... There is no surprises in the food that would make a gain. And I am not ravenously hungry.

The recipes I have been using are here on the blog http://dukandaze.blogspot.com/2011/09/salmon-with-herb-crust.html is my favourite so far..