The FastDay Forum

I'm impressed by the delicious sounding recipes, but find planning inspiring menu's for one too much of an effort!
I stick to 2 small meals, and so far they don't vary; the first a scrambled egg on dry wholemeal toast for lunch followed by another slice of toast and small tin of baked beans for dinner. Quick & easy! Snacks include a small apple and a mug of 'Options' hot chocolate.
This may sound boring, but it seems to do the trick for me. Of course, I may be crawling up the wall with the tedium in the future, so have a couple of variations up my sleeve...
Happy cooking

Hi there

It can be fiddly doing it just for 1 can't it. I'm planning to do the same meals every fast day unless I suddenly feel inspired. I adapted them from the fast diet Radio Times supplement.2 scrambled eggs for breakfast, milk for 2 cups coffee in the morning, lentil soup for dinner and 1 slice dry toast just before bed.

Am on second fasting day and have been ok so far as long as I drink plenty of water and black tea.

Good luck!

[Moogie]

I'm cooking for one on my fasts, well actually cooking for 2 - a fasting dinner for me and a normal dinner for hubby. To keep life simple & easy, every 2-3 weeks I batch cook a fasting dinner and divide it up into calorie counted portions to freeze in. I've done all sorts - chilli, ratatouille, chunky veg soup, bolognaise, lasagne - so there's always something easy in the freezer. Another nice easy one is quorn sausages (or a small piece of meat) with steamed veg, roasted baby potatoes, some mashed veg & gravy. Doesn't actually take long (I have frozen in portions of the mash too!).

I started doing this after about 2 months on 5:2, when I got bored of the same old meals I'd been having - stir fries, brown pasta with sauce. These are just as quick but I don't get bored of them

Hi & thanks Moogie. That's exactly what I do with family meals!

I can see a time when I'll get bored of my current foods, so will start doing some calorie research...

I couldn't agree more, Ginger, all this faffing around for a 200-calorie meal! (Speaks one who is not keen on cooking, so why would I start now )
I like Moogie's idea of bulk-cooking fast meals so might try that soon, and I have enjoyed steamed fish with veg, so will be eating a lot more fish on fast days, methinks...

Ditto.

Hi, I try to make fasting days really easy. I make a massive amount of veg soup and freeze or use the stir fry method. Buy a big bag of pre prepared stir fry veg, heat a small amount of sesame oil in wok, add chopped garlic, ginger and chilli, chuck in 100g of chicken, then 3 big handfuls of the veg, add a shake of Chinese Five Spice, then a teaspoon of Oyster or Soy Sauce. Lovely - massive plateful. I sometimes supplement veg bag with whatever is in fridge, extra pepper, mushrooms etc. But if I want to be really quick, I just use the bagged veg, the chicken and the Five Spice powder.

I've been fasting since the original Horizon programme and actually look forward to the simplicity of fasting days.

Just found this web site, what a brill idea. Thank you!