Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days shares great advice about white-knuckle dieting and how to remove deprivation from your 5:2 Fast Day, 4:3, ADF, EOD or JUDDD diet mentality. Remove the deprivation, increase the satisfaction and go to sleep knowing you’ve met your goals for the day. Learn how to make FUN food a priority on Fast Days, deprivation uninvited. Make Fast Day-friendly Psylli Bacon Nachos and put the FUN back in FUN-ctional.
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Psylli Bacon Nachos
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Spring Zoodles
Do you crave light, low calorie and low carb pasta substitutes? Bikini season approaches. It’s time to start thinking less about comfort food and more about light and fulfilling food that doesn’t leave you weighted down. Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days as she brings you a Fast Day (FD) friendly, keto meal that is perfectly paleo and primal, too. The lemon and fresh herbs in Spring Zoodles really make this plate, filled with delicious and nourishing veggies, with just a hint of extra virgin olive oil and zesty lemon juice, a satisfying light pasta replacement—perfect for Fast Days (FDs) or non-fast days, alike!
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Sugar Snap Pea, Mint & Barley Salad
Recipe and Photo Courtesy of Jacqueline Whitehart
52 Recipes: Simple and Tasty Food For Your Diet Blog
March 17, 2014 (Read the Full Recipe)
Ever wonder how to tell when spring will arrive? Well, best-selling author, Jacqueline Whitehart of 52 Recipes Blog has it figured out and offers up a tasty and refreshing salad, Sugar Snap Pea, Mint and Barley Salad, that practically screams, “Spring is here!” Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days as she offers a few more hints about how to tell spring has arrived. Susie shares her review of Jacqueline’s gorgeous springtime salad. You won’t believe it’s a Fast Day (FD) recipe and you won’t feel like you’re dieting. It’s just that incredible.
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Fast Day Meal Plan | Shamalama Lamb Steak
Think 5:2 Fast Days (FDs), or alternate day (ADF) intermittent fasting (aka JUDDD or EOD) fasting diets are filled with deprivation and boring food? Think again! Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days, shows you it’s possible to enjoy two meals a day (if desired), with filling and comforting food–like his Shamalama Lamb Steak that makes you want to sing, it’s so good. How about a Fast Day (FD) soft boiled egg and asparagus and tomato salad with a splash of tarragon goodness? For this Two Meal – Meal Plan and others like it with varying numbers of meals, snacks and even dessert, visit FDHD Meal Plans and also check out FDHD Recipes!
Shamalama Lamb Steak tastes so good, it makes you sing. Quick, easy, Fast Day (FD) meals that don’t feel like diet food! Daily Totals – 500 Calories; 23g Fat (40.6% calories from fat); 44g Protein; 33g Carbohydrate; 10g Dietary Fiber; 307mg Cholesterol; 23g Net Carbohydrate
Breakfast – 111 Calories
2-3 cups decaff coffee, black, unsweetened–or hot tea
1 large soft boiled egg
1/2 teaspoon butter
1 serving asparagus and grape tomato tarragon salad
- 3 ounces asparagus, blanched
- 1 ounce grape tomatoes (about 4-5)
- 1/2 teaspoon tarragon vinegar
Dinner – 389 Calories
1 serving Shamalama Lamb Steak (about 4 ounces cooked)
1 serving Lemony Brussels Sprouts (about 1 cup cooked)
1/4 average size Roasted Acorn Squash (recipe to come)
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Lemony Brussels Sprouts
Do you get tired of the same old veggies or preparations and want a fun and interesting vegetable side dish? Lemony Brussels Sprouts make a perfect side dish for any day: 5:2 Fast Days (FDs) or feast days aka non-fast days. Brussels sprouts shine as a delicious and “meaty” side dish or even as a main course star. They’re as tasty with vegetarian pairings as they are meat proteins. They fairly scream, “Spring,” especially when brightened with lemon and fruity, extra virgin olive oil. Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days for a quick cooking tip about blanching and receive a new and exciting vegetable side dish, to boot!
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Shamalama Lamb Steak
Grilled or Pan-seared Lamb Steak makes a quick and easy Fast Day (FD) recipe in less than twenty minutes, start to finish. Join Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days, as he explains two different methods to cook this Mediterranean blockbuster. Enjoy grilled or pan-seared lamb steak, over and over again. It makes great leftover wraps, too.
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Moroccan Spice Blend – Ras El Hanout
Join Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days as she explains why it’s better to make your own spice blend such as Ras El Hanout, a Moroccan Spice Blend that literally means, “head of shop,” or the storekeeper’s blend. With just a little bit of time, you’ll develop your own special house blend and will find yourself, curiously using it every day, in every dish!
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Fast Day Meal Plans | Fast Day Beef Carpaccio
Yes, Virginia, it IS possible to have a Fast Day (FD) and a celebration, holiday dinner like this delicious FD Valentine’s Day Dinner. Again, deprivation entirely optional. Join Susie T. Gibbs and Brian Hall of Fast Days Healing Days for an amazing and romantic Fast Day (FD) Valentine’s meal.
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Roast Beef With Ginger And Rosemary
Brian Hall, of Fast Days Healing Days, takes the fear out of roasting meats. Find out why beef eye of round makes great Fast Day (FD) roasts. Low in calories with robust flavor, beef eye of round roasts quickly and plays great with either fresh or dried herbs. Fast Day (FD) leftover roast makes great lunches.
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Fast Day Creamy Jalapeno Ranch Dressing
Enjoy homemade, Fast Day Creamy Jalapeno Ranch Dressing on your alternate day fasting salads. Just 7 calories per tablespoon and packed with flavor! Follow Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days for a look at FD salad dressings.
