Slow Cookers (or Crock Pots) are back and are a great way to cook hassle-free, tasty food. Dishes that benefit are those with longer cooking times such as: Stews, Curries and Casseroles. Check out our quick guide for Slow Cooker Recipes below.

Not for the Slow Cooker – It’s best to steer clear of fish and pasta in the slow cooker to avoid the risk of over-cooking and soggy-ness – nobody wants that!.

Timing – Use the conversion chart for times for traditional oven-cooked dishes..

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by Warren Nash on June 16, 2010


When your body’s crying out for a dose of pure goodness to be poured inside it, follow our Detox How To for £5 with this Detox Drink Recipe.

Firstly – Get yourself down the supermarket and get the following Detox food:

– Pomegranate Juice
– Frozen Summer Fruits
– Frozen Chopped Mango
– Pineapple
– Orange and Mango Juice

All you need to do…

Because Pomegranate Juice is stacked full of antioxidants, have a glass of this a day. And for the rest…..

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by Warren Nash on June 9, 2010


Cooking from scratch requires that you have a basic stock of kitchen cooking utensils and kitchenware. We came up with the following Top 12 Tools which every budding chef should have…..

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by Warren Nash on June 2, 2010


A major part of cooking from scratch is having the right ingredients. Check out our list of kitchen cupboard essentials.

If your food storage cupboard is fully stocked with the essentials, you’ll be surprised at how little you have to buy when cooking your meals from scratch. With a little help, we came up with the following Pantry Organiser...

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by Warren Nash on May 26, 2010


Cooking from scratch is easy, especially in the long run. We’ve thought of some basic A-B-C’s to help you on your way when following our cook-a-long video recipe podcasts.

Agenda – Plan your dinners and make a shopping list. You can download a shopping list for all our recipes...

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by Warren Nash on May 19, 2010


Get hooked-up with FitBrits in the Kitchen. It’s easy to get our Cook-a-Long Recipe Podcasts onto your iPod. Just follow these steps.

1. Make sure you have iTunes on your computer. You can get it here.

2. You can find FitBrits podcasts in iTunes in two ways. Either:

– Click on the “iTunes Store” link on the left-hand panel of iTunes, then, type FitBrits into the search field in the top-right.

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by Warren Nash on May 12, 2010


Summer is nearly here, so check out our latest cook-a-long podcast for Barbecue Beef Burgers.
Cook these and its a sure fire way to impress your guests!

Check out our BBQ Beef Burgers recipe and cook-a-long with us at your own pace.

Don’t forget to leave your comments on what you think of the recipe.


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by Warren Nash on May 5, 2010


Freeze lasagne? Freeze Casseroles? Freeze Soup? Rule of thumb – YOU CAN FREEZE ANYTHING (well most things!). Check out these tips on how freezing meals can make cooking from scratch work for you.

Smoothies – Instead of painstakingly chopping fruit each time you have a smoothie, chop all the fruit, mix it up, separate it into sandwich bags and put them in the freezer – giving you bags of smoothie mix ready to blend…

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by Warren Nash on April 28, 2010


We hate it when people say cooking from scratch is more expensive. When cooking in bulk you save money. But if you’re yet to be convinced, check out these handy tips.

Plan – Plan your weekly meals (that’s right, 7 days worth of dinners). After the first month (or so), you will be surprised how many ingredients you’ve already stocked up to cook a full-blown meal. Then you’ll only need a couple of ingredients for each meal you cook…

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by Warren Nash on April 21, 2010


Well its certainly been the most popular FitBrits recipe and now it has an HD cook-a-long podcast.

Check out our Chicken and Prawn Curry recipe and cook-a-long with us at your own pace.

Don’t forget to leave your comments on what you think of the recipe.


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by Warren Nash on April 14, 2010