Spicy Celeriac & Black Onion Seed Fritter

So many women fall down - or taking a flying leap - off the healthy eating wagon in the evening. More often than not it's because you come home late from work or you're exhausted from looking after the kids and assume you haven't got time to cook. Solution? Fast food or a takeaway.
The truth is though if you're prepared to experiment with cooking you can always rustle something up in less than 30mins. And it tastes damn good by that time. This was my post yoga meal using leftovers in the frige (shoot me if I sound like Nigella - agh!)

Ingredients (makes five)
Celeriac, 2 inch thick grated
1 carrot, grated
Tin of chick peas, mashed
1/2 onion chopped thinly
1 tomato, diced
1/2 slice of rye bread, crumbled
1 egg, beaten
1 chilli finely chopped
1tsp of black onion seed
Salt and pepper
Chopped parsley
Polenta/cornmeal for coating
Combine all the dry ingredients and then add the egg until it is moist enough to pick up and mould. gently mould into thin patties - it will be delicate so don't worry about this. Coat on a plate covered in cornmeal and then place in a hot - oil free - pan. It will crisp up lovely. Serve with salad
Admittedly, pic is not good!

Why no olive oil?

When most people start on the Fitbitch Stage One eating plan, they always ask why they can't cook or use oil in dressings. Or rather they don't ask, they just ignore it and carry on regardless.
That is totally up to you as Fitbitch Boot Camp is not about being prescriptive, making you feel guilty or ordering you to do something. You have to make your own conscious decisions about the way you eat and exercise. But it's worth being informed and many people don't realise just how calorific olive oil is - or how much we use.
Have you ever tested how much olive oil you pour into a pan? Try it. It's quite shocking as a small, innocent little slick in a pan when you pour it out can amount to around 2 desert spoons. And that's not to mention how much you glug over a salad.
Of course, nutritionally olive oil is fantastic but that doesn't mean it is good for your waistline if your aim is weight loss.
And now here's the sums...in two teaspoons there are around 84 calories. Have olive oil for breakfast with your eggs, for salad at lunch and to make your dinner and that's 252 calories right there.
Olive oil is delicious though and who would want to cut it out forever? It is worth eliminating it for at least four weeks and finding alternatives though and then you may find you don't need to use it as often.
Scan down the archives for the Fitbitch healthy dressing and sauce alternatives.

Cod with spicy celariac & carrot salad

Ingredients
cod fillet
Juice of 1 lime, 1/2 lemon
2inch piece of celeriac
1 carrot
1/2 tsp poppy seeds
1 chilli
Nam pla fish sauce
Rice wine vinegar
tamari

Wrap the cod fillet in tin foil after squeezing with the lemon juice and seasoning with salt and pepper. As it is roasting in the oven start cooking the quinoa and add the broad beans in the last five minutes of cooking.
Meanwhile grate the carrot and celeriac. In a separate bowl make the dressing by finely chopping the chilli and garlic, then adding the fish sauce, rice wine vinegar and tamari. Finally add the lime juice. Taste and adjust accordingly.
Add the poppy seeds, dressing and mint and combine. Serve with the quinoa and fish when ready.

Add the poppy seeds to the salad and pour over the dressing.