🐾 Please feel free to scroll on if you aren’t into puppies but I think he’s too cute not to share! Here is Zinc at 12 weeks 💕🐾 #bedlingtonwhippet #beddywhippet #whiplington

I can’t quite believe we are entering November this week!

Here’s what’s on my menu this week…

Monday: lasagne

https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/lasagne/

Tuesday: gnocchi broccoli cheese

https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/gnocchi-broccoli-cheese/

Wednesday: slow cooker Brazilian style chicken curry

https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/brazilian-style-coconut-chicken-curry/

Thursday: lentil, aubergine & butternut squash bake

https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/lentil-aubergine-and-butternut-squash-bake/

Friday: crispy honey soy chicken

https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/crispy-honey-soy-chicken/

Happy cooking! 🥘

Image credit for photo 1, 3 & 4 to Chris Terry 📸

A little bit of everything in this week’s newsletter! 🍂🎃

It’s been a busy week, with a very rainy trip to Dartmouth Food Festival, where I was lucky enough to join a lovely panel discussing what makes West Country cooking so special.

We’ve also been celebrating my youngest daughter’s upcoming 14th birthday, which, as you can imagine, means plenty of planning around food! Homemade pizza and chicken katsu curry have already featured, with Korean-style sticky chilli chicken, a Halloween picky tea and birthday lasagne still to come.

And little Zinc has reached a big milestone - 12 weeks old and finally out exploring the big wide world! His first walk through the autumn leaves, followed by a visit to one of my favourite places, Dartington. ❤️

A weekend of Halloween fun, birthday celebrations and lots of good food!

I’ve shared a little more about it all in this week’s newsletter. Link in bio! x

Need some meal ideas for the week ahead? You can find all of these recipes by searching for the recipe title on my website 😊 👉👉👉 https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/

Did you know that a huge proportion of the food content you see on Instagram now is AI generated? The food looks unbelievably delicious and glossy (and sometimes a bit weird if you look a bit closer)- the name might be something really trustworthy sounding like ‘real home recipes’ or ‘Margaret’s kitchen’ with an AI generated host.

The recipes might work, because the content has been scraped from publishers like me who have spent years testing recipes… but also they might not because often they are an amalgamation of a few recipes. Untested, no human checks.

I just wanted to give you a heads up, to question what you see online. I’ve been in this industry for 15 years, cooking, writing, testing. Everything you see on my website and in my books has been personally tested by me, eaten by my friends and family. I don’t think you can beat that.

Small publishers like me might not be able to survive this- I’ve learned to be adaptable about how to make an income over the past 15 years, but it can be very hard and it’s already getting harder. I’ve gone back to a 9-5 job for an employer, just to be able to keep providing for my family, and I will keep The Slimming Foodie online as long as it is viable- I’ve poured my heart and soul into it since 2015 and I’m very proud of the community that has come together, and grateful to loyal followers who have bought my books and visited my website over the years.

Did you know that just a ‘like’ on a Facebook or Instagram page like mine makes a HUGE difference, sharing a post or buying a book even more?

I’m a real person. I care. I want to help people to find easy, healthy and delicious meals to cook at home. Right now, more than ever, your support means everything to me.

Thank you if you are still here.

Pip x

This post was NOT AI generated 🙌

October has been quite a month in my household! We welcomed a new puppy into our family, and I started a new job! You can read all about it in my latest Substack newsletter- find the link in my bio ❤️🐾