WINTER WARMERS Withe DUKAN DIET

WINTER WARMERS

As autumn approaches our thoughts turn to keeping warm, dry and healthy this season … Warm up this winter with rich treats and seasonal inspired dishes by Dr. Dukan!

Hailing an “eat as much as you want” policy with an extensive list of over 100 approved foods, there’s no holding back with Dukan, making it every Dieter’s Dream. Forget cabbage soup, Dr. Dukan has developed a range of delicious menu ideas to keep food interesting, colourful and to solve all your dinner party dilemmas.

Why not enjoy healthy comfort food this winter - Stews and spices will get those senses tingling and keep those colds (and pounds) at bay!

Halloween Soup

For 4 or 6 persons - preparation time: 15 minutes - cooking time: 1 hour Cruise Phase (PV days)
Ingredients

250g of pumpkin flesh
1 onion
500 millilitres of skimmed milk
2 carrots
Pinch of cinnamon
Salt, pepper to taste

Cut the pumpkin into little squares. Peel the onion and carrots and cut them into small slices. Place all vegetables with the skimmed milk into a sauce pan and a pinch of cinnamon. Then bake them until the pumpkin flesh is soft and smooth (this will take about half an hour). Stir this mixture to make it smooth and heat it again, adding some water. Depending on the consistency you want, leave this for about another half an hour. Add salt and pepper and enjoy!

Pumpkin & Courgette Puree
Preparation Time: 10 minutes, Cooking Time: 15 minutes, Serves 4. Cruise Phase (PV days)
Ingredients500g of Fresh Pumpkin
1kg Courgettes
1 Beef Stock cube
¼ bunch of fresh Parsley-chopped
Salt & pepper


Cut the Pumpkin & Courgettes into equal sized pieces. Place them in a large saucepan, season with salt & pepper; add the Beef Stock cube & 1L of water. Let it cook over a medium heat for 20 minutes. Add the chopped Parsley, mix well until a smooth consistency and serve hot.

Sweet nutmeg squash flan with caramel coulis

Preparation: 20 minutes Cooking: 80 minutes For 6 people Attack phase (PP days)

Ingredients500g of squash
2 table spoons of oat bran
500 mililitres of skimmed milk
4 table spoons of powdered sweetener
1/2 teaspoon of powdered cinnamon
1 generous pinch of nutmeg
1 generous pinch of powdered ginger
4 eggs
1 teaspoon of cornflour
For the caramel coulis:8 table spoons of powdered sweetener
4 table spoons of water
1 teaspoon of caramel
flavouring
1 sheet of gelatine

Preheat your oven to gas mark 6. Cut the flesh of the squash into cubes with 5 centimetre sides. Put the squash and milk into a saucepan and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Remove the zest from ¼ of the orange and put into boiling water. Drain after 3 minutes, and chop. Beat the eggs ‘omelette style’. Pass the squash through a vegetable mill, add the sweetener, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cornflour, oat bran, eggs and a pinch of salt. Lightly grease your moulds using kitchen towel and pour in the Mixture. Cook in a bain-marie for 1 hour. Leave to cool before removing from the moulds and adding the caramel coulis.

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