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Low calorie crunchy potato salad [recipe]

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With my diet I've been eating a lot of salads and boiled potatoes. I wanted to make it a little more exciting so decided to make a low calorie potato salad, just to add a little more flavour and to mix it up a bit.  It was so simple and for the whole thing was only 313 calories, I'd say 4 portions could come from this batch and would be 78.3 calories. The thing I love about this too is that you can add anything to it to add more flavour. Chives, herbs and allsorts.  Red onions 20g (8 calories) Baby potatoes- boiled 332g (226 calories) Philidelphia Lightest 60g (52 calories) Heinz Seriously Good Light Mayonnaise 10g (27 calories) Salt and pepper to season

Sweet and Sour Meatballs [recipe]

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Back in January I made the decision to change my eating habits with the aim of losing weight and being healthier.  I don't like the whole anti-diet culture at the moment to be honest and feel a little like I should be ashamed to actually have wanted to lose weight and to actually have needed to lose weight.  I've so far lost 2 stone and 8 lbs and feel so much better about myself. I've played around with different recipes and foods and I think that's part of what I really enjoy about being on a diet. Yeah there are hard days but I think now I am thinking more about the food I eat and what I'm putting together I definitely enjoy it more and feel like it's quite fun sometimes playing around with different ingredients and flavours.  I found a recipe for sweet and sour meatballs which at first didn't sound too appealing to me but I tried them anyway and they've now become a favourite meal for me and for my children. Playing around with the ingredients has mea...