CookingByMatt – Cooking by Matt

Sharing the Meal – Cooking Wars

Cast your mind back four years, we were in lockdown and for the most part you couldn’t have a meal with family and friends, so we dreamt up new ways to share. Sitting outside 2 meters apart was popular, so was the good old zoom call. This must have been training for us, as weContinue reading “Sharing the Meal – Cooking Wars”

NOMfluencing

You should know by now that Pinch Of Nom (PON) is super important for the way I like to cook, diet, and spend a lot of my spare time on their Facebook page and taking pictures of my food, and trying to get in the top 5 contributes for the month, to get PON SWAG.Continue reading “NOMfluencing”

Gadgets Save Fingers

I don’t really need an excuse to buy a gadget, normally something from Apple, or IT related, but I’m no stranger to a kitchen gadget. When I started cooking Pinch of Nom (PON) meals I soon realised I really needed a Food Processor, I was worried if I would use it, but I do useContinue reading “Gadgets Save Fingers”

How do you eat an Elephant?

This is a classic quote about breaking something down into manageable chunks, I mean eating an elephant is a tall order, but if you break it down to “one bite at a time” it would be easy right? Obviously, I’m not going to advocate eating an Elephant, can you imagine the number of Weight WatcherContinue reading “How do you eat an Elephant?”

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

I have been watching “Fat Friends” a TV series from the early “naughties” again as it is on Netflix, while I remember it very well, I forgot how good and hard hitting it was. Many of the issues covered in the series are ones anyone overweight has experienced, the James Corden character (Jamie) getting bulliedContinue reading “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!”

Milestones Tracking

Tracking milestones in a project is the way you track progress, when you’re losing weight, setting milestones give you something to aim at. Also looking back at a milestone and tracking how well you’re doing is key. Think about sobriety, it can be a key part of AA. In the early months it is aContinue reading “Milestones Tracking”

It’s a Running Joke

Thanks for clicking on the link, and sorry about the joke! I have always loved swimming, I have enjoyed cycling, I hated walking and as for running, it’s what you do when the zombie apocalypse comes ain’t it? If you ask my family they will tell you, when I saw people running I thought theyContinue reading “It’s a Running Joke”

Dropping my Son and picking up a playlist!

It took a while to come up with a title for this blog as the obvious one of “Losing my son” is in bad taste. Therefore, Dropping my Son and picking up a playlist, will just have to work. What am I on about I hear you say, well today I hit another milestone inContinue reading “Dropping my Son and picking up a playlist!”

My Planning Secrets

In the wonderful spring of 2020 when covid hit, I had to up my meal planning game to maximise my shopping trips. After all I don’t enjoy queuing and standing around in car parks back then was not a happy time. During that time it meant coming up with a plan for what meals IContinue reading “My Planning Secrets”

💯 100 Days Without Crisps 💯 – The Diet Mindset!

Today marks the 100th day of no crisps, after giving them up for Lent this year. I never imagined this abstention would carry on past Easter, but as my mindset gained momentum I kind of just did. So, the 47 days of Lent have no turned into 100 as of today. Anyone that knows me,Continue reading “💯 100 Days Without Crisps 💯 – The Diet Mindset!”