Author RSSSweet Swordfish With Bok Choy Recipe
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves 4
500 g (1lb) swordfish steak, cubed
2 tablespoons black pepper
oil, for cooking
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1kg (2lb) baby bok choy, leaves separated
100 g (3 ...
Salmon With Leek And Camembert In Honey Mustard Sauce
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Total cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients:
500 g (1lb) salmon fillet, cut into thick strips
1/4 cup (60 g/2 o.z) wholegrain mustard
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoons oil
1 leek, only the white part,...
Smoked Salmon With Cannellini Beans
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Total cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients:
olive oil, for cooking
6 slices white bread, cubed
3 cloves garlic, crushed
6 spring onions, sliced
300 g (10 oz.) smoked salmon, cut into thin strips
300 g...
Delicious Quick Thai Chicken Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Total cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients for this recipe:
- 1 tablespoon red curry paste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/4 cup (15 g/1/2 oz.) coriander l...
Hot Chilli-Crusted Chicken Noodles Recipe
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Total cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
1 1/2 teaspoons chilli powder
3 tablespoons cornflour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons oil
350 g (12 oz.) chicken fillets, thinly sliced
4 spring onions...
In Vitro Fertilisation - Summary Of Frug Regimes - Part II
Drug regime model III
This drug regime also lasts for one cycle only and involves a shorter course of LHRH agonist. It may be used for women for whom the more conventional regimes have not been so effective.
LHRH agonist
Start on day one of the cycle...
Pregnancy – In Vitro Fertilisation - Scans And Blood Tests – Part III
If the pattern of your blood tests and scans seems to indicate that there are not enough eggs, or they are not mature, then your drug dosage may be increased, or you may have to continue with the injections for longer. Most clinics have criteria for proce...
Pregnancy – In Vitro Fertilisation - Scans And Blood Tests – Part I
If the blood tests and scan are satisfactory, you start on the next stage, the hMG injections, which needs very careful monitoring. The following set of blood tests and scans usually comes on about the ninth day of the injections. The blood tests measure ...
In Vitro Fertilisation - Preliminary Tests – Part I
Before you even set foot inside an in vitro fertilisation clinic, it is likely that you will have undertaken a number of basic infertility tests to try to establish the cause of your problems. Indeed some clinics will demand this. Some may want to repeat ...
Understanding The Basics Of In Vitro Fertilisation
Basically treatment divides into two parts. The first stage is the round of drug therapy to produce a large number of eggs. The second stage involves two procedures, collection of the eggs and embryo transfer. The first stage can last several weeks, the s...
Understanding The Meaning Of Support Groups – Part II
The "helpful members" network of Issue, the National Fertility Association, is dealing with the kind of questions that you might not be able to ask a doctor, like whether a certain procedure hurts. Then it has a network of telephone contacts who will take...
Understanding The Meaning Of Support Groups – Part I
Many clinics have patient support groups that can and will most likely offer infor¬mations advice and the chance to meet other people going through similar experiences. At their most basic these groups are run by an infertility nurse and simply involve a...
The Role Of The Counsellor – Part II
People's feelings on this subject are very mixed. Most turn down the offer of independent counselling, sometimes because they misunderstand its role, or fear the stigma attached to it, that it is a sign they are mentally ill or disturbed. Some worry that ...
The Role Of The Counsellor – Part I
By law all clinics have to offer counselling and access to an independent counsellor. That said, the term counselling is used very loosely. It can cover anything from a brief chat with a doctor or nurse, to a course with a highly trained specialist costin...
Duck and Orange Stir-Fry Recipe
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Total cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 1kg/2lb barbecued duck, boned
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 teaspoons grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon orange ri...