Roast carrot, goats cheese and chick pea salad
I found this recipe on the BBC Good Food site (SAVE THE BBC RECIPES!) and just tweaked it a bit. It’s bright and summery and healthy. This served six for a starter with slices of […]
Vegetables
Stuffed mushrooms
Shirley Conran said life was too short to stuff a mushroom. Poppycock. These were worth every one of the very few minutes they took to make. What to use – served 6 as a side […]
Chorizo rice bowl
This was going to be a vegetarian rice bowl but then I found chorizo in the fridge and… now it’s not. An unusual combination of flavours here – Spanish and Asian. But it worked. What to […]
Veggie / Turkey mediterranean cottage pie
How to make winter comfort food, without red meat, white potatoes, pasta etc etc blah? Answer – quorn or turkey mince, tomatoes, sweet potatoes. (Interestingly, to me, quorn has as many calories per 100g as 5% […]
Cauliflower base pizza
I’m jumping on the cauliflower base bandwagon. I loved making this because I love pizza, but as I currently eat in a low-carb way, it’s a food that no longer makes it onto the list. I also […]
Carrot and butternut squash soup
I know. Soup isn’t real food. However, it’s healthy and low calorie and I am eating it daily at the moment. I made this at the weekend. Dead easy and took just 45 minutes. What to […]
Chilli and tomato frittata
Another attempt to bring chilli in to recipes without blowing my own head off. I still needed an emergency drink to hand, but the flakes are a mediumish heat which I can just about cope […]
Sweet potato chips
What to use As many sweet potatoes as you want to eat Olive oil Sea salt Chilli flakes (optional) How to use it Wash and cut the potatoes into chips. I did mine skin on. When […]
Salmon and sweet potato cakes
101 uses for crumpet rings Part III – fish cakes. I’m still on the detox and these are perfect for that using just fish and sweet potato. I tried to keep the fish/potato ratio 50:50 as […]
Moroccan spiced chicken with chick pea mash
Chick pea mash. Chick. Pea. Mash. Where have you been all my life? First time I’ve made or had it and it’ll definitely be on the menu throughout this winter. Ras el hanout is a […]
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