Tag Archives: Healthy Eating

Coconut Curry Prawn and Noodle Soup

This soup is a real meal in itself.  The flavours are superb and the coconut milk adds a wonderful smoothness. I was also pleased to find that I had all the ingredients to hand so was able to make this … Continue reading

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Frozen Yoghurt Fruit Cake

I have to laugh at myself sometimes as to where and when I find recipes to try.   It was probably the hottest night of the year recently and I couldn’t sleep, so I was scrolling through the internet about 2am … Continue reading

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Chicken with Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

I’ve been doing a lot of slow-cooking lately as I am stocking up the freezer for my husband whilst I am away, and it also means that I don’t have to spend too much time in the kitchen during this … Continue reading

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Spicy Kale Chips

I’ve written about kale chips before but on a very hot sunny evening recently my d-in-law, Juicy Health Co. uploaded a recipe on Facebook using a mix of turmeric, paprika, onion powder, sea salt and pepper and rubbed with some … Continue reading

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Stuffed Mushrooms #2

After the success of making stuffed mushrooms recently using leek, tomato and pine nuts, I decided to make a different filling using ingredients I had in the kitchen.   These turned our really well with their slightly African taste from the … Continue reading

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Chicken Fajitas with a difference!

I often make Chicken Fajitas using up left-over meat from a roast chicken so when I saw this recipe recently, I really wanted to try it out.  It seemed so easy to leave it bubbling away for seven hours in … Continue reading

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Fruity “Ice Cream” – Our Favourite Dessert

Frozen fruit smoothie, fruit yoghurt dessert, “ice cream” or whatever you want to call it, our favourite dessert is so simple – its frozen fruit blitzed in a NutriBullet (or high-speed blender) with homemade yoghurt and it is absolutely delicious, … Continue reading

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Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a Mediterranean vegetarian dish traditionally made of tomatoes, finely chopped parsley, mint, bulgur and onion, and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. This recipe uses lentils rather than bulgur so it is gluten-free for those who … Continue reading

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Grilled Apricots with Almond Mascarpone

Out shopping the other day I spotted a punnet of delicious looking fresh apricots and immediately remembered seeing a recipe recently for stuffed apricots using ricotta and pistachios.  I went into three local supermarkets but none of them stocked ricotta … Continue reading

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Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

I have a huge Maslin pan which I normally use to make bone broth, stock and soup in but when my butcher gave me a couple of chicken breast bones recently, I decided to try out my slow cooker to … Continue reading

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