Tag Archives: Lunch

Avocado and Spinach Soup

The colour of this soup is amazing;  so vibrant and deep yet with only a few ingredients and not an additive or colouring in sight.  It is also about 2.5 servings of your 5-A-day  vegetables as well as a source … Continue reading

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Seared Prawns with a Ginger Sugarsnap Pea Salad

Even if you do a couple of things wrong, like I did – this dish is still delicious.  Fresh, crunchy, tangy and surprisingly filling. For a starter, I didn’t have raw king prawns but a huge bag of peeled prawns … Continue reading

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Courgette Blinis

Even though I have been cooking for quite a few years (more years than I care to remember!), I still get pleasure from finding a new recipe which goes down well and everyone likes, however simple it may be. I … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato Hash with Fried Egg

I’m copying The Juicy Health Company‘s words:  a new week, a new breakfast – this Sweet Potato Hash with Fried Egg arrived in my inbox just at the right moment – husband at gym and he is always ravenous when … Continue reading

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Roast Beetroot, Squash and Lentil Salad with Goat’s Cheese

Another superb salad from the Thrive on Five book by Nina and Jo Littler. I made a couple of small changes – as I had a sweet potato handy, I used it instead of squash and it worked well.  I … Continue reading

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Carrot and Orange Soup / Carrot and Butter Bean Soup

One thing my husband and I differ on is our love (or lack of) love for soup.  I enjoy making soup but rarely eat it (or do you drink soup?) whereas my husband would have it for breakfast, lunch and … Continue reading

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Roasted Eggplant with Lemon Garlic Sauce

Although eggplants aren’t my favourite vegetable, I am always willing to try new recipes especially as a new greengrocer had opened up close-by and was selling the most delectable looking eggplants the other day.  It gave me the incentive to … Continue reading

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Guacamole

Guacamole is one of those dishes that I often make for lunch when I find I have a couple of avocados ripening in the fruit bowl, and I want to use up some bits and pieces in the fridge. Of … Continue reading

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Beetroot Salad with Seeds

As soon as I saw this recipe, I knew I would love it as beetroot is one of my favourite vegetables.  The aroma of beetroot roasting in the oven is absolute heaven and this little salad looks so tasty and … Continue reading

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Warm Mushroom and Broccoli Salad

I love mushrooms and I also love broccoli and the two together make a delicious dish.  I haven’t stated quantities of broccoli or mushrooms as you can make as little or as much as you want.  A large head of … Continue reading

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