Turkey and Courgette Meatballs
Hopefully you’re not too done with turkey at the moment because it is such a great healthy, low fat meat. These meatballs have the…
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Lentil and Butternut Squash Dhal
I love a Dhal. This is a great, quick and easy recipe that you can easily cook up ahead of time so that it’s…
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Chicken with Lentils and Rosemary
This is a quick and easy one-pot dish – great for a mid week meal, but good enough for showing off if you’re entertaining….
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Want-not-waste-not Easy Meat and Cauliflower Stew
Ok so did you have some leftover meat from Christmas? You didn’t throw it away did you? Eagle eyed followers out there will have frozen…
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Mini Egg Muffins
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, kids, adults – these are fantastic for pretty much anything!! They are incredibly simple to make and you can cook up…
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Warm Vegetable, Lentil and Halloumi Salad
I love this dish for making me feel like I’m getting a nutrient boost. It’s warming and comforting and ridiculously easy to make. The…
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Smoky Roast Chicken with Sweet Potato Wedges
You can’t beat roast chicken for ease, simplicity, and in my opinion, wholesomeness. It’s my fail safe meal after I’ve been burning the candle…
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Fish Fingers
These are always a hit with kids – even with the kids’ friends (always a risk with something slightly out of the ordinary). Although…
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Quinoa Burgers with Tahini Sauce
This is a lovely, easy to make, burger recipe. You can prep it the night or the morning before, and they will take you just…
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Anniversary Vietnamese Chicken
I made this for our anniversary a few weeks ago (not just because I had forgotten and needed to pull something special out of…
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Warm Winter Soup
If you’ve over-indulged over the festive period (or even if you haven’t), this is a great, but simple dish for replenishing some nutrients back…
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Turkey and Cashew Curry
Just in case you wanted something a bit different than the traditional Christmas turkey, this is a beautiful and wonderfully simple turkey curry. If…
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Ginger Beef Kebabs
Are you rushing around like a crazy lady (or gent) madly trying to get your Christmas shopping done and organise a million things at…
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Slow Roast Lamb Shank
Madeleine does it again!! This meaty dish is so full of fresh flavour. It’s so easy to make, you can prepare it ahead and…
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Slow Cooked Barbecue (Pulled) Pork
If you’re entertaining, this is a great show stopper that you can marinate the night before, pop in the oven in the morning and…
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Celeriac and Parsnip Soup with Seed Mix
As I write this post the wind is blowing a gale outside, the leaves are all but gone from the trees and the rain…
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Italian Beef Stew
This is an ideal dish for me – really quick to throw together; a nice slow long cook that you can forget about while…
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Lentil Bake
Are you embracing a meat-free day??? If so, this is a great one to add to your options. Its surprisingly tasty, perfectly nutritious and…
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Courgette Base Pizza
These are a delicious alternative to the cauliflower based pizza and are really easy peasy to make. They also pass the taste test of…
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Kale bread
Note to myself to make bread more often – my mouth is watering writing up this recipe!! Do you know that shop bought gluten…
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Hunter’s Chicken
This casserole is hearty, healthy, wholesome, warming and comforting – a perfect winter meal.
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Bacon and Lentil Soup
Bacon is my guilty pleasure!! We all know that processed meat has a bit of a bad rep but eaten very occasionally it won’t…
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Quick Cajun Chicken
These super tasty chicken breasts could not be easier and quicker to make. You can prepare them ahead if you wish or simply throw…
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Turkey Burgers
These are quick, easy, tasty and healthy. What more could you ask for?? I dished mine up with some simple red cabbage coleslaw and…
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Lamb and Aubergine Moussaka
Oh what joy it brings me when I’m not in the mood for cooking and I find a lovely big portion of this in the back…
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Stupid Easy Chicken Curry
This cheeky little curry is quick, tasty and healthy. Just what you need for a cold autumn day!
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Beetroot Falafel
Finishing off the last of my little run of veggie dishes with a bang!! These little babies are so delicious they were snaffled up…
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Butternut Squash and Spinach Tagine
I’m always a sucker for fruit in a savoury dish and you really don’t miss the meat in this delicious squash tagine – its…
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Crispy Roast Duck
Duck is underused don’t you think? I’m not sure why, it’s tasty, it’s easy to cook and it actually no more expensive than chicken…
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Leave-in-the-oven Lamb Shanks
As the days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in I love to start turning to casseroles and leave-in-the-oven slow cook dishes….
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Baked Aubergine and Tomato Soup
Having just spent the weekend nursing myself better with this delicious, nutrient packed soup I had to get it posted for anyone else fighting…
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Steak with Mustard Leek Sauce
Granted it’s a bit of an indulgence when feeding a family of 5, but steak is so quick and easy to make and it’s always…
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Indian Pot Roast Chicken
Mix a few spices, slice a few spuds, throw it all in a pot and let the oven do it’s magic…… This is not…
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Lamb with Cauliflower and Chickpeas
I love a dish that you can pretty much chuck everything in and you have a whole meal in one bowl (meat, veg, carbs)…
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Mung Dahl
Me and the kids absolutely love this dish. It’s so tasty and warming and comforting and the tasty spices and ingredients are immune boosting…
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Cauliflower Shepherd’s Pie
I have already given you the tastiest Shepherd’s Pie ever (click here for recipe) but if you wanted a more traditional version this is…
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Simple Baked Fish
I do love the simplicity of fish. This recipe could not be easier and you can adapt the flavours to your preferred tastes. I…
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Wild Mushroom Quinoa Risotto
If you’re looking for a healthy carb load this could be your ticket. With quinoa’s natural protein content its a perfect balance. I fed myself full…
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Lamb Chops with Chickpea Mash
Does anyone else find lamb chops a bit disappointing? Yeah me too – we have to have plenty to go around as you know we…
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Italian Turkey Steaks with Peppers
This is a really simple, tasty turkey recipe for those days when you need to quickly throw something together. Goes down great with all the whole family….
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Fanny’s Simple Chicken Casserole
I love a chicken casserole. This is my go-to recipe when I’m feeling in need of some nutrients and I can’t be bothered to…
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Mexican Nacho Meffins
Initially strange but strangely moreish – I would definitely urge you to try these!
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Celeriac Fish Pie
I may have mentioned before(!!) that I’m not a huge fan of fish, but this dish is so delicious you really don’t need to…
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Coconut Chicken Nuggets
If you or your little nippers are partial to a chicken nugget, give these a whirl as a healthy alternative. They are so sweet and…
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Falafel
Now these aren’t that much like your traditional eastern European falafel to me, but who cares – let’s call them ‘falafal’ and eat them…
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Baghdad Beef Stew
Ok so if you’re looking to impress someone and have the time to make this dish a day ahead, look no further. It does take…
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Fanny’s Spicy Chicken Drumsticks
I just made a huge batch of these to portion up for the freezer. They will keep us going in lunches for a few weeks. They…
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Tomato and Lentil Soup
If I’m going to make soup I like to be quick and full of protein. This ticks both boxes for me. I double up…
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Lentil Bolognese
We’ve lived on this quite a bit lately. This recipe makes quite a large batch so you can portion it up and pull it…
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Fanny’s Quinoa Tabuleh
Quinoa is a great alternative to cous-cous as it is naturally gluten free and higher in protein. I’ve actually managed to trick one particular health-food-hater who…
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