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Roasted Vegetable Salad with feta and herbs

This salad was inspired by an Abel and Cole salad that I saw years ago. I’ve adapted it a bit and added lentils so that it can be eaten as a plant based meal…not just a salad…..although it makes a totally delicious salad. If you want a vegan version….just leave out the feta…it is still totally delicious.

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Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta and Herbs

Cauliflower Cheese

Cauliflower Cheese is one of my daughter’s favourite meals but it’s often not the healthiest. So I created this healthier version – which contains 5 vegetables and wholemeal pasta. It’s high in fibre from the pasta and vegetables, phytonutrients from the 5 different vegetables as well as calcium from the milk and cheese. It’s always gobbled up.
I usually use a whole cauliflower and make double the quantity (as in this video) and freeze individual portions for meals later on.

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Baked Thai Seabass

Anyone can make this light and quick fish dish. It’s super easy and really doesn’t take long. My daughter doesn’t like chilli or coriander much, so I just leave them off her piece of fish.

The Thai flavoured sauce keeps the fish moist and just makes itself as the fish is cooking.

It’s baked not fried, so you can put it in the oven whilst you clean up, the kitchen doesn’t smell of fried fish and its healthier. Win win win!

Seabass is low in fat and a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which may help prevent heart disease

Baked Thai Seabass Recipe Card

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Sumac and Pomegranate Chicken – the shorter version

This is such a delicious recipe – tart from the pomegranates, sweet from the onion gravy and pomegranate molasses, moist chicken and crunchy nuts on top and it looks great too!

Thank you Emma Spitzer for being the inspiration for this recipe in the first place.

Sumac and Pomegranate Chicken – the quick version Recipe Card

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How to de-seed a pomegranate

I was asked how to de-seed a pomegranate without my kitchen looking like a murder scene! All you need is a sharp knife, a rolling pin and a big bowl and a pomegranate of course! Please excuse the frown…the sun was in my eyes.

Vegetable Pakoras

Vegetable Pakoras – these (unusually for me) are not quick and are less healthy than my usual recipes but many of you requested the recipe so here it is.

They can be made with lots of different vegetables eg cauliflower, broccoli, onion, pepper, courgettes etc… so they’re a good way to eat a variety of vegetables and they taste totally delicious.

 

ps Gram flour is flour made from chick peas so there’s a bit of extra protein in there too (I said a bit)

Written Recipe Vegetable Pakoras

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Roasted Sweet Potato & Spicy Chick Pea Buddha Bowl

This Roasted Sweet Potato, Spicy Chick Peas & Quinoa Buddha Bowl is one of my favourite lunches.  It may not be one for the kids, (though my son is very happy to have it for his packed lunch)  but I think that lots of you will love it too.
There’s protein in the quinoa and the chick peas and so many phytonutrients in the different vegetables. It’s colourful, sweet, creamy, crunchy, spicy and totally delicious. 

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Carrot Cake Bliss Balls

These carrot cake bliss balls are sweet, with a cinnamon flavour and a hint of heat from the ginger. The lemon zest on the outside adds a citrusy flavour. As they contain raw carrots, dates and walnuts, they are a healthy alternative to sweets or chocolates and contain lots of different vitamins. Carrots are a rich source of Beta carotene which can be converted into vitamin A in the body to help maintain healthy skin.

I am selling these delicious Bliss Balls. They can be posted or collected. You can get 10 balls for £12. Email me at judianne@quickhealthyfamilymeals.com

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Apple Filo Pie

If you’re looking for a healthier dessert option…this is it. Sweetened with only the apples and the raisins. It’s tart, sweet and has a light crunchy topping. The apples contain lots of fibre, which most people should be eating more of and this is a delicious way to add some to your diet.

Apple Filo Pie printable recipe

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Bolognaise

I laughed out loud in the supermarket last week….. Little boy to mum…”Who doesn’t love bacon?” She replied “Vegans”
So……. Who doesn’t love Spaghetti Bolognaise? 😉

This Bolognaise is made with tomatoes, carrots, onions and mushrooms, so contains lots of veggies and it freezes brilliantly too.

Full of iron from the beef. Iron is needed to make haemoglobin, which helps your red blood cells carry oxygen around your body.

On my Mac-Nutrition course I’ve been learning that the links between red meat and heart disease are often overstated. Most research is done on BOTH red meat and processed meat and it’s the processed meat that is bad for your health. If you are healthy and eat a varied diet rich in natural foods, red meat is high in iron and other important nutrients. So make this Bolognaise!

Bolognaise Recipe Card

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