Category Archive: Healthy Recipes

Meat Free Monday

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I am intrigued by today’s combination of ingredients – something completely outside my usual repetoire but a dish I am really looking forward to trying. It features some of my favourite ingredients but… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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Instead of a recipe for you today, I would like to share some ideas with you to make your 5 a day intake more interesting. The following article, written by Rozanne Stevens, comes… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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Mushrooms are one of my store-cupboard/fridge stand-bys. They are low in calories, packed with nutrients, and an excellent source of B vitamins and minerals, including selenium, copper, potassium, phosphorous, zinc and manganese. Martha Shulman… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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I have another great recipe for you this Monday – warm orzo salad with beets. Doesn’t it sound like a great combination and what a fantastic colour. Recent claims that beetroot has specific anti-carcinogens… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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I came across this recipe on Huffington Post recently and thought it sounded fantastic. Many of us have a love-hate relationship with these mini cabbage like Brussels sprouts, but I think this recipe… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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Many people have negative misconceptions about avocados mainly because of the fruit’s high fat content, but the avocado is a wonderful source of nutritional value. Avocados are listed as a “nutrient superstar” in the… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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I am really excited by today’s recipe – it sounds wonderful and it was sent to me by Lisa from Pink Kitchen, who recommends this mellow appetizer as not only tasty but nutritionally powerful. Both apples and… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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  Thinking of a recipe to share with you today, I found myself in the mood for a healthy desert and came across Angela Hartnett’s Poached Winter Fruits, which seemed to fit my… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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Last week I posted on the latest research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which reports that higher alpha-carotene blood levels were associated with a lower risk of dying from cancer and cardiovascular disease.… Continue reading →

Meat Free Monday

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Clearing out the cupboards after Christmas, I came across a jar of tahini which I had bought to make hummous, but then had forgotten about. Searching online for another way to use the jar,… Continue reading →