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The key to our cooking is that we use a lot of fresh produce.

Finding fresh produce should not be that hard, especially if you live in a big country. Farmers’ markets are an excellent place to start, as any good chef will tell you. Seaside towns normally have excellent fish shops or stalls, and a good butcher is also key.

Also, no need to over complicate. Your ingredients should be so fresh that they taste good on their own. Like that, you don’t need much flavour mixing as the original taste of the ingredients is more than enough.

You will notice that some recipes will change over time as we tweak with their ingredients or other things. This is a learning experience for us too, and Carla is a born improviser, plus we won’t miss the chance of improving any old recipe and making it healthier or better tasting!

Braised Turkey with Veg

Poultry

I absolutely love turkey, took me a while to find it locally and then a little  while to master cooking it just right but nowadays it is part of our weekly diet and we eat turkey breast at least twice a week. Tonight we ate braised Turkey breast with fresh veg. Ingredients 1 onion (cut [...]

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Cardamom Almond & Raisin Yoghurt

Recipes
Yogurt

If you have been following my recipes you will see that I have created a cardomon based muffin, however this recipe mixture actually comes from a much simpler recipe, which is ideal from breakfast or a snack. 1 small tub of light yogurt (150g) 1 tsp of cardamon powder 1 tsp of honey 1 tsp [...]

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Pumpkin Wedges

Recipes

If you are watching the carbs, try pumpkin wedges instead of potato wedges. Pumpkin Olive oil Paprika salt chives Peel your pumpkin and cut into wedge shapes. Boil your pumpkin wedges until they are soft but still relatively firm. Remove from water and place on a baking tray. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over [...]

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Strawberry and Orange Surprise punch

Recipes

Prep time: 20 minutes * Punnet of strawberries * Oranges * Orange juice * nutmeg * caster sugar * vanilla essence * mint Cut strawberries in quarters and wedge orange segments and cut in cubes. Cover in orange juice. Sprinkle with finely chopped mint. Add a half teaspoon of nutmeg, a couple of drops of [...]

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Mediterranean Rice

Pasta & Grains

Mediterranean Rice Wholegrain rice quarter of an onion small tomato sundried tomatoes 2 olives Basil (add tuna for protein) optional Get the rice on the boil as soon as possible – wholegrain rice takes a little longer.I went for 1/2 a cup of rice – MORE than enough! Let cool. Fry the onion in the [...]

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Fish al Forno

Fish

This dish is fool proof. So simple and quick and so healthy. What you will need fresh fish (cleaned) onion garlic lemon olives sundried tomatoes fresh tomatoes capers (optional) olive oil (wine or water) foil Time needed: 15 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Preheat your oven while you start to make the mixture. Dice an [...]

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Warm Chicken and Veg salad

Poultry

Chicken breast Carrots Spring bean Zucchini soya sauce honey Seasame Seeds Start by defrosting and preparing the chicken breast as described in my low fat chicken recipe. Cut chicken into slices and fan on side of the plate. Cut up your carrots, spring beans and zuchini and stir fry them in water in a hot [...]

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Chicken, chickpea and lentil curry stew

Poultry

If you are looking for something to warm you up on a cold night, this chicken, chickpea and lentil curry stew is a fab quick meal. It is also lower in carbs than say a chicken curry pasta or rice. Ingredients 1 onion clove of garlic a chicken breast tsp of cumin tbsp of mild [...]

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Tuna, bean and egg salad

Recipes

Lettuce Tomato string beans oil garlic walnuts sun-dried tomato olives egg Parmesan cheese Serves 2 Prep time 20 minutes Firstly hard boil two eggs. In boiling water it usually takes 7 minutes In the meant time take a hand full of lettuce, wash, dry and shred by hand or with a knife. Cut two tomatoes [...]

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Mixed Peppers and tomato couscous salad

Recipes

Prep time: 10 minutes * Small onion * tomatoes * green peppers * pepper * paprika * chives * couscous Firstly prepare the couscous in a large bowl. Cover the couscous with boiling water, use a little olive oil in the mix to keep it loose. Let it cool outside the fridge. Remember with couscous [...]

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