Mains

Mains

Red Lentils serve 1

Red Lentils with Mushrooms & Spinach

Colder days means warming comfort food, and this cosy dish of red lentils, mushrooms and spinach, with a hint of chilli, fills that need perfectly while keeping it on the healthy side… It’s been a while since my last post, and the weather has definitely changed! These significantly chillier days definitely bring a need for […] Read more…

Thai Green Curry serve 3

Fragrant Thai Green Chicken Curry

This recipe is for a deliciously fragrant Thai Green Curry, made with a super quick and easy homemade Thai curry paste… I would be the first person to admit to using shop bought curry pastes on occasion, but making your own really is very easy. Thai curry pastes are full of beautifully fragrant ingredients, and […] Read more…

Lentils & Squash Salad serve 3

Roasted Squash & Rocket Salad with Puy Lentils

This is such a filling salad, with the sweetness of roasted butternut squash, earthy lentils, peppery rocket and smooth, salty feta cheese…. During the summer I often eat salads for my main meal, and as such need to make sure they’re filling. Otherwise I’ll be heading for the snacks and ultimately undoing all my good work! […] Read more…

Mango Salad serve 3

Mango & Avocado Salad with Poached Chicken

Sweet mango and creamy avocado salad dressed with zingy lime, also topped with delicately fragrant poached chicken. This is perfect sunshine food…. Despite the fact that summer seems to have deserted us and winter has returned, I take great pleasure in sharing this beautifully flavoursome mango and avocado salad with you! Seriously what is this weather […] Read more…

hot sour prawn noodle soup serve 1

Hot & Sour Prawn Rice Noodle Soup

A quick and easy soup filled with amazing hot and sour Asian flavours, with plump juicy prawns and fresh rice noodles…. I know the sun has just made an appearance and soup is probably the last thing you feel like eating when it’s lovely and warm, but this soup is just the lightest and most […] Read more…

Halloumi salad serve 6

Halloumi and Tangy Pomegranate Salad

A salad of divinely salty Halloumi on a bed of peppery rocket with juicy pomegranate seeds, pistachios and the most amazing honey roasted almonds…. Halloumi is up there as being one of my favourite cheeses, but not one I have in salads very often as its best served cooked. There are days when the effort […] Read more…

Butterbean Salad serve 2

Warm Butterbean and Roasted Red Pepper Salad

A quick and easy warm salad full of fabulous Mediterranean flavours. A butterbean salad with sweet roasted red peppers, smoky chorizo, and peppery rocket, bringing so much flavour on one plate…. So this week winter has made an appearance again, which after so many lovely mild days has been a real shock to the system! I’ve […] Read more…

Fresh Figs Salad serve 1

Sweet Fresh Figs & Creamy Goats Cheese Salad

This is a dreamy combination of sweet, juicy fresh figs and smooth creamy goats cheese, lightly coated in a tangy apple cider vinegar dressing…. All this beautiful sunny weather has really got me in the mood for salads, more so than usual, which is a lot! I love a salad like this one that is […] Read more…

Freekeh salad serve 1

Warm Freekeh, Quinoa & Butternut Squash Salad

A delicious warm freekeh and quinoa salad full of beautifully contrasting flavours and textures, perfect on its own or as a side… Talking to my Dad this morning, I was telling him about this amazing freekeh salad I was making for lunch today, his reaction was “but it’s not summer yet”! I think it’s a […] Read more…

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