Bacon & Shroom Pasta

Feel free to swop the bacon for cooked ham or leave out if vegetarian. This is also lovely made with leeks, saute with the mushrooms. Print Recipe Bacon & Shroom Pasta Course Main Courses Prep Time 10 Cook Time 15 Servings Ingredients 1 tsp oilve oil2 rashers bacon streaky or
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Lentil Bolognaise

A great dish for meat-free Mondays. Easy to double the quantity. Print Recipe Lentil Bolognaise Course Main Courses Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 40 mins Servings Ingredients 1 onion chopped1 garlic clove crushed1 large carrot diced1 large courgette diced125 g dried brown lentils or puy lentils1/2 tbsp olive oil400
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Smoked Salmon Pasta

This is one of my favourite pasta dishes. Mix up the flavours of cream cheese, from chives to jalapeno, anything goes!
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Cumin & Lemon Roasted Cauliflower

Veggie all the way with this one.
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Chicken Cacciatore

Feed a crowd or batch Cooking – serves 8! This is my healthy version of chicken cacciatore. Unusually I didn’t have any olives in the house so i used capers instead but feel free to add olives to juzz it up a bit!  
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Pot Noodle

This is a fun lunchbox idea.  Makes a lovely change from salads and sandwiches. Use any veggies you like, chopped small or thinly sliced. Use any cooked meat, I use left over chicken or gammon. You could add beans or chickpeas if you want to  make it veggie. Prepare your
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Cauliflower & Potato Curry

Easy peasy vegetable curry. This curry doesn’t have really complex flavours, it’s just a nice warming hug in a bowl.
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A kind of kedgeree

I had taken some smoked haddock out the freezer and wanted to make a lighter type of kedgeree. This is the result, moist and spicy with delicious smoked fish and a creamy poached egg on top. See the notes below for my top tip to get lovely poached eggs. A
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Chicken peanut noodles

This is an adaptation of a recipe I saw in the Mail on Sunday in a feature on how to beat heart disease.  The original recipe was for a cold salad but as it’s only February I have tweaked it into a comforting stir-fry.  
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Salmon Pie & Cauliflower Mash

This lighter version of fish pie comes courtesy of Dr Hazel Wallace, AKA The Food Medic, with minor tweaks. Thanks Hazel.
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