• Perfect pasta

    Perfect pasta

    Ingredients

    200g/7oz pasta shapes
    175g/6oz broccoli
    2 chicken breasts, cooked
    4 tbsp honey
    2 tbsp rice vinegar
    2 tbsp soy sauce
    1 tbsp sesame oil
    150g/5oz sweetcorn
    2 spring onions

  • Method

    1. Cook the pasta shapes according to the packet instructions. Add the broccoli for the last three minutes.
    2. Shred the cooked chicken into bite-sized pieces. Remove any bits of skin.
    3. Carefully slice the spring onions.
    4. Make a dressing by mixing together the honey, vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil.
    5. Mix together the pasta, broccoli, chicken, spring onions, sweetcorn and the dressing.
    6. Your pasta salad is now ready to eat.

  • Breakfast in a glass (Serves 2)

    Breakfast in a glass (Serves 2)

    Ingredients

    2 whole bananas
    250ml mango juice
    2 dessert spoons honey
    350g natural Greek yogurt
    100g readymade muesl

     

  • Method

    1. Using a hand blender, blend together the bananas chopped up, mango juice,honey and yogurt. 
    2. Blend for about 30 seconds or until the mixture is well combined and thickened in to a ‘smoothie’ 
    3. Pour into two tall glasses and add one heaped dessert spoon of muesli to the top of each glass.

  • Breakfast Fruit kebabs (Serves 2)

    Breakfast Fruit kebabs (Serves 2)

    Ingredients

    3 bananas (cut into chunks)
    1 ripe pear (cut into wedges)
    1 nectarine (cut into wedges)
    8 strawberries
    2 plums/1 apple
    150ml fresh orange juice
    2 table spoons runny honey

     

  • Method

    1 Thread the fruit onto 8 small wooden skewers. 
    2 Warm the honey and orange juice, use to brush the fruit. 
    3 Grill 2-3 minutes, turning and basting hallway.

  • Fruity Flapjack

    Fruity Flapjack

    Ingredients

    250 grams oats
    150 grams margarine
    75 grams golden syrup
    75 grams sugar
    50 grams dried fruit Handful of seeds
    (pumpkin/sunflower)

     

  • Method

    1 Pre-heat the oven to 180oC. Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper. 
    2 Add the margarine, syrup and sugar to a pan and heat over a gentle heat until melted. 
    3 Add the oats, dried fruit and seeds to the sugary mix in the pan. 
    4 Put the mix into the baking tray and press flat 
    5 Bake for 25 – 30 minutes until golden. 
    6 Leave to cool then enjoy!

  • Date and Walnut Flapjack

    Date and Walnut Flapjack

    Ingredients

    250 grams oats
    150 grams margarine
    75 grams golden syrup
    75 grams sugar
    50 grams dates Handful of walnuts
    1 teaspoon mixed spice

     

  • Method

    1 Pre-heat the oven to 180oC. Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper.
    2 Roughly chop dates and walnuts.
    3 Add the margarine, syrup and sugar to a pan and heat over a gentle heat until melted.
    4 Add the oats, dates, walnuts and mixed spice to the sugary mix in the pan.
    5 Put the mix into the baking tray and press flat
    6 Bake for 25 – 30 minutes until golden.
    7 Leave to cool then enjoy!

     

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