Makes 1 large focaccia which will serve 8 minimum Ingredients Method
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Bulgar Wheat Salad with Chickpeas
Did you know that the average Brit spends £1000 buying lunch at work over the course of the year? This cost, coupled with the single-use packaging and missed opportunity for added nutrition is why I’ve teamed up with MyNutriWeb as part of Sustainable September to help you be more sustainable when it comes to lunch. It is estimated that 28% …
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Gut Loving Chickpea Caesar Salad
My Gut Loving Crispy Chickpea Caesar Salad is a delicious way to increase diversity as well as pack in pre- and probiotics whilst delivering 13g of fibre and 30g of protein per serving! Did you know that the bacteria found in Parmigiano Reggiano can survive and help to colonise our gut making it a delicious probiotic if eaten raw? And …
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Blackberry & Brie Sourdough Toastie
A really easy toastie recipe with the added nutrition from chia seeds to make the quickest jam ever! The chia seeds soak up any liquid from the crushed blackberries, helping to thicken the juices so it works as a spread for the toastie, whilst adding a little extra fibre and healthy polyunsaturated fats. The sweet sharpness of the seasonal blackberries …
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Courgette Pasta Bake 3 Ways
I was asked for a recipe that could be batch-cooked and frozen down for a baby as part of weaning using a courgette. So here is my Courgette Pasta Bake which can be used 3 different ways: either cook and eat straight away, as meal prep either in the fridge for a few days or the freezer for a few …
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Courgette Flower Arancini
This is a rough recipe, as it’s dependent on several factors: In all honesty, these weren’t the easiest recipe I’ve ever made, but I did think they were worth all the extra effort. Your gut microbes will also love this recipe due to the resistant starch formation in the risotto when it’s left overnight in the fridge. Ingredients Method
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Whipped Lemon Ricotta and Basil Courgettes
This is a great dish to have as a sharing starter in the middle of the table with people dipping chunks of sourdough bread in, scooping up a delicious bite-sized piece of summer. Serves 4 Ingredients To serve Method Per serving of dip: 330kcal/ 24g fat/ 12g saturated fat/ 5.4g carbohydrates/ 1.9g fibre/ 22g protein
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Preserved Lemon Courgettes on Garlic Yoghurt
If you grow courgettes, you’ll know you can easily be overrun with them! As part of National Allotments Week I’m pledging to help you use up your courgettes this year in a series of dishes all revolving around the humble courgette. This is an effortless dish, requiring zero cooking, making it the perfect heatwave meal to prepare. Serves 2 Ingredients …
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Roasted Smashed Potatoes with Broccoli and Beans
If you cook potatoes and then let them cool overnight you can create something called resistant starch, which, as the name suggests, is resistant to digestion. This means that you get to eat delicious-tasting food, and your gut microbes also benefit from the starches, which we are unable to digest, but they love! Serves 3 Ingredients Method Per serving: 350kcal/ …
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Sausage Rolls
These sausage rolls come together really easily with minimal effort, but maximal taste. Perfect to rustle up ready for a picnic when the weather looks promising without unnecessary additives in them! Get the kids involved with mixing, rolling and supervised cutting. Makes 12 sausage rolls Ingredients Method Per sausage roll: 198kcal/ 13g fat/ 5.1g saturated fat/ 10g carbohydrates/ 1g fibre/ …