The trusty family meal you know the kids will eat has had a makeover. This one is loaded with vegetables and some sneaky lentils too! What I love most though is that this recipe doubles so easily (to use a full 500g pack of mince) so there’s an entire nights dinner sorted at the same…
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Beef Mince Stir Fry
Mince is a tasty and inexpensive protein for stir fries. Plus, you’ll be surprised at how little you need to make a huge recipe to feed a hungry family. A serve of meat is only 65g (about 90g raw) per person. This recipes uses just 400g for mince, which is more than enough each for…
Roast Vegetable Frittata
The roast vegetables in this recipe add such a wonderful flavour, it is worth the effort. At least once a week, when I have something going in the oven, I chop up a bowl of vegetables, sprinkle them with herbs and a splash of extra virgin olive oil and roast them for 20 minutes. I…
Chicken and Chickpea Curry
This curry is so easy, you won’t believe how much flavour it has! The simple sauce is made with some basic spices, canned tomatoes and light coconut milk. You can easily mix up the rest of the ingredients depending on what you need to use up. You can even leave out the chicken and add…
Lamb Koftas with Tzatziki and Purple Slaw
This Lamb Koftas recipe is a family favourite of ours. Lamb mince is a tasty way to get in a serve of red meat (for iron, zinc, potassium, B12 and B6), but I think it’s the novelty of skewered meat that makes this dish fun to eat. With tasty meat on a stick and lots…
Chicken Nuggets with Hidden Veggies
Chicken Nuggets with Hidden Veggies A healthy chicken nugget recipe to rival frozen versions? Yes please! Cutting up a chicken breast and crumbing the cubes pretty easy and a very healthy alternative to the frozen nuggets – but the texture is a bit different. So here’s a different version to try. It starts with chicken mince, which is…