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Greggs Style Sausage & Bean Bake
Greggs style Sausage & Bean Bake is a healthier version of a much loved classic! The dieting world has gone mad for “pasty’s” lately and they are bloody lovely so I can understand why!! The humble wrap has become a pastry replacement for slimmers across the country and while in town this morning, smelling the sausage rolls as I was walking past Greggs I wondered what other goodies I could try…. Of course! There’s no reason I can’t make a Greggs Style Sausage & Bean Bake! I have now gone gluten free so I now have even more reason to make things like this as I can’t eat Gregg’s. I…
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Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie is a proper British classic! You just can’t beat comfort food at this time of the year. There’s nothing better than snuggling up after a dinner full of carby, meaty, gravy covered goodness. Do you know the difference between your Shepherd’s and your Cottage though? So many people don’t, I was quite surprised. For those of your who don’t; It’s down to your meat. Shepherds look after sheep so that’s lamb mince…. Don’t ask me why Cottage is beef though! This dinner takes me back to being a child as it was one of my mum’s favourite, easy meals. My recipe is slightly different to my mum’s one…
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Chunky Vegetable Soup
The weather has turned, the days are shorter and it’s definitely feeling like winter already! That can only mean one thing, it’s soup season!!! There’s nothing better than a bowl of soup on a crappy day and my favourite has always been a tomato based, vegetable one so here’s my Chunky Vegetable Soup creation. You can use any vegetables you fancy really so just see what’s in the cupboard! Root vegetables tend to work best but it’s all about trial and error. I find the Chunky Vegetable Soup is really filling. It keeps me going for the whole afternoon and it’s super healthy too!
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Chicken and Chorizo Paella
Chicken and chorizo paella is such a tasty dish and because it’s all done in one pan it means less washing up! I feel like this is the perfect dish for any time of the year. It’s great in the summer as it just reminds me of Spain but it’s also warming in the winter. The cold leftovers also taste amazing! Not that there’s ever much left over in our house!
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Chinese Noodle Salad
Chinese Noodle Salad is one of my favourite lunches as it doesn’t take much prep and tastes delicious. It’s great with loads of lettuce and will keep you full all afternoon. It can easily be taken out and about in a lunchbox so makes the perfect midweek lunch when you’re off to work. I make mine gluten free by using rice noodles and Tamari these days. It works just as well as it did with egg noodles pre-GF. Of course, you can make it with the normie ingredients if you don’t need it to be free from.
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31st July 2017
The Sad Step It’s been a while since I’ve written in the diary section but I feel like I need to today. If you follow me on Instagram you would have seen me having a whinge today about “being so good” and the scales not moving. After weighing myself for the 3rd time today, and actually being down 4lb again I’ve realised that I need to stop!
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Vanilla and Toasted Marshmallow Baked Oats
Baked oats were my staple breakfast once upon a time. They always taste pretty good with whatever combination you come up with. This Vanilla & Toasted Marshmallow recipe is a pretty simple one. It tastes great though! Nothing can beat toasted marshmallows for breakfast though. You can find another couple of variations of Baked Oats by clicking HERE or HERE. I use gluten free oats for mine but you can use any you have in the cupboard if you don’t have to worry about intolerance’s.
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Easy Chicken Curry with Pilau Rice
This easy chicken curry is a firm favourite in my house and you can make it as spicy (or not) as you like. I don’t make mine overly spicy as both kiddies eat it and Mr isn’t great with heat. No matter how you have it, this is still full of flavour. But then, is a curry ever boring? I don’t ever change this recipe but you could always add some chickpeas if you wanted to bulk it out a little more. If you can, make it so there’s a portion left over. Trust me, this tastes even better as leftovers! Popped on top of a jacket potato is my…
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McDonald’s Style Egg In A Cup
This McDonald’s style egg in a cup trick is probably the easiest and quickest way to cook an egg! It looks like a Maccy D’s breakfast muffin egg but it is far healthier and tastes better too (in my opinion anyway). This has become a breakfast staple in our house just because they are so quick. They make the perfect weekend breakfast. I have recently found you can purchase a microwave egg poacher that does the same thing. It’s probably more faff than doing it this way though. Even though it cooks two eggs at a time they don’t cook evenly. Also, getting them out of the pot is more…
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Eggy Breakfast Muffins
Eggy Breakfast Muffins are great for so many reasons! They are so simple to make and they are great for using up leftover veg and old eggs. You can put anything you want in them and eat them hot or cold so great for days when you need something quick. As long as you made them the night before that is. They’re naturally Gluten Free and pretty filling. They’re basically just mini omelettes, muffin style! You can of course make them dairy free by using an alternative milk and vegetarian too. This recipe makes 6 muffins so I usually have 3 at a time. That seems like a reasonable portion…
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