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Homemade & Healthier Chicken Nuggets & Turkey Nuggets

Satisfy your cravings for takeout with this healthy homemade nugget recipe.

Smoked Cod Kedgeree

A subtly spiced rice dish, this is based on a classic kedgeree recipe but with extra vegetables to add vitamins....


Stuffed Eggs

These stuffed eggs are served on a bed of ribbon vegetables and crunchy lettuce leaves drizzled with a tarragon vinaigrette...


Healthy Irish Stew

Traditional recipes for Irish stew use a tough, fatty cut of lamb and only potatoes, onions and herbs. This up-to-date...


Niçoise Salad with Baby Potatoes

This hearty salad is sure to fill you up with a combination of tuna, egg and vegetables.

Stir-Fried Rice and Chicken

The rice, with its slightly chewy texture and Indian spices, provides the perfect backdrop for tender chicken, crunchy raw vegetables,...


Apple and Fennel Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

This is a tasty salad to have in your repertoire for the winter months. Bulb fennel has a distinctive, sweet...

Roast Beef and Rice Salad

This rice salad is packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre. It is an excellent way of using up left-over roast...


Beet and Feta Salad

For a more filling meal add your choice of meat and a roll.


Red Cabbage Salad with Apricots

This salad is an excellent variation of the usual apple and cabbage combination. The apricots add a lovely tart yet...


Herb-Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Blue Cheese Horseradish Sauce

Tender, succulent and ready in under an hour, this beef tenderloin makes a dazzling and decadent centrepiece.

Fusilli Salad with Ham and Lima Beans

This hearty salad features pesto made of walnuts and peppery watercress leaves'a savory twist on the classic basil-pine nut version'with...


Cheesy Cod and Potato Bake

Here's a really simple supper dish of smoked cod with a crispy topping of sliced potatoes finished with cheese. Peas...


Cauliflower and Stilton Soufflé

A soufflé is always bound to impress. Here's a classic combo that adds vegetable value to a light and fluffy...


Broccoli and salmon frittata

A really fantastic midweek dish, this is so easy. And if you use frozen broccoli florets it is a great...


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Cream cheese and smoked trout wraps

A delicious, moist filling of herby soft cheese and flaked, smoked fish is rolled up inside tortillas with crisp bean...

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Mediterranean beefburgers with red-hot tomato salsa

Sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and herbs create a Mediterranean flavour, and a fresh chili and tomato salsa adds extra zing. Making...


Pasta, ham and fava bean salad

This quick and easy pasta salad is just right for busy people. It is appealing and sustaining and the watercress...


Onion soup with Gruyère croutes

The secret of this rich, warming soup lies in the slow cooking of the onions and leeks, in just a...


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Fish boulangère

Firm white fish lends itself to gentle oven-braising on a bed of vegetables. Sliced potatoes and onion provide the vegetable...


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Linguine with crab

This dish bursts with the colour and flavour of fresh herbs, zesty lemon and piquant chili that enhance the sweet...


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Goat’s cheese and red pepper quiche

A colourful vegetarian quiche with a filling of juicy roasted peppers and red onion in a tangy goat's cheese filling.


Vegetable Pies with Cheese and Herb Pastry

There is always something appealing about individual pies. These are filled with vegetables in a parsley sauce and topped with...


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Chicken Cobbler

A richly flavoured combination of chicken and mixed vegetables, cooked in cider, with a topping of light, herby scones, makes...


Polenta and Corn Bake

This is a satisfying, sunny yellow dish made with instant polenta and canned corn kernels baked in a cheesy batter....

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Goat’s Cheese and Cherry Tomato Clafoutis

Traditionally a sweet pudding, this savoury version of the French clafoutis is made with soft goat's cheese and small cherry...


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Cheesy Vegetable Gratin

A comforting, chunky vegetable stew is topped with a cheesy breadcrumb crust to evoke the flavours of traditional farmhouse cooking.


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Cheesy cod and potato bake

Here's a really simple supper dish of smoked cod with a crispy topping of sliced potatoes finished with cheese. Peas...


Tortilla Chips with Fresh Mango and Tomato Salsa

Here is a fresh-tasting, colourful salsa that is rich in vitamins and valuable antioxidants. It is a perfect dip for...


Fresh Crab and Avocado Dip with Crispy Tortilla Chips

Crab and avocado is an age-old combination that has a bit of magic to it, which is why you see...


Roasted Fennel and Potato Soup

If you have never tried fennel soup, you are really missing out on something unique. It's like a leek and...