by Valerie Green | Aug 21, 2020 | Recipes
If you are not a fan of anchovies, then this salad is for you. Anchovy fans, feel free to add. This super easy salad proves salads don’t have to be about cold, limp lettuce leaves! Serves 4 4 chicken breasts 8 slices of streaky bacon 1 garlic clove crushed Juice of...
by Valerie Green | Aug 21, 2020 | Recipes
This is a great super healthy main course salad. It is tasty, filling and the longest part is cooking the potatoes! I like to add 2 cans of tuna as I just love it but the recipe only calls for 1. Serves 4 500g new potatoes halved or baby salad potatoes 2 tbsp pesto...
by Valerie Green | Aug 21, 2020 | Recipes
Lentils are one of the most nutritious and versatile plant-based proteins. Puy lentils are rich in antioxidants, iron and magnesium. They are great for salads due to their peppery taste. Halloumi makes a wonderful alternative for meat. Serves 4 250g cherry tomatoes...
by Valerie Green | Aug 21, 2020 | Recipes
Did you know that one serving of cauliflower has 100% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C? This underused vegetable is not only high in fiber, low in calories, it also contains some of almost every vitamin and mineral you need. Serves 4 1 cauliflower broken...
by Valerie Green | Jul 29, 2020 | Recipes
I often turn to this tasty store cupboard pasta dish when I am time short and not in the mood for a meat dish. Warm garlic bread is a great accompaniment to this dish. Serves 2 1 red onion thinly slicked 2 garlic cloves crushed 200g cherry tomatoes halved 1 tbsp...
by Valerie Green | Jul 29, 2020 | Articles
With gym’s reopening and many of us having gained an average of 3kgs, our tight jeans have got us focused on losing some of that excess weight. I hear plenty of talk regarding burning off those calories, what does high in calories actually mean, feeling the pressure...
by Valerie Green | Jul 17, 2020 | Recipes
This was the first page I opened from Deliciously Ella’s new cookbook Quick & Easy. So, I took it as a sign and got baking these vegan cookies. They are so easy to make, incredibly delicious, a little crispy on the outside, soft in the middle and full of big...
by Valerie Green | Jul 17, 2020 | Articles
Many moons ago, before marriage, children and Coronavirus, I had a love for opera, ballet and classical music. But you know, life got in the way, the children’s music ruled the house during their different stages in age and my music just drifted off. I attended a...
by Valerie Green | Jul 5, 2020 | Articles
If we want to make changes, we have to do the work. But before doing the work we must work on our mindset in order to sustain lasting changes. I like to refer to it as ‘getting your head in the game’. Now more than ever before we need to connect to our inner selves...
by Valerie Green | Jul 5, 2020 | Recipes
Whilst this may resemble a pizza, it actually has a puff pastry base. A Florentine style recipe contains spinach. I have added cheese and eggs here. I would usually put mozzarella but improvised with feta cheese and it was equally as delicious. This makes a...
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