RECIPES

Breakfast Ideas

Oat Porridge with Cherries

Ingredients

  • 70g Oat groats or rolled oats
  • Handful of fresh or defrosted cherries
  • 1tsp peanut butter 
  • Half medium banana
  • Cinnamon, salt

Preparation

  1. If you are using oat groats, soak them overnight, add a pinch of salt, and boil for 10 min. For rolled oats, pour freshly boiled water over them, cover  with a plate and a kitchen towel, and leave them to absorb the water for 5 min. 
  2. Mix in the peanut butter, mashed      banana, and cinnamon.
  3. Serve with cherries and pumpkin seeds. 

Tips:

Use blueberries, raspberries, chopped apples, pears, or mango. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds or pine nuts.  

Cottage Cheese Omelette

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • 150g Cottage cheese
  • 1 Finely chopped gherkin, few cherry tomatoes (optional)
  • Salt, pepper, any fresh or dried herbs
  • A drop of olive oil for frying

Preparation

  1. Whisk the eggs with a fork. 
  2. Mix in the cottage cheese and gherkins.
  3. Season the egg mixture with salt, pepper, and herbs.
  4. Heat a non-stick pan and add a drop of oil. Pour the egg mixture, put the lid on, and cook on low heat until it is firm. 
  5. Top it with sliced cherry tomatoes (optional) and cook for another few minutes. 
  6. Fold an omelette in half or roll carefully.
  7. Serve with your favourite vegetables and a slice of toasted bread or crispbread. 

What side to choose for an omelette:

Make a simple salad from salad leaves and your favourite vegetables or simply slice half avocado, tomato, cucumber, and radishes and add a small handful of olives. Enjoy a slice of toasted bread.  

Omelette with Fresh Vegetables

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • Salt, pepper, herbs (fresh or dried)
  • A drop of olive oil for frying
  • Fresh vegetables of your choice

Preparation

  1. Whisk the eggs with a fork, season. 
  2. Add a drop of oil to the non-stick pan.
  3. Fry an omelette on low to medium heat with a lid on until it is firmed. Do not overcook! 
  4. Fold or roll and serve with your favourite fresh vegetables and a slice of bread or crispbread. 

Vegetable options:

Cucumber sticks, halved cherry tomatoes, half avocado sliced, olives (4-5), radishes, few gherkins. 

Boiled Eggs with a Simple Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • Salad leaves of your choice
  • Vegetables of your choice
  • Olive oil, balsamic or lemon juice, salt, pepper, fresh or dried herbs

Preparation

  1. Boil the eggs.
  2. Chop salad leaves and vegetables of your choice.
  3. Season the vegetables with salt, pepper, herbs, olive oil, balsamic or lemon juice. 
  4. Half the eggs and serve with salad.

Ingredient options for salad:

Salad leaves, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, olives, radishes, gherkins, carrots, courgette, fennel, beetroot, broccoli, beans, peas, pumpkin, sunflower seeds, pine nuts.   

Dinner Ideas

Turkey & Mushroom Wholemeal Spaghetti

Ingredients

  • 70g wholemeal spaghetti 
  •  100g turkey breast meal 
  • 1 bigger mushroom
  • Half cup tomato passata
  • 1 garlic clove
  • A drop of olive oil for cooking + drizzling
  • Salt, pepper, Italian herbs, fresh basil
  • Small amount of hard cheese (optional)

Preparation

  1. Chop turkey breast meat into cubes and season with salt, pepper, any herbs, a drop of olive oil (I also used smoked paprika powder + a dash of soy sauce). Leave the meat to marinate or cook straight away. 
  2. Boil a pot of water or put the kettle to boil.
  3. Finely chop garlic and slice the mushroom.
  4. Start boiling the pasta according to cooking instructions on the label. 
  5. Fry the garlic in a dash of olive oil until fragrant, then add the meat and cook until it’s  almost cooked through.
  6. Add sliced mushroom, season with Italian herbs  and cook for another minute.
  7. Pour in tomato passata and a scoop of pasta water into the pan. Grate some hard cheese. Taste and season with more salt or pepper, if needed. 
  8. Add cooked spaghetti to the sauce, and a splash of pasta water if it’s too thick. Toss pasta well.
  9. Serve with some grated cheese, chopped fresh basil, and a drizzle of olive oil.  

Oven-Baked White Fish in Ground Almond Crust

Ingredients

  • White fish (≈200g) (cod, haddock, whiting,  Alaskan pollock, etc.)
  • Ground almonds for tossing the fish
  • A drop of olive oil
  • Salt, pepper, smoked paprika, or any other seasoning you like

Preparation

  1. If using a big fillet of fish, chop it into smaller pieces (≈100g) 
  2. Season the fish with salt, pepper, any herbs you like and drizzle with some olive oil.
  3. Toss the fish in ground almonds lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and any seasoning you like. 
  4. Bake in a 180℃ fan-assisted preheated oven for 10-15min. or until the fish is cooked through.
  5. Serve with your favourite salad, steamed vegetables, quinoa or brown rise. 

Vegetable options:

Steamed or lightly boiled broccoli or cauliflower florets, carrot sticks, peas, edamame beans. 

Grilled Tofu with Grilled Vegetables

Ingredients

  • 250 firm tofu
  • Vegetables of your choice (courgettes, aubergines, green beans, etc.)
  • Salt, pepper, smoked paprika, soy sauce, or any other seasoning you like
  • Honey
  • Olive oil
  • Sesame seeds for serving (optional)
  • Greek yogurt for serving

Preparation

  1. Slice the tofu into 1,5cm slices.
  2. Pierce tofu slices with a fork and season with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, a tiny bit of honey, and olive oil. Leave to marinate for at least 30min.
  3. If using aubergine, slice it into 1,5cm slices, sprinkle with salt, and leave it to release water.
  4. Then wipe the released water from aubergine slices with kitchen paper and season with salt, pepper, your chosen herbs, and drizzle with olive oil.
  5. Slice courgettes into 1,5cm slices and season with your chosen spices and drizzle with olive oil. 
  6. Grill tofu slices until golden. Then grill vegetables. 
  7. Pan-fry green beans in a tiny bit of olive oil just for a minute, and season with salt and pepper.
  8. Sprinkle grilled tofu slices with sesame seeds, and serve with grilled vegetables and some Greek yogurt mixed with soy sauce. 

Grilled Aubergine, Courgette & Mushrooms with Feta

Ingredients

  • Half aubergine
  • Half medium courgette
  • 3 mushrooms
  • ¼ block of feta cheese 

Preparation

  1. Slice the aubergine into 1,5cm slices, sprinkle with sea salt, and leave it to release the water.
  2. Slice the courgette into 1,5cm pieces, drizzle with olive oil,  season with salt, pepper, garlic granules, curry powder, ground cumin, or any other spices you love.
  3. Slice the mushrooms, drizzle with olive oil, and season with sea salt and your favourite spices. 
  4. Dry aubergine slices with kitchen paper, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, or your favourite spices, and grill until nicely caramelised.  
  5. Grill courgette slices and mushrooms.
  6. Serve grilled vegetables with crumbled feta cheese and Greek yogurt mixed with soy sauce or Marmite.  

Tips:

Play with different spices. For example, for this dish, I seasoned aubergine with smoked paprika, while for the courgette I chose curry powder, and ground cumin.    

Sweet Treats

Apple & Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 apple
  • 150g cottage cheese
  • 2 tbsp wholemeal flour
  • 2 tbsp ground almonds
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • Vanilla sugar or extract, cinnamon, pinch of salt

Preparation

  1. Grate the apple. 
  2. Whisk the eggs and mix in all other ingredients. 
  3. Fry the pancakes in a non-stick pan on low to medium heat. Turn once.
  4. After turning, put the lid on and continue frying until the pancakes are golden.

Tips:

These pancakes are not too sweet, so if you’re a “sweet tooth” enjoy them with a teaspoon of your favourite jam or preserve or drizzle some maple syrup or honey. 

Banana & Avocado Bread 

Ingredients

  • Dry:
  • 2 cups wholemeal flour
  • 1,5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • Wet:
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 medium ripe avocado
  • 1 ripe banana
  • ¼ cup maple syrup or honey
  • Vanilla extract (optional)

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 180℃ 
  2. In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients.
  3. Then blend banana, avocado, buttermilk, and maple syrup/honey.
  4. Mix dry and  wet ingredients, but don’t over-mix. 
  5. Pour the batter into the loaf tin layered with parchment paper and bake for 40-45 min. 
  6. Cool and enjoy. 

Tips

This bread is delicious with smooth peanut butter as a dessert!