Calzone

  Fancy a pizza but want something a little different? Try a calzone. It is a folded pizza and tastes great!         Serves 2: Ingredients: - 1 portion of pizza dough - 100-150ml of marinara - Pizza toppings of your choice. I went with mushrooms, red peppers and prawns. - 3 slices of light...

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Mushroom, Prawn and Asparagus Risotto

                    Serves 2 – 450 Calories per serving Ingredients - 150g brown rice (risotto normally uses arborio, but brown rice is much healthier) - 10 Asparagus Spears - 250g Prawns -250g Mushrooms - 6 garlic cloves, crushed - 3 tbsp parsley, chopped - 1.5 pint of...

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Chicken Pasta Salad

Sometimes sandwiches get a bit boring for lunch. This recipe is great for taking to work, or eating at home for lunch. It’s also a good way of using up left over chicken.             Serves 1 – 350 calories Ingredients - 40g Whole Wheat pasta shapes (Penne or fusilli work well) - 1...

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Marinara

Right, this is really simple. Don’t buy it in a jar, just don’t do it! When you see a recipe that calls for a tomato sauce in a pasta dish, don’t just go straight for the jar aisle in the supermarket – make it yourself. It is VERY cheap (40p?) and tastes so much better and more importantly, only has 4...

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Turkey Meatballs

You could make these as burgers rather than meatballs if you want, just make them into flat patties rather than balls. Serves 2 Ingredients: Half a pack of turkey mince 20g porridge oats (this might seem strange, but it is a replacement for breadcrumbs which is used to bind    the burgers. They are much ...

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Prawn and Salmon “Lasagne”

I say “lasagne” because it is made with courgette instead of pasta. Ingredients: 6 courgettes (but this will vary depending on the dish you are using) 2 salmon fillets 1 pack of fresh prawns 1 bag of spinach 500g mushrooms, sliced 1 large onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 box of...

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