Lemon chicken broccoli and cashews

This is DELICIOUS! Ben makes it better than I do but...recipe here!

African Peanut Stew

Make a big batch and enjoy it over and over.

Recipe link here.

I don't know what chard is...I used kale. I also add extra chillis, cos yummmm spicy. I would add peanuts I think, extra crunch!

Teriyaki Salmon and Veg

This was so easy to make and really tasty!

You need:

Salmon fillet
Healthy oil of your choice
one pepper
chilli
garlic
kale
chilli flakes (if you want)
teriyaki marinade (I use blue dragon)

Brush marinade on your salmon and shove it under the grill. Every few minutes, take it out and re-glaze with the teriyaki, once you've done 3/4 the salmon should be about cooked. Sprinkle chilli flakes on it afterwards if you fancy!

Fry all veg in your oil and when it's about cooked, add a dash (about a tablespoon) of the marinade and continue to fry for another minute or two.

Done.

Kale and Mushroom Quinoa

You need:

60g (dry weight) quinoa
100g kale
150g mushrooms
tablespoon of your healthy oil (I use about 3g of coconut oil)
half a (vegetable) stock cube
30/40g feta


Quinoa is easy enough to make. Plonk it in a saucepan and add boiling water about a half inch above the quinoa, and add your stock (you can just have water but I find the stock adds a good flavour), bring to boil, then simmer, covered.

Heat up your oil in a frying pan and cook the kale and sliced mushrooms. Once quinoa is cooked (the water is gone and the grains have turned into little sprials), add the fried vegetables, top with feta. Boom.

While this gives you a really good portion - you'd be good to maybe half the weights above and have some protein with this on the side. For my packed lunches I'd probably also eat a boiled egg.

Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

My gosh this has a kick!

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Based strongly on this recipe.

Ingredients

Healthy oil of your choice (I went a small amount of coconut oil)

1 red chilli chopped - keep seeds if you want it spicy
3 garlic gloves, crushed
1 tsp paprika
1 large pinch cumin seeds
1 tsp chilli powder

1 medium butternut squash peeled and cubed
1 medium potato, peeled and cubed
2 carrots chopped
2 celery sticks
1 large onion

1.5 pints chicken or veg stock

Follow instructions from BBC Good Food website!

Salmon Cracker Lunch

Smoked salmon on dark ryvita crackers with garlic and herb light philadelphia cream cheese, sliced cucumber, sliced apple, salad with a tablespoon of dressing - olive oil, balsamic vinegar and grainy mustard. Healthy - seriously delicious. 

Salmon Fillet

Salmon is super easy and super healthy - I've gotten very into salmon because of how easy it is to cook. I place the salmon fillet on a piece of foil, squeeze a slice of lemon over it, wrap it into a parcel and shove it in the oven at 180 centigrade - fan oven.
New potatoes obviously just need boiling, though I am just having the salmon with veg nowadays, broccoli and carrots, and I steam my veg to retain nutrients!

Mushroom Leek Quinoa

I follow Gwyneth Paltrow's advice when it comes to cooking quinoa:

Rinse the quinoa thoroughly and place it in a pot set over high heat with the water and a pinch of salt. Bring the quinoa to a boil, lower the heat, cover the pot, and cook until all the liquid is absorbed and the quinoa's germs and looks like lots of little spirals, 12 to 15 minutes. Turn the heat off, place a dry paper towel (I use kitchen roll) between the pot and the lid, and let the quinoa sit for at least 5 minutes before giving it a fluff with a fork.

Instead of a pinch of salt I use vegetable stock to give it a bit of flavour. I fried the mushroom and leek in a little coconut oil then just added them together. Boom. It was super tasty. Better warm than hot by a long shot though.