January Jump-Start: Eat Healthy.. & Enjoy It!

January can seem a bit depressing with her early sunsets, cold winds, and shortage of financial funds, so it helps to have some good recipes on hand for quick & easy suppers, especially when they fit in with the whole New Year : New healthy eating resolutions!


1. salad with toasted walnuts (first time for me, but it's so worth it, gives the salad the most delicious flavour!), quinoa cooked in chicken broth/stock, then stirred in some fresh basil & spring onions, served with mussels in a white wine sauce (cheat: the sauce came with the mussels, from Waitrose, only 4g fat per portion).


2. chicken enchiladas. lightly fry chicken breast (slice off & bin any unwanted fat) & chopped pepper. in a separate pan, make a tomato sauce (tinned tomatoes, tbsp brown sugar, tbsp balsamic vinegar, seasoning, hot sauce to taste, tbsp cumin, tspn coriander, crushed garlic, glug of wine), heat through to reduce slightly. Add some of the tomato sauce to chicken/peppers, spoon into a wholemeal wrap, roll up, top with remainder of sauce. Add chopped jalapenos & small amount of mature cheddar. Bake for 20 mins.


3. potato wedges. cut potato into wedge shapes (keep skin on for extra flavour & goodness), parboil for 2 mins. toss in olive oil, sea salt, cayenne, paprika, cumin to taste. Roast for 20-25 mins.


4. ben & jerry's frozen yoghurt. approx 2g fat per portion. genius.

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