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Sweet Pea & Prawn with Pasta Shells

Jools Sweet Pea & Prawn with Pasta Shells Serves 4 takes 15 minutes / easy peasy to do Ingredients: 320 g dried pasta shells 4 cloves of garlic 1 fresh red chilli olive oil 200 g frozen sustainably sourced peeled cooked prawns 200 g frozen peas 1 heaped tablespoon...

Easy Risotto with Bacon & Peas

Easy risotto with bacon & peas  Serves 4  Ready in 40-50 minutes Calories 396 / Protein 14g / Carbs 64g / Fat 11g / Saturates 4g  Ingredients: 1 onion 6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 300g risotto rice 1l hot vegetable stock 100g frozen peas Method: Finely chop...

Minced Beef & Sweet Potato Stew

(recipe from Good Food)         Serves: 4 Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 1 hour  –  can be frozen Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion , chopped 1 large carrot , chopped 1 celery stick, sliced 500g lean minced beef 1 tbsp tomato purée 1 tbsp mushroom ketchup...

Thai Chicken & Sweet Potato Soup

(recipe from BBC Good Food)              Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a starter Prep: 5 mins Cook: 30 mins Ingredients: 1 tsp olive or rapeseed oil 2 garlic cloves , chopped 1 red chilli , deseeded and chopped 2cm chunk root ginger , chopped 1 stalk lemongrass , bashed...