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Blueberry yogurt brûlée recipe

This recipe is from Delicious Magazine Serves 4 Takes 15 minutes to make, plus chilling time This is a healthier take on crème brûlee which, because of the high cream content, is extremely high in saturated fat. Using yogurt instead of cream makes for a lighter, yet...

SAUSAGE DISHES

Sausages don’t have to be bad! Choose good quality sausages with a high meat content prick the skin before cooking to release the fat. Cook with out adding more oil. Choose from the huge variety of vegetarian sausages which are much lower in fat that meat ones but...

Bean & Pesto Mash

Bean & Pesto Mash Serves 4 / prep 5 / cook 5 Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil plus extra for drizzling 2 x 400g cans cannellini beans, rinsed & drained 2 tbsp. pesto Method: Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the beans & cook for 3-4 mins until heated...

Roasted chicken & Mediterranean Veg

Serves 1 Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a roasting tray. Add ingredients and toss in the oil or brush with pastry brush. Roast 1 chicken breast with 1/2 red pepper, 1/2 green pepper, 4 slices aubergine, 1 sliced courgette & 4 cherry tomatoes. Alternatively, use a George...

Sausage & pepper casserole

Serves 2 4 sausages (as above) 3 peppers (mixed colours) seeded & sliced 1 red onion sliced into long strips 2 tbsp tomato puree 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes Salt & pepper to taste Serve with small baked sweet potato each or 3 small new potatoes each &...