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Tagliatelle Parmesan Asparagus & Bacon

This evening is cheat night so I’m cooking Tagliatelle with parmesan asparagus and bacon.

I’m trying so hard with my diet right now, and have successfully cut out grains from most of my meals, however I allow myself the odd cheat meal here and there and this dish always satisfies a pasta craving!

It’s super easy to make and loved my the whole family.

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Flower Fruit Snack
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Flower Fruit Snack

Today I’m sharing with you my flower fruit snack recipe. This is one of the snacks that I make for my family to help them to eat more fruit. It’s also very popular with the adults too!

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Prawn And Scallop Salad With Asparagus

It’s been lovely weather today and what’s nicer than a bright, fresh salad in the sunshine?! This simple salad is quick and easy to make and even if you’re not a huge seafood lover, the mild taste of the scallops and prawns are easy on most pallets! Using mixed coloured tomatoes is a good way to engage children and encourage healthy eating.

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Pasta Free Lasagne With Aubergine & Halloumi

I thought I’d create a recipe tonight made of a few of my favourite things. My little boy has been asking for a lasagne for sometime, and as we’re cutting our grain intake, I created this version of the classic lasagne with layers of aubergine (eggplant to my friends in the US!), thick beef ragu and a rich creamy wheat free cheese sauce. No oven required!

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Low Carb Burger With Avocado and Pine Nut Salad

Tonight’s dinner is a great recipe I made up when I had just a few fresh ingredients lying around the kitchen some time ago. This twist on the classic burger uses lovely portabello mushrooms in place of a bun. On top of the burger is  a tomato, chilli and parsley salsa.  It’s finished with an avocado and pine nut side salad, drizzled in chilli infused olive oil.

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Low Fat Eton Mess
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Low Fat Eton Mess

Today I’m sharing with you this delicious and low fat eaton mess recipe. I thought instead of posting a main meal, I would mix it up and post a pudding that is very much loved in my house!

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cajun chicken cobb salad dinner
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Cajun Chicken Cobb Salad Recipe

This evening for dinner I made my version of  a Cobb Salad with cajun chicken. It was delicious and very quick and easy to make.  Usually a Cobb Salad recipe contains blue cheese and eggs but I left out the cheese as I’m trying to trim down and had ran out of eggs.

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Peri Peri Avocado Bagel Lunch

It’s lunch time and one of my favourite lunchtime bites is the Peri Peri Avocado Bagel.

I have always loved avocados but have recently been finding that they are much more than just a salad fruit! Today I have used them to make a very quick and easy lunch for my family.

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Steak Salad

Tonight for dinner I made a steak salad for the family. It consisted of rare cooked beef rump steak on top of salad. The salad was made from baby leafs, avocado, tomatoes, red pepper, cucumber and beetroot.

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