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Recipe: Pea Mint & Lettuce Soup

Very quick, very colourful, very moreish, in no way seems like a ‘slimming soup’ and children love it! Serves 3 Ingredients 600ml frozen peas 600ml chicken or vegetable stock 1 old-fashioned round lettuce, cleaned and shredded A generous bunch of fresh mint, chopped Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 0% fat Greek yoghurt Method • Put a couple of handfuls of the peas in a bowl, pour…
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Recipe: Hummus with red peppers and walnuts

Here is a lovely variation of the Oriental classic wonderful dip. 1. Put the chickpeas into a sieve and rinse thoroughly under running water, then soak overnight in a bowl of water. 2. Drain the chickpeas and bring to the boil in fresh water, together with the spiced onion. Skim off the foam, then cook for 40 minutes until soft. Remove the onion. Drain, rinse in cold water, and drain again. 3.
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Recipe: Ginger, carrot and apple juice

A sweet and spicy drink – healthy, delicious and rather attractive! 1. Peel the ginger and lemons. Wash and peel the carrots. Cut the apples and the fennel into halves or quarters so that they fit into the juice extractor. 2. Put all the ingredients into the juice extractor. Stir the juice well, leave to settle for 5 minutes and then skim off the foam. 3. Put the juice in the refrigerator.
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Christmas recipe: VANILLA PANETTONE

VANILLA PANETTONE is a great alternative option for the holiday season with an added ice cream surprise. Use Amaretto and Vanilla Ice Cream to give this recipe a twist. Although this is a perfect Christmas recipe, we love it all year round. Serves: 6 Prep time: 10 mins Ingredients 8 scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream (200g/400ml) 1 large panettone (14cm, 534g) 1 tbsp icing sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp…
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Recipe: Wild Mushroom Risotto with Chicken, Crispy Pancetta and Spinach

Some of my friends call me the Queen of Risottos… Well, I love risotto and my favourite risotto recipes are the Milanese (yellow) risotto with saffron and the wild mushroom risotto (Risotto coi funghi). Here is an unusual risotto recipe that is mouth watering. Serves 2 lucky people Ingredients: 2 x 175g chicken breasts 1 tblsp olive oil 100g pancetta cubes 1 x 190g jar Sacla’ Wild…
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Italian recipe: Antipasto Classico (Mixed Antipasti)

This recipe is very handy as it is useful to know what to serve guests at a home party before the main meal. Here you go the classic Italian antipasti. This delicious recipe has been donated by the ASK Italian Cookbookwhose sales raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. Serves 4 / Prep: 10 minutes, or 1 hour 30 minutes if you make the bread dough from scratch…
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Italian recipes: Involtini di Melanzane (Aubergine rolls)

Melanzane (Aubergines) are some of my favourite vegetables. This delicious recipe has been donated by the ASK Italian Cookbook out on 20th November 2012 whose sales will raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. Makes 8 rolls, serves 4 / Prep: 35 minutes / Cook: 20 minutes This quintessentially summer recipe was given to us by ASK Italian’s extra virgin olive oil…
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Buttermilk Waffle Sticks with Warm Chocolate Fudge dipping sauce

Easy recipe to make with the children: Buttermilk Waffle Sticks with Warm Chocolate Fudge dipping sauce. Light fluffy waffle sticks with a gooey sticky chocolate sauce, perfect for a birthday party treat. Makes 36 waffle sticks Prepare the chocolate sauce before you start cooking the waffles, this allows the dipping sauce time to cool. What you will need… • 145g plain flour • 145g…
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Pecan Waffle Sticks with a Toffee Dipping Sauce

Amazing recipe to make with kids: Pecan Waffle Sticks with a Toffee Dipping Sauce. Delicious nutty waffle sticks served with a warm toffee dipping sauce, pure heaven! Makes 36 waffle sticks What you will need… • 240g plain flour • 100g dark brown sugar • 60g toasted pecan nuts, chopped • 1 ½ tsp baking powder • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda • ½ tsp cinnamon • 300ml milk • 3…
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Does red meat have a role in young children’s diets?

This study on read meat might sound controversial to vegetarians but makes a compelling reading to me. It has been compiled by CHS Ruxton, PhD, RD, Freelance Dietitian and E Derbyshire, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition, Manchester Metropolitan University. Introduction Lean red meat provides a range of important nutrients which are known to support normal growth and development in infants…
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