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Home delivery: Fresh food, delicious recipes, the best ingredients... to your door
Ever fancied having someone to think up delicious recipes for you, buy the ingredients for you, deliver it to your door then leave you to add the final flourish by cooking it yourself?
Although...
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Top of the crops: vegetables to watch in 2013
Sellers at New Covent Garden Market in South London predict that British produce will be big this year – consumers are seeking out seasonal, local produce and value has become a top concern.
As...
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Twecipes: Gok Wan and Lisa Faulkner's recipes in a tweet
Delia Smith's roast beef dish is described in a whopping 872 words, putting her in first place for the wordiest chef. Nigella Lawson's finger-licking recipe for beef is the second longest, followed by...
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Five foods to help you through the menopause
It's the phase in life that all women come to dread.
No-one looks forward to the menopause; the toll it can take on the body - not to mention the havoc it plays with your hormones - is no picnic, with...
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Light berry salad
Dish type: Main course, salad
Light, tangy and a great alternative to the more usual mayo dressed chicken salads.
Serves 4-5
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
4...
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Blueberry Bircher muesli
Overnight oatmeal, dish type: breakfast
Serves 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes
First developed by a Swiss doctor back in the 1890’s, this easy, super healthy breakfast can be mixed together the...
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Berry healthy: the tiny superfoods that hold the key to a healthy heart
Blueberries are little superfoods packed with more antioxidants than many other fruits and vegetables such as oranges, rocket and spinach.
And eating three or more servings per week may help women...
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Eat what you want and still lose weight with the 5:2 diet plan
It's the diet that claims to let you have your cake – and eat it. And intermittent fasting isn't as scary as it sounds.
Also nicknamed the 5:2 diet, the regime follows a relatively straightforward...
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Healthy eating: even more reason to eat olives
After the excesses of Christmas, it's only natural that you should want to eat healthily this time of year.
And olives are the perfect snack for those looking for a lighter treat without compromising...
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Victoria Beckham goes 'Honestly Healthy' for January
As super healthy fashion-queen Victoria Beckham tweeted a January snap proclaiming "Love [for] this healthy eating cookbook! X", we couldn't help but whip out our own copy of Honestly...
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Honestly Healthy Mini Pizzas
Dish type: Main course
Makes 8
Ingredients
For the bases:
½ tsp active dry yeast
170ml (6fl oz/²/³ cup) lukewarm water
285g (9¼oz/2¼ cups) white spelt flour
½ tsp...
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Spanish olives marinated in oregano and chillies
Dish type: Olives
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 jar or tin of green Spanish olives
100ml of mild Spanish olive oil
6 sprigs of fresh oregano
6 dried cayenne peppers
Method
Drain the Spanish olives...
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Spanish olives, sesame seeds, lemon juice and mint
Dish type: Olives
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 jar or tin of green Spanish olives
100ml of mild Spanish olive oil
1 tbsp of sesame seeds
1 lemon
3 sprigs of mint
3 sprigs of thyme
Method
Drain...
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Spanish olives marinated in sweet pimentón, red onion and fennel seeds
Dish type: Olives
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 jar or tin of black Spanish olives
100ml of mild Spanish olive oil
1 tbsp of Sweet pimentón
1/3 of a red onion
1 tbsp of fennel seeds
Method...
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Spanish olives with Manchego cheese marinated in olive oil, black peppercorns, bay leaves, rosemary and garlic
Dish type: Olives
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 jar or tin of ‘turning colour’ or black Spanish olives
100ml of mild Spanish olive oil
50g of Manchego cheese
5 black peppercorns
2 fresh...
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Quinoa Porridge with Macadamia Nut Milk
Dish type: Breakfast
Serves 4
Ingredients
Seeds from 1 pomegranate
200g (7oz/2 cups) quinoa flakes
75g (3oz/scant ²/³ cup) goji berries
1 cinnamon stick
475ml (16fl oz/scant 2 cups)
Macadamia...
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It's high in protein, low in carbs, so go quinoa crazy for 2013
We're all looking for the new thing to help us become just that little bit healthier this New Year and it seems we could be given a helping hand by the tiny grains of pseudo-cereal that make...
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Canapes you can say 'yes' to this Christmas
Piling on a few pounds might seem inevitable if you want to truly enjoy the festive season but it need not be.
From now until January it is high risk season for the figure-conscious: the champagne is...
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Metabolism boosters: Keep those extra pounds at bay this Christmas
From chocolates to mince pies to another couple of those pigs in blankets... With the festive season comes the constant flow of alluring Christmas treats to hand. But what if you could fire...
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Toasted Sourdough with Avocado, Radish and Watercress
Impressive canapes or a delicious and quick snack bursting with subtle flavours and brimming with colour!
Makes 20
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 small...