Month: April 2017

Pesto Style Sauce

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This is a really simple way of making a pesto style sauce you can have with pasta or chicken. I don’t have the exact measurements as I knocked this one up really quickly whilst my pasta was cooking. It tasted fine for me but I may tweak it a little bit more in the future, maybe just use the cream cheese with quark possibly? I don’t know yet but will be sure to post on here. I used some of it for my pasta and the leftovers was used for stuffing chicken breasts.

Serves: 2

Syns: FREE if using the cheeses as healthy extra A choice

Time Taken: less than 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

Handful of fresh spinach leaves

Handful of fresh basil leaves

1 x 35g Philadelphia light cream cheese

2 x Laughing Cow Blue Cheese triangles

Garlic powder

Seasoning to taste

Method

Mix all the ingredients together adding a little bit of water to it and blitz it altogether using a handheld blender.

Pesto Pasta

Pesto Pasta

Pesto-Stuffed Chicken

Pesto-Stuffed Chicken

 

Carrot & Lentil Soup

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I’ve had this recipe saved in my scrapbook for a very long time, I can’t remember where I got it from but it was online. I love the fact that it is super easy to make and it is perfect if you are following Extra Easy SP.

Serves: 4

Syns: FREE if using milk as part of your healthy extra A choice

Time Taken: less than 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Carrot and Lentil Soup

Carrot and Lentil Soup

Ingredients

  • 600g carrots, coarsely grated
  • 140g red lentils
  • 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 1lt vegetable stock
  • 125ml milk

    Method

    Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry the cumin seeds and chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas. Add the carrot, lentils, stock and milk to the pan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes until the lentils have swollen and softened.

    Whizz the soup with a blender or in a food processor until smooth (or leave it chunky if you prefer). Season to taste.