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Roasted Vegetable & Bulghar Wheat Salad
Ingredients
1 red onion, peeled and thickly sliced
2 red capiscums, deseeded and halved
1 yellow capsicum, deseeded and halved
1 cup cherry tomatoes
...
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Roasted Vegetable & Bulghar Wheat Salad
Ingredients
1 red onion, peeled and thickly sliced
2 red capiscums, deseeded and halved
1 yellow capsicum, deseeded and halved
1 cup cherry tomatoes
...
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Fresh Spring Rolls
Ingredients
1 large carrot, peeled, cut in half and julienne cut
1 Lebanese cucumber, slice ends off, cut in half and julienne cut
1...
Tomato & Borlotti Bean Soup
(Serves 2)
Ingredients
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2-3 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
5 large tomatoes, chopped coarsely or 1 x 400g tin chopped...
Blueberry and Bran Muffins
(Makes 12 medium sized muffins)
Ingredients
1 ½ cups All bran
1 ¼ cup skim milk
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup brown sugar
1...
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Malaysian Beef and Noodles
(Serves 4)
Ingredients
1 large onion, peeled and diced
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
olive oil
2 tspn minced chilli
1 Tspn fresh ginger,...
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Homemade Hamburgers
(makes 6 patties)
Ingredients
Hamburger Patties
500g lean mince
1 onion, finely diced
¾ cup wholemeal breadcrumbs
1 Tbspn Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbspn tomato or chilli...
Two Cheese Quiche
(Serves 6-8)
Ingredients
Pastry
225g plain flour, plus a little extra for rolling
115g reduced-fat spread
pinch salt
20cm flan tin
Filling
200g mushrooms, sliced
1 medium...
Sweetcorn Fritters
(Serves 4 - Makes about 12)
Ingredients
425g can whole kernel sweetcorn
4 egg whites
1/2 tspn minced chilli paste (or 1 Tbspn Sweet Thai...
Vegetable Frittata
A light simple meal packed with veges, low in fat and so quick easy to prepare and cook. After a busy day at work...
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Love cheese but not what it does to your waistline?
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Alcohol – Do You Really Want To Add These Calories?
The Fitness Guy explains the amount of exercise you have to do to burn off the calories you take on board when you consume...
Summery Thai Chicken
(Serves 4-6)
Ingredients
2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
1 medium carrot, peeled and grated
1 spring onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup fresh coriander, coarsely chopped
...
Mexican Chicken Bake
(Serves 4)
Ingredients
1 x 400g can red kidney beans in brine, drained and rinsed
2...
Spinach and Feta Muffins
(Makes 12)
Ingredients
2 eggs
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup unsweetened yoghurt
1 ½ cups...
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Mediterranean Salad
Ingredients
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
2 small cucumbers, quartered length wise, diced
400g canned butter beans, drained and rinsed
1 small red onion,...
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Minestrone Soup
(Serves 4 )
Ingredients
1 Tbspn olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 carrot, diced
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 can chopped...
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