A Bit Better For You

  • Creamy Potato and Leek Soup

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    Potato and leek has always been one of my favourite tinned soups and so it seemed only right when brainstorming ideas for Soup of the Month that it should go on the list. It may seem boring or unoriginal but it’s definitely a classic that I wanted to try making my own version of. Potatoes are awesome. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. In every form and recipe, they are just there…. being awesome. You can mash or boil them to provide a background for the main event, or they can come to the front of the…

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  • Hearty chicken, vegetable and red lentil soup

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    Before Meniere’s Disease, for me batch cooking was something mums with huge families did. It was something your grandma did and something people talked about on cooking shows. It had no relevance to me – I was working in a restaurant and pretty much lived on air (along with caffeine,…

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  • Roasted Pepper and Rocket Quiche

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    We’ve made a few recipes with roasted peppers, and almost always have a jar of the shop-bought ones in the fridge. They go really well in pasta, risottos and many other things, and are a really handy store cupboard ingredient to have in your kitchen. This quiche isn’t made with…

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  • Baked Feta and Cherry Tomato Pasta

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    I don’t use Tik-Tok. It’s not my kind of thing – if I’m honest I’ve only learned how to use Instagram and Twitter since doing the Dizzy Dieter. I’m really glad I am on Instagram because it’s like a scrolling feed of inspiration. Whenever I’m stuck on writing an article,…

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  • Sausage Gnocchi Florentine

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    This is a recipe born from difficult times! The difficult time was, without a doubt, July 2022. We spent the last 3 and a half years living in a lovely flat in Plymouth. Around 5 months ago, without much warning, our landlady decided to sell up and we found ourselves…

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  • Feta, Courgette and Aubergine Pasta

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    Say hello to one of my very favourite pastas. This has it all – fresh, flavourful and packed with veggie goodness but so tasty and filling that you don’t feel that you’re eating something that’s really pretty good for you! It’s also something I can happily eat on a hot…

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