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Baking

Quick & Easy Apple Turnovers. A simple dessert that can be whipped up quickly with a few storecupboard ingredients.

A Ridiculously Quick and Easy Apple Turnovers Recipe

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The Nana Project: Super Easy Caramel Date Slice

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Currant & Cocoa Nib Wholegrain Cookies in under 30 Minutes

Nana's Spicy Cheese Shortbread Biscuits. Whip up this easy shortbread biscuit recipe in under 30 minutes. Great as a quick snack.

The Nana Project: Spicy Cheese Shortbread Biscuits

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Breakfast

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A Pretty Simple Homemade Crunchy Granola Recipe

A layered blueerry lime curd breakfast parfait in a glass.

The Absolute Best Blueberry Lime Curd Breakfast Parfaits

Slow Cooker Pecan & Maple Granola. A slow cooker is the best way to make a batch of granola in the middle of a hot summer without heating up the house. It is so easy, you will wonder why you didn't try it sooner.

How to Make Pecan & Maple Granola in a Slow Cooker

Raspberry Chocolate Chia Pudding Pots are simple to put together, and are great to grab as a healthy on-the-go snack for you or the kids.

Snack On-The-Run: Raspberry Chocolate Chia Pudding Pots

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Dessert

Quick & Easy Apple Turnovers. A simple dessert that can be whipped up quickly with a few storecupboard ingredients.

A Ridiculously Quick and Easy Apple Turnovers Recipe

Raspberry Chocolate Chia Pudding Pots are simple to put together, and are great to grab as a healthy on-the-go snack for you or the kids.

Snack On-The-Run: Raspberry Chocolate Chia Pudding Pots

Raspberry & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches. Have you ever thought of making your own ice cream sandwiches? They are actually very easy, and by making your own you get to dictate the flavour.

How To Make Raspberry & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

Oven Roasted Nectarines in Red Wine. The perfect make-ahead dessert for summer entertaining.

Make Ahead Easy Oven Roasted Nectarines in Red Wine

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Main Meals

Crustless Zucchini Quiche. Quick to make, & a good way to use up an abundant zucchini crop. Great served hot or cold.

Crustless Zucchini Quiche Recipe {with Freezing Tips}

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Healthy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe with lamb & lentils

Slow Cooker Thai Red Beef Curry. This recipe is easy to make, and freezes brilliantly.

How To Make The Best Slow Cooker Thai Red Beef Curry

This Sweet Potato and Feta Tart, with its hidden layer of caramelised onion, is the perfect vegetarian dish for an easy lunch or a light dinner.

A Savoury Sweet Potato, Feta and Caramelised Onion Tart

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Side Dishes and Salads

A square image of a pile of couscous salad on a white platter.

A Very Easy Vegetable Couscous Salad Recipe

Roasted Beetroot, Goats Cheese & Walnut Salad. A great main course salad.

Roasted Beetroot Salad with Goats Cheese & Walnuts

A white plate, piled high with an easy baked ratatouille recipe.

A Super Easy Baked Ratatouille Recipe

Tomato & White Bean Salad. An easy side dish that takes 10 minutes to make. Add some crusty bread and green leaves for a simple main meal.

A Super Easy Tomato & White Bean Salad Recipe

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Snacks

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Crispy Tamari Almonds: Oven Roasted or Dehydrated

5 mini quiches on a white platter.

Ham & Cheese Mini Quiche Recipe with Puff Pastry

An overhead shot of a jar of homemade crunchy granola recipe.

A Pretty Simple Homemade Crunchy Granola Recipe

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The Nana Project: Super Easy Caramel Date Slice

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Kitchen Basics

4 Uses For Stale Bread You May Not Have Thought Of. Never throw out stale bread again.

What To Do With Stale Bread: 4 Ways To Use Up Old Bread.

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How To Make The Best Slow Cooker Meals

Spicy Kale Pesto. Great stirred through pasta, served on crackers or eaten straight from the spoon.

Kitchen Basics: A Very Useful Spicy Kale Pesto Recipe

How To Make A Handy Basil Pesto Sauce

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Meal Plans

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan - Week 43. Our healthy eating plan this week takes a quick trip around the globe. Try delicious Greek pasta, fish curry, baked gnocchi, turkey chili or pork chops.

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan – Week 43

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan Week 42. Crammed with quick healthy recipes, such as chicken burrito bowls, leftover stew pot pies, & crumbed chicken fingers.

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan – Week 42

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan Week 41. A plan full of healthy meal ideas for pumpkin. Use this versatile vegetable in soup, stew, popsicles and cheesecake bites.

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan – Week 41

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan - Week 40. Healthy meals that are simple to prepare are the focus of this week's plan. Try steak sheet pan dinner, chicken Parmesan, or black rice salad.

Healthy Weekly Meal Plan – Week 40

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30 Minute Meals

Flatbread Pizza Recipe in 15 Minutes. With a really simple flatbread pizza recipe, a frugal yet healthy meal is never far way.

Easy Flatbread Pizza Recipe in Just 15 Minutes

A brown bowl, with blue interior, full of fried rice and scattered with crispy fried onions.

Quick & easy Fried Rice recipe with leftover rice

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Easy Gnocchi Recipe with Chorizo & Creamy Spinach

A pile of ham & brie flatbread sandwiches, with brie oozing from the sides.

Ham & Brie Flatbread Sandwiches: An 8 Minute Recipe

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Using Your Freezer

Crustless Zucchini Quiche. Quick to make, & a good way to use up an abundant zucchini crop. Great served hot or cold.

Crustless Zucchini Quiche Recipe {with Freezing Tips}

Cropped image of a single serve of lamb & lentil shpeherd's pie on a white plate.

Healthy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe with lamb & lentils

Cropped image of an Indian steel serving dish full of slow coker mild chicken curry with coconut milk.

Slow Cooker Mild Chicken Curry Recipe with Coconut Milk

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How To Freeze Soup The Easy Way

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Use Your Leftovers

4 Uses For Stale Bread You May Not Have Thought Of. Never throw out stale bread again.

What To Do With Stale Bread: 4 Ways To Use Up Old Bread.

A brown bowl, with blue interior, full of fried rice and scattered with crispy fried onions.

Quick & easy Fried Rice recipe with leftover rice

A stack of five zucchini & feta fritters, made with leftover quinoa.

Astoundingly Easy Zucchini, Feta & Leftover Quinoa Fritters

A Simple Bechamel {White} Sauce. An easy recipe with so many uses. It also freezes well, so tuck some in the freezer for a quick meal.

Kitchen Basics: A Simple Bechamel Sauce {White Sauce} Recipe

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