Make Your Own

Healthy Bread

You need

500g granary or malted bread flower

250g strong white bread flower

2tsp salt

1 dry yeast sachet (7g if you have a small tin)

640ml warm water

50g seeds of your choice - such as sunflower, pumpkin, linseed, sesame, poppy or even chopped walnuts!

1 2lbs bread tin

1 1lb bread tin

a little vegetable oil to oil the tin

tea towel

To make

Put flower, seeds, salt and yeast into a large bowl

Slowly add the warm water, whilst stirring with a sturdy spoon or mixing with dough hook/s

Stir until all is incoroporated

Fill the bread tins roughtly half full of dough

Cover witth the tea towel and leave for 30 mins. in a warm place - the dough should rise to the top of the tin

Bake in a hot oven 200 degrees centigrade for 25-30 minutes until the crust comes away from the tin and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped.

When baked immediately turn out onto a rack to cool.

This bread will still taste fabulous after 3 days!

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Tasty Cauliflower Soup

You need

2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

1 large onion, peeled and chopped

2 or 3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 largish potato, chopped

1 large cauliflower, cut into florets

300ml chicken stock (1 stock cube would be fine dissolved in 450ml hot water)

300ml semi-skimmed milk (you may need more if the soup is too thick for your liking)

pinch of nutmeg

salt & pepper

chopped parsley to garnish

1 large pot with lid

something with which you can puree the soup

To make

Heat the vegetable oil in the large pan, add the chopped onion and gently cook until soft, but not brown

Add the chopped garlic

Add the cauliflower and chopped potato, chicken stock and milk

Bring to the boil

Cover the soup, turn down the heat and simmer for 15-20 mins, so the cauliflower is soft

Puree the mixture

Should the soup be too thick for your liking, simply add some more skimmed milk

Add ground or grated nutmeg (most just like a good pinch)

Season to taste with salt and pepper

Chopped parsley and/or some grated cheese is great as a garnish.

Serve warm with crusty bread - such as our Healthy bread

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Sweet & Sour Sauce

This is a basic sweet & sour sauce recipe, which will go with anything from vegetables to chicken, turkey and pork. It should be enough to make a dish for 4 people.

You need

100ml cold water
50ml cider vinegar
50ml pineapple juice
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
3 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons cornflour
pineapple chunks (optional)

To make

Add water, vinegar, pineapple juice, ketchup and sugar into a pan
Dissolve cornflour in 1 tablespoon water and add to pan
Continuously stirring, bring all ingredients to the boil, then turn down to simmer and add pineapple (optional), before stirring for another 2 minutes

Optional: add 1 quartered onion and 1 diced green/red or yellow pepper and/or a couple of slices of fresh ginger - at the stage the pineapple is added

If you are adding meat, ensure it is cooked separately before adding to the sauce

Tip

To make a thicker sauce add more cornflour paste

Tip

If you want the sauce sweeter then add more sugar or pineapple juice (you may need to add more cornflour if adding more liquid)

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Simple Carrot Salad

A really simple salad, which is fresh and very nutritious

You need

750g carrots

4 tbs vegetable oil

4 tbs white wine vinegar

1 tsp lemon juice

Optional

For texture you can add either

poppy seeds, sesame seeds or flaked almonds

grater

medium size bowl

To make

Top and tail the carrots, wash and peel and grate them.

Take your bowl and add the vegetable oil, white wine vinegar and lemon juice. Mix well.

Add the grated carrot and keep turning with a large spoon until the dressing covers all of the grated carrots.

Add seeds or flaked almonds, if you wish and adjust taste by adding a little extra lemon juice.

Should the salad mix be too dry, mix up extra dressing with oil and white wine vinegar in equal proportions.

Great as an accompaniment or to add to a burger or hot dog….

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Warming Leek and Potato Soup

Very tasty and very economical

You need

All quantities are approximate and

can be adjusted to texture and taste

1 kg potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes

3-4 leeks, washed, first layer of skin and root removed,

sliced across into rings, use the white bit and pale green bit

1 tbsp butter or margarine

1 pt water

1 chicken stock cube

1 pt full fat milk

Grated nutmeg

Salt and pepper

Worcester sauce

1 large pot with lid

Something with which you can puree the soup

To make

Heat the butter in the large pan, add the chopped potatoes and leeks. Gently cook whilst stirring for about 3 minutes.

Add a generous pint of water, the chicken stock cube, add grated nutmeg (2 good pinches), salt (about 1 tsp), pepper, 2 splashes of Worcester sauce and bring to the boil. Then turn heat down to simmer for approximately 15 minutes.

When potatoes are soft, puree.

Add the full cream milk, more if you like a thinner soup – and adjust seasoning!

Serve warm with crusty bread - such as our Healthy bread

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More recipes to follow!

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