3 Simple and Healthy Meals to Add to Your Diet:
Many people struggle to know where to start when trying to change their diet and quite often need that extra bit of help or a push in the right direction. In this blog post you’ll find 5 healthy but simple recipes that you can incorporate into your diet and take those first steps to making a positive change.
Scrambled Egg and Avocado on Toast:
Ingredients
· Tbsp Olive oil
· 3 eggs
· 2 slices of wholemeal bread
· ½ an avocado
· Black pepper and salt
· Honey
Instructions
Firstly, add your oil to a frying pan on a low-medium heat to warm up the pan.
Take your 3 eggs and crack each one into a small mixing bowl or cup and mix vigorously with a fork until all yolks and whites have been mixed together to form a smooth texture.
Take your avocado and cut down the centre line around the core to split the avocado in half. Then, using a spoon, remove the green centre of the avocado from the skin and place onto a chopping board.
Cut the avocado into thin slices then add into a small bowl. From here, using the same spoon, smash up the avocado into a smooth paste trying to remove any lumps.
Now the pan is warm, add the eggs into the pan and stir with a wooden spoon to ensure that the eggs do not stick to the pan. Continue this until the eggs are light and fluffy.
Whilst cooking your eggs add your wholemeal bread into the toaster. Once the toast is ready you can either butter the toast or use the avocado as a spread (I recommend the latter).
Now add your eggs on top of your toast along with a drizzle of honey and season with black pepper and salt.
Tuna Mayonnaise Salad:
Ingredients
· 1 Tin of tuna
· Iceberg lettuce
· Rocket salad
· 6 cherry tomatoes
· Handful of green olives
· ½ red pepper
· ½ red onion
· Black pepper
· Chilli flakes
· Low fat caesar dressing
Instructions
Tear off leaves from your iceberg lettuce and shred into smaller, bitesize pieces and add to the bottom of your bowl or plate and add a couple of handfuls of rocket on top. Then mix both together so that there is an even spread of both across the bowl or plate.
Begin to prepare the other components of your salad. Take your ½ a red onion and cut into thin slices then do the same with your red pepper and add to the bowl.
Take your cherry tomatoes and cut into quarters and add to the bowl, after this take your olives and cut into halves before adding them into your bowl.
Next, using a tin opener, open your tin of tuna and drain out the brine. Add the remaining tuna into a bowl and add x2 tbsp of mayonnaise then mix together. Now you have your tuna mix, add in your chilli flakes and black pepper to season to your liking.
Now add your tuna into your salad bowl, spreading the tuna evenly through the salad. To finish off, add a drizzle or low fat caesar salad dressing.
Grilled Chicken and Tortellini:
Ingredients
· 1 Whole chicken breast
· Olive oil
· 80g Chicken and bacon tortellini
· Green pesto
· 60g Spinach
· 60g Cherry Tomatoes
· 3 Spears of tender stem broccoli
· 50g Baby corn
· 50g Sun dried tomatoes
· Black pepper
· Salt
· Cajun Spice
· Tsp garlic paste
Instructions
Firstly, add your olive oil and tsp of garlic paste to a frying pan on a medium heat to warm up your pan and pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees.
Take your chicken breast and place it into a small tub along with your cajun spice seasoning, black pepper and salt. Place this in the fridge with a lid and let it marinate for 10-15 minutes.
Begin preparing your vegetables by chopping your cherry and dried tomatoes into halves and slicing your baby corn into small, bitesize pieces.
Add your now marinated chicken into the oven and set a timer for 35 minutes. Cook until the chicken is golden brown on the outside and cooked all the way through.
After 20 minutes, add your spears of broccoli to a pan of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes, until they’re soft. At the same time add in the vegetables you have just prepared, including the spinach, along with a dash of cajun seasoning, black pepper and salt. Cook until vegetables begin to go soft and fragrant.
With 10 minutes left add your tortellini into a pan of boiling water and cook for 7 – 10 minutes. Once cooked, drain and add back into the pan with the green pesto.
Remove your chicken from the oven and add to the plate along with the tortellini and top with the cooked vegetables.
