If you have recently attended one of our healthy eating workshops you will find all the featured recipes right here, plus a link to the portion of the video presentation featuring some healthy meal ideas you can try yourself at home!
TCV Healthy Eating Meal Ideas – YouTube
Slow Cooker Soup
Ingredients:
Suggestions include:
Carrots
Parsnips
White Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Frozen Diced Onions
Stock
Method
Peel and chop your chosen vegetables.
Add chosen frozen or tinned vegetables.
Pour in stock.
Slow cook for 5 hours.
When cooked allow to cool and blend.
Breakfast Wrap
Ingredients:
Wholemeal Breakfast Wraps
7 cherry tomatoes
½ Sliced Avocado
Spinach
Optional Extras:
Slice of lean ham
1 scrambled egg
Method
Fill your wholemeal wrap with 7 halved cherry tomatoes, ½ sliced avocado and a large handful of spinach.
Smashed Avocado on Toast
Ingredients
½ Avocado
Pinch of Salt and Pepper
Slice of Toast, Rice/Lentil Cakes
Optional:
1 Sliced Medium Tomato
Method
Mash half an avocado in a bowl with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste.
Spread on a slice of your favourite toasted bread or rice or lentil cakes.
For an optional extra top with a sliced medium sliced tomato.
Homemade Baked Beans
Ingredients
240g of tinned beans in water of choice
500g Tomato Passata
Pinch Salt and Sugar
Method
Add your drained beans to your tomato passata with a pinch of salt and sugar.
Makes 4 portions of beans
Roast Vegetable Couscous Salad
Ingredients
Suggestions include:
Courgettes
Aubergine
Mushrooms
Peppers
Tomatoes
Baby Corn
Asparagus
Onions
Favourite Salad Ingredients
Method
Roast vegetables of choice in oven with drizzle of oil.
Prepare couscous as per instructions on packet.
Add and mix in cooked vegetables.
Serve with favourite salad.
Homemade Pitta Pizzas
Ingredients:
Individual Pitta Bread
Low Fat Cheese
Suggested sauce: Tomato Puree, Green Pesto
Suggested Toppings:
Tomatoes
Onions
Mushrooms
Peppers
Sweetcorn
Olives
Pineapple
Method
Apply sauce to pitta breads (for a crispier base bake in the oven for a few minutes beforehand)
Top with grated low fat cheese and your choice of toppings.
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Homemade Veggie Burgers
Ingredients:
1 Small Potato (Sweet Potato or White Potato)
½ Can of Mixed Vegetables
Breadcrumbs
Favourite Salad Ingredients
Method
Peel and chop your choice of one small sweet potato or white potato.
Place in pan of boiling water until softened.
Once cooked take out and drain.
Lightly mash.
Add ½ Can of Mixed Vegetables.
Form into burger shapes and coat in breadcrumbs.
Cook.
Serve with salad.
Summer Fruit Trifle
Ingredients:
1 Sachet of Sugar Free Jelly
Selection of Mixed Fresh Berries
Greek Yogurt.
Method:
Make up your sugar free jelly as per the instructions on the packet.
Add your choice of mixed fresh berries and set in the fridge.
Once set add a layer of Greek yogurt.
For an extra fruity layer make a fruit compote by reducing any left over berries in a pan with some water.
Leave to cool and drizzle over layer of yogurt.