Keep up the health kick with these three delicious lunch recipes 🤤 Fancy a chicken and Avocado Salad, maybe a spicy chicken pasta or even a stir fried chicken and egg fried rice?
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Watch our Simply Better brand ambassador Neven Maguire prepare this delicious Irish Tomato & Pesto Puff Pastry Tart using our new Simply Better Irish Grown Tomkin & Tomistar Tomatoes from Grantstown Nurseries in Co. Waterford. Shop the ingredients in your local Dunnes Stores and find the full recipe below:
Ingredients (Serves 8) 1 Pack of Simply Better Ready To Roll All Butter Puff Pastry, thawed 3 Tbsp. Simply Better Italian Basil Pesto alla Genovese with PDO Genovese Basil 250g Simply Better Irish Tomkin & Tomistar Tomatoes, sliced 125g Cream Cheese Fresh Basil Leaves, to garnish Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Method 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C Fan (425°F/Gas Mark 7). 2. Dust a work surface with flour and roll out the puff pastry into a large rectangle measuring about 45x30cm/18x12in and about 3mm thick. Lightly score a 1cm border around the edge of the pastry using a sharp knife and transfer to a baking tray. 3. Smear a layer of cream cheese inside the pastry border, then cover the cream cheese in a layer of basil pesto. Arrange the sliced tomatoes on top and season with a little salt and pepper before transferring to the oven to bake for about 25-30 minutes until the pastry has puffed up and become golden. 4. Garnish the puff pastry tart with the fresh basil leaves and serve straight to the table.
2 medium-sized Rooster potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (apprximately 300g)
1tbsp olive oil
10g butter
100g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
5 medium eggs
20ml milk
A dash of cream
2tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Salt and milled pepper
To Cook
Place the sliced potatoes into a pan of boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, drain and leave until needed.
In a large frying pan add the olive oil and butter and cook the sliced mushrooms until soft, approximately 5 minutes. While the mushrooms are cooking preheat your grill to medium.
In a bowl lightly whisk the eggs, cream, parsley and a little seasoning.
Pop the potatoes into the pan with the mushrooms, arrange so the pan is evenly covered. Pour in the egg mixture and cook over a very low heat until the egg is setting around the edge, pop under the grill and continue to cook until set.
Put the tofu, ground star anise, vanilla seeds, treacle and agave syrup into a large bowl and blend with a hand blender until silky smooth.
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof glass bowl sat over a saucepan of simmering water, being careful not to let the bowl touch the water. Fold into the tofu. Spoon the mixture between 4 glasses and refrigerate until set.
To make the honeycomb, line a baking tray with baking paper. Put the sugar, glucose and golden syrup into a deep saucepan and heat until it reaches 145C. (This should take about 5 minutes). Quickly whisk in the bicarbonate of soda. Be careful as the mixture will bubble up very suddenly. Quickly pour onto the lined baking tray. Set aside to cool and harden.
To make the apricots, heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the apricots and star anise and cook until the apricots start to caramelise. Sprinkle over a pinch of sugar and leave to cool.
To serve, sprinkle the toasted almonds on top of the mousse and serve with the apricots and peices of honeycomb.
To celebrate, we have some gorgeous recipes from our National Porridge Week ambassador, Eunice Power.
First up is Eunice’s Hot Porridge with Cranberry, Apple & Orange Compote 🍎🍊
Bring a little early festive colour to the breakfast table with a steaming bowl of creamy Flahavan’s porridge topped with cranberry, apple and orange compote. Sweet, tart and gently citrusy, it’s a lovely way to brighten the cooler mornings ahead.
Serves 2
Porridge Ingredients: • 100g Flahavan’s Rolled Oats • 300ml Flahavan’s Vitamin Rich Oat Drink • 150ml water • 1 crisp apple, coarsely grated • 40g dried cranberries • Zest of ½ orange • 2–3 tbsp fresh orange juice • 1–2 tsp honey, to taste • 1 tsp (5g) butter • Pinch of salt • ½ tsp cinnamon • ½ tsp ground ginger • Pinch of nutmeg • 2 tbsp chopped walnuts or pecans
Compote: • 250g apple, peeled, cored and chopped • 100g frozen cranberries • Juice of 1 orange (roughly 60–80ml) • 20–25g sugar (about 1½–2 tbsp) • 2–3 tbsp water • Optional: a small pinch of cinnamon
Method 1. To make the compote, add the apple, cranberries, orange juice, 20g sugar and 2 tbsp of water to a small saucepan. 2. Bring gently to a simmer, cover & cook over a low-medium heat for 12–15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apple is completely soft & the cranberries have burst. 3. Taste and adjust the sweetness with additional sugar if needed. 4. Remove from the heat, allow to cool for a few minutes, then blitz until smooth using a stick blender. If it’s thicker than you’d like, blitz in an extra tablespoon or two of water or orange juice. 5. Once cooled, refrigerate until needed. 6. To make the porridge, add the rolled oats, oat drink, water, grated apple, dried cranberries, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & salt to a saucepan. 7. Cook for 5–7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thick and creamy. 8. Add the orange zest and juice & cook for another 30–60 seconds. 9. Remove from the heat & stir through the butter and honey until melted. 10. Swirl compote through the hot porridge, sprinkle with chopped walnuts or pecans.