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Mexican Chicken Salad with Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing by @eunice_power_ brought to you by @irishyogurts

  • Mexican Chicken Salad with Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing by @eunice_power_ brought to you by @irishyogurts

    Recipe, Method & Chef’s Top Tip below 👇
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    Loaded with juicy roast chicken, crunchy lettuce, smoky sweet corn and a creamy avocado yogurt dressing, this colourful salad is perfect for sunny days, easy entertaining or meal prep 🌞 Swipe to see all the delicious textures!

    Ingredients (Serves 6) 🥗

    Salad
    • 1 small roast chicken, pulled apart
    • 1 cos lettuce, sliced
    • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
    • Juice of 1 lime
    • 1 x 400g tin black beans, drained and rinsed
    • 1 x 200g tin sweet corn, drained
    • 150g cherry tomatoes, halved
    • Handful crushed tortilla chips

    Clonakilty Avocado Yogurt Dressing 🥑
    • 1 ripe avocado
    • 170g Clonakilty Greek Style Yogurt
    • Juice of 1 lime
    • Small handful fresh coriander
    • 1 tbsp diced pickled jalapeños
    • Pinch of salt
    • Drizzle of sweet chilli sauce
    • 1–2 tbsp water, if needed

    Method 👩‍🍳

    Place the sliced onion in a bowl with the lime juice and a pinch of salt. Leave for 10 minutes.
    Blend the avocado, yogurt, lime juice, coriander, jalapeños and salt until smooth. Add water if needed and season with sweet chilli sauce.
    Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Add the sweet corn and cook for 4–5 minutes until lightly golden. Season with salt.
    Combine the lettuce, chicken, black beans, sweet corn, tomatoes and pickled onion in a large bowl.
    Spoon over the dressing, toss gently and finish with crushed tortilla chips 🌮

    Chef’s Top Tip ✨
    For extra flavour, char the chicken lightly in a hot pan before adding it to the salad for a smoky finish.

    Save this recipe for your next BBQ, picnic or easy midweek dinner ☀️

    #TodayShow #RTEFood #MexicanSalad #HealthyRecipes #IrishFood #ChickenSalad #SummerRecipes #EasyDinner #HomeCooking #FoodInspo #LunchIdeas #Clonakilty #SaladRecipe #QuickMeals14h
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May Flowers; Oíche Bealtaine – old Irish custom ☘️🪴, leaving them out front to protect house from harm or evil. @iarchaeology 🇮🇪

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Just left out our May Flowers on the doorstep 🙂 This old Irish custom involves gathering flowers on May Eve (or in some places May Day morning) and leaving them in front of the main threshold. It was believed that this would protect the house from harm or evil

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Flahavan’s Peanut Butter Protein Balls


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If you (or someone in your house!) is sitting exams this month, think smart about snack time and try to choose healthier options in between meals to maintain energy and concentration levels. Oats are the perfect ingredient when preparing healthy snacks ahead of time. Try our recipe for Peanut Butter Protein Balls – easy to prepare, tasty and ready-to-hand whenever you need a healthy energy boost! ✨ #FlahavansOats

INGREDIENTS:

150g quick oats
100g mixed nuts & dried fruit
3 tbsp. chia seeds
2 tbsp. Honey
2 tbsp. peanut butter, melted
2 scoops of whey, vanilla or chocolate
Few drops of milk, about 50ml
100g dark chocolate, chopped
1 teaspoon of coconut oil

METHOD:

1. Add all the dry ingredients (except the chocolate) to medium sized bowl and mix well, then add honey, melted peanut butter and mix well.
2. Vital step, add the milk bit by bit slowly and mix well until the mixture becomes clumpy. Don’t allow it to get too wet.
3. Then using a table spoon and your hands form the mixture into medium size balls.
4. Place on a plate then when you have formed all the balls.
5. Melt the dark chocolate with a tsp of coconut oil then roll each protein ball in the chocolate and place on a lined plate.
6. The last step is to put into the fridge to allow the balls the to set 👍
Tip – if the mixture gets too wet then add some more oats, it will make it less sticky!
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Lilly Higgins’ chocolate orange overnight oats – RTÉ Today with Dáithí and Sinéad 🍫 😋 🍊

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Lilly Higgins

By Lilly Higgins

Celebrity Chef

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Recipe courtesy of Yoplait Skyr.

Ingredients

Serves 4

  • 2 tbsp honey (add more if you’d like it sweeter)
  • 100ml milk
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 1 orange or mandarin, chopped up into small bite-size pieces
  • 1 large tub Yoplait Skyr
  • 180g oats
  • 1 tbsp each of linseed, sunflower seeds, chia, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, and cacao nibs
  • 100g dark chocolate, melted

Method

  1. Place the nuts, seeds & cacao nibs into a high-speed mixer and blitz till slightly grainy like coffee grounds. Mix this seed mix with the honey, orange juice, milk until combined.
  2. Add a tub of Skyr and stir until combined. Fold in the chopped orange.
  3. Taste and add a little more honey if you’d like. Fold in the oats.
  4. Divide between four bowls or jars and top with melted chocolate. Store in the fridge overnight.
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Crépe Pizza Pancake 🍕 🍕@babyledfeeding @dunnesstores

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  • CREPE PIZZA PANCAKE TUESDAY 🍕🥞 FOLLOW @babyledfeeding for easy baby led weaning recipes that you can also eat as a busy parent too!

    This is one of the best Pancake Tuesday recipes I’ve ever made. It’s so quick and easy and amazing if you are a busy mum and don’t want to stand at the cooker flipping pancakes for hours…which usually is what happens in my house.

    As a baby led weaning finger food, cut into thin strips, making sure the peppers are really soft, then serve with a side of fruit and a preloaded spoon with something like thick Greek yogurt.

    All of the ingredients are from your local @dunnesstores. Comment RECIPE and I’ll send the recipe straight to your DMs.

    Aileen xo

    #babyledweaning #nutritionist #toddlerfood #pancake #busymum1d