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Mushroom and Spinach Risotto is hearty cold weather comfort food at its best. An easy weeknight meal, but special enough for date night too.

Mushroom and Spinach Risotto

tbsp Olive oil

150 g Risotto rice

Celery rib ( diced)

Shallots (peeled and diced)

Garlic (crushed)

g mushrooms

500 ml Homemade vegetable stock

Lemon ((juice only))

tbsp Fresh parsley (chopped)

Sea salt and black pepper

Spinach

g Shaved parmesan

Add the olive oil to a large pan and then add the shallots, celery and garlic and gently cook for 3 minutes.

Add the rice, salt and pepper, stir and cook for 1 minute.

Drain the mushrooms and add to the pan with a ladle of the stock. Keep adding a ladle of stock at a time and waiting until the rice has absorbed the stock before adding another until you have used all the stock. This should take around 20-25 minutes.

Add the spinach.

Stir the spinach and lemon juice in and serve with fresh parsley and parmesan on top.

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Mushroom and Spinach Risotto is hearty, cold weather comfort food at its best. Creamy risotto rice, mixed with convenient and flavour packed dried mushrooms, iron rich spinach and topped with some parmesan and parsley. An easy weeknight meal, but special enough for date night too.

This delicious recipe for vegetarian bolognese sauce from Eat Well for Less makes enough for 2 meals. Brilliant with spaghetti or in a lasagne. 

Each serving provides 296 kcal, 13g protein, 48g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 4g fat (of which 2g saturates), 8.5g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Vegetarian bolognese

olive oil

onions,

carrots, chopped

tsp fresh thyme leaves, thyme

garlic cloves, finely chopped

tomato purée

tomatoes

vegetable stock

tbsp balsamic vinegar

300 grams/10½oz dried pasta

green salad, to serve

sea salt and black pepper

Make a courgette pasta sauce in this easy vegetarian recipe from Antonio Carluccio. The spinach balls are amazing.

Courgette pasta with spinach balls

spinach

eggs,

nutmeg

garlic clove, blended to a purée with ½ tsp water

breadcrumbs

salt and black pepper

garlic cloves, peeled, finely chopped

chilli, finely chopped

60 grams/2¼oz parmesan,

I just love a good salad recipe. When it is cold outside, having a substantial salad with a warm dressing really is just the ticket. 



Pan-fried pear salad with pancetta, gorgonzola and a warm dressing

x 120 grams/4 ounces packets rocket

pine nuts

pancetta

butter

pears, peeled, cored, quartered

tsp honey, plus extra for the dressing

tsp balsamic vinegar,

Dijon mustard

It doesn't get much more comforting than a creamy pasta bake and this&nbsp;Creamy Tomato and Chicken Pasta Bake is an easy weeknight meal that will feed a hungry family.

Creamy Tomato and Chicken Pasta Bake

300 g chicken breasts (cut in to chunks)

280 g rigatoni pasta

shallots (diced)

garlic

oregano

courgette (zucchini) (grated)

plum tomatoes (canned)

100 ml vegetable stock

tomato puree (paste)

tbsp reduced fat cream cheese

cherry tomatoes (halved)

g mature cheddar cheese

g mozzarella cheese (torn)

basil (chopped)

Cook pasta

Put the pasta in a pan of boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes.

Cook chicken

Heat some olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat and then add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes. Add the shallots and garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add tomatoes

Add the tomatoes, stock, tomato puree and oregano to the chicken and mash the tomatoes a little and simmer for 2 minutes.

Mix pasta

Drain the pasta and add the grated courgette and cream cheese and stir well.

Add the pasta mixture to the chicken mixture along with the cherry tomatoes and stir well.

Bake

Transfer to an oven safe baking dish and sprinkle with the cheddar, mozzarella and basil and put in a pre-heated oven at 190°C/375°F/Gas 5  for 15 minutes.

Finish

Once cooked, serve with chopped basil sprinkled on top.

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It doesn’t get much more comforting than a creamy pasta bake and this Easy Creamy Tomato and Chicken Pasta Bake is a family favourite. A dump and leave weeknight dinner that will feed a hungry family of 4, or 2 with leftovers to take to work. Kids will love this healthy creamy tomato sauce with chunks of chicken, hidden vegetables, and plenty of cheese of course!

This light and summery minestrone soup makes the most of springtime vegetables, don't forget a dollop of pesto on top.
Try freezing this soup in portion-sized containers - it will keep for 2 months.

Each serving provides 220kcal, 4.5g protein, 16g carbohydrate (of which 8g sugars), 14g fat (of which 4g saturates), 4g fibre and	2.2g salt.

Spring minestrone soup with pesto

grams/1½oz butter

leek, halved lengthways and thinly sliced

250 grams/9 ounces potatoes, peeled and finely chopped

celery,

savoy cabbage

stock

400 grams/14 ounces can Italian chopped tomatoes

tbsp green basil pesto

Who said pizza was unhealthy? These veggie pizzas pack winning flavour combinations plus your five-a-day. 

Veggie pizza

flour,

sachet fast-acting dried yeast

tbsp warm water

tbsp extra virgin olive oil

salt

garlic cloves, thinly sliced

tin plum tomatoes

tbsp finely chopped fresh oregano

black pepper

courgettes,

grams/5½oz feta, crumbled

unwaxed lemon, very thinly sliced

rosemary sprigs, leaves picked

unsalted butter

red onions, thinly sliced

caster sugar

butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into thin strips

grams/5½oz Stilton, crumbled

sage leaves

Who would have thought you could eat lasagne when on a diet? Well thanks to our amazingly clever recipe you can.
The pasta is replaced with sheets of blanched leeks so you can have all the deliciousness without the calorie count.

This meal provides 354 kcal, 29g protein, 22g carbohydrate (of which 10.5g sugars), 15g fat (of which 7g saturates), 5.5g fibre and 1.7g salt per portion.


Skinny beef lasagne

leeks, each

onion

celery sticks,

carrots, peeled

500 grams/1lb 2 ounces lean beef mince

garlic cloves,

150 grams/5½oz chestnut mushrooms, wiped and chopped

tbsp plain flour

150 milliliters/¼ pint red wine

200 milliliters/7fl oz beef stock,

400 grams/14 ounces can chopped tomatoes

bay leaves

500 milliliters/18fl oz semi-skimmed milk

tbsp cornflour

nutmeg,

extra-mature cheddar, grated

grams/1 ounces parmesan, finely grated

medium vine tomatoes, sliced

Si and Dave reinvent one of their favourite dishes, the lasagne - and with some clever cooking transform this high-cal dish into a luscious slimline delight.

The Hairy Bikers' Low Calorie Lasagne

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