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Healthy Potato Soup is total comfort food! Paleo, Whole30 + vegan, this easy creamy potato soup can be made on the stove, in the slow cooker or instant pot.

Healthy Potato Soup

olive oil

onions (diced)

carrots (diced)

celery (diced)

potatoes (peeled

vegetable broth

garlic powder

rosemary (chopped finely)

salt

pepper

milk of choice

Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode for 15 minutes. Heat olive oil. While oil is heating, chop veggies.

Sauté onions, carrots, and celery until onions are translucent. Turn off sauté mode. Make sure to scrape off any pieces of food on the bottom of the Instant Pot or you will get a burn notice during cooking.

Pour in remaining ingredients, except  milk.

Set the Instant Pot to sealing, pressure cook for 10 minutes on high pressure. It will take about 10 minutes for the pot to come to pressure before it starts to count down.

Manually release pressure when timer goes off.

Stir in milk. Use an immersion blender or regular blender to make the soup smooth. Serve with your favorite toppings like bacon, chives or cheese.

Instant Pot Directions:

In a sauté pan, heat olive oil. While oil is heating, chop veggies.

Sauté onions, carrots, and celery until onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. (This step is optional, but adds flavor)

Add all ingredients into the crockpot, except  milk.

Set the crockpot to cook for 6 hours on high, or 8 hours on low.

Once cooked, stir in milk. Use an immersion blender or regular blender to make the soup smooth.  Serve with your favorite toppings like bacon, chives or cheese.

Crockpot Directions:

In a large pot, heat olive oil. While oil is heating, chop veggies.

Sauté onions, carrots, and celery until onions are translucent, about 10 minutes

Add all remaining ingredients, except milk.

Bring the soup to a boil. Allow it to boil for 30 minutes, or until your potatoes are fork tender.

Stove Top Directions:

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This simple, hearty, vegetarian shepherd’s pie is packed full of healthy vegetables and lentils. Omit the Worcestershire sauce and Parmesan to make it a hearty vegetarian dinner.

This meal provides 416 kcal, 17g protein, 68g carbohydrate (of which 19g sugars), 6g fat (of which 2.5g saturates), 15g fibre and 1.5g salt per portion.


Veggie shepherd’s pie

tbsp oil

leek, trimmed, finely chopped

carrots,

150 grams/5½oz chestnut mushrooms, roughly chopped

garlic clove, finely chopped

sage leaves, roughly chopped

thyme sprigs, leaves only, finely chopped

tin green or Puy lentils, drained

tin chopped tomatoes

200 milliliters/7fl oz vegetable stock

200 milliliters/7fl oz red wine

Worcestershire sauce (optional)

soy sauce

tsp chilli flakes (optional)

tsp caster sugar (optional)

salt and black pepper

potatoes

cauliflower, leaves and root removed, separated into florets

unsalted butter

tbsp finely grated Parmesan (optional)

You can add any veg you like to this versatile stew. Just add root vegetables and squash at the beginning, green vegetables towards the end and frozen peas or sweetcorn at the last minute. Adding baked beans adds a little sweetness, plus fibre and protein.

Each serving provides 162 kcal, 7g protein, 25g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 2.5g fat (of which 0.5g saturates), 8g fibre and 0.4g salt.

Versatile vegetable stew

onion, finely diced

garlic cloves, finely diced

tsp sweet smoked paprika

½ tsp dried thyme

potatoes, peeled, cut into 1cm/½in dice

600 milliliters/21fl oz vegetable stock

cauliflower,

200 grams/7 ounces fine green beans, cut into 2cm/¾in pieces

beans

parsley

While undoubtedly you can make the best restaurant-style French fries by cooking frozen chips in an air fryer, you can also produce delicious chunky, chip-shop-style chips made entirely from scratch. Any potato will work but waxy varieties are best for this recipe, and if you have any leftover potatoes where the skins are starting to go soft these will taste almost exactly like they came from the local chippy. 

Air fryer chips

salt,

If you’re looking for a lighter, healthier version of a roast potato, or you’re simply short on oven space, try this air fryer roast potato recipe for delicious, crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside, roast potatoes!

Air fryer roast potatoes

Spiced potato, cauliflower and spinach makes a tasty topping for Anna Jones' Indian-inspired shepherd’s pie. This comforting vegetarian dish is sure to become a family favourite.


Saag aloo 'shepherd's' pie

tbsp ghee (or coconut oil)

onion, finely chopped

garlic cloves, finely chopped

5cm/2in piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped

green chilli, finely chopped

½ tsp ground turmeric

½ tsp chilli powder

tsp garam masala

cumin seeds

tins pinto or borlotti beans

tomatoes

grams/1¾oz ghee (or unsalted butter)

tbsp black mustard seeds

tsp turmeric

baby spinach, washed

Traditional Punjabi cooking includes many vegetarian dishes. Saag aloo is made with saag (a variety of greens, including mustard greens), potatoes and spices. This vegan recipe uses frozen spinach: it could also be called palak aloo (palak meaning spinach). It makes a simple and inexpensive midweek meal, served with a bowl of dal and some chapatis or rice.

Each serving provides 200 kcal, 5g protein, 20g carbohydrates (of which 4g sugars), 10g fat (of which 1g saturates), 5.5g fibre and 0.9g salt.

Saag aloo

vegetable oil

tsp cumin seeds

garlic cloves, sliced

bird’s-eye green chillies, finely chopped

115 grams/4 ounces onion, finely chopped

tbsp coriander

400 grams/14 ounces frozen chopped spinach

350 grams/12 ounces potatoes, peeled,

fresh root ginger,

Filling your plate with vegetables is a nutritious way to feel full without piling on the calories. Here they are drizzled with an easy dressing of tahini and Greek-style yoghurt. If you're not on a diet, try a drizzle of pomegranate molasses in place of the lemon juice. This is a slightly over 500 calories, so could be paired with lower calorie breakfast and dinner so your daily calories don't exceed 1200–1500.

Each serving provides 545 kcal, 22g protein, 62.5g carbohydrates (of which 7.5g sugars), 19g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 16.5g fibre and 0.2g salt. 

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