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With December's festivities approaching, we're all starting to think about changing things up a bit and bringing the best seasonal ingredients together with warming spices and flavours. As we do truly love our rainbow food, red cabbage and apples are just perfect and will accompany game meat, real butcher's sausages, gammon or a Sunday roast perfectly.
I think I'm a little bit obsessed with these air fryer salmon bites! they’re such an easy and tasty salmon recipe that produces perfectly tender, bite-sized pieces of salmon for a quick midweek supper or to add to your bowls for a quick lunch on busy work or studio days!
They can be eaten hot or cold so they are great to make ahead!
We all need a quick, easy and tasty pasta bowl in our repertoire. This is a balanced dish that you can prepare in 20mins. Prawns are a fabulous source of lean protein also low in calories.
As I don’t tolerate gluten I have tried countless pasta alternatives to wheat and these brown rice pasta by Freee Foods is the best for texture and the closest to standard pasta in my experience.
This dish is a crowd pleaser for sure. I serve with a side salad.
Who doesn’t love a one pan meal? This one is balanced, heart warming, family friendly and high in protein. It can be reheated. All you need to add is a side or two of seasonal veggies. Or for the tricky eaters, hide even more veggies in there!
One pan recipes are not just great at reducing the washing up they’re perfect for food prep and batch cooking! Tis recipe will take you just under an hour from start to finish.
Winning all round hybrid smoothie. When I have a big day starting with teaching a class (which I do 90% of), followed by my own strength training session and back to back clients this is a winning breakfast I enjoy between class & training!
The nitrate in beetroot helps with stamina. The protein is there to feed and repair the muscles.The blueberries are full packed with antioxidants. The avocado is rich in fibres and good fats.
A Moroccan inspired one-pot, packed with veggies, flavour and lots of protein. The lamb meatballs are very quick to make and I would recommend to make extra as they are delicious hot or cold and can be added to a lunch or salad the next day. Do not be put off by the long list of ingredients as they all go in together and make this one pot dish a great healthy recipe to make over and over.
A perfect quick, easy and very tasty chicken one tray. I typically make this midweek in the evening, but it also makes a perfect no-fuss Sunday lunch for those not wanting to spend hours in the kitchen!
You can add different vegetables but fennel is so tasty and goes brilliantly with chicken and herbs. All round comfort food.
A perfect quick, easy and very tasty one pan salmon packed with flavours. Main ingredients are very simple but elevated but a gorgeous harissa and tahini dressing which would also work with chicken. You can swap the vegetables with the seasons too. Easy to make for 2 or for a larger crowd. It is nutritious enough to serve on its own, but would work well served with lentils, brown rice or quinoa.
A perfect quick, easy and very tasty one tray you can make last minute. You can easily change the vegetables with the seasons. You can swap chickpeas for beans or lentils. This meal will provide you with a great balance of protein and complex carbs and is a fab one to reheat for a leftover lunch next day!
A Mexican inspired one-pot you can rustle up quickly and make time and time again. If you have any leftovers then add extra greens to serve for lunch the next day and add some avocado. Serve with either brown rice or quinoa. To save time you can buy pouches of ready cooked.
Smoothies are often requested by our clients when we design personalised meal plans. In spring and summer they are a great breakfast option if put together properly and hit your micro and macro nutrients needs. This smoothie will give you very adequate protein for breakfast and also contains your first portion of veggie for the day! A double win. Who can resist the pineapple coconut combo?
Winter may not seem the time you fancy a smoothie, but they are so handy for packing so much goodness.
When I set out to create a new smoothie recipe, I was aiming for at least one vegetable, high fibre content, high in vitamin C, a good morning boost, a light textured and a pretty colour! Oh and why not include that daily dose of flaxseed (really helps with the hot flushes). I think I managed to tick all the boxes and it’s delicious! Give it a try and let me know!
Great option for those short on time but wanting flavour! Packed full of goodness with chickpeas, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms and spinach this is a vegetarian option but you could add any leftover roast chicken. This takes very little prep, especially if you decided to go for ready chopped frozen vegetables. As always, make extra and save yourself portion for lunch the next day!
At the Health Boost we are not vegetarian but we encourage everyone to increase the consumption of mostly plant based meals a couple of days a week if possible. With some pulses providing some good quality protein such as the quinoa and chickpeas in this salad and the added halloumi we make sure to provide a balance of all macro nutrients. We also get asked often what to do with aubergines as they are a good source of fibre, vitamins and minerals and low in calories for those counting.
A Tian is a classic dish from my beloved childhood southern France. It is perfect served alongside grilled meat or fish, or just aside salad for a light lunch. It is perfect to use up all of your summer vegetables. I like to use mixed provencal herbs and garlic for the seasoning but dried oregano works brilliantly too. A super easy one to make vegan by simply skipping the cheese. It’s a bit like a structured ratatouille!
We love salads at The Health Boost and nearly every day will have one for lunch and in the summer for supper too. However there's no limp lettuce and starving ourselves with our salads. The key to a good salad is to get the right balance of protein, healthy fats and some slow release healthy carbohydrates so that you aren't hungry again by 3pm. We include lots and lots of vegetables in our salads as we love them and recognise their health benefits. We hope this selection of salads will provide you with some inspiration. We change our salads weekly, depending on what's seasonal and what delights our vegetable box brings. Have fun experimenting with your salads! If you want to learn how to create the perfect salad we have a separate article How to create the perfect salad
Good old fashioned oat cakes are so so delicious and versatile. They are also super easy to make, as a batch and keep. With the main ingredient being pinhead oats (or steel cut oats) they make the perfect high fibre savoury snack teamed up with our smoked mackerel pâté or French sardine pâté. Another French way to enjoy those is with a little butter, some sliced radishes and a little salt. I like to vary the herbs or spices I mix in them; I have tried and tested rosemary, oregano, garlic, turmeric, curry powder, cumin and paprika. If you want to have them with cheese, I recommend to stick to herbs.
Creating good breakfast habits is often a very hard one to crack! Making ahead is one of the best advice we can give. Those overnight chia breakfast pots take 5 minutes to prepare the day before, keep in the fridge for 2-3 days, are rich in protein to keep you full and can be made with an endless list of fruits! What’s not to like! You can easily make a “pick & mix” batch to suit everyone in the family! Any fresh or frozen fruit can be used! Today’s choice is frozen mango!
