Lunch

Now Avocado-on-Toast has become popular in recent years and is seen as a healthy option, but I wanted to try and add more flavour and protein, so for a twist on avocado on toast I have come up with pesto avocado on toast.  For the mixture I still used one avocado but mixed it up by

With kids going back to school and people returning to the office, you may be looking for lunch time inspiration. This rice, black bean and sweet potato salad is easy to prepare in advance and has a good balance of slow releasing carbohydrates and fibre with the rice and sweet potato and the black beans

This weeks recipe is a tartine (open sandwich) with roasted beetroot, goats curd and rye sourdough. At the body retreat we use sourdough as the long fermentation process makes it an easier bread to digest. We also think about flour and choose sourdough bread that use rye, spelt or heritage grains. Your local artisan baker

British purple sprouting broccoli is in season and the highlight of this dish, simply roasted, and topped on a Moroccan inspired buckwheat salad. You can use raw buckwheat for this recipe but it will need cooking first. To cook the buckwheat I first toast in a dry saucepan before covering at least 2cm in stock.

Spiced chickpea balls are our version of falafel, using cooked chickpeas instead of dried. Traditionally falafel is made using dried chickpeas or dried fava beans soaked overnight. It is usually deep fried for a crisp outside and soft centre. Our version is made easy by using cooked tinned chickpeas and more health conscious than the