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Green Tahina

I always recommend to my patients, when planning their meals for the week, to make one dressing or dip on the weekends - when they might have time - and store it in the fridge. By doing so, you are not only adding extra nutritional value to your meal, but you are also keeping your meals interesting, especially if you vary them from week to week. I

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White bean, artichoke and fennel dip

There is nothing like a good dip for your nachos or vegetables crudites. The bonus with this dip is that it is filled with ingredients that offer so many deep nutritional benefits. Fennel is full of fibre and contains the bioactive ingredient quercetin, which helps to 'switch on' anti-oxidant pathways in the body. Garlic too, contains quercetin.  The garlic as well as the artichokes and beans contain prebiotics,

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Harissa Spiced Carrot and Pepper Hummus

This is a fantastic snack, starter or accompaniment to any meal. You can dip anything into this roast vegetable harissa hummus, pour it on a salad, spread it on a sandwich or eat it with your breakfast eggs. Chickpeas are a plant-based protein that are high in fibre and pack a protein punch.  They provide all the essential and non-essential amino acids, which are the building

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Kale and Sunflower Seed Pesto

Looking for the ultimate pesto sauce to accompany, well…. most things actually?! This pesto is fresh, crunchy, insanely delicious and boy does it pack a nutritional punch!! Kale provides a good dose of vitamins and minerals such as iron, potassium, calcium, folate and vitamin A.  Kale, being a cruciferous vegetable containing the bioactive known as sulforaphane, has one of the most powerful conversations with your genes. Sulforaphane

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Bright, Creamy Basil Aioli

Basil is not just your grandfather’s friends name. It is a slightly sweet, yet peppery aromatic herb that is packed with health benefits. With the abundant research being done on this herb, it is evident that basil should no longer just be an added flavour enhancer to a meal, but rather a well-thought out addition to optimize nutritional outcomes. The bioactive ingredient found in basil is a

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