BROCCOLI & CAULFLOWER CHEESE SQUARES

by Viv's Home Cooking
This is Viv's take on a quiche and we believe it is infinitely tastier, more filling and more manageable to make and eat on the run - great for lunch boxes!

Stuffed Courgette Roll Lasagne

by Viv's Home Cooking
This variation on lasagne by our favourite chef Viv is brilliant for getting more healthy green vegetables into your diet and cutting down on the carbs

HOMEMADE MEADE RANCH DRESSING

If you have ever been to America, you have probably tasted the Ranch dressing that is the go-to salad dressing of all homes and restaurants. It is available in stores here, but nothing beats a homemade Ranch dressing.

Summer Teriyaki Shish Kebabs

A warm, sunny summer in Ireland is too good to waste by remaining indoors at meal times. Roll out the barbeque or buy a disposable one and make the garden your dining room. Beef or chicken kebabs are the perfect barbeque option - fresh, quick, healthy.

Stir Fry Anything

Getting your 5-a-day is easy when you have a stir fry that is rich in fresh, crunchy vegetables. Here is a recipe that can be adapted to the meat of your choice and the vegetables of your choice

Roasted Maple Glazed Carrots

Roasted, glazed carrots are a staple of the holiday dinner table, but really they should be deployed throughout the year. Between keeping our Vitamin A levels up and encouraging those with a sweet tooth to eat their vegetables, this dish is a fantastic meal option, especially from July through March when our Irish carrots are in season

Pumpkin Soup
with Twist

Pumpkins deserve more than to just be carved and discarded. Sure they are great jack o lanterns at Halloween, but they can be so much more. Their lovely inner flesh is both tasty and nutritious - full of beta-carotene that serves as an anti-oxidant

Broccoli Salad

Our Win You Over Broccoli Salad is all but guaranteed to win you over to eating broccoli raw, even if you are not a huge fan of this incredibly healthy vegetable.

Upside Down Mushroom Tartlets

These delectable appetisers can be adapted to a proper starter dish if you add some mixed leaves, tomatoes and vinaigrette to the plate.

Kale & Brussel Sprout Salad

In terms of a healthy salad, you can't do much better than the Kale & Brussel Sprout Salad. It sounds almost too healthy to be tasty but that's where it surprises you.

Cobb Salad

Cobb Salad is an American phenomenon, reported to be invented in the 1930s at the famous Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, owned by one Robert Howard Cobb. Regardless of its provenance, this fresh, healthy salad deserves to make it onto all European menus.

Chicken, Pepper and Onion Fajitas

Fajitas have slowly but surely made their way from Mexico onto Irish menus and dinner tables because of their crunchy, fresh and warm combination of flavours.