Recipes
Healthy and nutritious food doesn't have to be bland, unappetising and repetitive.
A balanced diet with a variety of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, grains and starches is the best way to improve your diet to get to good health and nutrition.
The key is balance - not too much of any one type of food at the expense of others.
The often-heard advice of reducing sugar and salt is much easier if you are enjoying a range of different tastes and textures in your food.
We are extremely lucky in Australia to be blessed with great food and for most of us, enough income to enjoy food as a pleasure rather than just sustenance. And in Australia we benefit by not paying GST on fresh fruit and vegetables.
Good food is a combination of flavour, texture, colour, aroma and much needed anticipation!
Recipes that work combine food science, imagination and trial and error to arrive to a combination that produces the perfect outcome.
Keeping food interesting requires the use of food variety, fresh where possible and using items that are already in the ever giving pantry at home or in the garden.
A garden or even a pot of herbs contributes amazing flavour, while stock, spices or preserved foods make fabulous contributions to your meal.
Even a backyard lemon tree or rhubarb patch makes great seasonal produce with all manner of recipe opportunities throughout the year.
Here are some recipes that are relatively easy to prepare, and allows for some indulgence too.
But everything in moderation - the problems start when occasional indulgence becomes everyday eating.
- Breakfast breakthroughs
Try these boredom-busters for breakfast or brunch.
- Egg and Bacon Cups
These flavour-packed cups are ideal as a quick, delicious meal on the go.
- Sweet potato, spinach and feta frittata
Frittata is great for breakfast, and can also be served as a delicious brunch or lunch.
- Crumbed Cauliflower
This makes a delicious accompaniment at barbeques or with roasts.
- German Potato Salad
The humble spud is lifted to new levels in this tasty addition to any summer barbeque or picnic.
- Prawn & Herb Salad Rolls
A summer favorite, this recipe serves 4 with a delicious and nutritious snack.
- Marinated ling and prawn stir-fry
A tasty change from fried fish, this stir-fry is packed with flavour.
- Healthy crumbed fish tenders
A "fast food" style snack that is both tasty and healthy, and is easy to prepare.
- Chocolate and Coconut Cookies
For a small indulgence with afternoon tea, these cookies hit the mark.
- Prune and sunflower slice
A delicious slice for a morning or afternoon snack.
- Power bars
A great mid-morning or mid-afternoon power boost!
- Peanut butter cookies
It's not just kids that love this classic favourite.
- Sandwich Fillers
Fillings for the humble sanga can be many and varied, and nutritionally can pack everything you need to power through the afternoon.
- Boiled pineapple fruit cake
While not exceptionally healthy, this boiled pineapple fruit cake is fine as an occasional indulgence.
- Crumbed Eggplant
Cooked on its own, as in this recipe, eggplant makes a tasty addition to many dishes.