Author: Healthy Diet Tips

When it comes to blitzing breadcrumbs, making flavourful and fragrant curry pastes, marinades and pesto, or whizzing up herby dishes like spring tabbouleh, mini choppers are an indispensable kitchen gadget that can make light work of time-consuming food prep tasks.Designed to deal with smaller quantities, mini choppers are a compact and lightweight alternative to a food processor. They typically come with just one blade for everyday chopping tasks, whereas food processors can come with different attachments for different jobs. We tested a variety of mini choppers across a range of price points – read on to discover our top picks.Want…

Chickpeas are such a flexible ingredient – use them whole, crushed to make falafel or veggie burgers, or mashed until smooth for hummus or a side dish. Not only are a can of chickpeas a budget-friendly storecupboard hero, but they are also healthy; just 3 tablespoons of chickpeas count as one of your five-a-day, and 100g has 7g of protein. They also contain natural plant compounds called isoflavones.Take a look at our top chickpea recipes, healthy chickpea recipes, kids’ chickpea recipes and vegan chickpea recipes. For more budget-friendly dinners, try our top vegetarian storecupboard recipes, and our healthy storecupboard recipes.…

Multi-cookers are hardly a new concept but over the last few years, we’ve seen more innovative ways in which they’ve become multi-functional; this has driven the calibre of new products up and their prices down.Some multi-cookers offer up to 15 functions and this versatility not only saves on workspace by reducing the need for multiple appliances, it also could save you money – a key factor that we considered when testing and reviewing.If you’re looking for a healthier way to achieve the familiar taste and textures of traditionally fried foods, certain multi-cookers can be a step up from the best…

I have personally tried all of the products below – or given them to a trusted associate better qualified than myself – because I never want to recommend a dud.  I hope you find them suitably delicious or helpful, and that they make your life better in some way. That’s what wellbeing should be about!Antioxidant-rich olive oilsExtra virgin olive oil is a key part of the Mediterranean diet, shown to contribute to a longer, healthier lifespan. Personally, I’d never dream of eating cottage cheese or tomatoes without it. Here are some of my favourites, all of which offer a high…

DoughStep 1Whisk together one ¼-oz. envelope instant dry yeast (2¼ tsp.), ¼ cup (50 g) sugar, 2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour in a large bowl. Whisk 2 large eggs with 1 cup warm water in a small bowl to combine, then pour into dry ingredients. Add 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature; mix with a sturdy rubber spatula or your hands until a shaggy dough forms, 6–8 minutes. Cover with a lid or plate; let sit 10 minutes (this will make it easier to knead).Step 2Turn dough out…

From nostalgic Sunday roasts to falafel pitta stuffed to the brim with pickles, we asked eight of the world’s top chefs and home cooks to name the one dish they’d never tire of.See our collection of comfort food recipes for recipe inspiration, then take a look at quick dinner ideas, healthy recipes and budget dinners.1. Chetna Makan, cookbook author and Bake Off finalist”It would have to be a chicken curry or a chicken biryani. It could be the best butter chicken, or my mum makes this masala chicken, which I have actually shared on my YouTube channel, but it’s just…

Setting yourself a healthy meal plan for the week ahead provides a myriad of benefits, from helping you budget to saving time and energy. Here’s why it’s a great way to stay healthy, too:Set your intentions in advance without getting distracted. For instance, is your main purpose to reduce snacking by focusing on low-GI, high-protein meals? Or are you setting a daily calorie limit? Once you’re clear on your ‘big aim’, you can plan your meals to fit round that.Looking at the week as a whole before you start gives you the ability to ensure you’re getting a varied, balanced…

“If you think nut roast is a boring vegetarian cliche, think again! This little beauty is chock full of delicious nuts, seeds and spices that come together in a taste sensation. Don’t be put off by the number of ingredients – most of these are lurking in the average spice rack and it comes together really quickly and easily. It works brilliantly as a roast dinner but also anywhere you would normally use mince, such as in a bolognese sauce, “meat”balls, rissoles, chilli or shepherds pie. If making for Christmas, you can add lots of allspice and nutmeg in addition…

This verdant pasta has two of my favorite things—greens and cheese—in abundance. Stuffed shells classically employ the oversized sort, each piece of pasta as big as a baby’s fist. But I love riffing on this technique with medium shells too. This swap means, instead of making a more involved filling with multiple ingredients—and stuffing each one by hand—you can simply sprinkle the open-armed noodles with a pungent cheese like feta and call it a day.The green sauce draws inspiration from a few places, including Joshua McFadden’s kale sauce from Six Seasons, Chris Morocco’s vividly hued pesto, and Priya Krishna’s Spinach…

Lens culinaris, lentils, are a legume that has been grown since prehistoric times. The majority of the world’s lentils are grown in India, the second biggest producer, and the source of many of the lentils we buy is Canada. Many of our specialist lentils come from Europe. You can also now buy UK-grown lentils from companies like Hodmedods; the plants were grown here in the past, but they are not easy to harvest. Lentils grow in small pods with typically two seeds (lentils) in each, and they need a warm, dry summer to ripen. Lentil varieties that suit the UK…