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POTATO SALAD WITH PEANUT BUTTER

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Potato salad makes a perfect side dish, or snack, however I ate this one with bread and some raw salad as a main meal. I often eat potato salad and you will find several recipes on my blog for different versions of potato salad. I like anything with potatoes in it and my recipes will reflect this - I far prefer potatoes to the sweeter, more healthy sweet potatoes! Potato salads are also great to take on a picnic with some thickly sliced buttered bread! This recipe has no mayonnaise in it like a conventional one, and is a nutty version of a conventional potato salad. Once again, I have used one of my favourites, peanut butter and I now always buy the "no added sugar" version of this amazing ingredient. Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Makes: 3 servings, as a main Ingredients 3 medium potatoes 3 tbsp crunchy peanut butter (I used a natural one which is not as sweet as supermarket ones) ½ tbsp whole grain mustard ½ tbsp vinegar 1 tbs...

SMOKED SALMON, FETTUCCINE AND BLUE CHEESE

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This is a very tasty, quick and easy recipe, and I served it with a red cabbage salad. I used fettuccine but any kind of pasta will work for this. The red cabbage salad was a great match for the fettuccine dish, and it was easy to make as I added apples, celery and mayonnaise which didn't take long. You could add a salad of your choice, or even any type of vegetables. Red cabbage is the healthiest of the cabbage family  and it's red colour comes from flavonoids, while the sharp taste is from the sulphur based compounds.  Cabbage is also healthy as it contains necessary fibre and several vitamins and minerals, Preparation Time:  15 minutes Cooking Time:  6-10 minutes Makes:  2 servings Ingredients 200g Fettuccine Boiling water 1 tblsp oil SAUCE 60g creamy blue cheese, crumbled ½ cup cream (I used Cream for cooking as lower in fat) 50 g smoked salmon, sliced 2 tblsp capers Juice of ½ lemon Method Boil the water and a bit of oil,...