Simple salad - out of 3 bags

1 bag of washed spinach
1 pouch/bag of cooked beluga black lentils
1 bag of pecan nuts or walnuts (you can caramalise them with sugar substitute if you want).

Mix all ingredients thoroughly being gentle with the spinach.

If you dress this with a lemony tangy dressing, I'd top with a poached egg and use the yoke to make a creamy dressing.

Or you can let down some mayonnaise with lemon or vinegar, add some mustard and garlic to give a light creamy dressing.

Drizzle with dressing and/or top with a poached egg.

Easy.

Tomato and Haloumi Salad

I am not a raw tomato lover, as supermarket toms never taste right. As a kid there would be a glut of tomatoes every summer and they tasted like tomatoes should. So when I get some nice ones I want to eat them simply.

Here's an idea:

Slice and griddle some haloumi cheese. Allow to cool and cut up into small pieces. Wash and halve small cherry toms or quarter others. Add some torn fresh basil. Finely chopped red onions, or spring onions. Add salt (or substitute), lots of fresh ground pepper, some chopped garlic.

To make it more nutritionally dense I added a rinced and drained can of cannellini beans.

Dressing - either balsamic or some White wine vinegar with some sugar substitute.

You can add olives (I added chopped black olives).

Mix and serve, or chill and serve.

Egg and chips

Having been away, I wanted to eat food that was good for me. However when I am tired, I am never very good at sticking to things that are good for me.

So here's an idea for healthy comfort food.

Firstly - fried eggs - yes you can, but I love poached eggs.

Line a cup with cling film, with plenty over the sides.

You can spray with spray oil if you like.

Break sn egg into the cling film. Pinch top of cling film and twist so egg is held in it's little cling-film hammock.

For the chips, I scrubbed some sweet potatoes. Then microwaved them for 12 mins having pierced them first. Then put in cold water till cooled. Take out, dry and slice into thick slices then into chips.

Preheat oven to about 220c then melt a tablespoon of coconut oil in a baking tray. Toss chips in the oil, or spray with spray on oil.

Bake for 30-40 mins but be careful as the high sugar content can easily burn. Drain on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.

Pop poached eggs into gently simmering water for 4/5 mins. 4 for soft poached. Be careful the cling film does not burn.

Lift out of water. Cut cling film open to remove eggs.

Enjoy.