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Quinoa Jambalaya with Soya Strips & Spinach

It’s really important to have a back up for when you don’t feel like cooking & you’ve run out of homemade freezer portions, and to don’t need to compromise your nutrition to do so.

This is my favourite frozen steam meal from Aldi’s. It costs £1.49 and takes 9mins in the microwave.

Just add a fistful of spinach or any salad, and you’re good to go!

Spinach & Red Pepper Penne

Serves 2

200g pasta

2tbsp cooking oil

1 onion

2 vegetable stock cubes

2tbsp tomato purée

1 red pepper

1 tin chopped tomato’s

2 large fistfuls of spinach

Salt

Pepper

Cook & drain pasta without shaking off excess water, set aside.

Fry onion in oil, add stock cubes & continue to fry for a minute. Add peppers & fry for a few minutes before stirring in tomato purée, then add chopped tomato’s. Simmer & reduce for 20-30mins.

Stir in pasta, mix well. Add spinach & cover to steam for 5mins. Stir in wilted spinach & serve.

The Visitors Chair [Quick Stop]

Emma Sinclair, Lecturer- Early Years & Childhood Practice

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•Do you have a favourite dinner?

Salmon with red onion & Asparagus

•Can you suggest any handy household tips?

Housework will always be there so do little & often. Set an alarm on your phone to focus a certain amount of time on housework then get outdoors for some fresh air.

•Do you have a favourite celebrity chef or home & lifestyle influencer?

I listen to Dr Rangan Chatterjee podcasts. His focus is on health & wellbeing – good food, sleep hygiene, being active outdoors & positive relationships

•What does home mean to you?

Being with my husband, my children & my dogs. Living close to nature.

•How do you like to spend time aside from home/family?

Being active in the outdoors with my husband & my friends – wild swimming, biking, walking & running

•Do you have a favourite desert?

Lime cheesecake

•Can you name one item you couldn’t live without?

Non-fiction books – I love to read about personal development, health & wellbeing

Thank you Emma! 🤎