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BBC Food: Can changing your diet improve fertility?

According to the NHS, if couples are trying to conceive naturally and have unprotected sex every two to three days they will have an 84 percent chance of success within a year. But what happens when you’re one of the unlucky ones? Could changing your diet help aid...

Autumn Recipes – Cannellini Bean & Root Vegetable Stew

Serves 4 (vegetarian) Ingredients ½ tbsp + 1 tbsp of olive oil 3 Parsnips peeled and chopped in to chunks 3 Carrots, peeled and Chopped in to chunks 1 head of garlic, broken in to cloves, unpeeled 2 sprigs of thyme 2 Bay leaves 1 Sprig of Rosemary 1 large...

Autumn Recipes – Chicory & Goats Cheese Salad

Serves 2 Ingredients 75g pasteurised goats cheese, or other hard cheese, sliced or crumbled. 2 heads of Chicory, root trimmed, leaves separated, washed and dried in salad spinner 1 fennel bulb, finely sliced using a knife, vegetable peeler or mandolin 1 large...

Autumn Recipes – Porridge with Earl Grey Poached Prunes

The prunes can be stored in the fridge and used for over the course of a few days. Serves 1, Vegetarian, (Vegan), Gluten free Ingredients Prunes 1 tsp of mild honey (optional) 500ml of earl grey tea- 4 teaspoons of Earl Grey tea leaves /or 4 Tea bags 150g...

Autumn Recipes – Pan Fried Mackerel with Roasted Butternut Squash

Aside from being delicious, mackerel is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, which helps to look after our heart. We like to serve this with a watercress or radicchio salad, dressed simply with olive oil, dijon and a lemon juice dressing Serves 4 Ingredients I large...

Autumn Recipes – Rye Bread

Serves 8 Ingredients 300g coarsely ground wholemeal flour 100g rye flour 75g rolled oats 1.5 tsp of bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp of salt 400ml of buttermilk, or natural yoghurt Method Preheat the oven to 180c Combine the flours. Oats, bicarbonate of soda...

Autumn Recipes – Beetroot Soup

A very satisfying and warming autumnal meal. This takes about 30 minutes to prepare and cook. It keeps well, so if time is short make in advance and refrigerate or freeze. Make sure you chop your vegetables to approximately the same size, so they will cook at the...

Autumn Recipes – Apple & Blackberry Overnight Oats

Oats are high in a type of soluble fibre, which means that not only keeps you satisfied and give you slow released energy, Serves 2, Vegetarian, (Vegan) Gluten free (if use GF Oats) Ingredients 50g of rolled Oats Pinch of ground cinnamon 1 Apple, Coarsely...