Healthy nuggets, chips and beans :)

This evolved this evening from leftovers but I was delighted!

My "chicken" nuggets were actually leftover roast turkey breast, cut into strips. Beat two eggs with pepper and dip the strips in, then roll through oat bran for a crispy coating. Fry in a non stick pan til nicely golden, done! You can do this with chicken breast from raw too, same method, just make sure to cook til chicken is cooked through.

For my "chips" I actually made celeriac cubes. I've just recently discovered celeriac and I'm a bit in love.
Peel and dice a celeriac into 1cm cubes (ish, don't worry too much). Fry in a small bit of olive oil with a generous sprinkling of thyme (I use dried wild thyme) until toasty golden looking, then add 4 tablespoons of warm water and put the lid on. Turn the heat down and let it steam for about twenty minutes until tender, stirring occasionally.

Add simple baked beans on the side and there you have it, junk food that's good for you!

Baked Tomato Gnocchi

This one is so so tasty, and great warm comfort food! It's yum with a nice salad and some garlic bread.

You'll need:
2 packs of potato gnocchi
One bottle passata,
Plenty of garlic (to taste, we like A LOT, but around four cloves is a good place to start), finely chopped
Some good quality pesto
Two mozzarella balls, diced into centimetre cubes, maybe a little bigger.

What you do:

Gently fry the garlic in some olive oil for a few minutes, then add the passata and simmer for about five minutes. It's very spitty so you'll need a lid. Add in a good big dollop of pesto, I usually use half to two thirds of the jar. Stir and simmer.

Meanwhile, boil up some salted water in a big pan. Add the gnocchi. When the gnocchi start to float to the top, drain and add to the tomato mixture. Stir until everything's nicely coated, then pour into an oven dish. Sprinkle over your mozzarella cubes and bake at 180 until cheese is melted.

This is one of my favourite dinners along with some fresh salad (still like to get those veggies into the little guy!), and it's so so easy and quick for those tired nights.

Enjoy!