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Giouvetsi (translated as 'little barley') or youvetsi is a Greek dish made with veal / beef, lamb or chicken and pasta, either kritharaki or hilopites. This flavour-packed one-pan chicken dish in a rich tomato-based sauce is the ultimate Greek comfort food! Traditionally giouvetsi is served with a hard white goat cheese called kefalotiri. Use Parmesan or Feta instead if you like. To make this stew with lamb or beef, you might need to spice it up a bit with cinnamon, paprika, chilli, and more allspice. Replace some of the stock with red wine for a richer flavour.

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Crunch on the outside, moist on the inside: this aromatic, rustic chestnut bread tastes delicious and is perfect for the cold season. The simple yeast dough with wheat, rye flour and vacuum-packed chestnuts just needs a little time to rise, but it's worth the wait! The sweet nutty chestnuts provide lots of nutrients, fibre, vitamins and minerals: perfect for a wholesome bread!

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Many of us are probably going to put on a few pounds during the holiday season as a result of overindulgence of food. Embrace your weight gain, forgive yourself and get back on track. Now it's time to start fresh with some healthy and flavourful salads. NO, I am not talking about the dull piles of lettuce leaves with some tomato wedges here and there, but some fun, colourful, nutritious and tasty salads with fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts and seeds, legumes, wholegrains, meat, seafood and cheeses. There's a salad for everyone.

1. Sesame Crusted Avocado Cucumber Salad

   Get ready to experience a side dish or appetizer like no other with this beautiful and fun Sesame Crusted Avocado Cucumber Salad. It combines the velvety goodness of avocado with the delicate nuttiness and earthiness of toasted black sesame seeds, crisp, fresh cucumbers, cherry radishes and sweetly fragrant raspberries. You can use white sesame seeds or a mixture of both black and white if you prefer.

   
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A chocolate twist on a classic featuring black cocoa and white couverture filling! Engelsaugen, or Angel's Eyes, are small shortcrust biscuits with a fruity jam filling, resembling the American thumbprint cookies. They are a real classic for Christmas's cookie tray. The dough is easy to prepare and is literally melt-in-mouth. Ground almonds are also added to provide a wonderful nutty flavour. I like the effect of the contrast of white chocolate and deep black, but you can also fill your angel's eye biscuits with jelly or melted nut nougat.

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If you’re watching your carbs intake and have no problem with sulfur, which can cause bloating and gas, then brussels sprouts are for you as they are loaded with fiber, vitamin C and are low in carbs. I have thredded them onto skewers but you could do them without the skewer if you wanted them as a festive side. You don't need sunflower seed cream to serve those roasted Brussels sprouts, but it's so nutty, healthful and delicious on anything!

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Embark on a culinary journey and make these simple Georgian badridshani - aubergine rolls filled with walnut paste and garnished with pomegranate seeds. They are nutty, flavoursome and simply delicious. Treat the aubergine slices first with some salt, which helps draw the water out of the aubergine, so they won't become mushy after grilling. You can take Badridzhanis to your next gathering as finger food or serve them as an appetiser at a dinner party. In Georgia, these walnut stuffed aubergine rolls are traditionally enjoyed with bread and white wine, or served as a hearty side dish with grilled meat.

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Juniper berries have been used as medicine for centuries and in the kitchen. Delicious and healthy juniper berries are usually added to sauces for game dishes, fish stock, sauerkraut, or pickled vegetables, but they are rarely used in baking. I have used juniper berries in a very unusual way: as a spice together with some pink peppercorns for these delicious lemon cookies. The ground juniper berries give these cookies a sweet, aromatic and completely surprising flavour - be sure to try them! They are particularly tasty for the holidays, but of course also all year round, and go wonderfully with coffee, tea or hot chocolate.

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If you know kohlrabi mainly as a salad or side dish or you simply nibble it plain and raw, then it's about time to change that. The preparation of this kohlrabi gratin is really easy, but of course you first have to peel the kohlrabi and then cut it into thin slices. I boiled them in a pot of salted water for a few minutes before layering them like a roof tile into a greased casserole and baked at very hight temperature for 15 minutes. You can also bake them without boiling them first, but then you need to cook them longer with lower oven temperature.

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These marinated eggs are soft/hard boiled eggs soaked in a savory Asian marinade made with gluten free soya sauce, coconut sugar, rice vinegar, broth, spring onion, garlic, ginger and sesame seeds, transforming them into the perfect low carb snack or enjoying them over some steamed rice or noodles. Soak the eggs for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight or up to 24 hours. I wouldn't leave the eggs in the marinade for longer than 24 hours as they can get pretty rubbery. Store the eggs in an air-tight container for a week.

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Endives and thinly sliced apple are tossed with fresh herbs and toasted pine nuts in a simple vinaigrette for a light, crunchy and refreshing winter salad. The bitter flavour and crisp texture of Belgian endive pairs particularly well with sweet tart apple and nutty pinenuts. I have also added some chicken skin cracklings, a delicious by-product of making schmaltz, for extra flavour and crunch. You can use croutons or bacon instead.

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Quality leafy salads are often not available in winter. So how about a vitamin-rich and flavourful kohlrabi salad? Kohlrabi is boring? Not with this simple recipe for a crunchy and delicious kohlrabi salad. Supplemented with juicy tangy pomegranate seeds, fresh parsley and toasted almonds, it makes for a welcome change and raw food tastes really good this way.

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A light and tender spelt poppy seed cake bursting with orange flavour that will keep you coming back for another slice. Topped with a thick orange glaze and salted, roasted pistachios, this buttery and seedy cake is perfect for the ultimate treat alongside a cuppa.