To kick start the New Year, premium ingredients brand, Merchant Gourmet, have teamed up with the UK's youngest female Executive Chef, TV personality and published author, Sophie Michell, to launch the nationwide 'Eat Well Live Well' campaign. This 'New Year, New You' collaboration is all about starting healthy habits by inspiring the nation to get cooking with pulses and grains.
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Quinoa, Freekeh, Spelt... rich in health benefits, we know they are good for us... but do we know how to use them? A passionate advocate of wholesome ingredients, Merchant Gourmet's Wellbeing Chef, Sophie Michell, has created a series of tasty and nutritious meal ideas to show just how quick, easy and convenient it is to create show-stopping meals using pulses and grains this New Year.
Here's just one of those delicious recipes!
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1 Thai Flavoured Grains
- 1 large handful of baby spinach
- 1 cooked chicken breast
- 1 lime
- 1 tbsp of crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Method
- Place the spinach and Thai grains in a medium bowl and cover with clingfilm.
- Cook for two minutes, take out and stir.
- Shred the chicken and place on top, before covering with clingfilm and cooking for two more minutes.
- Mix the sweet chilli, peanut butter and lime juice together in a smaller bowl.
- Cook the mix for one minute in the microwave, before stirring well and serving alongside the chicken bowl.
Recipe by Merchant Gourmet's Wellbeing Chef, Sophie Michell, as part of the nationwide 'Eat Well, Live Campaign' inspiring cooking with pulses and grains.
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