How did you get on with the soups? With soup having taken over my usual salad lunch, I’ve been busy in the kitchen experimenting with veggie based soups, adding pasta, beans, pulses; you can literally add anything!

 

Casseroles are also a healthy winter warmer - have you tried The Inside Out Diet’s ‘Curried bean and root vegetable casserole’? I had always thought casseroles took a bit too much time to cook after a hard day at work but I recently invested in a slow cooker which makes cooking a casserole so much easier; just turn it on before you go to work in the morning and by the time you get home you will be welcomed by the mouth watering smells of your very own home cooked casserole.

 

The curried bean and root vegetable casserole is packed full of veggies that contain a variety of flavours and textures, offering many health benefits. All the vegetables, which include swede, leek, parsnip, carrots and sweet potato, are an excellent source of fibre – great for the digestive system and low in calories. Beans are also very high in fibre and great for maintaining a healthy heart and digestive system. Another benefit of beans is that they are a prebiotic food so they help stimulate the growth of good bacteria in the intestines, which – as I’m sure you will all know – helps to promote a healthy gut!

 

I have to say, last week was the first time I made a casserole and I was pleasantly surprised, let me know how you get on!

 

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