Easy and healthy recipes for the new year

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: Easy and healthy recipes for the new year It’s just a few days into the New Year and hopefully you’re still sticking to your resolutions. If cooking and eating healthier is part of the plan, help is at hand thanks to ‘The New Easy,’ a cookbook from food stylist and author Donna Hay  which promises “simple meal ideas that are big on flavour but low on fuss”. The Australian mum-of-two incorporates “all the superfood ingredients” like quinoa, chia seeds and kale, into her recipes, which are split into ‘Weeknights’ and ‘Weekends’, so they’re perfect for those who are getting back on the low-calorie wagon after indulging during the holidays. “I’m all about balance though – I know that if I’ve enjoyed quite a lot of great food and drink over the festive period, then I need to balance it out a bit in the New Year, with a few extra kilometres on my run or a few more salads and meat-free days,” says the 45-year-old. As a busy working mum, Hay knows how tough it can be to cook from scratch during the week, so she’s used “lots of great time-saving tricks” in the new cookbook. “A lot of the sweets are made with a dough or batter you can make in a food processor, or cakes you can make using a simple batter in just one bowl. My food-processor carrot cake has become one of my go-to desserts.” “In my recipes for weeknights and casual weekends, I’ve used clever store cupboard ingredients, like store-bought puff pastry to make gorgeous tomato tarts, or caramelised onion relish in a super-easy marinade for lamb. There are lots of easy pastas with new flavours and a delicious chicken curry that you can leave to bake in the oven – just really easy but delicious meals.” The New Easy is available on donnahay.com.au and Amazon features@7days.ae Read the original story at: Easy and healthy recipes for the new year