Heart health Walnut-crusted chicken with roast grapes
Chicken breasts under a walnut-herb crust, roasted alongside bursting red grapes.
Midnight black chilli with pumpkin-seed crunch
A near-black chilli of black beans, cocoa and chipotle under a toasted pumpkin-seed topping; Halloween supper for a crowd.
Ingredients
Servings 6
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Method
- Step 1
Soften the onions; add garlic, chipotle, cumin and cocoa for 1 minute.
- Step 2
Add beans, tomatoes, stock and oregano; simmer 35 minutes until thick and dark.
- Step 3
Toast the seeds with paprika and a pinch of salt.
- Step 4
Serve on rice with lime, coriander and the seed crunch.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 440 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 18g |
| Carbohydrates | 66g |
| – of which sugars | 11g |
| Fibre | 18g |
| Fat | 11g |
| – of which saturates | 1.6g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 150mg |
| Iron | 5.4mg |
| Salt | 0.8g |
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