Pesto salmon with gnocchi & green beans
One tray: salmon, gnocchi and green beans roasted, tossed in basil pesto.
Pumpkin & peanut stew with crispy seeds
The lantern's flesh in a West African-style peanut stew, topped with the toasted seeds.
Ingredients
Servings 4
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Method
- Step 1
Wash and dry the seeds; toast in a dry pan with a pinch of salt until popping.
- Step 2
Soften the onion in the oil; add garlic, ginger and spices.
- Step 3
Add pumpkin, tomatoes, peanut butter and stock; simmer 30 minutes.
- Step 4
Wilt in the spinach; finish with lime.
- Step 5
Serve on rice, scattered with the seeds.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 540 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 15g |
| Carbohydrates | 68g |
| – of which sugars | 14g |
| Fibre | 11g |
| Fat | 24g |
| – of which saturates | 4g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 130mg |
| Iron | 4.2mg |
| Salt | 0.7g |
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