Baked sweet potato 'fries'

A hit with the whole family, these baked sweet potato fries are a great alternative to potato on any night of the week and super easy to prepare. Full of vitamin A and a healthier source of carbohydrate than their cousin chose this to dish to add flavour and colour to your meals.

Serves 4

These can be served, skin on or off. The recipe here is with the potatoes peeled...

2 large sweet potatoes roughly peeled and sliced into 'chunky chip's'
2 x tablespoons of olive oil for drizzling
A pinch of Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon Paprika
1 tablespoon Cinnamon

Heat oven to 195°C, fan 185°C. Add sweet potatoes to a large over proof dish. Sprinkle salt and pepper, paprika and cinnamon and shake the potatoes. Drizzle with the olive oil and shake again.

Pop in oven and  cook for around 20 - 25 min or until sweet potatoes are soft. Serve with sweet chilli or mayonnaise dip or try with this burger recipe.

Butternut, Spinach & Ricotta Lasagne

A veggie, vitamin loaded evening meal 

Butternut, spinach & ricotta lasagne

Butternut, spinach & ricotta make this a tasty bake from BW Fitness

Serves 4 - 6
Prep: 25 min
Cook: 10 min fry, 40 min bake.

Ingredients:

1/2 butternut, 1/2 courgette, 1 onion, 1 carrot,

1 stick celery, 2 garlic cloves

4 x roughly chopped salad tomatoes

1 tin chopped tomatoes
4-6 sheets of lasagne pasta.

1 lug of olive oil, Salt and pepper to season

250g ricotta, 200g spinach, 1 egg 30ml milk (semi or full)

Method:

Dice onion, garlic, celery, carrot and butternut, add to pan along with olive oil. Fry until soft for 10 - 12 min.

Dice courgette, add to pan with chopped salad tomatoes and tin of tomatoes, season with salt and pepper. Allow to simmer for 8 minutes.
In a second pan add the ricotta, egg and spinach, cook on medium heat stirring often, once softened, add milk and cook for a further few minutes.

Remove both pans from heat and add a generous amount of the butternut mix to a lasagne dish until the bottom is covered. Layer the lasagne sheets, then a layer of the spinach and ricotta mix, repeat layers until mix is used, finish with spinach and ricotta mix on top. 

Cook in oven on 190° fan assisted, 200° conventional oven for around 40 minutes.

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