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## Esme Chapman
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## [Simple Recipes for Pancake Day: Chocolate Pancakes with Mango Sauce](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/74219/Simple-Recipes-for-Pancake-Day-Chocolate-Pancakes-with-Mango-Sauce)
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It's **Pancake Day next week** and I am, to say the least, more than a little bit excited! Ever since I was a little girl, pancakes have always been up there amongst **my very favourite foods**, so this day has never ceased to be met with great anticipation.
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## [Valentine's Day Simple Recipes: Honey and Chocolate Heart Cookies](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73975/Valentine-s-Day-Simple-Recipes-Honey-and-Chocolate-Heart-Cookies)
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Like most people, I am quick to moan about the way **Valentine's day** has become a consumer event blah, blah, blah...
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## [Top Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating #5: Chinese Chicken Soup](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73869/Top-Simple-Recipes-for-Healthy-Eating-5-Chinese-Chicken-Soup)
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This year 31st January not only marked the end of a very long post-Christmas month, but also **Chinese New Year**. Although this date officially brought us into the **Year of the Horse**, London's main Chinese New Year celebration weren't held until February 2nd. So just to drag out the celebrations for a little bit longer, I decided that this week's **healthy recipe** instalment should be Chinese themed in honour of the occasion.
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## [Top Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating #4: Oaty Fruit Desserts](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73730/Top-Simple-Recipes-for-Healthy-Eating-4-Oaty-Fruit-Desserts)
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When it's cold and rainy outside, **being healthy can be quite a challenge**. Take this Sunday for example…the weather was miserable, my flat was chilly, and to be perfectly honest all I really felt like doing all day was sitting in bed watching Netflix and eating warm stodgy food. So this week, to **keep you motivated through this persistently drizzly rain**, I decided that if we are going to slip-up and give in to the temptations of a delicious and comforting pudding, that pudding may as well be reasonably **healthy and low in fat**.
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## [Top Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating #3: Spanish Baked Tomatoes](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73550/Top-Simple-Recipes-for-Healthy-Eating-3-Spanish-Baked-Tomatoes)
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With its high proportion of fruits and vegetables, low saturated fat content and emphasis upon oily fish rather than red meat, the **Mediterranean diet is well-known for its potential health benefits**. It is suggested that eating a diet rich in such characteristics is a great way to protect against high cholesterol, strokes and heart disease.
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## [Top Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating #2: Seared Tuna](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73442/Top-Simple-Recipes-for-Healthy-Eating-2-Seared-Tuna)
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When it comes to healthy eating I think there are few foods quite as great as fresh fish. Not only is it full of **vitamins and omega-3 oils**, which are the healthiest kind of fat, but it also holds the added bonus of being full of top-class protein – which means that you **stay feeling full for longer**, always a plus if you're trying to lose a bit of weight or avoid the temptation of unhealthy snacks!
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## [Top Simple Recipes for Healthy Eating #1: Italian Bean Soup](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73285/Top-Simple-Recipes-for-Healthy-Eating-1-Italian-Bean-Soup)
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With the first week of 2014 having already flown past in a blur, I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering how I'm going to stick to those **New Year's resolutions** of leading a **healthier lifestyle**. However, let's not be totally demoralised just yet!
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## [Simple Recipes with a festive twist: Homemade Gingerbread House](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/73024/Simple-Recipes-with-a-festive-twist-Homemade-Gingerbread-House)
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With yesterday being exactly a week until Christmas, I indulged in a little bit of festive excitement in the form of **The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special**. It made for very pleasurable viewing indeed. Inspired by Paul and Mary's festive bakes, I found myself craving the likes of Stollen and Mincemeat Streusel (Mary's ingenious traybake alternative to thrashing out batches and batches of mince pies).
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## [Top 10 Simple Recipes for Students #10: Roast Chicken](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/72889/Top-10-Simple-Recipes-for-Students-10-Roast-Chicken)
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With exactly two weeks to go until Christmas day it is most definitely time to start getting into the **festive spirit**! I love a good roast around this time of year, not only is such a meal **hearty and warming**, but it is also **pretty simple**. Just prep the veg and meat and then pop it in the oven to do its thing whilst you chillax with a **glass of mulled wine in front of a Christmas film**...seasonal perfection!
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## [Top 10 Simple Recipes for Students #9: Toad in the Hole](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/simple-recipes/bid/72657/Top-10-Simple-Recipes-for-Students-9-Toad-in-the-Hole)
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As it continues to get colder and darker and **Christmas approaches**, oven cooked meals are certainly an appealing prospect. With its **comforting batter and juicy sausages**, toad in the hole is one of my all time **favourite winter meals**, especially if served with roast potatoes and winter greens such as kale. What's more, toad in the hole is **easy to make** and asks for little more than sausages, some flower, some milk and a couple of eggs – perfect if you are running low on money towards the end of term or saving up for Christmas pressies.
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