My new found love of cooking

I used to like cooking but recently I've been feeling very uninspired by any of our recipe books. All the old favourites I'm bored of making and for a while now haven't been enjoying it. Granted, I'm very much the practical cook in our household. I want healthy meals (usually cooked from fresh ingredients) that won't take up my whole evening. My maximum amount of time spent cooking is 40 minutes.

The last time Tom and I were over at his Mum's she was testing out some new recipes from a book by a woman named Sally Bee. The food was delicious, packed full of interesting tastes and when I looked through the recipes I suddenly wanted to get cooking!



Tom's Mum very kindly bought me all three of Sally Bee's books for my birthday and already I have bookmarked practically all of the pages in all of them! Today I tried out her Ruby Red Smoothie and I have to say it was AMAZING.




Since working from home I've noticed I'm not eating as much fruit throughout the day so this smoothie was a real treat!

You will need:

115g Strawberries
115g Rasberries
4floz of pineapple juice
8floz of natural yoghurt
5 icecubes









Simply blitz them all up in a blender/food processor and bob's your uncle - a beautiful smoothie!





For some reason we didn't have a jug, so I decided to use my decanter instead. I picked this up at a car boot sale years ago and have never used it! I think it'll be a nice surprise for Tom when he opens the fridge!



If you want to try out a few recipes before you buy then check out Sally Bee's website. I noticed she's got this fantastic recipe up for seared scallops and butternut and parsley mash. I'm cooking this tonight!



Have you discovered any fantastic recipes lately? Or do you have any tips on how you can up your daily fruit intake?