Cheese salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 cup mayonnaise

¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

¼ cup chopped parsley

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tbsp milk

1 ½ tsp dried basil leaves, crushed

2 cups of any hard cheese

1 cup 5 cm julienne-cut carrots

1 cup cherry tomato halves

½ cup walnuts, toasted

Directions

Combine mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, milk and basil; mix well. Add all remaining ingredients except walnuts; mix lightly. Chill. Stir in walnuts just before serving.

CLUB SANDWICH

Serves 3

Ingredients

3 tbsp diet mayonnaise

1 ½ tbsp prepared mustard

6 slices extra-thin white bread

1 mince lean sliced ham

Cucumber slices (extra thin)

Lettuce leaves

30 g sliced low-fat mozzarella or other low-fat cheese

½ tomato, sliced

30 g cooked, sliced chicken or turkey breast

Directions

1. Combine mayonnaise and mustard and spread thinly over bread

2. Divide ham and cucumber slices equally over 2 slices of bread

3. Cover with lettuce leaves

4. Top with 2 more slices of bread, mayonnaise side down

5. Place cheese, tomato slices and chicken or turkey on top

6. Cover with lettuce and enclose with last 2 slices of bread, to make 2 sandwiches

7. Secure with toothpicks. Cut each sandwich into

ITALIAN CARROT SOUP

Serves 6

Ingredients

900 g carrots

1 large red pepper

2 garlic cloves, crushed

Zest and juice of half a lemon

1.1 l chicken stock

Salt and black pepper to taste

300 ml cream

Directions

1 Scrub and roughly cut up the carrots

2 Deseed the pepper and chop

3 Put in a large saucepan with the garlic, lemon. Stock, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Simmer for half an hour until tender. Cool, puree in a processor or blender until smooth.

4 Rinse out the saucepan and pour the soup through a sieve into it. Add the cream and bring back just to the boil. Check seasoning. Serve at once.

HONEY CHICKEN LEGS

Serves 4

Ingredients

250 ml soy sauce

4 tbsp honey

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 garlic cloves, crushed

½ tsp freshly grated ginger

2 tbsp oil

8 large chicken legs

Sesame seeds