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Brain-Food Recipes
Welcome to our Brain Foods Recipes collection, where delicious meets nutritious for optimal cognitive health!
Our Recipes
Drawing inspiration from the Mediterranean and DASH diets, these recipes are designed to enhance memory, improve focus, and protect against neurodegenerative diseases. Each dish is an investment in your brain health, offering a delightful mix of flavours and neuroprotective ingredients. Ready to cook your way to a sharper mind? Let's get started!
Blueberry Muffins
In my younger days I worked at the Sconset Cafe and Market on Nantucket Island. These Blueberry Muffins were a big seller in the market. I worked alongside the baker, Jaime, and every time I looked over a fresh tray of muffins was coming out of the oven. Delicious, although they didn’t do a lot for my waistline.
Wholewheat Pizza/Focaccia Dough
This recipe works for both pizza bases and focaccia. I add everything for the first mix, then divide it in two with one half for the pizza dough and the other half for the focaccia. When kneading the focaccia I add in whatever herbs and ingredients I want and let it rise in a lined baking dish.
Curried Tuna
I was never very fond of tinned tuna until I discovered a recipe from Martha Stewart that included curry powder and toasted almonds. I was intrigued and made it. It was delicious and I decided to adapt it to suit my taste buds. It makes a great wrap, can be spread on crackers and cucumber slices or spooned on top of a salad.
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burgers
These burgers are simple to prepare, easy to cook, extremely healthy and very tasty. Even my children are happy to eat them. I have suggested a guacamole spread but you can also use hummus or even the olive tapenade.
Top with your choice of sliced tomato and onion, cooked mushrooms and lettuce. Enjoy!
Olive Tapenade
This works great as an appetiser on mini toasts or as a spread with a vegetarian burger or as a dip. It also freezes well. This is one of my favourite spreads to have in the fridge. The artichoke hearts and garlic are great for feeding our healthy gut bacteria and the olives, extra virgin […]
Beef and Mushroom Stew
Serves 4 This is a delicious meal, warm and comforting on a cold winters evening. It also provides leftovers for a lunch the following day, bonus! People often ask me if they should be avoiding red meat. The science says processed red meats should be avoided but that lean red meat, especially grass-fed beef has […]
Chicken with Spinach, Feta & Pine Nuts
A great alternative to the usual roast chicken and veg dinner. The mix of spinach with feta and pine nuts is a lovely combination. Sometimes I cook the sweet potato fries in the air fryer, for a crispier taste. And doing everything in one baking dish makes the clean-up so much easier. Serves 4 Ingredients […]
Black Bean Chili
I make a pot of this nearly every week and keep it in the fridge. It’s great for lunch or served over rice for dinner. What I like best about this Chili is not just the fact that it’s delicious served with a wholewheat tortilla, or mixed with tomatoes, avocado and corn and put into […]
Minestrone Soup
This makes a delicious lunch served with a thick slice of crusty whole grain or sourdough bread. Soups don’t come much heartier than a good, rich minestrone. A core part of any mediterranean diet, it is rich in antioxidants and immune boosting foods. What makes this so healthy is the variety of phytonutrients coming from […]
Traditional Greek Salad
Anytime I visit Greece I love to have a traditional Greek salad. They are so tasty and healthy that I just feel good after one. Even though there are traditional ingredients for this salad many restaurant and cafés have their own take on it. Over the years I’ve adapted the salad to my own taste. […]
Hummus
If there is one food type across multiple diets and different parts of the world that is consistently linked with better health outcomes, it is legumes. Legumes are the fruits and seeds of plants in pods that include a variety of beans, peas, lentils, soybeans, chickpeas and even peanuts. They are a great source of […]
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