No Cook Recipes

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Recipes that don’t need any cooking – no power of any sort, although you may need to substitute eg buying pre-cooked chicken

chia pudding topped with grated apple and pumpkin seeds, with a trickle of maple syrup.
Basic Chia Pudding
apple chia seed pudding. The topping is a small grated apple, a few pumpkin seeds and a trickle of maple syrup.
No Cook Recipes
Cheese and Onion Sandwich Filling - how to copy a deli filling, much cheaper!
a chicken and sweetcorn sandwich, cut into quarters, on greaseproof paper and a wooden board.
Chicken and Sweetcorn Sandwich - how to copy a deli filling for a third of the cost
smoked mackerel sandwich filling in a white hotdog roll.
Smoked Mackerel Sandwich, with Egg
An egg mayonnaise sandwich, in quarters, using granary bread.
Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich
a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich, cut inti 4 squares, on a blue patterned tea-plate with a tea-pot and cup in the background.
Tuna and Sweetcorn Sandwich
pieces of lemon in a jam jar, covered in lots of salt.
Preserved lemons in salt
Panettone Tiramisu in a large glass bowl, with cocoa sieved over the top.
Panettone Tiramisu
Spiced lentils in a granary sandwich, two halves stacked on a white plate.
Christmas Coronation Sandwich
chicken and mango salad in a white dish
Chicken and mango salad
Vegan couscous salad on a plate, with black olives in a glass bowl
Vegan Couscous Salad
Slice of toast with chicken and sun dried tomato paste, and cucumber slices, on a white plate
Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste
Red cabbage and chicken waldorf salad in a blue bowl.
Red cabbage and Chicken Waldorf Salad
wild garlic pesto in a glass jar, on a wooden board, with a spoon
Wild Garlic Pesto
no power meal plan
No Power Meal Plan - muesli, kidney beans and hotdogs
smoked mackerel pate on 3 small slices of sourdough, on a white plate, with quartered tomato
Mackerel Pâté & Crudités
Raw Brussel sprout salad in a mustard coloured bowl
Shredded Brussel Sprout Salad
Olive, soft cheese and cucumber sandwich
Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich
broccoli pesto - in dish
Vegan Broccoli Pesto
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Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?
Tomato & Almond Patè for a budget recipe
Tomato & Almond Patè
Tzatziki
Busy, busy, busy, plus a long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p
green lentil salad
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing
instant tomato pan fried focaccia
The easiest sundried tomatoes in olive oil - ever! And use them in instant tomato pan fried focaccia
no bake salted caramel cheesecake
A No Bake, No Gelatin Cheesecake, with salted caramel, fruit topping and lots of other variations
Sage leaves
Sage, lemon and pumpkin seed pesto £2.99 for a huge jar
Overnight oats
Overnight Oats - squillions of ideas
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Spinach, tomato, plum and feta salad with crusty bread 71p
a pile of grated white cabbage
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw - No Power Plan
raw carrots in a pile
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan
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Hotdog & Blackeye Bean Salad Bowl, 41p - No Power Meal Plan
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No Power Plan sandwiches
Rose Elliott
Bircher Muesli, from 24p
Couscous salad
No Power Meal Plan - Couscous Salad 50p a serving

 

 

 

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