Smart Supermarket Magazine February 2016 by Smart Supermarket

FEBRUARY 2016

Focus on Delicious home-made Smart Bakery Ravioli Frugal Winter Fare. Liz Ayling prepares a simple 3-course meal. Healthy Food Advisor available in-store!

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Following are a few important reasons to keep apple cider vinegar handy in your cupboard.

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Frugal Winter Fare After the richness and excess of the festive season, it’s time to enjoy some simple, good value food that draws on the best of the winter’s root vegetables and citrus. This menu centres on an easy one-pot wonder that is light on the palate yet sustaining for those chill nights ahead.

Feta, Fennel & Red Onion Tart Ingredients: Serves 6-8 -- Tesco ready-made shortcrust pastry

Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Roll out the pastry and line a 25cm flan tin. Place in the fridge to chill while you prep the filling.

-- 250g Feta cheese

3. Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based

-- 2 tsps cumin seeds, crushed

pan and add the sliced fennel, onion

-- 2 tbsps olive oil

and crushed cumin seeds. Sweat down

-- 1 large fennel bulb, trimmed & sliced

over a gentle heat for around 10 mins til

-- 1 large red onion, peeled & sliced

softened but not too brown. At the end,

-- 2 tbsp Tesco Balsamic Vinegar

raise the heat for a minute while you stir

-- 300ml whole milk

in the balsamic vinegar. Turn off and set

-- 3 large eggs, beaten

aside.

-- fresh-ground salt & pepper

4. Meanwhile, crumble up the feta

-- grated Parmesan

cheese in a large bowl. Add the beaten eggs and milk and season with a pinch

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of salt and pepper. Whisk until combined well. 5. Remove the flan tin from the fridge, spread the fennel and onion mix over the base and then pour over the milk & feta mix. Sprinkle on a few whole cumin seeds and grate over some Parmesan or other hard cheese. 6. Carefully place on a baking sheet in the oven and bake for around 35-40 mins til risen, firm and lightly golden. Serve warm with a salad of choice.

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Recipes by Liz Ayling I’m a writer, editor and photographer and run food blog TheRedBistro.com, my creative space and diary of cultural and culinary Mediterranean life.

Coq au Leek Casserole Ingredients:

Once done, set aside and keep warm. 3. Add the chopped carrots and white

Serves 4

part of the sliced leeks to the pan with a

-- 6 chicken thighs (or other leg cuts; with bone and skin is cheaper)

little more olive oil if need be. Sweat down tossing them occasionally for

-- 3 tbsp olive oil

around 8 mins til softened.

-- 150g pearl barley

4. Then, toss in the pearl barley, stir, and

-- 4 leeks, use both white and green

place the chicken back in the casserole.

part of stems

Pour over 500ml of chicken stock (you

-- 3 large carrots

may need to add more stock or water

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later if the casserole is looking too dry).

made to 500ml

Stir well, bring to the boil and then

-- 2 tbsps natural yoghurt

simmer with the lid on for around 30

-- fresh parsley

mins til the chicken and barley are cooked. Check it at times to stir and to

Method:

ensure it’s not drying out.

1. Peel and chop the carrots and slice

5. When cooked, remove the chicken

the white part of the leeks. Retain some

pieces briefly while you stir in the

green bits for serving.

yoghurt and some thinly-sliced green

2. Heat the olive oil in a thick-based

parts of the leek. Return the chicken to

casserole and brown the chicken in

reheat. Serve with a sprinkle of

batches. If using cheaper cuts with the

chopped fresh parsley and some crusty

skin on, brown well on the skin side.

bread if desired.

Lemon & Cardamom Possets Ingredients: Makes 4

3. Heat the cream and crushed cardamom pods in another pan gently at first but then bring to a rapid, brief boil

-- 2 lemons

for half a minute. Turn off the heat, strain

-- 125g caster sugar

the cream to remove the pods and

-- 425ml double cream

seeds and then stir in the lemon syrup

-- 6 cardamom pods, crushed

and whisk well. 4. Pour the cream mix into ramekin

Method:

dishes and chill for 2-4 hours.

1. Zest one lemon and chop the zest

5. Serve with a sprinkle of cardamom

finely. Juice 1 ½ lemons to make around

and lemon zest and accompanied with

100ml of juice.

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desired.

sugar in a pan and heat gently until the sugar is dissolved and the liquid is a

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Warm Winter Goodness February is the perfect time to cleanse and reboot your body. Now, that we’re a few weeks into the year, you might be wavering from your healthy resolutions. Here’s one soup recipe to with a nutritious and delicious flavour profile. Perfect for warming you up on a cold winter’s day. Carrots are full of antioxidants, lentils contain protein and loads of fibre whilst ginger and turmeric are well-known for their anti-inflammatory properties.

Carrot, Red Lentil & Ginger Soup Ingredients: Serves 2 -- 1 tbsp Tesco organic extra virgin olive oil -- 2cm fresh ginger root, peeled and grated

Method: 1. In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic. Stir until the garlic turns golden, about 1 minute. they turn soft, about 5 minutes. 3. Add the lentils, cumin and bay leaf.

-- 1 small yellow onion, chopped

Stir and cook for one minute.

-- 2 large carrots, chopped

4. Pout in the vegetable stock, bring

-- 150g Smart red lentils, rinsed

to a boil, cover the soup and simmer

-- ½ tsp cumin, ground

on low for about 20 minutes or until the

-- ½ tsp turmeric, ground

lentils are soft.

-- 1 bay leaf

5. Remove the bay leaf, add salt and

-- 500ml vegetable stock

pepper, then puree the soup with a

-- Pinch of salt and pepper

blender to the consistency of your liking.

-- A sprinkle of Smart pumpkin

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Dedicating more quality time for healthier children For those parents who have newborns and infants itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to snuggle up and invest in some quality one-to-one contact time with your child. Babies need love to grow and develop â&#x20AC;&#x201C; touching and holding baby in the first year helps to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol in both parent and baby, and even reduces stress reactions later in the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Emotional and physical contact with

Tummy time for babies holds

in dealing with colic, constipation and

the baby will help the baby to sleep and

the key to many areas of their

wind, and if baby has issues such as a

feed better too. There are many ways parents can make the most of contact time with their baby, helping the parent to connect with the baby and respond better to communication cues.

development, including postural control and co-ordination of movement of body segments. The best time to strengthen postural control muscles is the first

Tummy time refers to the practice of encouraging babies to spend time lying on their tummies to play during their waking hours; tummy time should always be supervised so it presents a wonderful opportunity for one-to-one contact. Since sleeping on the tummy (or side) became associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), babies have been spending much less time on their tummies, and parents have been reluctant to allow their babies any time at all on their tummies, even when awake. It is common to find babies who cannot tolerate the recommended periods of tummy time, as they have not been encouraged to play on their tummies enough, often because the parents have experienced difficulties when trying. Babies who do not engage in tummy time reach their milestones later and are more prone to develop problems such as flat head syndrome.

tongue or lip ties. Infant massage also supports the development and function of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - ANS regulation helps babies appear more calm, content and relaxed, helping babies to sleep and feed better too.

year; after the first year, it is much more difficult to strengthen them. Strong postural control muscles allow good hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills (pincer grip, handwriting and handling of small objects), development of crawling and standing, higher level motor skills (jumping, skipping etc), speech and swallowing, and stabilization of the eyes for reading and learning. Primitive reflexes are normal in the newborn, but if we do not experience certain movement patterns in the early

Bellybabies is a parent and baby group, for babies aged 3 weeks and up, which aims to make tummy time safe, fun and to provide practical support to make tummy time part of the daily routine. Developed by an international team of experienced health professionals, the classes incorporate exercises, handling techniques, play and baby massage to assist parents to promote healthy sleep, digestion and ongoing baby development. bellybabiesmalta@gmail.com Call on 99 555 886, find us on Facebook: facebook.com/bellybabiesmalta

months of our development, their integration can be hindered or even blocked. Persistent primitive reflexes can predispose to muscle and movement dysfunction, even into the adult years. Infant massage is another way to enjoy quality one-to-one contact between parent and child. It can also be helpful

Article by Rowena Tunks BSc(Hons) (London) MSc (Brighton) FHEA (UK), State Registered Physiotherapist Malta and UK, Paediatric Physiotherapy Specialist Co-founder and co-ordinator of Malta Bellybabies

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