breakfasts
A good healthy sustaining breakfast is essential to start each day. Here are many tasty, quick, simple and nutritious choices which comply with a low-carbohydrte diet.
apricot and ginger compote
Fresh ginger adds warmth to this stimulating breakfast dish and complements the flavour of the plump, jucy apricots.
Serves 4
350g/ 11/2 cups dried unsulphured apricots
4cm piece fresh root ginger finely chopped
200g/1cup natural live yogurt
1. Cover the apricots with boiling water, then leave to soak overnight. 2. Place the apricots and their soaking water in a large heavy pan. Add the finely chopped root ginger and gently bring to the boil.
3. Reduce the heat and simmer gently 10 minutes untiul the apricots are soft and plump and the water becomes syrupu. Stain the apricots, reserving the syrup and discard the chopped ginger.
4. Serve the cooked apricots warm with the reserved syrup and a spoonful of natural yohurt.
350g/ 11/2 cups dried unsulphured apricots
4cm piece fresh root ginger finely chopped
200g/1cup natural live yogurt
1. Cover the apricots with boiling water, then leave to soak overnight. 2. Place the apricots and their soaking water in a large heavy pan. Add the finely chopped root ginger and gently bring to the boil.
3. Reduce the heat and simmer gently 10 minutes untiul the apricots are soft and plump and the water becomes syrupu. Stain the apricots, reserving the syrup and discard the chopped ginger.
4. Serve the cooked apricots warm with the reserved syrup and a spoonful of natural yohurt.
NUTRITION NOTES |
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| Per portion: | |
| Energy | 186kcal/ 789kj |
| Protein | 6.7g |
| Fat | 0.5g |
saturated fat |
0.3g |
| Carbohydrate | 41.0g |
| Fibre | 21.0g |
| Calcium | 170mg |
