Make meals packed with goodness with great deals on fruit and veg and tasty, light recipes

PUT a spring in your step by making meals packed with goodness.

It is the time of year to step away from comfort food and give your cooking a lighter touch.

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With great deals on fruit and vegetables, as well as meals that pack a feel-good punch, you can slice, chop and stir-fry your way to healthier eating.

And get a head start with the recipes below from morrisons.com.

Mains of the day

MAKE a meal of it with these tasty dinners. Eating well never tasted so good. Get two surf and turf packs from Morrisons for £12.

Each pack contains a British sirloin steak and four tiger prawns. Price per pack £7. Save £2 when buying both.

Packed with at least one of your five a day, Sainsbury’s My Goodness! Range is down from £3.50 to £3 including prawn linguine, 380g.

At Tesco, you can get your meat-free fix with Tesco Plant Chef spicy edamame noodles, 390g, £2.50.

Perfect for a healthy pit stop, buy two from Morrisons Nourish range of meals for £5, including chicken and chorizo paella, £3.50.

Get the pan hot and cook up two Waitrose salmon fillets with spinach, kale and lemon pesto, down from £6 to £5.

Sides show

GET your greens (and pinks and reds) and make your side dishes the star of the show with these great deals on nature’s finest.

Morrisons has dug up some great deals this week, with stringless beans, salad tomatoes, cooked beetroot and white cabbage just 59p each.

Sainsbury’s has sliced 20p off 300g closed cup mushrooms, now 75p.

Save 20p on loose aubergines at Morrisons, now 50p, and cook a vegetarian feast.

Get a kilo of carrots at Tesco for 40p, perfect with a roast, chopped in pasta sauce or dipped in hummus.

For a speedy feel-good supper, snap up the Morrisons stir-fry deal, £3 for a pack of ready-prepped veg, plus noodles and a sauce.

Something fruity

START filling your fruit bowl with this week’s star buys.

Morrisons has a selection of fruits on a two-for-£3 offer, including red seedless grapes, 500g, normally £1.99 each.

Save on a superfood, with 50p off Sainsbury’s blueberries, 300g, now £2.50.

For easy-squeezy snacks, Sainsbury’s easy peelers, 600g, have 35p off, now £1.50.

Tesco’s Rosedene Farm strawberries, £1.53 for 227g, are scrumptious when sliced and put on cereal.

Make your own smoothies with Tesco Perfectly Imperfect frozen mixed berries, 1kg, £2.39.

Buy two for £3 on a selection of fruit at Waitrose, including Conference pears, £2, and a Galia melon, £1.90.

Cod pesto parcels

(Serves four)

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes

YOU NEED:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 fresh cod fillets, approx 130g, skinned
• 4 tbsp pesto
• 1 large handful cherry tomatoes
• 1 lemon

METHOD:

1. Cut out four squares of foil. Drizzle a little oil on the foil and sit a cod fillet on top of each.
2. Spread the pesto on top of the fillets.
3. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and scatter them around the fish, then give each portion a good squeeze of lemon.
4. Fold the foil into parcels, then bake in the oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 15 minutes, until the fish is cooked and flakes easily.
5. Serve drizzled with the juices from the foil.
6. If desired, garnish with salad leaves such as rocket.

Sticky pork noodles

(Serves four)

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 11 minutes

YOU NEED:

• 2 limes, grated zest and juice
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 4 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 4 pork loin medallions, cut into 1cm strips
• 350g stir-fry vegetables
• 300g of noodles – either fresh or dried
• 25g fresh coriander, chopped (optional)
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds

METHOD:

1. For the marinade, mix the lime zest and juice, garlic and hoisin sauce in a bowl.
2. Stir in the pork, cover and set aside.
3. Heat a large frying pan or wok on a medium high heat.
4. Add the pork, marinade and stir for five minutes.
5. Add the vegetables and stir-fry for four minutes until hot but still crunchy.
6. Reduce heat to medium, add the cooked noodles, mix well and heat for a further two minutes or until the noodles are piping hot.
7. Remove the pan from the heat and stir through the coriander.
8. Divide the stir-fry between four bowls, sprinkle over the sesame seeds and serve immediately.

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