Inspired by The Body Coach - Sweet Potato & Courgette Fritters

I'm still loving my Lean in 15 cookery book, and at the weekend I went through it and chose a few recipes that I'd like to try this week, bookmarked them, and added all the necessary ingredients to my shopping list. Tonight we all ate Tomatoes, Eggs & Chorizo, but for my lunch I made some sweet potato and courgette fritters, inspired by the sweet potato fritters recipe on the Body Coach website. They were really tasty, and can easily be made in advance and heated through in the oven, or frozen for a later date.

Sweet Potato & Courgette Fritters - makes 6

150g grated courgette

150g grated sweet potato
1 tsp paprika

1 egg

salt & pepper

handful fresh coriander (I used some that I'd recently frozen)

pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

tbsp coconut oil

• add all the ingredients apart from the coconut oil, into a bowl and mix well
• heat the coconut oil in a large non stick pan over a medium/high heat
• spoon a mound of mixture into the pan and press down a little
• repeat with the remaining mixture (you may need to cook them in 2 batches)
• cook for around 3 minutes on each side until browned
• remove from the pan and lay on a baking tray and pop into a preheated 180C oven for around 10 minutes to finish cooking (use this time to fry and egg or two to go on top of the fritters)

Stir Fry Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pine Nuts

A couple of months ago I bought a copy of Lean in 15 by Joe Wicks, the Body Coach. I half heartedly followed a couple of recipes but never really got stuck into the book. After enjoying a very unhealthy (but extremely fun) weekend in Portugal with 12 of my friends this past weekend I was craving healthy food again. Over the weekend we discussed Lean in 15, and one of my friends mentioned a couple of her favourite recipes, which made me dig my book out as soon as I got home.

I've so far tried out In a Hurry Curry Fried Rice, Chicken with Smoked Paprika & Almonds and Cheesy Chorizo & Spinach which were all really delicious, and inspired me to make this chicken and sweet potato dish.

I made this version in my Actifry, but it could also be made using the oven & stove top.

Stir Fry Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pine Nuts - serves 1

1 small sweet potato

pinch of chilli flakes

2 tsp coconut oil

chicken breast

handful of cherry tomatoes, halved

handful of green beans

salt & pepper

tbsp pine nuts

• wash the sweet potato and slice into 1cm strips
• add the sweet potato to the Actifry pan along with 1 tsp of coconut oil and the chilli flakes
• cook for 10 minutes
• cut the chicken into 1cm strips and add to the Actifry, along with the tomatoes, beans & a pinch of salt & pepper 
• cook for a further 10 minutes*, adding the pine nuts 5 minutes before the end of cooking time

*may take a little more or less time depending on the size of your chicken pieces/model of machine

If you're looking for inspiration for breakfast, lunch or evening meals for yourself or the family then I really do recommend this book for quick, easy & tasty meals (affiliate link)