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FOOD
Tuscan bread soup and it's a brilliant
way to use up vegetables. The
ingredients vary region to region, but
they mainly consist of leftover bread,
beans, kale, cabbage, and inexpensive
vegetables such as carrot, chard,
celery, potatoes, and onion. Soup also
has the added advantage of warming
you up, which is great if you're trying
to avoid putting the heating on
too often."
Make and take
"In terms of saving money on treats
and snacks, stick to the 'make and
take' principle. You can make energy
bars at home to fuel you through
the day, which don't require any
cooking in the oven. Filippo Berio's
Superfood Energy Bars will keep you
going for hours. Packed with oats,
seeds and dried fruit and bound
together with our Filippo Berio Mild
and Light Olive Oil, these are both
tasty and nutritious. You can save
money by making delicious treats
as gifts for your friends and family
for birthdays or other occasions.
Our Chocolate Bark with Pine Nuts
and Pomegranate can be made in
a big batch then it can be broken
up, putting the shards into little
gift bags.
"Prices of essential goods such as
olive oil are only going to keep going
up - but it has a long shelf life, so
now is a good time to stock up. You
can take advantage of Filippo Berio's
10% off cases in its online shop.
Or, you could invest in one of our
bundles which can help save money,
compared with buying the products
individually. It may be a tough few
months ahead, but by planning
ahead and knowing exactly what
meals you're going to make week by
week, you can buy less, waste less
and still eat a healthy and nutritious
Mediterranean diet to fuel you
through it, whatever the season."
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Getting your mls in
Nutritionist Linda Vezzoli has worked with Filippo
Berio to create a series of hints and tips for
incorporating 20ml of raw olive oil into breakfast,
lunch, dinner, snacks - and even desserts - every day
in order to boost your heart health. Two teaspoons of
olive oil contains 10ml, four would get you your 20mls
in one hit.
Breakfast
• If your porridge is not keeping you as satisfied as you'd like until
lunchtime, swirl in some raw olive oil, chopped nuts and fruit before
serving to make the porridge creamy and filling.
• Or try adding 20ml of light olive oil into your morning smoothie. You
can substitute the light olive oil with 20mls of extra virgin olive oil for
the added polyphenols. If doing so, you could add some cacao powder to
your smoothie to boost the flavour.
• Drizzle some raw extra virgin olive oil on top of your avocado on toast to
take it to the next level!
• Try raw olive oil drizzled on top of poached or scrambled eggs or on top
of frittatas and omelettes.
• If you're avoiding dairy, extra virgin olive oil can be a tasty replacement
on your toast instead of butter.
• Add some light olive oil to your Greek yoghurt, maybe add honey and
cinnamon.
• Love baked beans? Make yourself a batch of smoky baked beans and
finish off with a drizzle of raw olive oil before serving.
• Make some non-bake energy bars with light olive oil. Avocado on toast.
Smoky baked beans with bacon