Megan Jeanne Registered Nutritionist (2026)

05/09/2021

It's not often I cook, but when I do I remember how much I enjoy it ♥️

Tonight I made Greek roasted chicken and vegetables, with a side of lentils and pancetta foccacia from

To make the Greek chicken tray bake:
🍋 Marinade chicken thighs in a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, dijon mustard, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 15 mins.
🍅 Whilst the chicken marinades chop red and yellow pepper, red onion and courgettes. Pop onto a tray along with cherry tomatoes and cover all with any leftover marinade and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Pop in the oven at 180 degrees.
🐔 After 15 minutes, add the chicken to the tray and put back in the oven.
🫒 After another 15 minutes add olives, feta, capers and chopped parsley to the tray and pop back into the oven for the final 15 mins.
🧀 Enjoy! We had ours with a side of puy lentils and some foccacia, but rice, couscous or roasted potatoes would work just as well.

The perfect Sunday dinner to enjoy in this end of summer sunshine ☀️ 🌞 💛

08/07/2021

Nothing beats Uncle Gerry's cheese scone recipe 🧀:

- Take 6oz self raising flour
-Add in a pinch of salt & pepper
-Next add 1 teaspoon of oregano &mixed herbs
-Add 1 and 1/2 oz margarine
- Mix the flour seasoning and margarine altogether
-Add 1 tablespoon of wholgrain & plain mustard
-Add 3 oz strong cheese,grated
- Whisk 1 egg and then make up to1/4 pint with milk but keep some for brushing on the tops
- Bake at 220°C for 12 mins.

They're my new favourite side to a soup or salad - we had them today with 's homemade pea and ham soup. 😋

Enjoy, and thank Uncle Gerry 🙃

P.S scone or scone? 🤷🏽‍♀️😅

13/04/2021

Coming out of retirement to post my favourite sandwich (and potentially my favourite dish) ever. 🥖🌶🥕☘

Bánh Mì is a Vietnamese sandwich full of meat, pickled veg, coriander, pâté, mayonnaise and chilli sauce (Sriracha works so well). Baguettes were introduced to Vietnam by the French and Bánh Mì originated in Saigon as street food. It's the perfect fresh, crunchy, spicy sandwich. 🇻🇳

We've made this one with pork mince and pâté and it is SO good that we've had it two days in a row. We're going to try it with chicken thighs next which we think will work just as well. 😋♥️

If anyone wants the recipe just let me know. Also don't start with telling me that coriander tastes like soap, it's delicious and you know it. 🤷🏽‍♀️⬇️

02/10/2020

Anddd here we have 's wannabe signature dish for Masterchef - sirloin steak, umami charred cabbage, roasted baby potatoes and roasted tomatoes with a red wine and shallot reduction 🥩🍷🥬

MG thinks he still has some things to work on cause he's his worst critic. But for me it's the perfect start to a VERY much needed weekend- work has been extra busy for the last couple of weeks and I can't wait to have a weekend of sewing, reading and getting out of the house. 😴🧵📚

I went out for a walk and podcast after work and stayed in the park for hours, just enjoying the view ➡️ I LOVE this time of year. 🍂🌾🌳♥️

Happy weekend everyone. 🥰

16/09/2020

It's tradition that at some point during my birthday week we will have a Mexican feast 🥳🎈🇲🇽

Tonight was steak tacos with all the sides (refried black beans, salsa, guacamole and nachos) and haddock ceviche. 🌮🥩🐟

All washed down with mojitos. 🌱🍸

Thanks 🥰♥️

Honestly, so delicious. Now to fight off the food coma with a game of Crash Bandicoot. 🎮

15/09/2020

I haven't made a beef bolognaise in years (mainly because if I'm cooking it means is out and so I have my all time favourite lentil bolognaise instead) but tonight's was delish and just made up as I went along. 🍝♥️

It had lots of veg in and I used lean mince so it's a healthier version, low in saturated fat and high in fibre. 🥳

Normally if I'm in charge of feeding both of us MG asks for a jacket potato, which quite frankly is rude and undeserved - I am a better cook than he gives me credit for. 🖕🏼🙃

Ingredients:
•500g lean beef mince
•1 large red onion, diced
•3 cloves garlic, crushed
•1 carrot, diced
•2 celery sticks, diced
•1 pack chestnut mushrooms, diced
•1 tin plum tomatoes (plus I added half a jar of leftover passata I had)
•250ml vegetable stock
•glug of Worcestershire sauce
•handful of olives
•Salt and pepper for seasoning

Method:

1. Add the red onion and garlic to a pan and leave until translucent.
2. Add the beef mince and cook until browned.
3. Add in the carrot, celery and mushrooms (I cooked my mushrooms separately as I like them browned first).
4. Add in the tin of plum tomatoes, the stock, the Worcestershire sauce and the olives. If you think you need more tomato, add in fresh or tinned tomatoes or passata.
5. Leave on a high heat for 5 minutes, then turn down the heat and leave to simmer for around 30 mins.

After a looong day of product codes, nutrition software and allergens, this was so needed. 🤯💻

09/09/2020

First time making pasta, and it tasted good so that means it's a success right? 👏🏼

Just 4oz of flour and 1 egg per person - a lot of mixing and kneading (arms are going to ache tomorrow) and a few rolls through a pasta machine. 👅🔥

Practicing for my birthday party in a few weeks where I'm going to force my family to make their own dinner. 🥳❤

Tonight we had tagliatelle alle vongole (clams) and we're saving the spaghetti for tomorrow's dinner. Feel like we're going to eat even more pasta than usual now I have a pasta machine. 🇮🇹🍝🦪

Anyone got any good tips or recipes, let me know. Going to try and make a big raviolo next. I presume it's okay to eat pasta for every meal? 🤷🏽‍♀️

03/09/2020

Steak pho 🍜 ♥️

Always in the mood for a big bowl of pho, but especially now its getting a bit colder at night. 🔥

Not the quickest meal to prepare as you have to simmer/marinade for a while, but it is easy to make, SO delicious and really healthy and fresh. 😋🥢

Give it a try and let me know..

Ingredients:
• 2 white onions
• Big chunk of ginger
• 2 star anise
• 5 cloves
• Tbsp of coriander seeds
• Tbsp of peppercorns
• Vegetables for the stock (any you have)
• Tsp of fish sauce
• 1 beef stock cube
• Rice noodles
• Choi sum
• 500g beef skirt steak
• Soy sauce (enough to cover your steak)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Beansprouts
• Mint leaves
• 2 spring onions
• Red chilli

Broth
1. To make the broth, roast onions and ginger in the oven for 30 mins (or use the flame on a gas hob which we currently haven't got).
2. In a big pan toast some peppercorns, coriander seeds, star anise and cloves for 30 seconds, then cover with water.
3. Add any vegetables you have- we used some carrots, the stem of a broccoli, half a bulb of garlic, as well as the roasted onion and ginger. All of this will be removed at the end so throw in whatever vegetables you fancy.
4. Add in a teaspoon of fish sauce and a beef stock cube (you could use beef bones for a stronger flavour but there was none in the shop today). Leave to simmer for 1-2 hours.
5. Towards the end of cooking, skim all the vegetables out and throw them away.
6. Add rice noodles, and any firmer vegetables that take longer to cook such as choi sum.

Steak
1. Marinate some beef skirt steak in 3 cloves of crushed garlic and soy sauce. Leave for 1-2 hours.
2. When you're ready to cook it, take it out of the marinade and let it dry off for a few mins. Dab it down with kitchen paper - if you don't dry it enough the steak will steam.
3. Fry in a hot pan for around 5 mins on each side, place it on a chopping board and leave to rest for 5 mins.
4. Slice your steak against the grain.

To serve:
1. Place beansprouts in a bowl and top with the broth.
2. Lay your steak out across the top, and serve with lime, chillies, mint and spring onions.

24/08/2020

Honestly, I'm not going to lie, there have been some disappointments from our kitchen this week ( 👀), but this was definitely not one of them. 🥳

Slow cooked ox cheek rendang, served with a gorgeous Thai herb salad and rice. ♥️☘

I honestly think this may be one of THE BEST meals MG has ever made, and even though it has A LOT of ingredients, it is worth making. 🌶

I have put the full ingredients list in the comments as there wasn't enough room...

METHOD:
🥥1. In a food processor make a curry paste out of three onions, 1 lemongrass stalk, 1 bulb of garlic, a 3" piece of ginger, a fresh red chilli, 3 dried chillies and 6 kefir lime leaves. Blend until pretty smooth.
🌶2. In a cast iron pot fry off the paste for a couple of minutes, then add 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground fennel seeds, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground turmeric. Cook off for another couple of minutes.
🌽3. Cut 500g ox cheek into 2" chunks (beef shin is a good alternative for slow cooking) and add to the pan, stirring to ensure its all coated with the paste.
☘4. Add a chunk of tamarind, star anise, a cinnamon stick, 2 tbsp soy sauce, a lump of palm sugar (or as an alternative 2 tsp normal sugar) and 1 can of coconut milk.
🧄5. Stir, reduce the heat to very low and cook for 4 hours.
🍚6. Normally a rendang doesn't have veg in, but we wanted some so we added mangetout and baby corn 5 mins before the end.

you have redeemed yourself - you don't have to sleep on the sofa tonight 🙃♥️

@ Manchester, United Kingdom

19/08/2020

My mum makes THE BEST slow cooked ham in all of the world 🌎 and when I visited at weekend, she gave me a ham joint to bring home. 😋💃🏽

So today's lunch was a slice of toasted rye bread topped with scrambled egg, ham, and served with some fried tomato slices. Perfect. 🍞🍳🍅

I have a really busy day at work today so a quick and easy lunch is needed- how is September only a couple of weeks away?! The summer holidays goes so fast when you work in school meal nutrition, I have so much left to do before term starts. 🙃🍽📚

17/08/2020

Fresh, light and healthy dinner - grilled sea bream, served with a tangy, spicy salsa. 🐟 🌶

This would also go well with a piece of fish such as cod, salmon, tuna if you're not keen on picking at a whole fish. I LOVE eating whole fish as it reminds me of our daily beach takeaways in Thailand, where and I would share a BBQ'd catch of the day ♥️🌊

Ingredients:
• Whole sea bream
• 1 x Lemon
• Dill
• 1 x Red chilli
• 1 x Garlic clove
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 x tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 1 x pack of Cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 Red onion
• 2 x Spring onion
• 2x tbsp Capers
• Cider vinegar

To make the sea bream: 🐟
1. Stuff the sea bream with some lemon, dill, red chillies and sliced garlic.
2. Score the skin on each side of the fish, and either spray or drizzle a bit of oil on and then sprinkle on salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.
3. Grill for 8- 10 min each side until the eyes are opaque.

To make the salsa: 🍅
1. Dice the tomatoes, red onions and spring onions.
2. Add these to a bowl and add in a capers, dill, a squeeze of lemon and a dash of cider vinegar.
3. Mix well and pop in the fridge until ready.

24/06/2020

I haven't been posting much because I'm eating the same salads day after day, buuuut this one was a new one (and SO good 👅🔥).⁣
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Taco chicken salad 🌶☘⁣
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Roasted paprika chicken, with lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, sweetcorn, coriander, capers, jalapenos, fresh red chilli and crushed tortilla chips. Drizzled with a chilli and lime ranch dressing. 🥗🌮⁣
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It was also supposed to have black beans in (but my supermarket had none) as well as avocado (but I cut into it and it was so rubbery, does this keep happening to anyone else recently?! How do you pick good avos? 🥑🥑🥑). ⁣
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GIVE IT A GO - let me know if you want specific recipes for any part! 🙌🏼💚☀️⁣
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Megan Jeanne Registered Nutritionist