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For healthy, delicious food, it's essential to source the best quality ingredients, preferably organic and additive free. Below are sample delicious recipies from our Stanley cookbook.
Cherry tomato and garlic cream cheese tarts drizzled with pesto
 Very impressive for minimal effort, these tasty tarts are delicious al fresco with a glass of white wine.
Preheat the oven to 160ºC. Cut cherry tomatoes in half and season with salt and freshly milled pepper. On a floured surface, roll the pastry to a rectangular shape. Trim the edges and divide into four rectangular pieces about 4 x 6 inches/10 x 15 cm. Lay the puff pastry pieces on a baking tray, not touching each other. Chill for 20 minutes. Spread a quarter of the garlic cheese into the centre of the puff pastry piece. Arrange 5 cherry tomato halves over the cheese base. Turn in the edges of each pastry piece pinching the corners to make a box shape. Brush the edges with the beaten egg. Bake in the oven at 200ºC for 15-20 minutes. Serve warm drizzled with pesto.
Ingredients
9oz/225g ready made puff pastry
3oz/75g cream cheese with
garlic – boursin is perfect
Beaten egg to glaze
2 tablespoons of good quality pesto
10 ripe cherry tomatoes (organic or homegrown for best flavour)
serves 1
Smoothies
 The following are some smoothie suggestions. All are quite versatile using fruit in season and a super way of fooling children into eating fruit. For small babies, mix with baby rice (for a really nutritious breakfast or lunch) or with breakfast cereals (a great way to cut down on dairy intake for dietary reasons).
Banana
Purée the banana, milk, yoghurt, and honey in a blender, then add enough vanilla to give it a good flavour.
1 ripe banana
1 teaspoon honey
w cup of milk
2 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 cup of yoghurt
Juice of 2 oranges
serves 1
Strawberry
Remove green stem from strawberries. Purée all ingredients together.
6oz strawberries
1 banana
Juice of two oranges
serves 1
Pear
Purée everything until smooth then pour over ice.
*Pears tinned in their own juice may be used. Tinned fruit in its juice (with no sugar added) is a brilliant
substitute for fresh fruit in winter. Purée everything until smooth then pour over ice.
1 cup pear juice*
1 ripe pear*
2 drops almond essence
1 cup yoghurt
serves 1
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