Sticking to healthy eating can be tricky if you are always short of time. It’s all too tempting to grab a fat-laden ready-meal, or pick at a bit of what the kids are having when you’re in a hurry. The trick is to always be prepared and ensure your cupboards are stocked with foods which encourage healthy snacking and healthy meals.

Coupled with a few key store cupboard ingredients, you can have a delicious and good-for-you meal on the table in less than 20 minutes. The Very Lazy range of garlic, ginger and red chillies come either ready-chopped – perfect for stir fries – or as smooth pastes to add straight to soups and sauces. Instead of going to the bother of chopping lots of ingredients – and getting smelly hands in the process- all you need to do is add a teaspoon of Very Lazy. There’s no excuse not to!

Try out this quick and easy stir fry recipe on the family – they’ll never guess it’s so good for them…

STICKY CHICKEN AND MANGO STIR FRY
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: under 10 minutes
Per serving: 431kcals, 9.7g fat, 2.5g sat fat

Ingredients:
350g chicken breasts, cut into strips
6 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
2 tbsp light soft brown sugar
1-2 tsp Very Lazy Hot Chilli Paste
225g dried egg noodles
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 tbsp Very Lazy Ginger
2 tsp Very Lazy Garlic
2 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks
1 small mango

THE METHOD

1. Place the chicken in a bowl and stir in soy sauce, five spice powder, sugar and hot chilli paste. Toss to coat and leave to marinate for a few minutes.

2. Meanwhile cook the noodles according to the packet instructions. Drain and refresh in cold water.

3. Heat a wok and swirl in the oil. Add the chicken (reserving the marinade) and the ginger and garlic and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

4. Add the carrots and pepper and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Pour over the remaining marinade. Scatter over the mango and add the noodles. Turn two to three times with a spoon to combine the noodles and sauce and serve immediately.

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