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FLAVOURS OF
THE WORLD

Healthy dinners inspired by chef
Donal Skehan's global travels
Words by
TH EA DE GALLIER

W

ith a grandmother who
hand-wrote recipes, a
mum who loves to cook
and a career in the kitchen that
goes back to his teens, Donal
Skehan was destined to be a chef.
The Irish cook, who's just
moved to LA (so recently, in fact,
he doesn't even have a house yet),
publishes his seventh cookbook
Eat. Live. Go. this month, after
spending much of 2015 travelling
around Europe and Asia for his
Food Network show, Follow Donal.
Last year, Donal visited 20
countries and picked up a raft
of inspiration along the way.
Many of his influences are from
Asian food and Middle Eastern,
which he says are his 'desert
island flavours'. As for the healthy
element, he's adamant it doesn't
have to be difficult: 'I'm always
looking for ways to up my veg
content because I'm travelling
a lot, so I want to get as much
nutrition as possible. Storecupboard items like chickpeas
are great for bulking out dishes.
'From the get-go, my recipes
have always been about accessible

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EASTERN
STYLE

meals anyone can try. One
chapter in the book is all about
quick cooking; things like my
one-pan Singapore noodles are
15-minute meals. It's about big
flavours, with minimal time and
effort. I'm living in an AirBnb

COOKING IS
ABOUT BIG
FLAVOURS WITH
MINIMAL TIME
AND EFFORT
right now, so I'm aware of the
limitations people who don't
cook on a regular basis have.
'Sometimes, little twists are
all it takes. I've got a shepherd's
pie in the book which I make
with a cauliflower mash instead
of potato mash. Small changes
like that can turn comfort food
into something more healthy.'

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