This nutritious and high protein dish comes together pretty quickly. Once cooked, all you need to do is pull the mussel from the shell with a fork, drag some crusty bread through the sauce and enjoy. It’s a perfect meal for a weeknight dinner or date night in, with a glass of wine. With only a small number of ingredients you can really impress your loved ones.  

Ingredients: 

• 1kg  bag of pre washed mussels  
• 2 cans of diced or crushed tomatoes (total 800g) 
• 1/2 brown onion  
• 1 garlic clove 
• 1-2 red chilli 
• 1 tsp sugar  
• Pepper 
• Parsley  
• Baguette or bread of choice for serving  

Method: 

1. Dice the brown onion, finely chop the garlic and slice the red chilli  
2. Add olive oil to a medium heated pan with the brown onion, garlic and chilli and cook for 2-3 mins  
3. Add the canned tomatoes to the pan with the sugar and pepper 
4. After 5 minutes add the washed bag of mussels to the pan and toss lightly in the tomato sauce. Being careful not to break the shells 
5. Cover the mussels for 5 minutes on a high heat or until mussels have opened* 
6. Serve with parsley and a baguette