Healthy meal suggestions

Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner - Snacks

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Breakfast

  • Cooked cereals such as porridge made with oats, rye, millet or brown rice - suitable toppings for cereal can include a combination of the following: mixed berries, stewed fruit, grated apple, cinnamon, linseed, sunflower and almonds (LSA), yoghurt, soy, rice cow or goat milk.

  • In summer cold cereal is preferred, soak them in the fridge overnight with enough liquid to cover.

  • Muesli - raw and natural with no sugar added. This can be home made or store bought.

  • Plain live yoghurt

  • Smoothies - can be made with soy, cow or rice milk, yoghurt, fresh or freshly frozen fruit, raw nuts, flax seed meal, flax oil or freshly ground LSA mix and spirulina.

  • Whole grain toast with avocado, lemon and smoked salmon / honey and tahini / sardines and lettuce.

  • Packed or boiled eggs with mushrooms, tomato, avocado.

Lunch and Dinner

  • Large mixed salad with green leafy vegetables and assorted raw or steamed vegetables with protein such as eggs, legumes, nuts & seeds, tempeh / tofu, fish, chicken / turkey, lean meat, goat or sheep’s cheese.

  • Open sandwich with one piece of bread and salad and a protein as above.

  • Stir fry vegetables with nuts and seeds, marinated tofu / tempeh, chicken, beef or fish.

  • Fish - baked, grilled or steamed.

  • Steamed vegetables and chicken with tahini, soy, olive oil dressing.

  • Taco shells with kidney been chill, salad, guacamole.

  • Homemade pizzas on whole meal pita breads, topped with roast vegetables and a protein source (egg, tuna, salmon, chicken, goats cheese, tofu etc).

  • Bean and vegetable casserole with brown rice or barley.

  • Ratatouille with polenta and packed fish with garlic.

  • Soup.

  • wholemeal pasta with 2 cups of bolognaise made from lean mince and vegetables.

Snacks and Drinks

  • Raw vegetables sticks with a protein dip (hummus, cottage cheese, ricotta, goats cheese, tahini).

  • Raw, unsalted nuts and seeds with sun dried fruit.

  • Plain, natural yoghurt with fresh fruit and 1 tbsp of LSA.

  • Half serve of lunch or breakfast suggestions, smoothies as per breakfast suggestions.

  • Fresh fruit.

  • Vegetable juice.

  • Filtered water.

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