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Satisfying LUNCHES
✢ 1 wholemeal pitta packed with
1 large boiled egg, sliced, prawns,
cress and extra-light mayo to taste;
1 orange.✢ 75g reduced-fat houmous, with
2 slices of wholemeal toast cut into
fingers and carrot, cucumber and
strips of red pepper to dip.✢ A 300g bowl of bought
lentil-based soup with a 5cm
chunk of granary French stick.✢ High-fibre bean and rice salad:
Mix 4tbsp cooked brown rice with
½ a can spicy mixed beans, 2 slicedspring onions, ½ diced red or
green pepper, 2tbsp fat-free
French dressing.✢ A bowl of pea and ham soup and
3 mini chicken fillets, eg, Tesco
Ready To Eat Peri Peri Chicken Mini
Fillets; 1 pear.✢ 1 small tin sardines in tomato
sauce on 1 slice of wholemeal toast,
watercress and cherry tomatoes;
1 orange.✢ Prawn sandwich (up to 350 cals)
with a handful of cherry tomatoes;
1 slice of melon.Try to limit
your alcohol
options to no
more than
twice a weekSnacks
(Have two a day)
% 50g avocado and a handful of prawns
% 2 x 10g squares of 70% chocolate and
1 peach % 20g salted popcorn and 1 apple
% 200g slices of melon and 3 slices
Parma ham % 40g Brie and 80g grapes
% 1 slice of wholemeal toast spread with
1tsp butter and a thin spread of yeast
extract % 1 slice of fruit loaf spread with
½ mashed banana % 22g pack Hippeas
Organic Chickpea Puffs plus veg sticks
and salsa % 175ml glass of red or white
wine %Single gin with diet tonic
and 20g prawn crackers