insideKENT Magazine Issue 34 - January 2015 | Page 75

Meal Plan Lunch • Include one lunch and one dinner as your own choice, plus one treat snack per week • Limit caffeine drinks to a maximum of two per day, and drink plenty of water • Limit alcohol to four drinks a week. 1. Vegetable soup with one Ryvita 2. Omelette and salad 3. Chicken and salad sandwich 4. Goat’s cheese salad 5. Two rice cakes with cashew nut butter and apple wedges 6. Jacket potato with tuna, sweetcorn and salad Breakfast Choices 1. Oatibix with milk (almond milk preferably) and topped with mixed seeds and chopped banana 2. Porridge made with half milk and water, plus seeds and berries 3. Scrambled eggs on wholegrain toast 4. Small pot of natural yoghurt with fresh fruit and granola 5. Seeded wholegrain toast with peanut butter Morning Snack 1. Apple with three Brazil nuts 2. Mini pot of hummus with carrot sticks 3. Small handful of nuts and seeds 4. Hardboiled egg Afternoon Snack 1. Nakd bar 2. Healthy flapjack Dinner 1. Oven-baked salmon fillet with sweet potato wedges and roasted courgette, tomatoes, peppers, and mushrooms 2. Oven-baked chicken fillet with brown basmati rice, sweetcorn, and sugar snap peas 3. Brown pasta with a good quality tomato-based sauce, lean mince, and plenty of vegetables 4. Pitta bread pizza with salad – use wholemeal pita bread as your pizza base, add your chosen toppings, and serve with a salad 5. Roast dinner with roasted sweet potato, parsnips, and steamed vegetables and gravy 6. Pan-fried sea bass fillet with sautéed vegetables and new potatoes. 7. Chicken stir-fry – use a packet of stir-fry vegetables and egg noodles, and flavour with soy sauce, ginger, garlic, and Chinese Five Spice 75 Julie Clark is a family nutritionist, mother of two, and author based in Maidstone. She runs a range of courses including her online highly acclaimed Yummy Mummy Programme. For Julie’s Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Health NOW!, please visit www.spring-nutrition.co.uk or call 07709443724.