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Breakfast

Boiling water with honey and lemon

1. Wheetbix, fruit
2. Wholewheat toast with Bovrill, fruit
3. Fruit and yogurt  smoothie (raw nuts – optional)
4. Boiled eggs x 2
5. Oatmeal with milk and honey (banana/strawberries – optional)
6. Egg in the door/egg on toast
7. Bacon and egg with tomato and mushroom

Glass of water

Snack

Fresh fruit (apple/orange/nectarine etc)

Tea

Glass of water with lemon and fresh strawberries

Lunch

1. Tuna salad
2. Roast veg and pine nut salad
3. Egg mayo sandwich on wholewheat or rye bread and a fruit
4. Pine nut and pecorino salad
5. Pumpkin seed roll with tomato and ham/mozzarella, tom and rocket
6. Chicken salad/chicken wrap
7. Sushi

Glass of water with lemon and mint

Dinner

Glass of wine/fresh fruit juice

1. Baked chicken breast, baked potato and steamed veg
2. Italian salad with Grilled chops with mashed potatoes
3. Greek salad with Pasta OR pizza
4. Garden salad with beef stew and steamed veg OR roast chicken, potatoes and veg
5. Asparagus and tomato salad with cottage pie OR steak and wedges
6. Veg soup and a baked potato
7. Rocket salad and steamed veg in lemon juice with grilled sole OR seared tuna steak OR baked salmon

Glass of water

Roast Salmon and Peppers With Caper Vinaigrette

Serves 4 Hands-On Time: 10m Total Time: 25m
Ingredients:

• 1 cup long-grain white rice
• 2 small red bell peppers, quartered
• 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and black pepper
• 1 piece skinless salmon fillet (1 1/4 pounds)
• 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• tablespoon capers, chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

How to:

• Heat oven to 400° F. Cook the rice according to the package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a large roasting pan, toss the bell peppers, fennel, 1 tablespoon of the oil, ½ tea-spoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Roast for 5 minutes.
• Season the salmon with ¼ teaspoon salt and 1?8 teaspoon pepper and nestle it among the vegetables.
• Roast until the salmon is opaque throughout and the vegetables are just tender, 14 to 16 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine the parsley, capers, vinegar, and the remaining tablespoon of oil. Drizzle over the salmon and rice.

Photograph by: Marcus Nilsson

By Sara Quessenberry,  September 2009, REal Simple.com

Pineapple, nectarine, strawberry and banana smoothie

Ingredients:

• Quarter fresh pineapple
• 1 Nectarine
• 4 small Strawberries
• 2 bananas
• 1 fruit or vanilla yogurt
• 4 ice blocks

How to:

• Remove all unwanted skins
• Chop fruit into bite size pieces
• Blend till smooth

Serves 2 to 3

Delicious Healthy Summer Smoothies

Strawberry and Bannana Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 Small bananas
• 4 Strawberries
• 1 Vanilla yogurt
• 4 Ice blocks

How to:

• Chop up fruit, removing all pips and inedible outer skins
• Blend till smooth in texture

Serves two