Lighten-up Plan: Lunch Food

Choose one of these four bases; use as much of each vegetable as you like:

  • Detox Salad: Watercress, celery, cucumber, cherry tomato, artichoke hearts.
  • Cleansing Coleslaw: White cabbage, onion, grated carrot, sliced beetroot.
  • Roast energy: Grill or oven-bake slices of red pepper, yellow pepper, aubergine, onion, mushrooms, until soft.
  • Steamed and Simple: Steamed carrot, mangetout, cauliflower, spinach, asparagus.

To whichever base you have chosen, add a 75g (3oz) portion of one the following: prawns, tuna, mussels, salmon, sardines, poached white fish, chicken, turkey, tofu, beans, lentils or one boiled or poached egg.

Below are the steps for pereparing winter warmer soupe and cleansing juice:

Winter Warmer Soup
(serves one)

Ingredients:

  • 250ml (8floz) chicken or vegetable stock
  • 450g (13oz) can of tomatoes
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 75g (3oz) potato, cubed
  • 50g (2oz) pumpkin, skinned and cubed
  • salt and pepper to taste
Method

Put all the ingredients in a large pan and bring the mixture to the boil. Cover, then simmer for 20-30 minutes. Pour the mixture into a blender or food processor and blend until completely smooth. Finally, add salt and pepper to taste before serving.

Cleansing Juice

Ingredients:

  • 5 carrots
  • 1 apple
  • 2 stalks of celery
  • ½beetroot
Method

Juice all the ingredients until smooth, and then serve.