5:2 Diet - Menu Options I am thinking ahead to my next fast days on the 5:2 Diet*. I really need a stock of recipes that I can use, so I am not eating the same thing every week. I decided to have a look through my recipe archive first and use my calorie counter to help me decide which dishes are viable. I have to say I am quite shocked at how calorific some of my salads are. So here are a few dishes that you and I might like to include in our fast days, along with the calories per portion: Fig, Beetroot & Feta Salad = 204 calories (with 17g feta cheese) or 234 calories (with 28g feta cheese). print recipe Fig, Beetroot & Feta Salad A colourful salad full of lots of lovely textures and flavours. Ingredients 1 generous handful of rocket salada few thin slices of onion6 - 8 mangetout2 fresh figs, quartered3 - 4 baby beets (pickled), halved1 cm slice of feta Instructions 1. Details Total time: Yield: Serves 1 Spicy Tomato & Lentil Soup = 123 calories for a large bowlful. 1 portion of recipe that serves 6.
Vegetable & Lentil Stew - 5:2 Diet = 242 calories Sainsburys are doing a promotion for their So Organic range as part of the Soil Association's Organic September. They sent me some groceries and a challenge to create a dish using them. The weather has been a bit dreich here, so I decided to make a comforting and filling stew. From their organic range I used chestnut mushrooms, frozen peas and carrots. As I am doing the 5:2 Diet twice a week, I decided to count the calories. There is enough stew for up to 8 servings and 242 calories a serving. If you were eating the stew on a fast day, you could serve it with: Frozen Peas (50g) + 1 steamed carrot = 30 + 25 + 242 = 297 calories Oatcakes x 2 (it's very Scottish to serve oatcakes with stew) = 92 + 242 = 334 calories Kingsmill Wholemeal Bread (1 medium slice) = 96 + 242 = 338 calories Quinoa (40g dried) = 147 + 242 = 389 calories Couscous (50g dried) = 158 + 242 = 400 calories Baked Potato (medium) = 161 + 242 = 403 calories print recipe Vegetable and Lentil Stew Ingredients Instructions 1.
Andouille, Chicken, Red Bean and Rice Pilaf Recipe Details 5:2 Diet - Moroccan Style Potato Bake = 233 calories This is one of my favourite new discoveries. I adore potatoes, so I knew I was going to love it. I found the recipe in QuickCook Low Fat, a nifty little book by Hamlyn which has a website linked to it. As well as potatoes in this dish, there are roasted red peppers (from a jar), red onion, garlic, preserved lemon, paprika, cumin, ginger, tomato puree and white wine vinegar. Now for my changes: Potatoes: the recipe called for new potatoes, but I was still working through my Scotty Brand Kestral Potatoes, the ones I've kept in a pillowcase since early December (you can read about that in my Spicy Tattie Puffs post.), so I used them . Preserved Lemon: I had some preserved lemon in the fridge, but if you don't have any, then add the finely grated peel from 1 lemon and the juice from half a lemon. Vinegar: The recipe called for aged sherry vinegar, but I just used white wine vinegar. 5:2 Diet I'm still following the 5:2 Diet or The Fast Diet as Dr Michael Mosley is calling it now. print recipe
5:2 Fast Diet: The Intermittent Fasting Plan + 10 Great Recipes! | Lifestyle | Closer Online It's the diet that lets you have your cake – and eat it too. But what does the 5:2 diet really entail, and does it work? Supporters of the new craze claim that it does a lot more than just help with weight loss. Studies suggested that fasting once or twice a week can protect the brain against illnesses including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The Fasting Diet The premise behind the 5:2 diet is to eat normally for five days, while fasting on the other two days. ‘I think because, unlike other diets where certain foods are restricted, you know that you can have whatever you want, you’re just a bit more relaxed about things. How does the 5:2 diet work? The plan promises to be the easiest fasting regime to adapt into your regular lifestyle, and food lovers have been turning to this diet in droves. If you fancy giving the 5:2 diet plan a try, here are some of our favourite fasting-day recipes! 5:2 Diet Recipes What to have for breakfast on a 'fasting day' Boiled Egg with Ryvita, 123 cals Curry Paste
5:2 Diet - One Pot Southern-Style Rice This flavourful rice dish comes from a little book by Hamlyn called Quick Cook Low Fat. It is one of a series of dinky little books. I have a set of them and have to admit I turn to them quite often for ideas. They are simple little cookbooks, each on a different theme, but all with the same layout. Each book is cut down into categories and each recipe has a two pages. On the page for this rice dish, which can be cooked in 30 minutes, there was also a 20 minute Southern-Style Mixed Vegetable and Bean Stir-Fry and a 10 minute Five Mixed-Bean and Rice Salad. My rice dish took a bit longer than 30 minutes to cook, but I was cooking another dish at the same time, so that could be the culprit. Now, the recipe says this serves 4, but come on! 232 calories per serving Just perfect for my 5:2 Diet. Oh and I nearly forgot the exciting part! I know, I know, another website. print recipe One Pot Southern-Style Rice A quick and spicy rice dish. Ingredients Instructions 1. Details: And finally!
Jen's Place: Summer vegetable curry I needed a quick but filling dinner idea, and found this on the BBC Good Food website. It was really tasty, though I think I added too much thai curry paste as it burnt my mouth a little! Great flavours though, and a great way to use up leftover veg. You could use aubergine, baby corn, sugar snap peas etc instead of any of he veg I have used. 1-2 tbsp red Thai curry paste (depending on taste) 500ml low-sodium vegetable stock 2 onions , chopped 2 courgettes , diced 75g red lentils 200ml can reduced-fat coconut milk 2 red or yellow peppers , deseeded and cut into wedges 140g frozen peas 100g bag baby spinach , roughly chopped Heat the curry paste in a large non-stick saucepan with a splash of the stock.