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DIET MENU PLAN & SHOPPING LIST MONTH 4

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WEEKS 13 & 14:
TO BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND:

  • Zucchini, ham and cheddar muffins
  • Make the celery & fennel soup
DAY
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
DINNER
MONDAY
FAST

197 Cal


TOTAL 446 Cal
TUESDAY
Vegetarian
Fruit salad


Week 1 
Spinach crêpes with goat's cheese & zucchini & pea salad


Week 2 

Roasted zucchini lasagna & salad



WEDNESDAY
Pure Protein
Bacon or ham and eggs




Steak
THURSDAY
Easy & Healthy
Crumpet with fruit, cinnamon & honey 

Turkey & cranberry wrap

1 rye mountain bread, 1 Tbsp cranberry sauce, 40g shaved turkey, 15g snow peas,thinly sliced, 15g baby spinach leaves. 

Serves 1


203 Cal
FRIDAY
Pure Protein
Omelette with a cheese & turkey slice 

Entremés:
cold meats, cheese & ricotta





Pan fried salmon & seafood tartare







SATURDAY
Carbs
Fruit salad or Cereal or Toast with toppings 






Corn & Quinoa rice cake with avocado and feta









Mash the avocado flesh with some crumbled feta and add some pepper and a splash of olive oil. Serve on top of the rice cake.
SUNDAY
Corn & Quinoa rice cake with avocado, sliced tomato, cheese slice and salami cooked under the grill

Week 1
Pork & sage salad with potato croutons


Week 2

Chinese leftovers



WEEKLY SHOPPING LIST – FOR 2 PEOPLE
MEAT & FISH
50g shaved ham
shaved turkey
cold meats
salami
bacon
1 kg pork belly
2 small steaks
2 chicken breasts
smoked salmon
4 fresh salmon fillets
2 swordfish fillets
250g cooked prawns
cooked trout or salmon
150g mixed mince
1 pork fillet

NUTS & SPICES
salt
pepper
Maldon sea salt
curry powder
chilli flakes
cinnamon
50g pine nuts
paprika
sesame seeds
coriander seeds
saffron threads

VEGETABLES
6 medium zucchini
3 carrots
5 celery stalks

1 baby fennel bulbs

1/2 cauliflower
1 cherry tomatoes
1 x cherry vine tomatoes
100g baby spinach leaves
frozen baby peas
blueberries
raspberries
2 oranges
strawberries
lemons
2 shallots
2 x bunch spring onions
onions
250g kale
1 bunch English spinach
1/2 Chinese cabbage
snow peas
bananas
avocados
4 big potatoes
12 chat potatoes
600g green beans
600g Asian greens (gai lan, bok choi, etc.)
tomatoes
3 small cooked beetroots
mixed salad leaves

HERBS
3 x parsley
garlic
2 x coriander
snow pea sprouts
oregano
ginger
dill
1 fresh long red chilli
4 long sprigs rosemary

BREAD & FLOURS
250g oat bran
quinoa & rice cakes
breadcrumbs 
crumpets
rye mountain bread
self-raising wholemeal flour
buckwheat flour
panko breadcrumbs
PASTA, RICE & LEGUMES
150g red lentils
white-long grain rice

OTHER
brown sugar
extra virgin olive oil
mayonnaise
chia seeds
quinoa flakes
2 x 185g tin tuna
currants
sultanas
1 jar cornichons
hummus

pitted kalamata olives

honey
rosewater
cranberry sauce
sesame oil
light soy sauce
soy sauce 
dark soy sauce
Shaoxing rice wine
rice wine vinegar
maple syrup
green olives
preserved mustard cabbage (Sichuan pickle)
capers
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
tin crab meat
kimchi
250ml vegetable stock
250ml chicken stock
jar asparagus
Dijon mustard
anchovies

DAIRY & EGGS
2 doz. eggs
1 cottage cheese
250g grated pecorino or parmesan
cheese slices
milk
Greek yoghurt
feta
250g halloumi
200g goat's cheese
300g firm tofu
grated cheddar
grated mozzarella
100g panner cheese
500ml almond milk
300g ricotta


WEEKS 15 & 16:
TO BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND:




    • Defrost the Zucchini, ham and cheddar muffins
    DAY
    BREAKFAST
    LUNCH
    DINNER
    MONDAY
    FAST

    Thai carrot noodles
    The skinny diet meals 22

    141 Cal
    Chicken & risoni soup
    Food for life, M Bridges 126

    243 Cal
    TOTAL 504 Cal
    TUESDAY
    Vegetarian
    Hummus & tomato on rice & quinoa cakes or bread









    OR

    Cereal

    200 Calories
    WEDNESDAY
    Pure Protein
    Bacon or ham and eggs 


    Smoked salmon rolls
    Dukan 114
    Ricotta & oregano meatballs
    Simple 221
    THURSDAY
    Easy & Healthy
    Crumpet with fruit, cinnamon & honey 

     
    Ricotta, basil & ham wrap

    2 small zucchini, 1/4 cup ricotta, 3 rye mountain bread, 75g shaved ham, 1/4 cup fresh basil


    Toast wraps in sandwich press for about 3 minutes, cut in half to serve. Serves 2 

    Calories 212
    Hot-smoked salmon salad with crunchy pickled cucumber

    Donna Hay - Life in Balance 152
    FRIDAY
    Pure Protein
    Oat bran porridge without fruit with 2 tsp brown sugar



    Entremés:
    cold meat, tuna, salmon, feta, cottage cheese, labneh, baked ricotta, etc.
    Chicken with miso, ginger & lime
    Simple 230




    SATURDAY
    Carbs
    Fruit salad


    Rod’s sliced meat & tomato salad

    Slices of ham or other cold meats, cheese slices on top, thin sliced tomato on top of cheese, and here topped with sliced avocado, grated carrot, capers, cornichons, spring onions, boiled egg, pickled onions and olives. Dress with olive oil and season with pepper.



    Week 1
    Bestilla - Festive chicken pie
    The food of Morocco 189

    Week 2

    Trinxat de Cerdanya - Potato & cabbage 
    Ous al plat - Eggs with sausages & vegetables
    Fondes 191 & 195
    SUNDAY
    Whatever you feel like
    Rice cakes with avocado and feta 

    Mash the avocado flesh with some crumbled feta and add some pepper and a splash of olive oil. Serve on top of the rice cake.
    Week 1
    Bestilla leftovers

    Week 2









    WEEKLY SHOPPING LIST – FOR 2 PEOPLE
    MEAT & FISH



    NUTS & SPICES

    FRUIT & VEGETABLES


    HERBS


    BREAD & FLOURS

    PASTA, RICE & LEGUMES


    OTHER


    DAIRY & EGGS

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