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Breakfast.

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Try this Bircher Museli:

combine 1 cup of oats

50g of chopped nuts (almonds, macadamias or pistachios)

one tablespoon of sunflower seeds

25g of dried fruit (sultanas or cranberries)

Half a red apple (grated)

1 cup of apple juice

1/2 cup of low-fat Greek yoghurt.

Soak for 15 minutes.

Serve with a poached pear.

Nutritional Facts

Bircher Muesli is great for digestion and packed with fiber and a range of vitamins and minerals.

Oats are naturally high in beta-gluten, a soluble fibre that has been shown to reduce high blood cholesterol.

Pears are a good source of vitamin A for immunity and fibre for bowel health.

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Lunch.

A warm salad should keep you full until dinner. Try red cabbage, walnuts, couscous, crumbled fetta, rocket and sultanas, with an optional lemon juice, olive oil and Djion mustard dressing.

Or try cannellini beans, roasted carrots, minced garlic, and curly leaf parsley, drizzled with olive oil.

Nutritional Facts

All cabbage  has a high vitamin C and fiber content. Red cabbage also has betacarotene and lycopene for a healthy heart.

Couscous is rich in B vitamins, and is great for bones and muscles and help support the immune system.

Cannellini beans are packed with protein and fibre.

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Dinner

Spice up dinner with Cumin Chargrilled Fish Fillets.

Marinate any type of fish with crushed garlic, ginger, and cumin, and bake in the oven.

Serve with a salad of four-bean mix (chickpeas, kidney beans, lima beans, and butter beans), corn, tomato and steamed rice or quinoa.

Drizzle with balsamic vinegar.

Nutritional Facts

Fish is a lean, low in saturated fat, great for protein and high in zinc and omega-3s - important for our body and brain function.

Vinegars help regulate blood sugar levels and aid digestion. Studies show that balsamic vinegar can also lower blood pressure and improve immunity.

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Snacks

Make a beetroot dip and serve with carrot sticks or pita bread chips. Brush wholemeal pita bread with a little oil, season with paprika, oven bake until crisp and break into smaller pieces.

Nutritional Facts

Beetroot contains folate and iron, as well as a range of other beneficial minerals.

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