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How will the Spring Fresh diet work for you?

If you enjoy eating lots of salads, fruit and meals that are tasty and light then the Spring Fresh diet is the ideal plan for you. No food is restricted from the plan. It’s a high fibre, low fat and low sugar meal plan that can help you to achieve or maintain your target weight as well as contributing to improving your health. There is a good mix of grains, fruit, vegetables, and good fats to pack as much nutrition as we can into your daily allowance.

Keeping your foods choices seasonal will also help you hang onto the pennies, as out of season foods tend to be more expensive.

Why the Spring Fresh diet?

  • Lots of fresh seasonal produce
  • Well-balanced including plenty of antioxidant-rich fruit, veg, dairy and wholegrain foods
  • Calorie controlled
  • No food is restricted

  • Breakfast

    Wheat Biscuits with almonds and apricots

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  • Lunch

    Salmon and cucumber sandwich

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  • Dinner

    Pasta Primavera

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  • Snack

    Fresh pineapple shake

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  • Calories
  • 440
  • Protein
  • 15g
  • Carbs
  • 65g
  • Fat
  • 15g

Breakfast

Wheat Biscuits with almonds and apricots

  • 2 wheat biscuits with 200ml of semi-skimmed milk, topped with 1 tbsp of sliced almonds and 3 chopped dried apricots
  • 200ml glass of orange juice
  • Calories
  • 405
  • Protein
  • 29g
  • Carbs
  • 55g
  • Fat
  • 10g

Lunch

Salmon and cucumber sandwich

  • 2 slices of wholegrain bread filled with 75g of fresh or tinned salmon mixed with 1 tsp of reduced fat mayonnaise and 50g of chopped cucumber
  • 1 pot of low fat yoghurt
  • Calories
  • 430
  • Protein
  • 33g
  • Carbs
  • 44g
  • Fat
  • 13g

Dinner

Pasta Primavera

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp of olive oil
  • 2 vegetables of choice
  • 1/2 clove of garlic
  • 1 tbsp of lemon juice
  • 1 pinch of dried basil
  • 1 pinch of oregano
  • 50g of pasta, uncooked weight
  • 75g of chicken fillet
  • 1 tbsp of grated Parmesan cheese

Method

  1. Prepare the linguine according to package directions, omitting any added fat and salt
  2. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the minced garlic, chicken and vegetables. Stir-fry for 2 minutes. Reduce the heat and add the lemon juice
  3. Season with basil and oregano and simmer about 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender
  4. Combine with the linguine and sprinkle with parmesan cheese

  • Calories
  • 150
  • Protein
  • 2g
  • Carbs
  • 37g
  • Fat
  • trace

Snack

Fresh pineapple shake

  • Blend 100ml of pineapple juice with 2 ice cubes, 50g of strawberries and 1 banana