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How will the Light Choices diet plan work for you?

Light Choices provides a balanced healthy meal plan. Based on the Eatwell Plate, it provides 50-65% of your calories from carbohydrates, 20-25% of your calories from protein and less than 30% of your calories from fat.

It is a balanced approach to eating, providing 3 meals and 1 snack every day. Using familiar favourites, it never feels like a diet and is easy to follow. It will help you learn lifelong healthy eating habits based on correct portion size and enjoying all foods in moderation.

Why Light Choices diet?

  • Contains lots of your favourite foods
  • Allows for personal food preferences
  • Balanced approach to eating, providing 3 meals and 1 snack daily
  • Flexible & easy to follow

  • Breakfast

    Banana berry smoothie with cereal

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  • Lunch

    Cheese and Tomato Omelette

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  • Dinner

    Moroccan Chicken

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  • Snack

    Popcorn and orange juice

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  • Calories
  • 435
  • Protein
  • 19g
  • Carbs
  • 75g
  • Fat
  • 8g

Breakfast

Banana berry smoothie with cereal

  • Blend ½ peeled kiwi, 1 banana, 100ml of semi-skimmed milk and 125ml yoghurt until frothy and serve immediately
  • Serve with 40g of wholegrain breakfast cereal and 150ml of semi-skimmed milk
  • Calories
  • 425
  • Protein
  • 26g
  • Carbs
  • 36g
  • Fat
  • 21g

Lunch

Cheese and Tomato Omelette

  • 1 Cheese and tomato omelette (see recipe)
  • 1 slice of wholegrain toast
  • 1 apple

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp of semi-skimmed milk
  • 1 tsp of olive oil
  • 25g of low fat cheese
  • 1 tbsp of onion
  • 1 tomato

Method

  1. Heat olive oil in small non-stick frying pan over a moderate heat
  2. Gently beat together eggs and milk and add to pan. Cook for 1 minute and gradually push the set egg and milk mixture from the outside of the pan into the centre, allowing uncooked egg to cover the pan
  3. Continue cooking until egg mixture is almost set
  4. Top with finely chopped onion, tomato and grated cheese and continue cooking until cheese has melted and omelette is set. Fold in half and serve

  • Calories
  • 435
  • Protein
  • 28g
  • Carbs
  • 52g
  • Fat
  • 14g

Dinner

Moroccan Chicken

Did you know? Our Light Choices meal plans include food from different cuisines worldwide

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp of olive oil
  • ½ onion
  • 2 chicken thighs, skin removed
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 tsp of honey
  • 1 tsp of sesame seeds
  • 50g of cous cous (uncooked weight)
  • 1 pinch of cinnamon
  • 1 pinch of ground ginger

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan. Add the onions and chicken and fry until lightly browned
  2. Add the tomatoes, cinnamon and ginger. Cover and cook gently, turning the chicken occasionally until the flesh is so tender that it can be pulled off the bone easily
  3. Remove the chicken and reduce the sauce until thick. Stir as it begins to caramelise and be careful that it does not stick or burn
  4. Add the honey and return the chicken pieces to the sauce and heat through
  5. Serve the chicken with the sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds
  6. Accompany with couscous

  • Calories
  • 155
  • Protein
  • 4g
  • Carbs
  • 34g
  • Fat
  • 1g

Snack

Popcorn and orange juice

  • 25g of lightly salted popcorn
  • 125ml glass of orange juice
  • 50g of strawberries