Recipes

Main Course
Serves 6 

1 dairy protein | 2 vegetable | 1 fat

Ingredients:

  • 6 tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
  • 1 red onion, cut into thin rings
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, sliced
  • 30 Kalamata olives
  • 240 g reduced-fat feta
  • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • Dried oregano, to garnish


Directions:

  1. Combine tomato, onion, cucumber and olives in a bowl.
  2. Break the feta into large pieces and scatter over the top.
  3. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with the oregano.

Main Course
Serves 3

1 vegetarian protein | ½ dairy protein | 1 fat | 1 vegetable

Ingredients:

  • 400g can chick-peas, drained and well rinsed
  • 1 large clove garlic
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 heaped Tbsp buckwheat flour


Tomato relish

  • 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
  • juice of one lemon
  • 3 tsp olive oil


Yoghurt mix

  • ¾ cup natural yoghurt
  • ½ tsp each of cayenne pepper and turmeric powder

Directions:

  1. Blend the chick peas, garlic, onion and spices in a food processor until almost smooth. Scrape the paste into a bowl and mix with the flour. Divide into 9 balls, each the size of a golf ball.
  2. Flatten into patties. Spray a frypan with cooking spray, and gently brown the falafels on each side. Respray frypan when you turn the falafels.
  3. Combine tomato relish ingredients.
  4. Mix yoghurt mix ingredients.
  5. Serve the with the tomato relish and the yoghurt mix.

Dessert
Serves 4

½ protein

Ingredients:

  • 375 ml skim milk
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 3 Tbsp sugar substitute
  • 2 tsp instant decaffeinated coffee
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Ground cinnamon, for garnish
  • Lemon twists, for garnish

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar substitute, coffee and vanilla extract until well-blended.
  2. Pour into four custard cups or ramekins and place in a 30 cm skillet. Fill the skillet with water to 1.5cm from the tops of the custard cups. Bring the water to the boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 mins.
  3. Remove the cups from the skillet, cover with plastic wrap touching the surface of the custard, and refrigerate for 3 hours, or until chilled.
  4. Garnish with cinnamon and lemon twists.

Main Course
Serves 6

2 vegetables | 1/3 dairy protein | 1 fat

Ingredients:

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 medium onions, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbsp wholemeal plain flour
  • 5 cups salt-reduced vegetable stock
  • 750g broccoli
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
  • 1/2 tsp chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup skim milk
  • 3/4 cup low-fat plain yoghurt

Directions:

  1. Heat a large saucepan and add olive oil; add onion and stir over medium heat until soft. Add flour and stir for a further minute.
  2. Gradually add in the stock, broccoli, tomato, thyme, rosemary, nutmeg and juice. Bring to a boil while stirring, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 - 15 minutes or until broccoli is tender.
  3. Blend soup in batches in a food processor, or with a stab mixer, then return to the saucepan.
  4. Add the skim milk and yoghurt, and re-heat without boiling.

Main Course
Serves 4

1 protein | 2 vegetable | 1 fat

Ingredients:

  • 4 x 120 g skinless chicken breasts
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • 170 g fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 125 g marinated artichoke hearts
  • 400 g tomatoes, canned
  • ¾ tsp oregano
  • ¾ tsp basil
  • ¼ cup dry white wine
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil

Directions:

  1. Season chicken with pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet, brown the chicken then place in a baking dish.
  2. Combine the remaining ingredients in the skillet and cook uncovered for 15 minutes.
  3. Pour sauce over chicken, cover and bake in moderate oven for 1 hour or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with steamed vegetables.
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