This tasty vegetarian eating plan could shift 7lb in a month – and it’s easy to keep up!
DROP A DRESS SIZE THIS MONTH!
Let’s face it, we could all do with more vegetables in our diet. And the good news is, it could help us shift weight, too. Vegetarian diets contain plenty of healthy stomach-filling fibre and provide loads of plant chemicals that could help lower the risk of cancer and heart disease. After following this easy plan* for a month, you may feel so good that you stick with it – but if not, try having at least two or three meat-free days a week.
THIS IS THE DIET FOR YOU IF...
✣ You’re vegetarian or want to try being vegetarian.
✣ You’re stuck in a diet rut.
✣ You like the odd treat.
Breakfast
These delicious options notch up to about 200 calories each.
✣ 2 poached eggs served on steamed baby spinach, seasoned with nutmeg to taste.
✣ 2 Weetabix spread with half a mashed banana.
✣ Porridge made in a microwave with 35g oats and 200ml skimmed or almond milk. Stir in a couple tbsp mixed berries and add natural stevia to sweeten, if you like.
✣ A ripe sliced peach topped with 100g 0% Greek yogurt, plus a slice of malt loaf (unbuttered).
Lunches
All these lunch choices contain around 350 calories.
✣ Watercress, avocado and mango salad: Toss a handful of bagged watercress, half a diced avocado, quarter of a large mango, and 1tbsp each of slivered almonds and golden raisins together with 2tsp olive oil and white wine vinegar to taste.
✣ 1 wholemeal pitta packed with 100g reduced-fat houmous and grated carrot.
✣ 1 chopped boiled beetroot drizzled with 2tsp olive oil, ½tbsp red wine vinegar and a pinch of thyme. Serve with rocket leaves and 50g warmed goats’ cheese. 1 apple.
✣ A 300g bowl of fresh tomato and lentil soup with 1 slice of seeded wholemeal toast and just a scrape of butter. 1 kiwi fruit.
Dinners
Fill up on these tasty meals that come in at about 450 calories.
✣ Broad bean pilaf (for 2): Soak 150g rinsed brown basmati rice in warm water for 5 mins. Stir-fry the drained rice in 25g butter with half a chopped onion and a garlic clove until softened, then add 250g vegetable stock and boil for 10-15 mins. Add 200g broad beans for the final 5 mins of boiling. Serve with lots of chopped dill stirred through.
✣ Stir-fry a selection of veg (eg, carrots, red peppers, cabbage, brocc
