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How will the Vegetarian diet work for you?

The Vegetarian diet plan is designed for anyone who wants to reduce or eliminate animal products in their diet. This plan offers three options -- vegan (completely plant-based), lacto-vegetarian (allowing dairy) and lacto-ovo-vegetarian (allowing dairy and eggs).

The Vegetarian meal plan will include high-fibre foods such as wholegrains, legumes, soy foods and fruit & vegetables to provide plenty of choice and delicious meals.

Why the Vegetarian diet?

  • Balanced diet providing adequate protein, vitamins and minerals
  • Increase your fibre intake
  • Get protein from plant based food
  • Increase intake of soy, legumes & beans

  • Breakfast

    Porridge with almonds

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  • Lunch

    Tomato soup with rice cakes & babyleaf salad

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  • Dinner

    Bean Burrito

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  • Snack

    Crackers with hummus

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  • Calories
  • 445
  • Protein
  • 15g
  • Carbs
  • 60g
  • Fat
  • 15g

Breakfast

Porridge with almonds

  • 50g of porridge oats prep per pack directions with 150ml of semi-skimmed milk
  • Top with 1 tbsp of sliced almonds and 75g of mango slices
  • 125ml glass of orange juice
  • Calories
  • 430
  • Protein
  • 12g
  • Carbs
  • 64g
  • Fat
  • 14g

Lunch

Tomato soup with rice cakes & babyleaf salad

  • ½ tin of Tesco Light Choices tomato soup
  • 4 rice cakes spread with 2 tsps of reduced fat olive spread
  • ½ bag of babyleaf salad and 6 cherry tomatoes drizzled with 1 tsp of french dressing
  • 1 pot of probiotic yoghurt
  • 1 plum
  • Calories
  • 455
  • Protein
  • 22g
  • Carbs
  • 66g
  • Fat
  • 11g

Dinner

Bean Burrito

Did you know? Low fat, high fibre beans add taste and substance to this mexican favourite

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 flour tortillas
  • 50g of re-fried beans
  • 1/4 red pepper
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 tsp of chilli
  • 1 tbsp of tomato-based salsa
  • 2 tbsp of low fat fromage frais
  • 25g of low fat cheese

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180 C
  2. Place the flour tortilla(s) in an ovenproof baking dish. Spread with the re-fried beans and fill with sliced pepper, tomato and finely chopped chilli. Pour over the tomato salsa and roll up
  3. Top with fromage frais and grated cheese and bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden

  • Calories
  • 150
  • Protein
  • 5g
  • Carbs
  • 21g
  • Fat
  • 6g

Snack

Crackers with hummus

  • 3 wholegrain crackers with 1 tbsp of reduced fat hummus