If you want to get the balance of your diet right, use the eatwell plate.
The eatwell plate makes healthy eating easier to understand by showing the types and proportions of foods we need to have a healthy and well balanced diet.eatwellplatelarge.pdf
-Foods Standard Agency
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“Food is medicine. It’s powerful,We eat every single day, several times a day, so we have the opportunity to take medicine that’s good for us or medicine that’s not so good for us. I can only provide the information; people themselves are in charge of creating the right mindset to want to do this.” - [...]
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This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
For the chicken, apple and walnuts:
1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
pinch of salt
10 black peppercorns
Juice of 1 lemon
2 sprigs fresh thyme
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts about 4 ounces each
1/2 cup non-fat sour cream
2 apples, cored and chopped
1/2 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced red [...]
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This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
For the tuna salad:
2 6-ounce cans tuna, drained
1/2 cup non-fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup finely diced celery
1/4 cup finely diced, sweet onion
For the wraps:
4 large flour tortillas
4 lettuce leaves, green leaf, bibb or romaine, shredded
4 large slices ripe tomato, sliced very thin
Cooking Instructions
For the tuna salad:
1. In a mixing bowl, combine [...]
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This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
For the roasted vegetables:
1 large red bell pepper, quartered, seeded and cut into strips
1 small eggplant, halved, seeded and cut into 3-inch strips
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove garlic finely minced
Salt and pepper
For the hummus:
6 ounces canned garbanzo beans (chick peas)
1 1/2 teaspoons tahini
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon [...]
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This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1 eggplant, sliced 1/3″ thick
1 summer squash, sliced 1/3″ thick
1 green or red pepper, quartered and seeded
1 onion, sliced 1/3″ thick
4 large whole mushrooms
1/2 cup Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
Cooking Instructions
1. Preheat the grill.
2. Brush with the Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette on all sides.
3. [...]
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This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh cilantro leaves
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and sliced into 2-inch chunks
4 metal or bamboo (soaked in water) skewers
Cooking Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl, combine the barbecue sauce, [...]
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This recipe serves: 6
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
4 salmon fillets about 1 inch thick (1 ½ lbs.), broiled
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 ½ cups (1-inch) diagonally cut asparagus
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 ½ cup fresh or frozen peas, thawed
½ cup vegetable broth
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon freshly [...]
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This recipe serves: 12
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 3 minutes
Ingredients
1 1/2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 cups soybeans
1 tablespoon roasted sesame tahini
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup fresh parsley
Salt to taste
1 to 2 tablespoons water or vegetable broth
Cooking Instructions
1. Soak the soybeans in a large pot of water in the refrigerator overnight. Drain [...]
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