5:2 recipes
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Pork and sweetcorn chowder
This recipe is perfect if you're on the 5:2 diet. It's packed with protein and flavour to keep you feeling satisfied and happy.
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Classic soup recipes
Carrot and ginger soup
A light, flavoursome carrot soup that’s ideal for batch cooking – double the recipe, eat half now, then freeze the rest for later.
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Chicken breast recipes
Healthier chicken satay
A lot of the calories in satay come from the peanut butter, so we’ve replaced a good portion of that with natural yogurt
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Healthy salad recipes
Kimchi and quinoa salad
This zingy quinoa salad is a doddle to assemble using homemade or shop-bought kimchi. Add shredded chicken, fish, eggs or some fried tempeh.
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Healthy salad recipes
Quinoa salad with feta, pea and mint
Laura Herring's quick quinoa salad with feta and mint from The Fast Days Cookbook is low in calories, for fast days on the 5:2 diet
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Quinoa recipes
Warm quinoa salad with broad beans and pomegranate
Top this Middle Eastern-style vegetarian quinoa salad, by vegetarian cookery book writer Rose Eliot, with halloumi, houmous, feta or avocado.
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Quick chicken recipes
Quick lentil, chicken, spring greens and broccoli soup
A soup recipe that's anything but boring – this quick shortcut supper is bursting with spring vegetables, lentils and chicken which is poached until tender in the flavoursome broth.
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Healthy fish recipes
Miso-baked cod
Bring a restaurant classic to your dinner table: enjoy the rich, umami flavour of miso in this sticky Japanese-style marinated cod dish.
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Lower-calorie mains
Healthy nasi goreng
Donal Skehan's healthy recipe for the classic Indonesian dish nasi goreng is made with cauliflower rice for a big dose of vitamin C.
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Chicken salad recipes
Chicken and green bean caesar salad
This chicken and green bean caesar salad is easy to make – and will leave you coming back for more. The rich dressing compliments the beans perfectly.
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Brunch recipes
Garlic mushrooms on toast
Got mushrooms to use up? Then how about garlic mushrooms on toast - it's as simple as that! A quick, easy and full-flavoured brunch or lunch recipe.
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