LBD Diet Food Plan packed lunches

Packed Lunches

You should aim to keep packed lunches made up of either protein or starch which means old favourites like ham and cheese sandwiches are out.
These packed lunch ideas are based on either starch or protein and are simple substitutes for the light meals or snacks in the daily diet plans.

Starchy packed lunches
Wholewheat pitta pocket stuffed with cucumber, tomato, watercress, black olives, lettuce and a dribble of olive oil. Raisins and nuts
Wholewheat sandwiches with hardboiled egg-yolks mashed with mayonnaise, slices of cucumber and cress. 2 oatmeal biscuits, 1 banana
A thermos of thick vegetable soup with a wholewheat roll or rye crackers with butter. Carrot salad with raisins and nuts, 1 banana
Rice Salad, a rye crispbread and a ripe sweet pear
Sticks of carrot, celery, fennel and cucumber along with sprigs of cauliflower. Tatsiki for dipping and a wholewheat roll with butter

Protein packed lunches
Plain cottage cheese, 1 apple, a hardboiled egg, chunks of carrot, celery, cucumber, fennel
Cabbage, celery, apple and grated Gruyere cheese salad. Orange or grapes, 25g (1oz) roasted almonds, yogurt.
Chopped vegetables with guacamole, a carton of stewed apple with Ginger with 2 tbsp yogurt. Mixed nuts
A piece of cold roast chicken or slices of cold roast turkey breast, apple, celery and peanut salad, grapes
Natural yogurt, sticks of celery, a piece of hard cheese, 1 apple, dates

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Recipes to try:
Veggie egg pittas (Pictured)
Mushroom risotto
Cucumber, avocado and prawn salad

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