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Quick and easy lunch ideas
      
Spinach salad and chilli dressing
Add a little crushed garlic, sundried tomato paste, olive oil and chilli powder into half a tub of Greek yoghurt. Whisk well to combine. Drizzle the dressing over some washed baby leaf spinach and add a snip of parsley. Toss together and serve.
Children's Food & Nutrition
Simple hummus
Drain one can of chickpeas. Add a crushed clove of garlic and the zest and juice of half a lemon to the chickpeas and whiz in a blender. Drizzle in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and continue whizzing. Spoon mixture into a bowl and add some chopped olives and a pinch of paprika. If the hummus is too thick for your taste, add a tiny bit of cold water and whiz again in blender.

Couscous and chickpea salad
Put 200g of couscous in a bowl and pour over 200ml of hot vegetable stock. Cover and leave for 5 minutes. Halve a lemon and squeeze. Pour into an empty jar with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 teaspoon of soya sauce. Seal and shake well. Drain chickpeas, finely chop a red onion and quarter a few cherry tomatoes. Add lots of fresh mint, basil, parsley and the dressing to the couscous. Stir well and season with black pepper. Serve straight away.

Sardines on toast
Preheat the grill. Toast 2 slices of nutty seedy wholegrain bread on both sides. Slice a tomato. Drain the tinned sardines leaving a little olive oil. Lay the tomato slices and sardines on the toast and squeeze over a little lemon juice. Grill for 2 minutes.

Salmon and eggs
Make a tasty omelette with 2 eggs, a splash of milk, some flaked fresh or canned salmon, chopped chives. Grate a tiny bit of your favourite cheese on top.
      
Eating Away
Bring sharp knife and spoons
Buy Mineral water
Lime and lemon to slice in water
4 small salads (mainly peas, beans, cous cous and lentils)
Cherry tomatoes
Fresh beetroot
Raw carrots
Red pepper
Can of sweetcorn
Low fat hummus
Any kind of fresh fruit you like
Probiotic low fat desserts
Ryvita or some other wholegrain low fat crackers
Bread sticks
Low salt pretzels
Sushi
      
      
Lunch ideas for every day
      
Mix half one salad with half another for variety. Enjoy with one dessert spoons of hummus or 2 crackers.

Sushi and fruit another day.

Homemade soup and 2 small wholegrain bread slices another day.

Another two salads with fresh beetroot another day.

3 ryvita with half salad and 2 dessert spoons of hummus topped with cherry tomatoes.

5 -6 Raw carrots dipped into 3 dessert spoons hummus with chopped cherry tomatoes.
      
      
      
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Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.
        
        
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