Maintaining an overall healthy diet not only offers your body the energy and nutrition that it needs...

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It’s time to ditch the…

and start to get healthy…

Welcome to What’s for Lunch!

Why eat healthy?Maintaining an overall healthy diet not only offers your body the energy and nutrition that it needs to function, but offers several health benefits as well.Eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables as an overall healthy diet may...

• reduce risk for stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.

• reduce risk for type 2 diabetes.• protect against certain cancers, such as mouth,

stomach, and colon cancer.• reduce the risk of coronary artery disease.

So…What’s for Lunch?!

Chicken SaladAmount per serving:• Calories-553kcal • Carbs-5.8g• Sugar-4.2g• Fat-38.1g• Saturates-9.2g• Protein-44.6g

Ingredients for the Chicken(serves 4)• 1.3 kg higher-welfare

chicken• a few black peppercorns• a few bay leaves• 2 teaspoons ground cumin

seeds• 1 handful of almonds

Ingredients for dressing(serves 4)• 2 tablespoons fat-free natural yoghurt• 3 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise,

made with free-range eggs• juice and zest of 2 lemons• 1 cucumber, peeled and diced• 1 small bunch of fresh basil, leaves

picked and torn

Fruit Salad

• Calories-73.9kcal • Carbohydrates-18.7 g• Sugar-15.8 g• Fat-0.2 g• Protein-0.5 g

Amount per serving:

Ingredients for a fruit salad:• 1 (29 ounce) can of peach slices-undrained • 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks-undrained • 1 (3 1/8 ounce) box dry vanilla instant pudding

mix • 1 lb strawberry, stemmed and quartered • 1 banana, sliced • 1/2 pint blueberries• 1 bunch grapes (I use the red ones) • 1 -2 tablespoon sugar (optional)

Passion Cooler Cocktail

• Calories-129kcal • Carbohydrates-32.4g• Sugar-26.5g• Fat-0.3g• Protein-0.9g

Amount per glass:

• 2 oz pineapple juice• 2 oz mango juice• 1 oz orange juice• 1 oz passion-fruit juice• 1/3 mashed banana

Ingredients needed:

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