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Five Wheat Free Days

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DAY 1

Breakfast - Porridge with ground pumpkin and sunflower seeds sprinkled on top

Mid morning - see snacks

Lunch - Jacket potato with tuna large salad

Afternoon - snack

Dinner - Stuffed aubergines with a selection of lightly steamed green vegetables

To make the stuffed aubergines:
2 aubergines
1 red onion chopped finely
1 tsp. chopped garlic
4 oz shitake or chestnut mushrooms chopped roughly
2 tsp. copped fresh coriander
1 yellow pepper
1 tin chick peas

Place the aubergines in a pan of boiling water and cook for 20 minutes or until tender then drain.
Cut the aubergines in half lengthways, scoop out the flesh and chop finely, put the shells to one side.
Preheat the oven to 180 c/350 f/ gas mark 4
Put the aubergine flesh, onion, garlic, mushrooms, pepper, chick peas and coriander into a frying pan with a little olive oil and cook for 5 minutes
Stuff the aubergine mixture into the shells
Place in the oven for 20 minutes then serve straight away.

DAY 2

Breakfast – Scrambled eggs on rye bread

Mid morning - snack

Lunch - Pasta salad (This can be made the night before if necessary)

Pasta Salad:
Rice and millet pasta cooked
Raw chestnut mushrooms sliced
¼ small red onion sliced finely
1 cup of cooked new potatoes
½ red pepper chopped
4-5 chopped cherry tomatoes
1 stick of celery chopped
1 carrot finely grated
Handful of raw cashew nuts
Handful of raw almonds.
Chopped fresh basil and parsley

Mix all ingredients together and cover with 1 tablespoon of udo’s choice oil and enough balsamic vinegar to your taste. You can use olive oil rather than flaxseed oil.

Afternoon - snack

Dinner - Chicken with rosemary roasted vegetables

2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
Black pepper
½ teaspoon of dried rosemary
1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces, skin removed
1 cup broccoli florets
1 cup of cauliflower florets
1 red pepper cut into 4 pieces

Heat the oven to a medium hot temperature
In a large bowl mix the olive oil, vinegar, pepper, rosemary. Then add the chicken and the vegetables and toss till well coated
Place chicken and all the vegetables in a roasting tin in a single layer
Cook for approx. 40 minutes until the chicken is brown. Halfway through cooking turn the vegetables over.

DAY 3

Break fast - Soya smoothie

¼ pack of tofu
½ pint of soya milk
1 large banana
Handful of berries (can use the frozen kind)
1 dessert spoon of flaxseed oil

Put all ingredients in a blender and mix till smooth
This does not sound to appealing when written down but it is very tasty and a good balance of protein, essential fats, carbohydrates and antioxidants.

Mid morning - snack

Lunch - Omelette (without cheese) with vegetables of your choice and salad

Afternoon - snack

Dinner - Turkey bolognaise

Turkey bolognaise:
Olive oil
Turkey mince
1 onion sliced roughly
2 garlic cloves
Mushrooms
1 pepper
Passata / tin chopped tomatoes
!/2 tsp honey
Dash of red wine
Herbs to taste (herbs de provence, basil, parsley, tarragon)
Chopped fresh parsley to garnish

Fry the onion and garlic with a little olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan then add pepper, turkey and mushrooms with the herbs. When cooked add the tomatoes, red wine and honey. Let simmer over a gentle heat for 10 mins or until reduced down.
Serve with fresh parsley over gluten free pasta

DAY 4

Breakfast- Low fat live natural yoghurt with sunflower and pumpkin seed, chopped prunes and a chopped apple

Mid-morning - snack

Lunch - Chicken salad

Chicken salad:
Grilled chicken breast skin removed
Selection of leaves
Fresh basil
Dressing of olive oil, lemon juice and ½ teaspoon of wholegrain mustard

Afternoon - snack

Dinner - Grilled salmon with red pepper sauce

3 whole red peppers
4 salmon steaks
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 onion chopped
1 garlic clove chopped finely
2 tsp. balsamic vinegar
Handful of fresh basil leaves

Pre heat the oven to 200 c/400 f/ gas mark 6
Put the peppers on a baking sheet and roast in the oven for 25 minutes, turning once, until deflated and slightly charred. Leave to cool, then peal off skin and discard with the core and seeds.
Mean while line a grill pan with aluminium foil and drizzle with a bit of olive oil.
Put the salmon on the foil, sprinkle with lemon juice, pepper, and cook under a preheated grill for 10-20 minutes, turning once until tender.
Fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes in a little olive oil. Put into a blender with the pepper flesh, vinegar, basil, and pepper until smooth. Return the mixture to the pan and reheat gently.
Serve the sauce and the salmon steaks with a selection of non-root vegetables.

DAY 5

Breakfast - Oat based muesli with some chopped fruit

Mid-morning - Snack

Lunch – Hummus sandwiches made from rye bread with sliced orange pepper and grated carrot

Afternoon - snack

Dinner - Smoked tofu paella

1 packet of smoked tofu cut into cubes
Olive oil
500g mixed vegetables (such as peppers, baby sweet corn, broccoli, mushrooms)
1 onion chopped
1 large carrot cut into batons
2 garlic cloves crushed
½ mild green chilli
275g Quinoa
1 pint of white wine
1 pint of vegetable stock
150g of tomatoes peeled and chopped
75g pitted black olives sliced
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp. chopped fresh tarragon (or 1 tsp. dried)
1 tbsp. Chopped fresh sage
2 tbsp. Chopped fresh parsley
Black pepper
1 lemon cut into wedges

Fry tofu in a non-stick frying pan with a little olive oil until light brown.
Remove the tofu and leave to one side.
Add the mixed vegetables to the same pan and cook till light brown then remove from pan and leave to one side.
Then cook the carrots and onions to the same pan until gently softened. Add the garlic, chilli, and quinoa. Cook for 1 minute. Add the wine, stock, chopped tomatoes, olives, and bay leaves. Simmer, covered, until the rice is cooked (about 25 minutes). Add more liquid if necessary, during the cooking time. Remove the bay leaves. Add the tofu, vegetables and fresh herbs. Season with black pepper and lemon juice.

DRINKS

• 2 litres of water per day

• Fruit juice mixed with water

• Fruit and herbal teas.

SNACKS

• Fruit especially hard fruit and low fat natural yoghurt
• Crudités with hummus or tomato salsa
• Oat cakes /Rice cakes with nut butter
• Raw seeds including pumpkin and sunflower
• A few raw nuts
• Soaked dried fruit

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