NUTRITION

Hitting a nutritional low point with your daily high-street meal deal? Instead, try these super-quick and nutritious lunch recipes from Kate Percy

Are you a lunchbox ninja or are you hooked on your regular meal deal? With a little prior planning, it’s easy to boost your lunch hour with more nutrients and flavour. Try these four easy-toprep meals and get ready for some serious work-colleague envy! Firstly, something to cheer up those dank autumn workdays. This warm and spicy Red lentil, spinach and coconut soup is packed with goodness, including sustaining, nutrient-rich carbs, protein and fibre. It’s an excellent source of vitamins and minerals too. Great if you’re planning a training session after work. Fresh ginger is also

good to use in your training diet as it works as an anti-inflammatory on your muscles.

For warmer days, you’ll love this Go Faster Buddha bowl. And it will do wonders for your Instagram page too! The aim of a Buddha bowl is to provide a balance of carbohydrate, protein and healthy fats … in a bowl! In this case we have deliciously earthy red rice, chickpeas, and a rainbow of vegetables, including avocado for a boost of healthy fats.

For those who like a lunchtime protein boost, take this Thai salmon protein pot into work with you. Loaded with great quality protein, healthy fats and antioxidants, this salad provides excellent anti-inflammatory properties to help your muscles recover post exercise. We love it stored in a kilner jar; it keeps the salad beautifully fresh (and it looks more appetising than a Tupperware box).

The final recipe this month, Spirali Greek salad is definitely my ‘go-to’ lunch-on-the-run. A great source of sustaining carbohydrate to bolster the training diet, it’s simple, light, refreshing and quick to prepare. Nutritionist Nu and keen amateur athlete at Kate Percy set up the #GoFaster # campaign in 2009, 2 and now has a website w (gofasterfood.com), several books and a new range of Go Bites – allnatural energy balls.