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Slimming World recipes

With more than 50 years of experience and an approach supported by science, Slimming World knows all about weight loss. Fill up on these hearty dishes and you could lose up to 7lbs in two weeks*… so what are you waiting for?

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HOW IT WORKS

1 Follow the menu (right) –

it’s Extra Easy! You can start on any day you choose, swap days around if there’s a meal you really fancy or repeat days if there’s something you particular­ly enjoy! You’ll find more ideas at slimmingwo­rld.co.uk 2 Foods printed in bold are

‘Free Food’, which you can enjoy freely to satisfy your appetite without needing to weigh, measure or count at all. Base meals around Free Food, like lean meat, fish, meat substitute­s including tofu and Quorn, pasta, rice, potatoes, eggs, pulses, fat-free dairy, fruit,

vegetables and more. If you feel hungry between meals, snack on these foods. For the best weight loss, reach for fruit or vegetables first.

As well as Free Food, stock

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your store cupboard with fat-free dressings, herbs, low-calorie cooking spray, oil-free tomato purée, seasoning, soy sauce, spices and stock cubes, most of which can be used freely to flavour meals.

To help support an overall

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healthy balanced diet, Slimming World encourages you to enjoy measured amounts of foods that provide calcium, like milk and cheese (two portions per day), and those providing fibre, other essential minerals and healthy oils, such as wholemeal bread, highfibre cereals, crispbread­s, nuts and seeds (one portion per day). These can be enjoyed as part of your meals and where we’ve included them as such in this plan, we’ve given specific measuremen­ts. Alternativ­ely, you may choose to use them in hot drinks, or on their own as a snack. Where you’re enjoying them separately:

Choose 350ml skimmed milk, l 250ml semi-skimmed milk or 400ml plain and unsweetene­d soya milk with added calcium, or you can opt for 30g full-fat hard cheese or 40g reduced-fat hard cheese. Other varieties are available too, you’ll find out more when you join.

Enjoy two slices of wholemeal l bread (from a small 400g loaf), a 60g wholemeal roll or pitta, 60g brown, high-fibre white or multi-seed, glutenfree bread/roll, 40g plain porridge oats or 45g bran flakes, or 20g whole/ground almonds or 15g whole/ plain cashew nuts.

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Enjoy up to two snacks from the list provided every day.

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