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100g hummus, 4 boiled eggs, 2 large handfuls salad leaves, 1 small cucumber, 1 handful cherry tomatoes. Dress salad with 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 tsp balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Mix a tin of tuna with 3 tbsp mayonnaise. Add to a wholegrain tortilla wrap and top with grated cheddar, a handful of spinach and a sliced red pepper.

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1 diced carrot, 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves. Fry for two minutes. Add 400g tin chopped tomatoes, 400g tin cannellini beans, 250ml vegetable stock and cook for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat, add 300ml single cream. Season and blend.

Mix 100g cooked wholegrain fusilli pasta with 60g chopped sundried tomatoes, 240g tinned tuna, salmon or mackerel, 1 red pepper, finely diced, 4 large handfuls baby spinach leaves, 1 handful fresh basil, 1 tsp red wine vinegar, lemon, juiced and 60g feta.