Scrumptious dishes so good you’ll never feel deprived

THE meal plans outlined today and recipes all this week will ensure your carb intake stays at or below 50g a day.

Our recipes and meal plans work out at 1,500

,000 calories a day, but older, less active, smaller-framed people and women should have smaller portions than younger, fitter, larger-framed males (who can raise the quantities slightly to between ,000 and ,500 calories a day).

You can mix and match any breakfast, lunch and dinner — just use the plan here as inspiration.

DAY ONE

Breakfast: A big bowl of berries (50g) with 3 tbsp natural whole milk or Greek yoghurt, scattered with 1 tbsp coconut flakes and 30g mixed nuts. Lunch: Grilled halloumi salad (see recipe). Dinner: Tomato and prawn ‘pasta’ (see recipe).

DAY TWO

Breakfast: Full English ( eggs, 3 bacon rashers, 1 sausage with a flat mushroom, see recipe). Lunch: 75g smoked salmon strips spread with tsp cream cheese and cucumber slices, then rolled up. Dinner: Creme fraiche and coriander chicken (see recipe).

DAY THREE

Breakfast: Protein pancakes (see recipe). Lunch: Chicken tikka strips in spicy full-fat yoghurt with cucumber wrapped in iceberg lettuce leaves. Dinner: Coconut camembert (see recipe).

DAY FOUR

Breakfast: Egg, salmon and avocado platter (3 eggs, 50g salmon, ½ avocado, 6 cherry tomatoes). Lunch: Greek salad (half a cucumber, 10 cherry tomatoes, halved, 50g feta cheese in chunks with

tbsp olive oil). Dinner: Pork stroganoff (see recipe).

DAY FIVE

Breakfast: Nutty no-carb granola (see recipe on Thursday) with 3 tbsp yoghurt and 50g berries. Lunch: Tuna nicoise salad with beans and anchovies (no potatoes). Dinner: 100g steak with creamy mushroom sauce and a pile of green beans cooked in tsp butter.

SNACKS

Up to two a day, but only if you’re hungry: • 10 olives; • 30g hard cheese; • ½ avocado with balsamic vinegar; • 50g nuts (not peanuts).