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The Anti-anxiety Diet

by Sue Gilbert
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Lunch
Option 1
  • Wholewheat pitta pizza topped with low-fat cheese, tomato sauce and fresh-sliced veggies
  • Fresh orange sections
  • Sparkling water with lime

    Option 2

  • Pitta pocket sandwich filled with turkey, tomatoes, lettuce and sprouts
  • Fruit salad with banana, pineapple and oranges
  • Skimmed milk

    Option 3

  • Three bean salad on greens
  • Wholewheat tortilla
  • Camomile tea

    Dinner
    Option 1

  • Quick turkey tetrazzini (recipe below) with mixed green salad and a pot of peppermint tea

    Turkey tetrazzini

    Ingredients:
    300g tin of cream of mushroom soup
    115ml water
    75g grated Parmesan cheese
    225g spaghetti, cooked
    340g diced cooked turkey
    2tbsp fresh parsley chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried 2tbsp pimento, chopped

    Directions:
    1. Combine soup, water and cheese in a saucepan and heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
    Br>2. Stir in remaining ingredients and heat through. Serves 4.

    Option 2

  • Pork tenderloin roast
  • butternut squash with butter and brown sugar
  • Spring water with lemon
  • Banana bread pudding (recipe below)

    Banana bread pudding
    1 litre low-fat vanilla soya milk (about 4 cups)
    200g brown sugar
    2tbsp egg white (from 1 egg)
    4 ripe bananas, pureed or mashed
    150g cup raisins
    700g wholewheat bread
    2tsp ground cinnamon

    Directions:
    1. Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3. In a saucepan, heat the soya milk over medium heat, but do not boil.
    2. Add the sugar and egg whites, and stir. Add the bananas and raisins and stir. Remove from the heat.
    3. Cube the bread and place in a mixing bowl. Pour the soya milk mixture over the bread. Place the mixture in a non-stick loaf pan. Sprinkle with the cinnamon.
    4. Bake for 50 minutes. Serve warm. Store in your refrigerator for up to three days in an airtight container.

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