Healthy & Easy 5:2 Diet Recipes for One

Healthy & Easy 5:2 Diet Recipes for One - Quick & Easy Creamy Roasted Pepper, Tomato & Caper Pasta Healthy cooking for one including preparing meals from scratch just for yourself may at first seem like a lot of work and effort. This is especially true when you are dieting, and perhaps even more so the Two-Day 5:2 Diet. How do you scale down a recipe so that it not only meets your low-calorie needs but is also suitable for just one serving? After all on your diet days the last thing you want to be left with, are left-overs to tempt you. 

On the Two-Day 5:2 Diet Plan, the 2 diet days are much easier to stick to when you are able to enjoy healthy, tasty, single-serving diet recipes which are also simple and easy to prepare, and which leave you filling full and satisfied after eating.  In fact, not only is it easy to stick to the 500 calorie limit (600 calories for men) as part of the diet plan, your 5:2 diet meals for one can also be exciting and delicious.

To Breakfast or not of the Two-Day 5:2 Diet?   Creamy Tomatoes on Toast 106 calsIf you think about the word Breakfast, there is a clue that lies within. It’s the meal with which you break-fast. When we wake up in the morning, breakfast can help provide a great foundation for a good day ahead. It can help us be more active during the day and keep us feeling full and much less likely to snack until lunch time. All of that remains the case, even on your two diet days per week. However it is likely that on those days you will want to keep your breakfast to around the 100-calorie mark. Smoothies and fruits naturally lend themselves to quick and easy low calorie solo breakfast options, but with careful choices you can also enjoy a hot breakfast for 1 on your fast day, such as these tasty Creamy Tomatoes on Toast as only 106 calories!
Solo Skinny Lunches Around 200 Calories However, with a little bit of planning, diet-day lunchtime doesn’t need to be about fraught purchases from the nearest shop or fast food outlet. Lunch is a great opportunity to enjoy delicious, fresh, healthy, flavourful ingredients that help keep you filling full and satisfied until dinner. Toasties, wraps, pittas & quesadillas all naturally lend themselves to excellent choices for solo diet lunches, such as this low caloire, low fat Spicy Chicken & Mango Quesadilla with tangy Yogurt Dip. 
Single-Serving Diet Dinners Between 200 & 300 CaloriesIt’s not a good plan to be wandering the oh-so-tempting aisles of the supermarket on your fast diet days, nor to get home after a hard day in the office and be faced with “what should I cook tonight”? Sticking to 500/600 calories on two diet days per week is essential on this diet plan as it’s this which creates the weekly calorie deficit. Single-serving meals can be difficult at any time, but it’s even more so when you want something that is healthy, tasty and filling and only between 200 and 300 calories! Combining delicious foods that are naturally low in fat with healthy cooking techniques and portion control are the key to successful fast-diet days. With these, you will be able to enjoy fresh, flavoursome salads, super single serving vegetarian meals and delicious individual fabulous fish & chicken meals, like the Quick & Easy Creamy Roasted Pepper, Tomato & Caper Pasta pictured at the start of this post.

Still need inspiration?Beginners Guide to the Two-Day 5:2 Diet
Plan & Meals For One CookbookAll this theory is fine, but if you are struggling for inspiration and you like the look of the recipes show-cased here, then one not take a look at my Meals For One Diet Recipe Cookbook which also includes a Beginners Guide to the Two-Day 5:2 Diet Plan. The single serving calorie-counted recipes in this book make it so easy to enjoy delicious, perfectly portioned meals for one, at breakfast, lunch or dinner. You’ll find all the low fat, low calorie 5:2 Diet Plan recipes featured in this post plus over 30 more in Milly White’s Beginners Guide to the Two-Day 5:2 Diet Plan Meals For One Cookbook, which makes solo dining on your fast-day: 

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Simple, Easy & Tasty Low Fat, Low Calorie Diet Meals for OneThis easy-to-use cookbook takes the hard work out of eating healthily on 'Fast' Diet Days. In this book you will find:

Quick & Easy Solo Breakfast Recipes - all under 110 calories Single Serving Tasty Toasties, Wraps, Pittas & Quesadillas - all around 200 caloriesOne Portion Fresh, Flavoursome Salads - all under 300 calories Super Single Serving Vegetarian Meals - all under 300 calories Individual Fabulous Fish & Chicken Meals - all under 300 calories
Packed full of flavourful, natural, healthy ingredients, prepared in advance and ready and waiting for you, these delicious recipes won't leave you feeling hungry or unsatisfied after eating. The Beginners Guide to the Two-Day 5:2 Diet Plan Meals For One Cookbook is available from Amazon here in either paperback or as an ebook.