If you want to follow the Operation Transformation leaders' meal plan, print off this shopping list for your next trip to the supermarket. You can find some tasty OT-approved recipes here.
- 7 February - Chicken & Ginger Curry with Fragrant Rice
- 8 February - Spanish Haddock with Rice
- 9 February - Tuscan Pork Stew
- 10 February - South American Beef with Roasted Potato Cubes
- 11 February - Goat’s Cheese & Beetroot Five Minute Salad
- 12 February - Spaghetti Bolognese
- 13 February - Pork & Carrot StirFry
FRUIT & VEG
- Baby mixed leaves (such as watercress, rocket & spinach – 100g)
- Baby new potatoes (300g)
- Beetroots (whole cooked from vac-pack or baby fine to use too – 100g)
- Carrots (6)
- Cherry tomatoes (15)
- Green peppers (2)
- Cucumber (½)
- Floury potatoes (such as Roosters or Maris Piper – 300g)
- Fresh chives (15g)
- Fresh coriander (15g)
- Fresh dill (15g)
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves (optional – 20g)
- Fresh root ginger (or you can use 2 tbsp easy ginger from a jar – 25g)
- Garlic (cloves – 8)
- Mushrooms (chestnut or ordinary – 150g)
- Onions (5)
- Red chillies (optional – 1 + 1 or use chilli powder 5g)
- Red onion (small – 1)
- Red peppers (5)
- Scallions (2)
- Tomato (vine-ripened – 1)
- Turnip (1/2 small - 150g)
- Yellow peppers (3)
FRESH PRODUCE
- Buttermilk (if making ranch dressing - 75ml)
- Chicken fillets (skinless – 2)
- Goat’s cheese (100g)
- Haddock fillets (skinned and boned – 2 x 150g)
- Lean steak mince (200g)
- Light cream cheese (such as Philadelphia – 20g)
- Pork loin chops (2)
- Pork tenderloin (200g)
- Salsa (readymade from a carton or jar – 200g)
- Sirloin or fillet steak (250g)
DRIED GOODS
- Apple cider vinegar (if making ranch dressing - 15g)
- Balsamic vinegar (15g)
- Black mustard seeds (optional - 5g)
- Chicken stock cube (reduced salt – 1)
- Chopped tomatoes (tin – 2 x 400g)
- Coriander seeds (5g)
- Cumin seeds (5g)
- Dried basil (2.5g)
- Dried cumin (2.5g)
- Dried mixed herbs (or use one such as thyme or rosemary – 5g)
- Dried oregano (5g)
- Dried parsley (2.5g)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Ground cumin (7.5g)
- Mayonnaise (if making ranch dressing - 30g)
- Mild or medium curry paste (the amount you use depends on how much spice you like - 15-30g)
- Olive oil (40g)
- Orange marmalade (15g)
- Ranch dressing (shop-bought 10g or make your own)
- Rapeseed oil (30g)
- Sea salt (optional – if using)
- Soy sauce (reduced sodium – 90g)
- Tomato puree (30g)
- Wholewheat spaghetti (100g)
- Wholegrain rice (240g + 125g or use readymade from a pouch)
- Worcestershire sauce (7.5g)
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