If you want to follow the Operation Transformation leaders' meal plan, simply bring this shopping list on your next trip to the supermarket, and get ready to make some tasty dinner dishes.

You can find more tasty OT-approved recipes here.

Thursday 27th January - Peanut Butter Chicken Curry

Friday 28th January - Basil Pesto Salmon Bake

Saturday 29th January - Chicken & Chorizo Pasta

Sunday 30th January - Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

Monday 31st January - Rachel Balfe's Veggie Bolognese

Tuesday 1st February - Mississippi Style Jambalaya

Wednesday 2nd February - Coronation Chicken

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

  • Bay leaves (2)
  • Broccoli (1000g - 2 large & 1 small head)
  • Butternut squash (150g piece - you need 100g)
  • Carrots (2)
  • Celery stick (1)
  • Cherry tomatoes (200g)
  • Courgettes (2)
  • Garlic cloves (8)
  • Flat-leaf parsley (10g)
  • Ginger root (2.5cm)
  • Green pepper (1)
  • Lemon (½)
  • Lemongrass stalk (1)
  • Lime 1
  • Onions (1 + 3 small)
  • Potatoes (250g + 2 x 125g)
  • Red chillies (2 mild - optional)
  • Red peppers (2)
  • Rosemary (2 sprigs)
  • Scallions (4)
  • Shallot (1)
  • Yellow peppers (2)

FRESH & FROZEN PRODUCE

  • Butter (10g)
  • Chicken fillets (5 - skinless and boneless)
  • Chorizo (60g – uncooked)
  • Cooked chicken (240g - shop-bought or use leftovers)
  • Cooked salmon fillets (2 x 120g)
  • Greek style yoghurt (30g - 3% fat)
  • Light cream cheese (30g)
  • Low fat milk (15g - 1.5% fat)
  • Raw wild Atlantic or tiger prawns (100g - thawed if frozen)
  • Topside of beef (250g piece)

DRIED GOODS

  • Basil pesto (15g)
  • Beef stock cube (¼ - reduced sodium)
  • Cajun seasoning (15g)
  • Chicken stock cube (¾ – reduced sodium)
  • Chopped tomatoes (4 x 400g tins)
  • Curry paste (15g)
  • Dried apricots (50g ready-to-eat)
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Ground coriander (5g)
  • Ground cumin (10g)
  • Ground ginger (1.25)
  • Ground turmeric (5g)
  • Hot sauce (10g such as Tabasco)
  • Light coconut milk (200g tin or use ½ 400g tin)
  • Light mayonnaise (45g)
  • Panko breadcrumbs (10g)
  • Paprika 2.5
  • Peanut butter (22.5g – no added sugar or salt)
  • Plain flour (5g)
  • Rapeseed oil (60g)
  • Red lentils (150g)
  • Reduced sodium soy sauce (15g)
  • Salt (optional)
  • Sun-dried tomatoes (60g - well drained)
  • Tomato puree (2.5g)
  • Vegetable stock cube (½ - reduced sodium)
  • Wholegrain rice (180g)
  • Wholewheat penne pasta (160g)
  • Worcestershire sauce (5g)