The red carpet diet - week three

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Day 1
Breakfast
Jennifer Aniston loves bagels, so, for breakfast split and toast a bagel and top with 2 tsp high-fruit jam and cottage cheese, extra-light cream cheese or natural yoghurt.

Snack
Fruit juice or smoothie.

Lunch
Supermarket salad bowl with wholegrain or granary roll. Follow Martine McCutcheon's advice and look for a salad with plenty of poultry, fish or white meat.

Dinner
Goulash
Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a non-stick pan. Brown around 150g steak pieces, turning over to seal on all sides. Once browned, remove from the pan. Put 4 level tbsp brown rice on to boil, which will take about 40 minutes. Add a small sliced onion to the meat pan along with 2 crushed cloves of garlic and allow to soften. Add 1 tsp paprika, a small tin of tomatoes and the meat and stir well. Season with freshly ground black pepper and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary. Cut a pepper into strips, add to the goulash and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Serve half the goulash with half the rice (store the rest in the freezer or refrigerate until tomorrow night), topped with 1 tbsp natural yoghurt if you wish.

Day 2
Breakfast
A small bowl of Special K with 2 tbsp All-Bran, skimmed milk and a handful of dried fruit.

Lunch
Mix together 1 tsp mustard and 1 tsp reduced-fat mayo. Spread on two slices of wholegrain bread and fill with two slices of honey-roast ham and a sliced tomato. Fruit portion.

Snack
Müllerice.

Dinner
Five-Minute Fish from Tesco – take Gwyneth's advice and go for swordfish, tuna or salmon.

Day 3
Breakfast
Skinny latte with wholegrain toast or a wholegrain muffin. Singer Dido swears by the slow energy release of wholegrain carbs to keep her going all day.

Lunch
Mix a small can of tuna in brine (drained) with 1 tsp natural yoghurt. Use to fill a wholemeal pitta pocket along with 2 tbsp mixed beans, diced cucumber, tomato, spring onion and salad.

Snack
Bag of Rispinos or Snack-a-Jacks.

Dinner
Ravioli with ratatouille
Boil two handfuls of fresh pasta, such as spinach and cheese ravioli, in plenty of water as directed on the packet, omitting any added fat or salt. Meanwhile, heat half a can of ratatouille. Once the pasta is cooked and drained, stir in the ratatouille. Top with 1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese.

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