Eat like an athlete to stay slim
by Paola Bassanese
Inspired by aerial circus artist Julia who kindly kept a food diary sharing her healthy recipes, here’s some practical and delicious meal plans that will boost your energy and help you stay slim. Julia believes in and follows the traditional German eating philosophy: breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king, dine like a pauper.
Menu 1
Breakfast: 2 slices granary wholemeal w butter and two poached eggs
Snack: 2 small apples, 1 banana, handful chicken breast bites, 1kiwi, 1fig
Lunch: salad with wild rice, carrots, peppers, parsley, chilli dressing, King prawns with chilli and coriander
Dinner: salmon with crushed pepper, steamed broccoli sugarsnaps carrots baby corn with sesame seeds, brown rice and houmous with pomegranate
Menu 2
Breakfast: homemade smoothie with 2 bananas, handful mango, fresh mint, fresh ginger, tsp coconut oil, orange juice
Snack: Avocado smoothie: avocado, handful of spinach, mint, half a lemon, tbl spoon yoghurt, apple juice
Lunch: salad with mixed nuts, mixed beans, broccoli and carrots with quinoa, garlic prawns
Dinner: chicken salad
Menu 3
Breakfast: baked beans, tinned tomatoes, poached egg
Snack: banana milk shake with cinnamon and nut meg
Lunch: mixed sushi/sashimi box
Dinner: grilled pork with wholegrain and camargue red rice with pumpkin and sunflower seeds, red cabbage