Healthy lunches

Eating out can be hard when on a healthy eating plan, we suffer especially as ours is a low carb, high veg and fish program and most restaurants like to lay on the greasy, fatty, starchy and sugary. Xuan normally cooks enough food at dinner time for lunchboxes the next day, but occasionally we are out or don't cook (or I eat it all at dinner time! NOM NOM NOM XX). So, here are some lunchtime gems we have picked up so far in the time we have been going at this:

Picante: Mexican lunch

Mexican food is a favorite of mine, but wait I hear you shouting it’s all fried stuff with rice, cheese and bread! Well it doesn't have to be if you go in and order a box rather than a burrito. Then promptly ignore all offers of rice and cheese (along with sour cream and other sauces) load up on beans, shredded chicken, tonnes of salad and awesome homemade guacamole. It’s a pretty healthy way to get a decent meal for lunch. At about £5.80 (£1 extra for guacamole but totally worth it) it’s a great deal and definitely leaves you full. On top of this it is a family run business that hasn't sold out to the man. Check out this awesome burrito box:

Find them here: PICANTE 

Leon: Boss salads

Salads are mostly boring as hell (I agree…boo boring salads! XX) but every once in a while you find a few killer ones. Leon delivers the salads that leave you satisfied and food envy free. There is one around the corner from my office in Blackfriars so I have been stopping off a few times already! I'm a big fan of the sustainable mackerel salad, full of healthy fish oils. Find their menu here: LEON

More of these will appear as I grow ever hungrier!!

Mark