Beetroot, Carrot & Cottage Cheese Salad {5:2 Diet Recipe}

Last week I started doing the 5:2 diet, a way of eating whereby you fast for 2 days of the week and eat normally for the rest. On fast days you can consume around 500 calories, which isn't a lot if you only eat cakes and biscuits, but with a little bit of imagination you can create meals with very few calories. I'm still learning but there are lots of bloggers sharing recipes at the moment, as well as books you can buy for inspiration.

I created this salad for lunch on a fast day, but I would be more than happy eating it on a regular day too as it was really filling, yet only 177 calories. As it's got the 3 ingredients in from the March Swallow's Recipe for Life challenge (beetroot, carrot and cheese) I have entered it there. You can read more about the challenge here.

 

Beetroot,Carrot & Cottage Cheese Salad {5:2 Diet Recipe}- serves 1

1 carrot, grated - 92g / 32cals

Rocket - 20g / 5 cals

half a small red onion, sliced - 25g / 10 cals

few slices of red chilli (optional) - 5g / 2 cals

Juice & zest of half a lemon - 27g / 6 cals

1 small orange, peeled & sliced - 58g / 24 cals

Cooked beetroot, sliced - 60g / 23 cals

Low fat cottage cheese - 100g / 75 cals

• Toss the carrot, rocket, chilli, and orange in the lemon juice and zest and arrange on a plate
• Add the beetroot slices and cottage cheese

this has been entered into the Rix November challenge