What is the 5:2 diet?
The 5:2 diet involves eating normally for five days every week, and limiting yourself to 500 calories (600 calories for men) for two days each week. You can read more about the 5:2 diet here.
Latest meals, snacks and ingredients
Chicken stir fry
A surprisingly filling stir fry dish that can be cooked from scratch in just a few minutes, at just 182 calories.
Stuffed peppers
A delicious, filling meal with chorizo, manchego and breadcrumbs, which still manages to come in at just 253 calories.
Tuna salad
A filling salad that dispenses with mayonnaise and uses Skinny Sauce instead, to keep the calorie count down to just 153 calories.
French onion soup
A can of Baxters, with the addition of half a slice of toast and some grated gruyere cheese – just 223 calories.
Scrambled egg with tomato
We’ve already seen how the microwave egg boiler can scramble an egg in just 30 seconds. Here’s how to make a tasty breakfast with it.
Pastrami open sandwich
A great light lunch, easy to make and low on calories – just 60 calories per open sandwich.
Microwaved scrambled egg
Who has time to scramble an egg in the morning? The microwave egg boiler produces perfect a scrambled egg in 30 seconds.
Frozen yoghurt
Ice cream is great – but it really plays havoc with your calorie count. Here’s a terrific low calorie alternative at 84 calories.
Light & Free
Sometimes you really need something sweet… but does sweet have to be bad? Not necessarily – these pots of delight are just 59 calories.
Cheesy rice snacks
These little slivers of joy will set your taste buds alight – and you only need a couple of them to keep you going, at under 4 calories each.
Crispy melts
These thin crackers from Good Guys Bakehouse have a subtle cheddar flavour, and weigh in at just 5 calories per cracker.
Skinny sauce
Mayonnaise… just one of the high-calorie foods we have to steer clear of. But there is a substitute at just 1 calorie per serving.
Pickled cucumber
A single slice of pickled cucumber is just 5 calories, and it will add an extra zing to whatever you choose to put on your crackers.
Crackers
Whatever you snack on, you’ll need some substrate to hold the toppings. Here are three crackers to choose from.
Cauliflower rice
Cauliflower rice is, simply, rice that has been ground up and can be used as an alternative to rice – at just 19 calories per 100g.
Tesco chicken casserole
This chicken casserole is small but surprisingly filling, and comes in at just 232 calories.
M&S lamb hotpot
From the Marks & Spencer mini meal range, a small but perfectly formed hotpot weighing in at 214 calories.
Bachelors Minestrone
A filling snack with croutons, great for a mid-afternoon low, at just 53 calories.
M&S Steak casserole
How can a steak casserole, complete with dumpling, be a low calorie meal? By making it very small. Still a filling lunch at just 260 calories.
Itsu chicken noodle soup
This chicken noodle soup is surprisingly filling, at just 285 calories for £5.95.
Le Pain Quotidien
Le Pain Quotidien is a popular restaurant chain. But as the name implies, most of their offerings are bread-based – so how can that fit in with your diet?
Greggs vegan roll
Diet food from Greggs? You must be joking. But yes, it appears that if you shop with care you can find items that fit into your diet day.
KFC fillet salad
Kentucky Fried Chicken on a diet day? Try their chicken fillet salad, at 260 calories.