Dairy-free lunch recipes
Leaving the cream out of your soup and butter off your bread may be challenging at first, but going dairy-free at midday may help digestion and beat the bloat.
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Pasta salad with tuna, capers & balsamic dressing
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Update tuna pasta salad by skipping the mayo and adding balsamic vinegar, olive oil, colourful tomatoes and celery
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Moroccan turkey salad
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- Ready in 35 mins
Use up abundant roast meat in a healthy salad with aubergine, tomatoes, pomegranate and mint
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Prawn & pink grapefruit noodle salad
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Take a healthy Vietnamese approach to salads by using cold vermicelli noodles with a sweet dressing, shellfish, coriander and mint
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Bulghar wheat, date & clementine salad
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A meat-free, dairy-free Middle Eastern-style mix of citrus, healthy grains and nutritional pulses - great for lunchboxes
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Crunchy prawn & noodle salad
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A vibrant Vietnamese-style seafood salad with coriander, carrots and spring onions
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Spanish seafood pasta
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Italy and Spain collide in this paella-like dish of orzo pasta with chorizo, peas and your seafood of choice
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Miso prawn skewers with veggie rice salad
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For a new way with prawns, marinade in soya, serve as kebabs and team with healthy basmati
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Prawn, pomegranate & grapefruit salad
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Bypass bread croutons and a heavy cream dressing and instead serve up a crispy, fruity salad with shellfish
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Warm cauliflower salad
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- Ready in 50 mins
Cauliflower is often overlooked, but try it roasted in this winter salad for a plateful of crunchy goodness
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Barbecued fennel with black olive dressing
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Slice fennel and chargrill it as the base to a salad dressed with Kalamata olives, parsley, basil and garlic
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Five-a-day tagine
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Get your day's vegetable quota all in one go. Great for feeding a group, or freeze portions
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Vietnamese prawn salad
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Inspired by the Vietnamese dish, Bun xao, this fresh-tasting salad has very little fat but is so satisfying
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Watermelon, prawn & avocado salad
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Too hot to cook? This superhealthy salad makes a refreshing light lunch or starter
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Curried squash, lentil & coconut soup
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Flavour up butternut squash with Indian spices for this warming and healthy vegetarian soup
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Jewelled couscous
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Serve your grain with cucumber, apricot, peppers, olives and tomatoes then drizzle with lemon-infused oil for a mellow finish
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Mediterranean potato salad
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Swap a mayonnaise base for cherry tomatoes, olives, roasted red peppers and fresh Italian herbs in this low-fat salad
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Herby celery & bulghar salad
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- Ready in 30 mins
This speedy salad will keep in the fridge for a few days - a great healthy lunch or snack to have on hand
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Squash, orange & barley salad
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This full-of-flavour autumnal salad has a zesty kick and is best eaten straight away
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Squash & barley salad with balsamic vinaigrette
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A flavour-packed, unusual salad that's delicious warm or cold - works really well as part of a buffet
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Spiced vegetable pilaf
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Get four of your five-a-day in one colourful bowl. Vary the veg according to what's in season
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Miso steak
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Steak doesn't have to be a heavy meal - give it a Japanese-style marinade for a low-fat supper
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Mixed bean & wild rice salad
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Reach into your storecupboard for pulses and sweetcorn to form the base for this simple side with hot, sweet dressing
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Spiced cauliflower with chickpeas, herbs & pine nuts
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Roast cauliflower with cumin and caraway then serve with healthy chickpeas and herbs in this Middle Eastern-style salad
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Cherry tomato, thyme & bacon flan
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A filling and savoury dish especially suited to those on a dairy-free diet
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Spiced carrot & lentil soup
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A delicious, spicy blend, packed full of iron and low fat to boot. It's ready in under half an hour or can be made in a slow cooker
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Pasta with pine nuts, broccoli, sardines & fennel
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A typically Sicilian flavour combination - sweet raisins, spicy olive oil, crunchy pine nuts and salty fish
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Moroccan mushrooms with couscous
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This filling Moroccan meal is packed full of vitamins and vegetables
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Chunky minestrone soup
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The perfect solution to a cold night in? A warming bowl of this home-made chunky soup.
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Italian sausage & pasta pot
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This soup is hearty and packed with flavour making a simple yet satisfying freezable favourite
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Devilled tofu kebabs
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A low fat vegetarian kebab to bring out the devil in you
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