1.
Flat-Belly French Toast
Serves 1 I Calories 297 I Ready in 30 mins
5g plain flour, pinch cinnamon, pinch brown
sugar, salt, 20ml semi-skimmed milk, 1 egg, ½ tsp vanilla extract, 2 plums, 10g
caster sugar, 30g 0% fat Greek yoghurt
Put the flour, cinnamon, sugar and salt in
a bowl. Beat the milk, egg and vanilla in another. Whisk the milk mix into the
dry mix until smooth. Chop the plums and simmer in a pan with the sugar till
tender. Soak the bread in the batter and fry until golden on each side. Serve
with yoghurt and warm compote. Drool.
Flat-Belly
French Toast
Toast boast: Flavonoids in the plums and
probiotics in calcium help prevent bloating. Yum.
2.
Clear-Skin Mushroom Canape
Serves 1| Calories 480 I Ready in 20 mins
25g butter, 1 clove garlic, chopped. 180g
mushrooms, sliced, pinch salt, a little black pepper, 1 egg, 15ml crème
fraîche. 8g fresh grated Parmesan
Clear-Skin
Mushroom Canape
Heat the oven to 175°C. Melt a little
butter in a pan, add the garlic and fry the mushrooms for five minutes. Season
and leave to cool. Toast the bread. Mix the egg with the creme fraiche and add
the cooled mushrooms. Pile generously on to the toast and sprinkle with
Parmesan. Bake for 12 minutes. Tuck in.
Toast boast: Mushrooms might not be super-
glamorous, but they're rich in riboflavin, vital for keeping skin and hair
glowing. Glow on!
3.
Slimline Eggs Florentine
Serves 1| Calories 452 I Ready in 5 mins
½ red chili, chopped with seeds taken out,
knob of butter, 2 eggs, 30ml single cream, black pepper, 50g baby spinach,
pinch salt, l0g fresh Parmesan
Toast the bread lightly. Fry the chili in
the butter until tender. Now break the eggs into a bowl, add the cream and
pepper to taste. Pour the mix into the chili pan and stir continuously. Add the
spinach and salt. Cook until the spinach has wilted and eggs are soft. Grate
the Parmesan on top. Serve on toast.
Toast boast: A recent study found egg on
toast for breakfast reduced calorie intake for the next 36 hours. Eggs-cellent
news.
4.
Fat-Busting Pesto Piece
Serves 1 | Calories 179 | Ready in 3 mins
125g rocket, 2 cloves garlic, 50g pine
nuts, 50g fresh grated Parmesan,1 lemon, juiced, pinch salt, ground black
pepper, 80m1 olive oil
Fat-Busting
Pesto Piece
Get to it. Grill your toast and place all
other ingredients, except the oil, into a food processor. Blend until smooth,
scrape down the sides of the bowl. With the processor still on slowly add the
oil to the mix until it is evenly distributed. Remove from processor and spread
on toast. Hey, pesto!
Toast boast: Liverpool University found
pine nuts contain two chemicals that help you to feel full, so you'll eat less
the rest of the day.
5.
Feel-Happy Honey Banana Toast
Serves 11 Calories 207 I Ready in 5mins
Sprinkling of sunflower seeds, 20g low-fat
soft cheese, 5g runny honey, '/2 large banana
The trick here is not to eat the topping
before it reaches the toast. Preheat the oven to 180°C and pop the sourdough in
the toaster. Bake the sunflower seeds for four to five minutes until golden.
Mix the cheese with the honey and crushed banana and spread on the toast.
Scatter on the seeds.
Toast boast: Sunflower seeds contain
linoleic acid, which balances hormone levels, while bananas have potassium and
magnesium, which help you relax. You'll sleep like a baby.
6.
Fat-Burning Apple Slice
Serves 1| Calories 148 | Ready in 3mins
30g light cream cheese, ½ apple, quartered,
pinch ground cinnamon, 10g agave syrup,
Fat-Burning
Apple Slice
Ready. Steady. Cook. Lightly toast your
slice of sourdough first, then spread the cream cheese on top and place onto a
baking tray. Slice the apple quarters and arrange on top of the cream cheese.
Sprinkle the cinnamon on top of the apple and drizzle the agave syrup over the
top. Place under a preheated grill and cook till golden.
Toast boast: Cinnamon is a spice with sweet
effects. Studies show it will boost metabolism and keep you fuller for longer.
Eat up!
7.
Detox Steak Sarnie
Serves 1 I Calories 357 I Ready in 5 mins
Black pepper, salt, 100g steak, olive oil,1
clove garlic, crushed, 80g tinned artichokes, 20g fresh grated Parmesan, 2
sprigs flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Heat a grill pan. Season the steaks. Grill
for three minutes a side and rest. Brush both sides of the bread with olive oil
and garlic and then griddle both sides. Chop the artichokes and combine with
the Parmesan and half the parsley. Spread the artichoke mix on the toast. Slice
the steaks and put on top with the remaining parsley.
Toast boast: "Artichoke leaf improves
the liver's eliminative function," says Amelia Hirota, herbalist clinician
at the Center of Balance. Detox away.
8.
Skinny Salted Choc Bread
Serves 1| Calories 183 | Ready in 15 mins
100g skinned whole hazelnuts, 250g quality
milk chocolate, 1 tbsp demerara sugar, small pinch Maldon sea salt, 1 tbsp
grape seed oil
Skinny
Salted Choc Bread
Prepare for your kitchen to smell better
than Nigella's larder. Roast hazelnuts for 10 minutes. Whizz them into a paste
in a processor with the chocolate, sugar and salt. Slowly drizzle in the grape
seed oil. Grill your toast and put the mix in the fridge to firm up before
spreading. Or grab a spoon and tuck in. We know what we'd do.
Toast boast: People who eat monounsaturated
fats, like those in hazelnuts, lose weight without cutting calories, found the
Mayo Clinic in the US.
9.
Slim-Down Chili Slice
Serves 1| Calories 234 | Ready in 60 mins
4 cloves garlic, 4 red chilies, 12g fresh
ginger, 30ml fish sauce, 500g tomatoes, 300g caster sugar, 100ml red wine
vinegar, 1 slice Swiss cheese
Finely blend the garlic, chilies, ginger
and fish sauce in a processor. Add the tomatoes and pulse. Pour the mix into a
pan and add the sugar and vinegar and boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 45
minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into a jar and allow to cool before
serving on toast, topped with cheese. Naturally.
Toast boast: A study at Lund University in
Sweden says that vinegar helps slow the rate at which your stomach empties. We
say: bonus.
10.
Tone-Up Wasabi Toast
Serves 1| Calories 284 | Ready in 5 mins
Olive oil, 1 tsp wasabi paste, juice of ½
lime,½ tsp honey, ½ large avocado, salt, black pepper, 120g cooked prawns, ½
head of chicory, sprig parsley
Tone-Up
Wasabi Toast
Toast the bread. Whisk the olive oil,
wasabi, lime juice and honey to make a dressing. Peel the avocado, crush in a
bowl and season with salt and pepper. Put the prawns in a bowl and mix with the
dressing and shredded chicory. Spread the avocado on the toast and top with the
prawns. Garnish with parsley. Dig in.
Toast boast: Eat this before a workout.
Prawns are packed with protein and omega-3, which help you build lean muscle.
Bring it on.
