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Pasta, ham and beetroot - Is this a good lunch?


For my work lunch each day I have about 40g pasta twist (tri coloured) 1 tablespoon of light mayo and either a very small amount of grated cheese properly about 2 tablespoon grated,or 1 piece of ham chopped up and 2 small cooked beetroot, is this a good [:)] or bad lunch [:(] I enjoy it and it fills me up , sometimes I follow with a mullerlight layer but other times wait till I get home. if bad how can I change it for the good and still enjoy it, by the way I hate fish so please don't say tuna [lol]

A.

Our expert says...

This sounds like a ?good lunch? to me, as there?s slow-releasing carbohydrates, calcium, and a vegetable portion. To improve it you could make sure to use whole-wheat pasta (perhaps you already do?) or at least go half and half with the "white" type if you find that rather too hard going. This meal is a bit low on protein, so make sure you eat some meat or poultry at some other time of day. The only other thing I?d say is that it's good to shake it up with a bit of variety. Beetroot is good for you, but it would be good to have other vegetables and fruits so you are always getting a variety of tastes, textures and nutrients.

Finally, if you hate fish so much, you should consider getting valuable omega-3 fats from fortified sources, like Columbus eggs and Advance milk.

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