Seven days of breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack, all from our Blue Zones-style recipes: cook them as they are or add them to your Meal Planner with one tap.
The week follows the patterns of the Blue Zones, five regions whose traditional way of eating has been studied closely: plenty of pulses, wholegrains, veg, nuts and olive oil, fish now and then, little processed or red meat.
A way of eating, not a treatment. If you have a health condition, please talk to your doctor.
28 recipes for 7 days · 4 meals a day · 45 min at most, Mon–Fri
Daily average: 1,652 kcal, 74 g protein, 155 g carbs, 79 g fat.
One serving each, without drinks. How much you need is individual: take larger or smaller portions.
1,630 kcal · 78 g protein · 178 g carbs · 62 g fat
1,677 kcal · 84 g protein · 117 g carbs · 96 g fat
1,651 kcal · 60 g protein · 221 g carbs · 51 g fat
1,640 kcal · 78 g protein · 140 g carbs · 89 g fat
1,660 kcal · 73 g protein · 170 g carbs · 71 g fat
1,720 kcal · 94 g protein · 92 g carbs · 107 g fat
1,586 kcal · 51 g protein · 170 g carbs · 74 g fat
Ingredients that several recipes of the week share – buy them once:
With “Add ingredients to list” the week goes into your Meal Planner, then you choose what to buy. Amounts are worked out for the number of people you cook for.
In the Meal Planner you put together a week of your own, with your Shopping List.
Pulses like lentils, beans and chickpeas, wholegrains like oats, lots of veg, nuts, seeds and olive oil, and fish now and then. Processed meat, red meat and ready-made products rarely come up. The recipes are listed above, day by day.
Five regions: Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia, Ikaria in Greece, Nicoya in Costa Rica and Loma Linda in California. Their traditional diets are mostly plant-based, with pulses almost every day and plenty of wholegrains, nuts and olive oil.
It’s our score for this way of eating. It gives points for pulses, wholegrains, veg, fruit, nuts and seeds, olive oil and oily fish, and takes points off for processed meat, red meat, a lot of salt, ready-made products and a lot of added sugar. This week only has dishes that score 7 out of 10 or more and have a key ingredient.
Tap “Add ingredients to list”: the week goes into your Meal Planner, then you choose what to buy. Amounts are worked out for the number of people you cook for. With an account you have your plan and list in the app too.
Yes. Pick another recipe from our Blue Zones-style recipes, for example a soup or a Mediterranean dish. In the Meal Planner you swap a dish with one tap.