RECIPES: feed your family with Joe Wicks aka The Body Coach

Joe Wicks

by Closer Online |
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Looking for healthy, yummy family-friendly meals? Then you're going to LOVE these Joe Wicks recipes...

He’s won legions of fans with his philosophy 'eat more, exercise less', and even more new followers with his live PE lessons, but did you know he also does cookbooks?

Packed with recipes for healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners, to more indulgent desserts, Cooking for Family and Friends: 100 Lean Recipes to Enjoy Together has an array of sumptuous meals from warming curries and sticky ribs, to heaps of ideas for summer barbecues and dinner parties.

Joe says: "I’m super excited that this book encourages people to socialise with their loved ones whilst staying lean.

"The questions I get asked most often by my followers is: 'How can I stay lean and still go out, go to a party, hang out with friends?' So I’ve developed over 100 recipes that prove you can eat delicious food, impress your mates and stay lean at the same time".

Sounds good, right? Well here are three of our favourite lean Joe Wicks recipes...

Joe Wicks' lamb madras curry

Joe Wicks
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Joe says: "There’s nothing better than a night in with good friends and a home-cooked curry. This one is really easy to make and lamb makes a nice change from the usual chicken."

Ingredients:

    Method

      MAKE IT VEGGIE Replace the lamb with Quorn pieces, sweet potato chunks or butternut squash. And use vegetable stock rather than chicken.

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      Joe Wicks' chicken, chorizo and cauliflower tray bake

      Joe Wicks
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      Joe says: "This is one of those meals that is well worth the wait. It tastes incredible and everything gets thrown in the same tray."

      Ingredients:

        Method

          MAKE IT VEGGIE Replace the chicken breasts with Quorn fillets and add a vegetable of your choice instead of the chorizo.

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          Joe Wicks' chicken and leek gnocchi bake

          Joe Wicks
          Closer Magazine ©Closer Magazine

          Joe says: "Gnocchi is becoming my new favourite carb source. I can’t work out if it’s a potato or a pasta but I don’t care because it tastes so good. The kids and adults will all enjoy this one."

          Ingredients:

            METHOD

              MAKE IT VEGGIE Replace the chicken with gnocchi

              This article first appeared on Closer on 14 July 2017.

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