Want a body like Elle?
Want a body like Elle? Who doesn’t! James Duigan is the man behind Elle Macpherson’s amazing body and his book, The Clean and Lean Diet, is one of our faves. Try this protein-rich, flavour-packed dish to power up your week.
Salmon with ginger and lime
Salmon en Papillote with Ginger & Lime
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 5cm piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 red chilli, finely sliced
- 4 salmon fillets
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 lime, thinly sliced
- 4 sheets of baking paper, each large enough to fold
over the salmon and form a parcel
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2 Mix the ginger, garlic, spring onions and chilli together
in a bowl.
3 Place each piece of salmon in the centre of a sheet of
baking paper, and top with a quarter of the ginger mixture.
Sprinkle each fillet with lime juice and then top with a
few slices of lime.
4 Fold the paper over each fillet and tuck the edges in to
form a parcel.
5 Place the parcels on a baking tray and bake for around
12 minutes.
Top tip
Serve with a pile of fresh, green stir-fried vegetables – packed
with vitamins that help to replenish a stressed body.
Lemon and Chilli Broccoli
Serves 2 as a side
The fresh flavours of lemon and chilli combine with superfood broccoli to create a vitamin-filled alternative to carb-heavy side dishes.
Ingredients
- 1tsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, sliced
- 200g blanched broccoli
- Zest and juice of ½ lemon
- 1 red chili, finely sliced
- A handful of sunflower seeds
- A handful of pumpkin seeds
- 1tbsp chia seeds
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook the garlic until softened. Add the broccoli, lemon zest and juice and heat through. Stir in the chilli and seeds and season to taste.
Clean and Lean Diet by James Duigan with Maria Lally, published by Kyle Books. Photographer: Sebastian Roos and Charlie Richards.