The Beginner Banting Meal Plan










(Please note firstly that some of the dishes listed in the meal plan have more than 1 portion - generally 4, so you will be able to freeze portions to sustain you for the weeks to come! and secondly that the shopping list below is for the beginners. Green List banters must omit the orange list goods i.e. sweet potato, butternut and any fruits)



  • 1kg Double Cream Yoghurt
  •  Small pack nuts of your choice
  • Small pack coconut flakes
  • 1 packet mixed seeds
  • Cinnamon
  • Coconut oil
  • Sweetener of your choice (Erythritiol, Xylitol or Stevia)
  • 1 Head Cauliflower
  • 1 Head Broccoli
  • Small pack baking powder
  • 36 eggs
  •  3.5kg beef mince
  • 3 tins tomato paste
  • 3 tins chopped tomatoes
  • Mixed herbs
  • Garlic
  • 1lt cream
  • 1 2lt amasi
  • Nutmeg
  • 3 bags Heba Pap
  • 1 Head Cabbage
  • 1 pack carrots
  • 1 punnet baby corn
  • 1 red cabbage
  • If not making homemade mayo, buy carb smart or martinnaise etc
  • 1 bottle unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar with the "mother"
  • 500g block cheddar
  • 3 punnets mushrooms
  • 1lt milk
  • Some Hake Portions
  • Asparagus (Optional) else get green beans
  • 1 pack Olives
  • 1 gem squash
  • 500g butter
  • Either make your own gherkins - or buy Carmel Dill Gherkins
  • cumin ground
  • paprika
  • ground coriander
  • ground cumin
  • pink or sea salt
  • ground black pepper
  • allspice/pimento ground
  • cloves ground
  • cayenne pepper
  • garlic powder
  • 1 small tub feta
  • 3 packs streaky bacon
  • 1 pack zoodles, or make your own - one punnet baby marrows
  • one punnet baby marrows
  • 3 large butternut
  • 1kg chicken fillets
  • 2 packs robot peppers
  • 1 green chilli
  • Psyllium Husk
  • 1 pack Sesame seeds
  • Onion powder
  • 7 onions
  • turmeric
  • bay leaves
  • 1 large sweet potato
  • 1 small box cocoa powder
  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 1 small bag tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber
  • Spring onion (optional)
  • 80g haddock
  • a few avocados
  • 100g banting friendly sausage (or replace for fried mince)
  • 900g beef strips
  • a few slices salami
  • Lemon Grass (optional)
  • 1 pack celery
  • 1 pack leeks
  • 8 chicken thighs
  • 1 tin coconut milk
  • 700g stewing meat (lamb, beef, chicken etc)
  • 1 pumpkin
  • beginners - 1 small bag apples, 2 very large sweet potato, 1 pack butternut spaghetti
  • Green listers: 1 very large aubergine, 1 extra cauliflower head, 1 extra pack zoodles or make your own.
  • Carb smart Chutney


Monday

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Banting Cottage pie - for beginners replace Cauli Mash with Sweet Potato Mash

Tuesday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Leftover Banting Cottage Pie (Same mantra as above)

Dinner:

Banting Moussaka - Kim Blom - for green listers - replace sweet potato with eggplant

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Leftover Banting Moussaka - Same as above

Dinner:

Banting Beef Stroganoff (Green listers use zoodles, beginners use butternut spaghetti)

Thursday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Leftover Banting Beef Stroganoff (Green listers use zoodles, beginners use butternut spaghetti)

Dinner:

Chicken Pieces coated in Cajun Spice with roasted Vegetables (include butternut for beginners)

Friday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Chicken and Butternut soup (Green Listers replace Butternut for Pumpkin) with a side of Bone Broth Bread

Saturday:

Breakfast:

200ml Double Cream Yoghurt with 3 tbs Granola and a small apple for beginners

Lunch:

Leftover Chicken and Butternut soup (Green Listers replace Butternut for Pumpkin) with a side of Bone Broth Bread

 Supper:

Lamb Stew (can replace lamb with chicken or beef) Served with Cauliflower rice

Sunday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Seed Crackers served with cream cheese
Include a small apple for beginners

Dinner:


After preparing meals for this weeks meal plans - you will be left with 24 portions of meals that you can freeze for the weeks to come.

Monday

Breakfast:

150ml Double Cream Yoghurt with 3 tablespoons Granola

Lunch:

Dinner:

Banting Lasagne - served with a portion of Coleslaw


Tuesday:

Breakfast:

Banting Omelette with fillings of your choice

Lunch:

Leftover Banting Lasagne

Dinner:


Wednesday:

Breakfast:

Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms

Lunch:

Meatballs with leftover Warm Salad

Dinner:

Heba Based Pizza with toppings of your choice

Thursday:

Breakfast:

Leftover Heba Based Pizza

Lunch:

Leftover Meatballs with some steamed Gem Squash and butter

Dinner:

Chicken coated with a Moroccan Spice Rub served with the braai salad

Friday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Dinner:

Banting Bolognese Sauce served on Zoodles

Saturday:

Breakfast:

Fried eggs served with leftover Cheesy Caulibroc Strips

Lunch:

Leftover Banting Bolognese Sauce served on Zoodles

Supper:


Sunday:

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Seed Crackers served with cream cheese and salami

Dinner:

Chicken Curry with Cauliflower rice.

After preparing the meals for this weeks meal plans, you will be left with 12 portions of meals that you can freeze for the weeks to come.


The meal plans with the portions of foods in the recipes above may seem a little excessive, but the idea is to build a stock of ready-meals you can just take out the freezer the night before for lunch the next day or that morning for dinner - so you're prepared for whatever life throws at you.

That's probably one of the hardest things about Banting - not having the real option of LEGAL ready meals - but if you make extra portions like above  - you will never have a problem again!



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