Review: Jane Plan

I’ve been meaning to try out a gluten-free diet for a few months now, but always struggled to stick to it for more than a day or two.

Thankfully, the lovely ladies at Jane Plan let me try out a taster pack of meals which finally made me successfully eliminate gluten from my life for several days in order to determine whether it’s a friend or foe to my stomach.

While Jane Plan is mainly a great choice for those who wanted help with weight loss, I really think it’s a good option for people who need to try a vegetarian or gluten-free diet and don’t know where to start.

Due to some my never-ending technical bad luck, I lost the lovely pictures I took of some of the meals but these snaps from the site are definitely a good reflection of what the food looks like.

However, the pouches just come with the meat and sauce so you need to buy and cook the rice, vegetables, side salad, and such like to go with it.

You are free to spruce up the meal anyway you like (that’s healthy and following the plan, of course) and I really enjoyed that because it still felt like I had the freedom to eat things I might be craving on the day.

You aren’t forced to stick to a limiting diet but are encouraged to try new things and giving lots of tips and advice with your package and on the site.

The salads can be munched straight from the pack and all the pouch meals can be warmed up in the microwave or on the hob. Perfect to have at home or work which is exactly what I needed!

So here is what my week on Jane Plan was like:

Monday:

Breakfast – Muesli (with yoghurt), fruit and green tea as a mid-morning snack

Lunch – Tomato and basil soup (with gluten-free oatcakes), spicy ginger cookie

Dinner – Pork meatballs in tomato and basil sauce (with quinoa and salad)

Tuesday:

Breakfast – Porridge (with honey), fruit, naked bar and green tea as a mid-morning snack

Lunch – Curried sweet potato butternut soup (with gluten-free oatcakes), choc chip cookie

Dinner – Slow cooked lamb with market vegetables (with potatoes and salad)

Wednesday: 

Breakfast – Porridge (with honey), fruit, naked bar and green tea as a mid-morning snack

Lunch – Wild salmon and vegetable salad, vanilla crunch cookie

Dinner – Chicken with tomato and mascarpone (with quinoa and salad)

Thursday: 

Breakfast – Muesli (with yoghurt), fruit, naked bar and green tea as a mid-morning snack

Lunch – Pea and Wiltshire Ham soup (with gluten-free oatcakes), Fig & Hazelnut cookie

Dinner – Thai chicken curry with red chillies (with quinoa and vegetables)

Friday:

Breakfast – Porridge (with honey), fruit, naked bar and green tea as a mid-morning snack

Lunch – Tuna mexican salad, luxury chocolate bar

Dinner – Ragu with beef (with quinoa and vegetables) 

Verdict: It totally makes sense to me why the likes of Chantelle Houghton have been singing Jane Plan’s praises lately.

The food is tasty, in normal healthy portions and it will definitely help you with whatever your goal is.

For me, it was great to see how easy it can be to cut out gluten, and how there is no reason why  a gluten-free meal can’t still be yummy.

Find out more about Jane Plan on their official site HERE.

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