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FISHLESS FISH Following a plant-based diet doesn’t mean you have to miss out on fi shy favourites, such as fi sh fi ngers, fi sh cakes and canned tuna. All are now readily available in a fi sh-free form in most supermarkets. Some favourites include Plant Kitchen No Tuna & Sweetcorn Sandwich, £4, M&S; Plant Pioneers Vegan Fishless Fingers, £2.75, 6-pack, Sainsbury’s; and Quorn Vegan Battered Fishless Fillets, £3, 2-pack, Morrisons.

SHED THE POUNDS If you’re on a mission to save money and lose weight, making and taking your lunch to work is a great start. Check out Poundland’s range of budget-buy containers, including a clip lid soup mug and Stack & Lock Lunch Pots. And for getting the balance right for carbs, protein and veg, the Healthy Eating Plate is brilliant. All £1 each.

LET THEM EAT CAKE Even if you’re in fi tness overdrive, you can still eat cake with Fibre One Birthday Cake Squares. They’ve been a big hit on American social media and now you can get them here too. At just 90 cals each, they’re a sweet treat you can eat without guilt. With a moist, fudgy texture and vanilla marshmallow fl avour, each square is higher in fi bre and 30% lower in fat than an average brownie, £2.80, 5-pack, Asda.

PIP & NUT PEANUT BUTTER HAS JUST GOT EVEN BETTER WITH ITS NEW SUPER-ROASTED PEANUT BUTTER WITH EXTRA CRUNCHY PIECES, £2.39, 225G, OCADO.

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packed snack Instead of reaching for the biscuit tin when hunger strikes, tuck into a Peperami Beef Bar. It packs a protein punch, helping you to feel fuller for longer and is just 69 cals, so makes a perfect guilt-free snack to beat the munchies, £2.75, 3-pack, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s.

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Three breakfast boosters

THAT BEFORE!

1GUT-LOVING GRANOLA If your New Year’s resolution is to eat a healthier diet, start with Bio&Me Granola. It contains prebiotic fi bre to keep your gut in tip-top condition, and has no added sugar or salt. There’s four tasty fl avours to try. £3.99, 360g, Waitrose.

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2PORRIDGE WITH BENEFITS Flahavan’s Irish Porridge Oat sachets in 3-Seed & Oat Bran, or Apricot, Raisin & Sunfl ower Seed fl avour will get any day off to a great start, and only take two minutes in the microwave. £2.59, 10x40g sachets, Waitrose.

3VEGAN CHOCOLATE SPREAD Brighten up your morning with Sweet Freedom Chocolate Spread. It’s vegan, palm oil-free and has only 13 cals a teaspoon. Try it spread on toast, stirred into porridge or whizzed into a smoothie. £2, 220g, Iceland.

SAVING YOUR BACON Want your breakfast rashers to be naturally tasty? Choose Naked Bacon , which is made without nitrates (used in the curing process and potentially cancer causing) and nasties, using a mixture of natural fruit and spice extracts instead. Available as smoked and unsmoked back bacon. £3, 200g, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Booths.

VEGAN ON A BUDGET Aldi has a new Plant Menu range, including vegan sausage rolls (99p each), Eat & Go sandwiches and wraps (from £1.79), fresh and frozen ready meals (from £1.75), pizzas with a choice of toppings including BBQ Jackfruit, Spicy Caulifl ower and ‘Bacon’ & Mushroom (£1.75) and Leone Vegan Choc Sticks (£1.49, 3-pack).

BOOZE NEWS

This week’s top tipples include zero alcohol low-cal infusions, a fruity 0% alcohol beer and an easy drinking red wine that goes well with both meat and veggie dishes. ALCOHOL-FREE INFUSION Kolibri Alcohol-Free Infusions let you control the calories (0-40 per bottle) and taste by adding fl avour from the squeezable cap. £3.99, 30cl, Holland & Barrett. FRUITY BOOZEFREE BEER St Peter’s Without Elderberry & Raspberry is a full-bodied beer that is booze-free. £13.99 for 6x500ml bottles, drydrinker.com.

CAWSTON SPARKLING WATERS USE FRUIT NOT FLAVOURINGS AND HAVE NO ADDED SUGAR. £1.19, 250ML, OCADO AND INDEPENDENTS.

£2 OFF TESCO MALBEC Tesco Finest Argentinian Malbec is perfect with a roast or Friday night pizza or pasta dish. £6 a bottle (usually £8) until 14 February.