Field Doctor meals are created using evidencebased nutrition research
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Lydia Tewkesbury tests out a meal delivery service developed by a nutritionist
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have to be honest up front: I’ve always been kind of snobbish about ready meals. It’s not that I am against laziness – I tend to make a big pot of something at the beginning of the week and fill p my free er with the remains, to be parcelled out over the coming days – I just like to know what’s in st . asically, ’m a control freak – when it comes to salt, fat, nutrition, etc, I like to be in the driver’s seat. As such, I hadn’t really paid much attention to the cohort of healthy ready meals that have flooded the market in the past few years – that is, ntil ath got its own. Field Doctor is an enterprise from Sasha Watkins, a registered dietician with 15 years of nutritional science expertise behind her, and Martin Dewey, an entrepreneur for the last two decades with a real passion for food. Together with head chef Matt Williamson (who has work in a couple Michelin-starred kitchens under his belt), they have produced a range of
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delicious, sustainably made frozen meals with quality ingredients that are underpinned by rigorous nutritional science. In other words, my kind of ready meal. These are so much more than an easy option to bung in the microwave when you can’t be bothered. I felt genuine excitement when they arrived at my door (home delivery is yet another bonus) – and I wasn’t disappointed. I don’t eat meat, so my meals were a range of veggie and vegan, and all were packed with brightly coloured vegetables, f ll of flavo r and perfectly proportioned. I was treated to the rich vegetarian moussaka with puy lentils, red peppers, brazil nuts, bechamel sauce and pecorino cheese with a chewy crust that gave way to a creamy centre; the Malaysian tofu curry with green beans, asparagus, mushrooms and wholewheat
noodles was a light feast of di erent text res and spices; and the Provençal vegetable pasta the ultimate comfort meal of nutty sun-dried tomato pesto and roasted vegetables. Like I said, co-founder Sasha is a nutritionist, and so each meal comes with a breakdown of health benefits, covering everything from immunity (a prime concern just now!) to skin, gut and even brain health benefits. ield Doctor also o ers a selection of certified low OD P options. or anyone else unsure what this means, there is plenty of information on their website, but basically, OD Ps are a group of fermentable carbohydrates which are poorly absorbed in the small intestine and trigger uncomfortable symptoms in people with a sensitive g t or s ering from conditions s ch as S. ield Doctor is act ally the first meal delivery service in the o ering certified low OD P dishes. Ready meals you can feel good about, as well as super healthy, Field Kitchen dinners are an absolute treat.
“The ultimate comfort meal”
Prices: meals for one £5.95-£6.50, meals for two £9.90-10.75, six meal bundles £35.75-£59.40
