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Losing 5 pounds in a week is not that tough. The target is quite achievable provided one takes it up with the right determination and commitment. What one needs to take up is the right combination of diet & exercises. Here are few diet options and recipes that would help you lose 5 pounds in a week.

Lose 5 pounds in a week; Recipe 1

Salad With Oil Free Dressing

Ingredients:

· Powdered fruit pectin - 1 table spoon

· Dried herb (oregano, thyme, basil, dill weed, tarragon or savory) - 1/4 tea spoon

· Artificial sweetener - around 2 tea spoons sugar

· Ground mustard - 1/8 tea spoon

· Salt - 1/8 tea spoon

· Pepper - 1/8 teaspoon

· Water - 1/4 cup

· Vinegar - 2 tea spoons

· Garlic - 1 clove (minced)

· Salad greens

· Cucumbers

· Tomatoes

· Carrots

· Vegetables of your choice

Method:

· Mix pectin, dried herb, salt, sweetener, mustard & pepper in a small bowl.

· Stir these in water, garlic & vinegar.

· Chill it.

· Serve this over the greens & vegetables.

Lose 5 pounds in a week; Recipe 2

Apple Berry Fruit Leather

Ingredients:

· Apples - 3 Cups (Cored & Chopped)

· Raspberries - 1 Cup

· Orange Juice Concentrate - 2 Table Spoons (Frozen)

· Honey - 2 Table Spoons

· Cinnamon - 1 Tea Spoon

· Fresh Lemon Juice - 1 Tea Spoon

Method:

· Pre heat the oven to 140º F.

· Blend the 1 cup of apples, the raspberries & the orange juice concentrate until they become smooth.

· Add the remaining apples and blend it again until smooth.

· Pour the apple mixture in the medium sized bowl.

· Stir it in honey, lemon juice and cinnamon.

· Line the baking sheet with the plastic wrap & tape the edges. Make sure that you do not use the wax paper or the aluminum foil as the fruits get stuck to them.

· Pour the apple mixture on a plastic lined baking sheet. Spread it with a rubber spatula until it becomes almost 1/8 inch thick.

· Leave around 1/2 inch open space from the edge of the pan and allow the fruit to expand while drying.
· Bake this in oven for around 4 to 6 hours.

· When it is no sticky, remove it from the oven.

· Now roll the fruit away from the plastic wrap.

· Cut this into pieces of around 2 inches.

· Store the pieces in an air tight container.