‘A strong coffee delivered with a smile’: An actor’s day on a plate

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor shares the green juice recipe that gets top marks from our dietitian.

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This story is part of the November 17 edition of Sunday Life. See all 14 stories . Jeremy Lindsay Taylor is an actor.

The 51-year-old shares his day on a plate. Credit: Art by Eliza Iredale 6am Rise and shine! Glass of water after giving our Bobby our dog a treat. Then I make a strong coffee for my beautiful wife and me, delivered with a smile! Half hour of stretching and work emails, and then making my daughters’ school lunches.



Then it’s green juice for my wife and me: half a head of broccoli, a big chunk of ginger, a whole-skinned lemon, baby spinach, parsley and water. This has had a positive impact on all my old injuries over the past two years. 10am A homemade muesli cookie after a gym session.

12.30pm After a Zoom writers’ session, I have three eggs on rice cakes with avocado, feta and some chilli sauce. 3pm Afternoon tea of fruit, crackers and dip with my kids.

6.30pm Crumbed chicken with broccoli, oven potatoes, beans, peas and gravy. Dr Joanna McMillan says: Top marks for.

.. Your green juice.

That’s an excellent way to get more vegies into your day. Added to those at dinner, you met your recommended five daily serves – provided your portions were big enough..