Would you like to eat the same meals as your favourite player?

 Or how about convincing the kids to eat the food Carlos Tevez and David Silva enjoy - while ensuring they drop the junk food to follow in the footsteps of their hero?

Well, now you can, thanks to our talented chefs at Carrington sharing some of their closely guarded secrets in our exclusive Eat Like a Player series. There are new recipes every moth in ManC - the official magazine of MCFC - but here's another to be getting on with in the meantime.

Baked Salmon with warm Nicoise salad

Ingredients: (serves four)

4 x 6oz fillets of skinless salmon
100g cooked new potatoes
75g black olives
Sunblushed or cherry tomatoes
Green beans

Dressing:

Zest of one lemon
25 fluid oz
Teaspoon of grain mustard
Salt
Pepper

Method:

• Place the salmon on a roasting tray and season it. Bake for 10-15 mins at gas mark 6
• Combine diced new potatoes, black olives, sunblushed tomatoes, green beans with dressing, and warm gently (microwave for one minute is fine)
• Lay a salad base, and placing the cooked fish on top

Why we cook this dish: 

Low fat – needs no explanation!
High protein – vital for healthy diet
Carbohydrates – for slow-releasing energy

Favourite meal of: Joe Hart and Shaun Wright-Phillips