Tag Archive | "diet"
Easy Mushroom Salad
An easy salad with lots of sautéed mushrooms, tomato, cucumber and lettuce, tosses in a garlic flavored dressing. Ingredients: 7 ounces or 200 grams button mushrooms; sliced, 1 large tomato; deseeded and diced, 1 large cucumber; peeled and diced, A small bunch of Romaine Lettuce leaves (or use any other variety of lettuce); torn with [...]
Continue reading...7 Delicious Recipes for a Healthy Living
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Have you been eating the same diet food to avoid excess calories? Gone are the days when you had to eat boiled vegetables, soups, salads and fruits to reduce weight. You can smartly use few ideas to make your daily food have lesser calories and be healthy too. You may find plenty of low cal, [...]
Continue reading...Low-fat Spinach Dip
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Ingredients: 5 ounces fresh spinach leaves; blanched, 1/2 cup fat-free yogurt, 1/2 cup fat-free cream cheese, 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 3 green onions; chopped, 1-2 cloves of garlic, minced, A dash of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp lemon juice, Salt and pepper to taste. Method: In a mixing bowl, blend together cream cheese and yogurt [...]
Continue reading...Peaches and Berry Salad
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Ingredients: 2 peaches, 1 pint blackberries, 1/2 pint strawberries, 1/2 tsp ground cardamom, 5 cups of water. Method: Bring the water to boil in a pot. Drop the peaches and blanch them for half a minute. Drain and put them into cold water. Keep them in it for a minute and drain. Peel off their [...]
Continue reading...Three Bean Salad
Monday, August 3, 2009
A nice colorful bean salad is a real healthy food. You can replace this salad for your dinner or eat it as a filler between your meals. Ingredients: 1 cup fresh or canned green beans; chopped, 1 cup fresh or canned yellow wax beans; chopped, 1 cup canned kidney beans (can use dark red or [...]
Continue reading...Paneer in Tomato Gravy
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Paneer in Tomato gravy is a very simple and quick recipe. This recipe doesnot use any oil, just little butter and cream, but you can avoid that too, the recipe turns out very good and is very easy, ready in few minutes. So now you have unexpected guests for food, you can please them with this secret recipe. Take my word!! Ingredients: 200gms paneer cubes, 3 [...]
Continue reading...Low fat Vegetable Soup
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Many times we feel hungry between our meals. And if we snack or munch this time we do not feel hungry at the time of our regular meals and later our stomach again needs feeding. In the end we end up eating more and nothing is healthy. To avoid such things we can also have [...]
Continue reading...Sweet Corn Chicken Egg Drop Soup
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Ingredients: (Serves 2) 2 cups chicken stock, 1 chicken breasts; chopped very finely, 1 egg, 1 small onion; finely diced, 1/2 tsp ground ginger-garlic, Little celery; chopped 15 gms cornflour; dissolved in little water, Salt, sugar and pepper to taste, 1 tbsp butter. Method: Melt butter in a wok, add onion, ginger-garlic, celery and saute [...]
Continue reading...Steamed Vegetables with Tomato Garlic Sauce
Friday, February 6, 2009
Ingredients: 100 gms each – french beans, carrots, green bell peppers, cauliflower florets; chopped, 1/2 cup shelled green peas, 1 onion; chopped, 2 tsp wheat flour, 2 tbsp butter, Salt and black pepper to taste, 1 tsp olive oil for roasting. For Tomato Garlic Sauce- 1 cup vegetable stock, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 cup [...]
Continue reading...Vegetable Mocktail
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Ingredients: 1 cup cucumber; grated, 1 cup carrot; grated, 1 cup lettuce; grated, 1 cup spinach; shredded, 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves, 3-4 mint leaves, Salt, Sugar and Pepper to taste, Crushed ice. Method: Blend all the vegetables in the blender till smooth. Pass it through a sieve if you want. Add salt, sugar and [...]
Continue reading...Broccoli and Potato Soup
Monday, January 5, 2009
Ingredients: 250gms broccoli florets, 2 small potatoes; boiled, (avoid in case of a diet soup) 250gms onion; finely chopped, Few pods of garlic; finely chopped, 1/2 cup fresh cream; beaten well, (avoid in case of a diet soup, use thick yogurt instead) 2 tbsp almonds flakes; roasted if you like, (optional) 2 tbsp olive oil, [...]
Continue reading...Low Fat Vegetable Soup
Friday, January 2, 2009
Many times we feel hungry between our meals. And if we snack or munch this time we do not feel hungry at the time of our regular meals and later our stomach again needs feeding. In the end we end up eating more and nothing is healthy. To avoid such things we can also have [...]
Continue reading...Healthy Garbanzo Bean Salad
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Ingredients: For the Salad- 2 cups garbanzo beans or chickpeas; tinned or dry beans, soaked overnight and boiled in salted water till soft, 1 onion; chopped, 1 tomato; chopped, 1 green pepper (capsicum); chopped, Chopped cilantro or coriander leaves to garnish. For the Dressing- 2 tbsp Olive oil, 2 green chillies; finely chopped, 2 tbsp [...]
Continue reading...Healthy Grilled Fish Burger
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Ingredients: (Serves 2) For the grilled fish- 2 steaks of Red Snapper Fish (approx. 125-150gms each and boneless), 2 tbsp Olive oil, 4-5 cloves garlic; finely chopped, Salt and black pepper to taste. For the burger- 2 Whole wheat burger buns, 2 tbsp Dijon mustard paste, Low fat Mayonnaise as per taste (best if is [...]
Continue reading...Herb Dressing
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Olive oil, 3 tbsp red or white wine vinegar, 1/4 tsp dry oregano, 1/4 tsp dry thyme, 1/4 tsp dry basil or few fresh leaves; chopped, Few sprigs of parsley; chopped, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tbsp minced onion, Salt to taste. Method: Mix together all the ingredients in a jar with [...]
Continue reading...Fruit Raita
Friday, October 3, 2008
This festive season of ‘Navratri’ try this fruit raita and stay healthy. Ingredients: (Serves 2) 2 cups seasonal fruits (banana, grapes, pomogranate, apples, pears, papaya, etc); diced, 2 cups yogurt/curd, (low fat if you are dieting) 2 tsp sugar (or as per taste, A pinch of rock salt, 1/2 cup dry fruits (split or broken cashew [...]
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Friday, January 7, 2011
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