10 delicious quarantine-free diet foods from around the world
'30.03.2020'
Source: RIA News
At home, in isolation, all roads lead to the refrigerator. Moreover, the stress and boredom we most often seize is not with celery or apple, but with a piece of cake and cookies. There is a risk of not getting into your favorite jeans by the end of the quarantine, not to mention the new tight jacket purchased in the spring. Simple recipes for diet dishes from different countries - in the material RIA News.
Onion soup
One of the most popular French diets is seven days on fat burning onion stew. Besides her, a few fruits and vegetables are allowed. Those who have tried say that four to seven kilograms were dropped in a week. This dish is simple to prepare: cut and put seven onions, half a cabbage, two bell peppers, celery and tomato into a large pot. Pour in water and cook until cooked. You can add spices - caraway seeds, coriander and pepper.
Minestrone
If you don’t want to diet, try an Italian vegetarian, but hearty soup. This dish is good in that you can cook it from any vegetables found in the refrigerator. Cauliflower, bell peppers, green beans or daikon are fine. For spice, add a couple tablespoons of pesto sauce and a crust of parmesan. And do not forget about olive oil - it will make the taste richer.
Pumpkin cream soup
Another dietary French delicacy. Mashed soups are generally low in calories and are quickly digested. Coarsely chop the carrots and pumpkin, fry them. Add turmeric and curry for flavor. Boil 100 grams of lentils in coconut milk with added water. Then, together with vegetables, mix in a blender until smooth. Serve garnished with pumpkin seeds.
Greek salad
The basis of the diet of those who want to stay fit while sitting at home is vegetables, on which the weight goes off the fastest. Cut tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese, add seedless olives, sweet green pepper or anchovies if desired. Of spices, it is better to take oregano. Season with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
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Warm Salad of Baked Pumpkin and Spinach
There are only 100 calories in 26 grams of this orange vegetable. For the salad, you need half a kilogram of pumpkin - peel the seeds and cut into cubes. Place on a baking sheet greased with olive oil. Add any spices and bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees. At this time, fry the spinach in a pan with chopped onions and garlic. In a salad bowl, mix the prepared ingredients, pour three tablespoons of chopped walnuts and add a little lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste.
Timbal salad
And this dish is popular with Spaniards leading a healthy lifestyle. The crushed garlic is mixed with the pulp of avocado - you need the consistency of mashed potatoes. Salt the resulting mass, pepper and add the olive oil with lemon juice. Scald a tomato, peel it and cut into cubes. Lay the salad in layers: first pasta from avocado, then tomato, then canned tuna. Above is arugula.
Ragu Alu Gobi
Traditional Indian low-calorie stew is quick and easy to cook. The main ingredients are potatoes and cauliflower. But the dish is revealed only if you add coriander, zira, cinnamon, cardamom and chili. In coconut oil, lightly fry the main ingredients, transfer to a pan. Grind tomatoes and ginger in a blender. Fry the resulting pasta with spices and add to the cabbage and potatoes. Now - a little water and simmer over medium heat. Serve garnished with parsley leaves.
Chile con carne
Spicy food speeds up the metabolism, so let's move on to a “hotter” dish. The original recipe uses meat, the lower-calorie option is vegetarian. Fry chopped onion and garlic, add chopped celery and bell peppers to them. To prevent the vegetables from burning, add water, tomato paste, chili, oregano, and salt. Next, put two cans of canned beans in this mixture. Sprinkle cilantro or parsley on the finished dish.
Carrot cake
Soups, salads and stewed vegetables are, of course, good. But you should not refuse sweets. Just replace the cookies from the store with your home-made diet dessert. For example, a popular carrot muffin in the UK. To make it, you will need oatmeal, carrots, pineapple, chopped almonds, eggs, raisins, nutmeg and cinnamon. Finely grate the carrots and mix with chopped almonds. Puree pineapple in a blender. Beat eggs with vanilla, honey and salt, sugar on a diet is useless. Sift the flour and baking powder and add cinnamon with nutmeg to them. Now mix the dry ingredients with egg, carrots and pineapple. We put it in a mold and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
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Diet strudel
This Austrian dessert is traditionally made from puff pastry. But we need a less nutritious option. We cut the apples into cubes and bake them in the oven until soft. Then mix with honey, chopped walnuts and cinnamon. In a bowl, beat the egg with sugar and a cooking brush, grease the resulting mixture with thin pita bread, evenly distribute the apple filling over it, then twist and bake for 15 minutes at a temperature of 190 degrees. Do not forget to grease the surface with the remnants of the egg mixture. Sprinkle the finished dish with powdered sugar. But remember that sweet is better to eat no later than 16 hours.
