When we want to lose weight, we immediately recall light dietary dishes that allow you, without tormenting yourself with hunger, to get rid of extra pounds. Of course, we all want the dietary dishes to be not only useful, but also delicious and diverse, so we collected for you some of the most successful recipes in our opinion.
Dietary steamed dishes
The best are steamed dishes, because with this method of heat treatment, the products retain the maximum of useful substances. And in order to debunk the popular opinion that the food cooked in a double boiler is fresh, we will tell you what dietary foods can be cooked with it, so that they are both useful and tasty.
Meat "Hedgehogs"
Ingredients:
- minced meat - 300 g;
- Basmati rice - 100 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt and black pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Soak rice for 2 hours, then drain and allow it to dry. Stir the ground together with garlic and chopped onions. Salt and pepper it. Form small stuffed balls, the size of a chicken egg, and roll them in dry rice. Transfer the balls into the steamer and cook for 40 minutes. After this time you will get pretty-looking and very tasty meat "hedgehogs."
Vegetable casserole with cheese
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 3 pieces;
- zucchini - 5 pcs .;
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .;
- champignons - 150 g;
- mozzarella - 200 g;
- greens and salt - to taste.
Preparation
Vegetables peel from the skin and cut into cubes, pepper, tomatoes and mushrooms wash and cut into small pieces too. Fold all the vegetables in a bowl, add salt, mix and transfer to a steamer. Sprinkle them with grated mozzarella, stir everything and cook for about 30-35 minutes. Sprinkle the casserole with chopped herbs.
It is worth noting that simple dietary meals can be cooked not only in a double boiler, but, for example, in the oven and they will also please you with their own taste and benefit.
Cod baked in foil
Ingredients:
- cod fillet - 500 g;
- cream 10% - 100 ml;
- lemon - ½ pcs .;
- fish sauce - 2 teaspoons;
- sugar - 1 teaspoon;
- dill, basil, parsley - 2-3 sprigs.
Preparation
Wash the twigs of greenery, lay them on foil, top with zest of lemon. Wash the fish fillets and cut them into slices. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the bowl, mix with the fish sauce and sugar, mix well, and then pour in the cream and mix again.
Pieces of fish lay on the greens, pour sauce, wrap the edges of the foil and close them well, so that the steam inside does not come out. Put the cod into the oven, heated to 220 degrees and cook for about 15 minutes.
Dietary meals for dinner
During the diet, special attention is paid to the dinner, as it should be light, but at the same time satisfying, so that after an hour you are not drawn to the refrigerator again. We offer you several recipes that fully meet these criteria.
Vegetable sauté with rice
Ingredients:
- mix of vegetables for a saute (frozen) - 500 g;
- rice - 200 g;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 2 l;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Fry frozen vegetables in vegetable oil for 10 minutes, and then cover with a lid and simmer on low heat until cooked. In the end, salt to taste and if desired, sprinkle with your favorite herbs. Rice boil in salted water until cooked and eat vegetables with rice in a warm form.
Beetroot salad with cheese
Ingredients:
- beet - 100 g;
- capers - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- brynza - 100 g;
- green onion - beam floor;
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt and pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Beetroot boil, then peel and cut into large slices. Brynza cut into cubes, chop the green onions. Combine beets, capers, onions, cheese, salt and pepper, season with oil, mix and taste your salad.