Healthy eating isn’t necessarily curbing your food cravings or avoiding the flavors! It in fact denotes eating food in limited quantities. Always remember that moderation is the key. Keep aside the fear of calories, weight issues and treat your taste buds to flavors and spices with healthy nutritional meals. To help you better, here is a list of ten meals which are mouth watering and loaded with the required nutrients.
1. Healthy Egg and Chips:
Healthy Egg and Chips
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One delicious way to cook eggs, potatoes, shallots, mushrooms and other vegetables of your choice is in the oven and team it with baked beans or toasted brown bread. Since the cooking is done by the baking process, it involves very less oil. Herbs like oregano and fresh leaves and all the roasted veggies add to the nutrition value.
2. Spicy Root and Lentil Casserole:
Spicy Root and Lentil Casserole
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This is an interesting way to cook thick lentil gravy and serve it with bread of your choice. This dish uses very less oil and spices but, contains lentils and fresh seasonal vegetables. The very surprising element here is that you can use a mix of lentils of your choice to enhance the flavor of the dish.
3. Spicy Stewed Potatoes with Spinach:
Spicy Stewed Potatoes with Spinach
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For those who are potato lovers but refrain from eating them given to the high carbohydrate content, cook it with spinach, buttermilk and whipped cream to make a healthy, creamy yet low calorie serving dish. The spices used give the dish a very Thai essence and interesting flavors.
4. Bean Sprouts and Vegetable Salad:
Bean Sprouts and Vegetable Salad
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Use broccoli, mushrooms, cabbage, onions, red and green capsicum and celery mixed with bean sprout. Add flavors using olive oil, garlic, green chilies, lemon and red chili flakes and toss up a healthy salad for meals or as a side dish. This interesting combination is healthy, tasty and full of goodness.
5. Kidney Beans and Sweet Corn Bake:
Kidney Beans and Sweet Corn Bake
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Mash boiled kidney beans and white chickpeas. To this, add cucumber, lettuce, sweet corn and herbs like celery mint and coriander leaves and spices for taste. Mix well and make small, round balls. Bake them or alternately layer them on a baking dish and add some Parmesan cheese on the top and bake. You can savour it just like that or with rice to make it more filling.
6. Burritos:
Burritos
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Mexican dish without cheese sounds boring even to eat. So an alternate way is to use egg whites in place of normal egg and make the salsa stuffing. You can also add an Indian touch by using sprouted salad as stuffing and serving with salsa. A better idea is to cook in microwave or oven to reduce the oil usage. For flavor, use low calorie Parmesan cheese.
7. Chicken Mulligatawny:
Chicken Mulligatawny
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Mulligatawny itself means pepper water. Cooked with rice, chicken breast, freshly ground pepper powder and strong flavors of ginger, garlic and herbs; you really do not miss the spices associated with chicken much. The use of curry powder and coconut milk add a touch of sweetness without adding calories to the dish.
8. Healthy Sandwich:
Healthy Sandwich
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You can layer all the veggies on a slice of brown bread or any low fat bread of your choice. Use a dressing made of olive oil, spices and herbs of your choice to substitute a typical meal to a healthy one. Bake it or eat it raw, it surely will taste delicious and can be eaten at anytime of the day. But make sure you add flavors and not calories to the sandwich.
9. Fruity Muffin:
Fruity Muffin
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Bake muffins using blueberries, raisins, apricots and cranberries. When there is no time for a ‘real’ meal, eat these for healthy and wholesome fill. The best part of this healthy dish is that you can bake it and store it for up to 2 weeks or deep freeze for about a month. Just ensure that you warm them before eating.
10. Oatmeal Pancakes:
Oatmeal Pancakes
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Use oatmeal, blueberry and buttermilk to make healthy and nutritious pancakes. This is quick, easily digestible and full of nutrition and flavor. These pancakes are super filling and with a little honey added, are tempting and tastes amazing. Beware, as you might over eat these mouth watering pancakes! You can also add healthy nuts to add to the flavor and texture.
Do try the above-mentioned recipes and let us know your pick.