Our stone age ancestors had a lot of time in their hands, they used to hunt food, bring it back to their camps and cook it. That was their routine until evolution happened and man progress from his animal age to the modern age of technology. When you talk about 21st century almost everyone has a job and almost all of us are short on time. Some of us are students, some of us have work and some of us have other stuff to do. So knowing some easy healthy recipes can be quite handy at such times.
America's waist line is increasing like never before, and fast-food industry, that has a turnover of more than a billion is increasing its followers minute-by-minute. People are getting addicted to junk food and completely ignoring its after-effects. For people who are concerned about their health and are searching for some healthy recipes for a toned stomach, here are some options.
Quick and Easy Diet Recipes
When you talk about such recipes, you obviously make sure that it doesn't become a heavy meal and has foods which are high in nutrition. So let's start with some healthy recipes which can be made fast.
Packed Potato Soup
Ingredients
- Olive oil, 2 tsp
- All-purpose flour, 3 tbsp
- Red potatoes, 4
- Chicken broth, 1 cup (Fat free, low sodium)
- Chopped onion, cup
- Low fat milk, 2 cups
- Low fat sour cream, 1 cup
- Bacon slices, 3 halved
- Shredded cheddar cheese, 1/3 cup
- Green onions sliced, 4 tsp
- Salt, tsp
- Fresh ground black pepper, tsp
Pierce the potatoes with fork and cook for 15 minutes in a microwave on high temperature, until tender. While you cook your potatoes, take a saucepan and heat olive oil on medium flame. Now add onion and saut it for 3 to 4 minutes, now add the chicken broth. Now mix the flour and milk in a separate bowl and add to the sauce pan. Bring this mixture to a boil and mix well. Now close the flame and add the sour cream, salt and pepper; mix well. Place the bacon slices on a paper towel on an oven proof dish and cook it in the oven for 4 minutes. Remove the potato skins, mash them well and add in the soup. Garnish the soup with cheese, bacon and green onions, your delicious soup is ready.
Pesto Sauce
Ingredients
- Pine nuts, 2 tbsp
- Garlic cloves peeled, 3
- Fresh basil leaves, 2 cups
- Grated Parmesan cheese, cup
- Low-sodium vegetable broth, 1 cup
- Salt, tsp
Place all the pine nuts in a small skillet in a pan. Heat the pan on a medium flame. Make sure you cook the nuts until they are golden, remember to shake the pan often otherwise the nuts will burn. In a blender add nuts, broth, basil, cheese, garlic, salt and oil; blend until you get a smooth and thick paste. Serve this sauce with rolls, French fries or even tortilla chips.
Kung Pao Chicken
Ingredients
- Skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into inch strips
- broccoli florets, 4 cups
- Fat free chicken broth, cup
- Minced garlic cloves, 4
- Water, cup
- Canola oil, divided, 1 tbsp
- Rice wine vinegar, 2 tbsp
- Chopped salted peanuts, 2 tbsp
- Soy sauce, 2 tbsp
- Hoisin sauce, 2 tbsp
- Cornstarch, 1 tsp
- Grounded fresh ginger, 1 tbsp
- Crushed red pepper, 1 tsp
Take a large non stick skillet over medium heat and heat 1 tsp oil in it. Now add the broccoli, 1 tsp ginger in the skillet and saut for 3 minutes. Pour water, cover the skillet and cook for more 3 minutes until the broccoli gets tender and crispy. Remove the broccoli from the pan and keep warm. Now add the remaining oil and ginger in the pan. Now add crushed red pepper, chicken in the pan and cook for 5 minutes until the chicken is lightly browned. Take a separate bowl and add chicken broth, hoisin sauce, vinegar soy sauce cornstarch and garlic cloves. Stir well with a whisk. Add the broth mixture to the pan and cook well. Now add the broccoli to the pan and serve this amazing chicken recipe hot.
Fast and Easy Diet Recipes
Now if you are satisfied with the easy recipes mentioned above here are some more examples of easy dinner recipes for people who are new to cooking.
Prawns with Salt and Pepper
Ingredients
- Peeled and deveined raw shrimp, 1 pound
- Cabbage thinly sliced, 6 cups
- Lime juice, cup
- Very thinly sliced red bell peppers, 2
- Rice flour cup
- Soy sauce, 4 tsp
- Sugar, 1 tsp
- Kosher salt, tsp
- Five-spice powder, 1 tsp
- Freshly ground pepper, 1 tsp
- Canola oil, 2 tbsp
- Seeded and minced jalapeno peppers, 2
Shrimp recipes have always been a personal favorite. In a large bowl, add lime juice, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar. Mix well until the sugar is well dissolved. Also add cabbage and bell peppers. In a separate bowl mix in rice flour, salt, pepper, five spice and coat the shrimp with this mixture. Heat oil in a large non stick skillet over medium flame. Now add the coated shrimp and cook, make sure you stir regularly. Add in jalapeno and cook the shrimp more for a minute.
Lemon Bars
Ingredients
- Splenda granular, 2 tbsp
- Cold butter, 6 tbsp
- All-purpose flour, 1 cup
- Salt, 2 tsp
- Half-and-Half, cup
- All-purpose flour, 1/3 cup
- Fresh lemon juice, cup
- Fresh grated lemon peel, 1 tbsp
- Splenda granular, 1 cup
- Eggs, 5
For the crust preheat the oven to 350F, take a lightly sprayed 8x8 baking pan. Take a food processor and combine flour, salt and Splenda granular and grind it well. Add butter and blend until you get a fine mixture, now pour this mixture in the baking pan and bake until the crust is lightly browned. Take a separate bowl and add eggs and half-and-half, mix well. Slowly add the flour, Splenda, lemon juice and peel. Pour this mixture over the baking pan and bake until the crust is set and the edges have become brown. Now let it cool and serve in square pieces. So these were some simple easy diet recipes. These easy low-fat recipes are the ideal choice for people who are looking for food which is nutritious and can be made in few minutes. Enjoy!!!
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