Low fat recipes very easy to cook

Low fat recipes, very easy to cook and obviously attractive to taste, to enjoy and that might help you to stay fit. Good for any one who wants to cook nutritious and delicious and wants to make a difference on the menus.

By lowering the amount of fat with low fat recipes like these, you can get some health benefits like:

+ Helps you to control the amount of calories you consume, which may help you maintain your body weight or even help you to lose some.

+ You might control blood lipids like cholesterol, which is good for your circulatory system and heart, but remember that controlling your glycemic index is important as well, so you need to add enough fiber to your diet every day.

First of all, if you're not a person who likes cooking because it takes time or you need to do so much, don't worry, this low fat recipes will be easy, with not to many ingredients and I bet you'll enjoy the whole thing! Ready???

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For breakfast

APPLE YOGURT WITH RED FRUITS

INGREDIENTS:

1 apple (medium size).

2 spoons of raisins.

200 grs of non fat yogurt.

1 spoon of natural honey or sugar.

300 grs of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or blueberries (you may choose the ones you like the most).

THE PROCESS:

ESTIMATED PREPARATION TIME: 10 min.

NUMBER OF PORTIONS: 2.

1) Wash the apple. Peel it and grate it fine.

2) Wash the raisins with warm water, then drain with cold water and dry them with a cloth.

3) Carefully wash the red fruits and drain.

3) Mix the yogurt with the honey or sugar, add the raisins and the grated apple, in the end, add the red fruits.

NUTRIENT CONTENT:

235 calories / portion.

15 grs of protein.

41 grs of carbohydrates.

Just 1 gr of fat!

TIPS:

Like you will see in this low fat recipes, all the dishes will have something. Here, the red fruits provide bioflavonoids and anthocyanidins which may help to protect the collagen fibers, allowing the skin to maintain its structure firm for a longer period of time.

This complexes are also present in the red wine, and they have been seen to help the blood vessels to stay flexible, which is good against varices for example.

Lunch or dinner

BROCCOLI SALAD WITH GRAPEFRUIT

INGREDIENTS:

200 grs of broccoli<7p>

1 orange or grapefruit

1 banana

100 grs of non fat yogurt

1 table spoon of mustard

1 table spoon of lemon juice

Pepper

Salt

THE PROCESS:

ESTIMATED PREPARATION TIME: 20 min.

NUMBER OF PORTIONS: 2

1) Wash the broccoli. Remove the stem. Cut the "trees in fine slices".

2) Put water and salt in a pan. When the water is boiling, put the broccoli slices for 1-2 minutes and then drain them and pass them by a jet of very cold water.

3) Peel the orange or grapefruit, divide in strips and retire the membranes. (Don't waste the juice that drops, instead, try to capture it in a bowl).

4) Peel the banana and cut in fine slices.

5) For the sauce: Mix the yogurt, the mustard and the lemon juice with the grapefruit juice and add salt and pepper to your own taste.

6) Mix the broccoli, the grapefruit and the banana slices and pour the sauce over them.

NUTRIENT CONTENT:

110 calories per portion.

5 grs of protein.

19 grs of carbohydrates.

Only 2 grs of fat!

TIPS:

Broccoli, is a "wonder veggie", its properties have been studied against cancer and anti-aging, as it contains an excellent amount of beta-carotenes and vitamin C. I couldn't avoid giving you an idea to cook with it on this low fat recipes ad.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN (OR TURKEY)

Other low fat recipes have less ingredients, in this one, you will see a little bit more of ingredients, but most of them are condiments and veggies. The recipe is not only healthy but very tasty.

INGREDIENTS:

ESTIMATED PREPARATION TIME: 15 min.

NUMBER OF PORTIONS: 2.

20 grs of fresh ginger.

1 tooth of garlic.

4 table spoons of soy sauce.

2 table spoons of vinegar (preferably of rice, but if you don´t find, then of apple or any other that you like).

Spice powder.

200 grs of chicken or turkey breasts

6 cambric onions.

2 carrots.

3 slices of pineapple (better fresh, but if you don't have, then canned).

1 table spoon of oil.

200 ml of vegetables broth (you can find tin cans in the stores).

2 table spoons of tomato condiment.

1 table spoon of cornstarch.

Salt, pepper and sugar.

THE PROCESS:

1) Peel the ginger and the garlic and cut very fine. In a bowl, mix with the soy sauce, the vinegar and the species powder.

2) Wash the chicken or turkey breasts, dry and cut in small squares and put them in the sauce you made in step 1. Put the chicken with the sauce in the fridge for 30 minutes (turn it twice with a spoon during that time).

3) Wash the cambric onions and the carrots. Peel the carrots. Cut the cambric onions in ring shapes and cut the carrots making long but fine pieces. Cut the pineapple in small squares too.

4) Heat the oil in a pan. Take the chicken out of the fridge and from the sauce and fry it in the oil. Add the cambric onions and the carrots and fry them at the same time.

5) Mix the ginger sauce with the vegetables broth, the tomato condiment, the cornstarch and put it in the pan until it boils. Add the pineapple, salt, pepper and sugar and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.

You can serve this deli with white rice. Use some chopsticks and play with the environment! Good dish to combine with a Cavernet Savignon Wine or a Chianti.

NUTRIENT CONTENT:

290 calories per portion.

26 grs of protein.

31 grs of carbohydrates.

Only 6 grs of fat!

TIPS:

The garlic, the onions and the ginger have anti-inflammatory properties.

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If you're going to prepare for a special occasion, this can be a great option very easy to cook.

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