Low-calorie dishes will make a diverse diet, and weight loss - easy. Cook them quickly and easily, but the positive effect is undeniable.

Pilaf with chicken, ginger and edamame

Four servings

Total cooking time: 30 minutes

Heat the vegetable oil in a medium sized saucers, add the onion, ginger and chilli, other condiments - on request. Cook for five minutes, then add 1-1.5 cups of rice and sliced ​​chicken without skin. All mix thoroughly. After two minutes, add the chicken broth (it should completely cover the rice) and bring to a boil. Then cook pilaf on low heat until the rice is soft enough. Approximately three minutes before the end of cooking, add the edamame beans pilaf. Serve the risotto with coriander leaves and Greek yogurt.

In one portion pilaf contains approximately 436 calories, 32 g protein, 53 g carbohydrate, 9 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 3 grams of fiber.

Soup of red lentils, chickpeas and chilli

Four servings

Preparation time: 35 minutes

Heat a large saucepan and fry it (without oil), cumin seeds, flakes of dried chili peppers - for about one minute, until they begin to give flavor. Add the vegetable oil and finely chopped onion, cook for five minutes. Then add the red lentils, broth and chopped tomatoes, bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes - until the lentils are tender.

Stir the soup in a food processor until it turns into a homogeneous mass. Pour the soup back into the saucepan, add the boiled chickpeas in advance. Heat the soup again, and serve, garnish with herbs.

The portions of soup contained: 222 kcal, 13 g protein, 33 g carbohydrate, 5 grams fat, 6 g of fiber.

Red beets glazed with brown sugar

Six servings

Total cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• three tablespoons of brown sugar;
• two tablespoons of orange juice;
• one tablespoon of butter;
• a quarter teaspoon of salt;
• quarter teaspoon freshly ground pepper;
• three cups of boiled or steamed red beets, cut into cubes.

Preparation:

Mix brown sugar, orange juice, oil, salt and pepper in a large nonstick saucers. Cook the mixture over medium heat until sugar and butter will not melt and begin to gurgle. Put saucers beets and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated almost completely, and the beet is not covered with glaze - usually cooking it takes six to eight minutes. Serve hot or warm.

Nutritional value:

One serving, or 1/2 cup of sugar beet in the glaze, contains 74 calories, 2 g fat, 5 mg cholesterol, 14 mg carbohydrates, 1 g protein, 2 g fiber, 164 mg sodium, 276 mg potassium, 18% of folic RDA acid.

Lemon pie

Twelve servings

Total cooking time: 1 1/4 hours

Ingredients

Pie

• two tablespoons of butter;
• 2/3 cup buttermilk;
• one tablespoon of canola oil;
• one and a half cups of flour;
• two teaspoons of baking powder;
• half a teaspoon of baking soda;
• half a teaspoon of salt;
• Two large eggs;
• one cup of sugar;
• two teaspoons grated lemon zest;
• one tablespoon of lemon juice;
• one teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Lemon Syrup

• one cup of powdered sugar;
• half cup of lemon juice.

Cooking

• Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a baking dish cooking spray. Sprinkle a little flour and set aside the pan aside.
• Melt butter in a small saucers over medium heat. About a minute later, when the oil will be brownish, add saucers rapeseed oil and buttermilk. Set aside saucers.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. In another bowl beat the eggs, add the sugar and beat for 3-5 minutes until a light foam. Add the flour into the eggs, lemon zest, juice, vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness . Thoroughly mix the ingredients.
• Place the dough in a baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes. Turn off the oven but leave the cake to stand for another five minutes. Then turn it out onto a large plate covered with baking paper.
• Prepare the syrup: Mix lemon juice and powdered sugar. Do the small holes in the cake with a wooden stick and carefully pour into them a few teaspoons of syrup. Serve the cake, sprinkle it with powdered sugar (optional).

Nutritional value

In one portion of the cake contained 213 Kcal, 4 g fat, 41 mg of cholesterol, 42 g carbohydrate, 3 g protein, 1 g fiber, 268 mg sodium, 77 mg potassium.

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