Let's face it, dieting can be a chore! All too often we wind up stuck in a rut, eating the same old foods day in, day out, and eventually abandon our good intentions for a dinner date with comfort food!
So, in an effort to make eating the pleasure it should be,I wanted to make a place to put the best of the low-fat recipes I've found, or adapted, in the hope it'll add some variation to another eternal dieters menu!
I'm kicking off with one of my favourites, yummy, healthy chicken burgers, but I'll be adding more periodically.
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Contents
Creamy Tomato Sauce ...
... without the cream ... of course!
Ingredients:
1 medium red onion, chopped finely
1 crushed garlic clove
1 teaspoon of vegetable bouillon stock powder
300 ml (1/2 pint) tomato passata
2 tablespoons of virtually fat free fromage frais
Salt and pepper to season
Method:
Dry fry the onion and garlic in a non-stick pan until soft. Add the passata and stock powder and stir well, bringing the sauce to a gentle simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat and let stand for 2 minutes. Stir in the fromage frais.
Serving Suggestion
Serve the sauce with lean chicken of pork fillets and steamed vegetables.
Why Not Try ...
Experiment by adding different herbs and spices for flavour. You can always add some shredded basil leaves.
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No Butter Leek and Potato Mash! - Serves 4
Ingredients:
3 large potatoes
1 large leek
4 tablespoons of low-fat fromage frais
Salt and pepper to season (optional)
Method:
Either peel or scrub the potatoes. I like to scrub mine and leave the skins on for added texture and fibre. Chope the potatoes into small chunks and place in a large saucepan. Wash and slice the leek and add to the pan. Add water to cover and boil until the potatoes are soft. Switch off the hob and drtain the excess water from the pan. Leave to cool for a few minutes. Add the fromage frais, and salt and pepper if desired, and mash together.
Serving Suggestion:
Serve with grilled chicken and vegetables, or low-fat sausages for a real comfort food treat!
Why Not Try ...
Why not try experimenting with different vegetables.
You can substitute the leek for an extra potato, and add a couple of tablespoons of low-fat mustard. This mustard mash is lovely with lean pork!
Lean and Tasty Chicken Burgers - Serves 3
Ingredients:
Apporximately 1lb of Lean chicken mince
6 spring onions, finely sliced
2 egg whites
Salt and pepper to season (optional)
Method:
Put the sliced spring onions, egg whites and lean chicken mince (thoroughly defrosted) into a bowl and season with a small amount of salt and pepper if desired. Mix the ingredients well, making sure the spring onions are evenly distributed. Gather a small handful of the mixture and shape into burgers. There sould be enough for 6 decent sized burgers. Place the burgers onto the George Forman, or into the pan and cook, ensuring that they are thoroughly cooked right through.
Enjoy!
Serving Suggestion:
These burgers are lovely with a simple salsa. Finely chop a tomato and a quater of a red onion and mix together. Drizzle with a small amount of low-fat salad dressing and store in the fridge for a couple of hours before preparing the burgers.
Why Not Try ...
Crumbling an Oxo cube into the mixture can add extra flavour.
Why not try experimenting with different seasonings. Adding a small amount of curry powder to the mixture gives the burgers an extra kick!
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Guestbook
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Spook
Love leeks but am not wild about mashed potatoe, but also love tomatoe soup especially on cold days. Posted August 04, 2008 |
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grassosalvato86
Hello Jobanjo! I'm a food lover, I like your lens! Posted July 14, 2008 |
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Stazjia
5* lens, I'm always looking for new low fat recipes and yours sound really good. Posted June 18, 2008 |
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Gordon_H
Look forward to seeing this lens on my favourite subject develop. Hope you will add it to my group, Healthier Eating Options 5*! Posted November 28, 2007 |
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bookcat
Nice lens! I just made a really similar one, actually, so maybe we should like try to make each other's recipes! Posted November 27, 2007 |
