When asked about your favorite food, options such as pizza or spaghetti in a creamy sauce often come to mind. But they can hardly be attributed to your healthy habits. We offer three options for alternative recipes so that the manifestation of weakness for your favorite food goes unpunished.
Pizza
Any pizza can be made healthier without giving up your favorite crisp. Try making a pizza with sweet potato dough. It will not contain gluten and will come out with much less calories. This pizza is fortified with vitamin A and antioxidants thanks to the beta-carotene in sweet potatoes.
You will need:
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 70 grams of flour
- 1 parsnip or turnip
- 200 grams of feta cheese (use low fat)
- Cherry tomatoes
- a handful of arugula
- a handful of walnuts
- 1 shallots
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 clove of garlic
- optional: honey
Peel the sweet potato and cut it into small cubes. Cook for 15 minutes in a large saucepan of salted water. Drain and dry the sweet potatoes on a towel. Add flour and a little salt, mix well. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put the resulting thick mass on baking paper and distribute around the perimeter of the baking sheet. The base of the pizza should be about 1 centimeter thick. Bake for about half an hour. At this time, cut the parsnip or turnip into thin slices. If they are not thin, then it is better to boil them for a few minutes. Cut the feta and shallot into slices and the cherry in half. Chop the walnuts. Chop the garlic and combine it with tomato paste, add pepper and salt there. Spread the sauce over the crust of the cooked pizza, top with the parsnips, feta, tomatoes, walnuts and shallots. Place the pizza back in the oven for 10 minutes, until the cheese melts.
Mashed potatoes
When it comes to so-called “comfort food,” there are several dishes that rival your grandmother's puree. It's delicious, but almost always made with butter, salt, and cream (or milk). Here's a clever recipe for mashed potatoes that are far less caloric and contain a healthy dose of fiber. You will get the same wonderful creamy consistency like Grandma's.
You will need:
- 1 medium cauliflower, peeled and divided into small florets (about 6-7 cups)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Boil salted water in a large saucepan, add cauliflower and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Save 1/4 cup of the liquid and drain the rest. With a mixer or in a food processor, beat the cabbage in mashed potatoes, gradually adding one spoonful of olive oil and pouring in the liquid saved from cooking. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Fried chicken
Do you like fried chicken? This mouth-watering dish is supreme pampering considering the fat, oil and calories. A healthy alternative is to cook the chicken in the oven. Our recipe guarantees the same roast, but relieves guilt, as well as excess fat and calories.
In addition to the chicken itself, you will need:
- 2.5 cups cornflakes, crushed in a food processor or blender
- about 20 chopped salted crackers (makes about 1/2 cup)
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sesame seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (chili)
- 1/2 teaspoon dry garlic (garlic powder)
- 2 squirrels
- 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 1 tbsp. spoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- some olive oil
Preheat oven to 190 ° C. Lightly grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Combine cereals, crackers, sesame seeds, peppers and garlic in a flat bowl. In a large bowl, combine whites, yogurt, mustard, and salt. Place the chicken here and stir so that each piece is covered with sauce. Then dip the chicken in the crumb mixture and place on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake 45-50 minutes until chicken is cooked through.
