Showing posts with label healthy diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy diet. Show all posts
Friday, January 3, 2014
High Protein-Low Cal Wrap!
FOREWORD:
People with good knowledge of food and nutrients can directly jump to the
recipe, no need to waste time. Everyone else, go on and read. I am sure it will
be worth it.
Ohh yeahh!! As I promised on my "Detoxifying New Year" blog
that I would be posting some more of healthy diet stuff because I am myself
on a weight loss mission, here we go!
This wrap I am gonna post about is a high in protein and low in
calorie wrap. Ohh well!! Not all the healthy food taste disgusting, though I agree
most of them DO!
Ok! Now firstly as I mentioned weight loss mission, even before I tell
you about this wrap I want to clear this -- please, like please do not take it as
dieting, and to all the people who are dieting please do know what exactly it
is, how it is done. I am saying this because I did some nonsense dieting in my 11th grade (now don’t judge me, that was too young of me to
understand it) and I am suffering till now, that too really badly. The side-
effects take like 2-3 years to show up. I could write another whole blog on it.
May be sometime later. For this, let me just talk about this Wrap. But yes it is
serious so get your facts straight before you take a plunge into that “ohh-so-tempting-word”-
DIETING.
Eating in right proportion and maintaining a balance is important.
Proteins are building blocks for our muscles, bones, cartilage etc. Make sure you cut
the calories from Fats and Carbs and not from Protein. Well these three are the
source of calories, so in any meal try to incorporate right source of protein
and cut down fats and carb which in turn will give that meal an adequate amount
of calorie plus a good “Good-Cholesterol level to you.
I think I would actually need another blog to explain all of that
in detail, although it’s fine as I want to share my experience in whole and
everything I know and not just the recipe. A recipe site would be a good option if otherwise! In fact before I started writing blogs I never thought how amazing it
would be to know so much from people’s experiences, open your life and touch everyone’s life in
some way as well.
Let
me first show you how it looks like and then I’ll talk about how I made it.
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The MAIN
DEAL!
What you
need:
Soybean granules
or chunks (whatever you like more) [soybeans are an excellent source of protein]
Onion (cut in
length, not chopped)
Tomato (cut
in length, not chopped)
Garlic (half
clove, chopped)
Southwest
sauce (optional)
Buttermilk
Ranch (optional)
- Soak some soybean dumpling/chunks in hot water for some time or boil them in water (till they become soft). Drain the water completely and set the soybean aside.
- Heat half tablespoon oil in a pan and put garlic into it. After garlic turns a little light brownish, put onions into it.
- Cook onions till they become goldenish in color and throw in some tomatoes into it. Put some salt and a bit of powdered red pepper into it. Let the tomatoes cook; you’ll see a slight separation of oil from the mixture.
- Check and Squeeze the remaining water out of soybeans (make sure there's no water in them) and sauté with mixture of onion and tomato. Cook for 5 minutes on low to medium flame.
- Take a tortilla or any kind of wrap you would like (try to keep it wheat). Put this mixture in a straight line in the center (see picture above).
- Squeeze some southwest and a little bit buttermilk ranch sauce on it. Roll it like a wrap or fold it like a taco whatever you wish.
The good thing about this recipe is that nothing is really
specific as far as you keep it healthy. You can modify the ingredients as well
as their amount as per your taste (put some green veggies). You can use
whichever sauce or spices taste good to you (low fat yogurt, mustard etc.) without
making it high in calorie.
Rolling the wrap: Place
the mixture in the center > fold from both the sides till the center >
and then roll it up from the bottom
I am sure you would love the taste. More coming soon. Feel free to ask any questions
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
DETOXIFYING NEW YEAR
Fine! Holiday season aka the time of endless junk, alcohol, and
gluttony comes to an end. what to do after intoxicating your body with too much of rubbish?
I don’t know why,
but this word Detoxification/
detoxifying diet always seemed tempting to me, kind of fancy.
We are what we eat! Heard this old
cliché before? Oh no!! That doesn’t mean I am supposed to eat a skinny person
just because I am on a weight loss mission lol. But yes detoxification is
actually removing toxins from your body/ cleansing your body from within which
would directly reflect on your health, body, and skin.
Detoxifying the body
relieves one from digestive problems, pain, acne, bloating,
sluggishness, irritated skin blah blah. Wow!! Now well that does sound
fancy but in this Google era I am not going to give any lecture on
Detoxification and stretch this to tell you what all the things you can do to
detoxify your body, 10-20 tips,what routines to follow, and so on. Google it and you can
find 100’s of them.
Drink lots of water; eat lots of fiber; exercise; eat no
junk; eat fruits, then drink their juice too lol. Well, all of them plus a routine
followed will give you immense benefits but let’s get real here; how many of us
have time, moreover dedication for this in our daily hustle and bustle. Plus
plain water is so boring :(
I am not a person of forced fashion and
fake remedies. And yes I have tried all of them, off course for a while. I’ll
here give you an honest view on something I have tried and loved! (Remember! I
said view, no offence to anyone). I came across this detoxifying water while
off course googling, and it is very simple and easy.
ALL I SAID ABOVE IS RUBBISH and CAN BE
SKIPPED!! (some information is always good, as not everyone is a googler and
knows everything) Here’s the MAIN DEAL:
Put the CUCUMBER, LEMON, and MINT LEAVES in WATER. Steep it
overnight in refrigerator. Needless to say, DRINK this water.
- Two liters of WATER- we know it is everything.
- Half of sliced CUCUMBER- has anti-inflammatory properties (can also be directly applied to face, eyes etc.), and provides hydration.
- 2 sliced LEMONS- Detoxifier, cleanser.
- 5-6 MINT LEAVES- aids in digestion, good for skin and various diseases
Put the CUCUMBER, LEMON, and MINT LEAVES in WATER. Steep it
overnight in refrigerator. Needless to say, DRINK this water.
I am sure you would love this and how it affects your body and as
I said I am on a weight loss regimen I’ll be soon posting some more recipes
related to it as well.
Have a Healthy New Year J.
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