The commonest complaint of people searching for weight loss recipes is that most of them are low on the taste quotient. Well, the recipes that are going to be described here will leave you no room for any such objections.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is a huge hit with people who are trying to lose weight. In addition to its weight loss benefits it also helps in lowering high levels of blood pressure as well. Just like many other health foods, grapefruit also has bitter taste, which acts as a deterrent for folks with sensitive taste buds. But there definitely are some excellent weight loss recipes that can work around this problem as well.
One of them is to use grapefruit in combination with sweet tasting foods like banana and honey. Eating this powerful combo for breakfast can not only help in maintaining your blood pressure at healthy levels throughout the day, but also keep you full for longer duration due to the filling effect of grapefruit. Grapefruit also helps in lowering blood sugar levels and increases insulin sensitivity, there by acting as a potent aid to support weight loss.
Quinoa
Quinoa is another health food that can be used for weight loss and the plus point is that it is tasty, unlike the grapefruit in the previous recipe. Here is a great tasting weight loss recipe with quinoa, chicken and veggies of your choice.
This recipe is the most easiest to dish up because you simply need to dump all the ingredients into the pot and give it a waiting time of about 4-6 hours on the slow cooker. Okay so the ingredients are a cup of uncooked quinoa, a pound of chicken breast (boneless meat), 3 cups of diced mix veggies of your choice, 3 cups of fresh tomatoes diced up, a cup of diced onions, a tablespoon of ginger garlic paste, 2 tablespoons of curry paste, 2 cups of tomato puree and 2 cups of chicken broth, a tablespoon of olive oil and 2-3 cloves.
Once it is done, enjoy it warm with healthy and generous toppings of nuts, chopped coriander and freshly grated coconut.
Navy Beans
Navy beans are rich in starch and this starch is not the usual kind, but of the resistant variety. Resistant starch has great health benefits and acts almost like soluble fiber. For this recipe you need to make a hummus with white beans (also called navy beans), olive oil, chives and lemon juice.
Salmon
Now salmon is one dietary ingredient that is highly placed on every health conscious person’s list. You can not only get your dose of good health from salmon, you also get to pamper your taste buds as well. To top it all, salmon is easy and quick to cook and awesome for your heart and blood cholesterol and provides the protein necessary to build muscle as well. More muscle obviously signals towards a better chance of burning more calories off your body and losing extra weight. What more could you ask for from your health food?
For this recipe, you need to cook your salmon on a skillet using bare minimum of cooking oil. Once you have managed to grill the salmon on both sides, allow to cool for a bit. Once cool, break the fish into smaller bite sized bits.
In a salad bowl, take fresh green veggies and herbs of your choice. Some of the recommended ingredients of this salad that are great for weight loss are avocados, celery, parsley, cucumbers, zucchini etc. Once you have had your pick of the greens, add the salmon bits and dress the salad with generous amounts of natural vinegar. Speaking of natural vinegar, apple cider vinegar is a great choice because of its numerous health and weight loss benefits.
Weight loss recipes can be healthy and tasty at the same time if you are prepared to spend some time and effort in picking out the right choices.