Types Of Healthy Meal

When aiming to lose weight, one of the biggest questions that every dieter faces is 憌hat to cook?' Even if you're not trying to lose weight, making the right kind of meal will determine your health and fitness. Here you will find the answer to how to prepare meals that are both healthy and appetizing.

Breakfast meals:

Breakfast is no doubt the most important meal of the day. Skipping breakfast means setting yourself up for overeating at lunch time. Your body goes into a state of fasting overnight while you sleep. Your metabolism slows down as your organs perform only default functions. When you wake up, your metabolism is still at a low rate, this means that you need to provide it with nutritious food to generate a greater supply of energy. Most people skip breakfast thinking that it will help them stay thin or lose weight. A lot of people don't have time for breakfast...running late for the office, early morning chores, etc. But as I've already said, this is a bad idea. Your slower metabolism won't give you the energy you need to perform your day's activities. Try waking up early to eat breakfast, you'll thank yourself for it during the day. You can try making a breakfast smoothie; they are quick to make and, low calorie and highly nutritious. Here are some great recipies;

Strawberry-Banana Breakfast Smoothie:

This is one of my favorite smoothies.

One Serving

Ingredients:

1 cup orange juice

3 tbsp nonfat dry milk powder

1/2 banana; cut into pieces

10 fresh strawberries; hulled

3 ice cubes

Method: Combine all the ingredients in your blender. Blend until thick and frothy.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving:

Calories 209

Total Fat: 0 grams

Saturated Fat: 0 grams

Cholesterol: 0 milligrams

Sodium: 70 milligrams

Total Carbohydrate: 45 grams

Dietary Fiber: 1 grams

Sugars: 29 grams

Protein: 7 grams

Orange Splash Smoothie

This is another fulfilling and highly nutritious smoothie.

Two Servings

Ingredients:

1 6-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate

1 cup cold water

1 cup non-fat milk

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

10 ice cubes

Method: Combine the first five ingredients in a blender; process at high speed. Add ice cubes, a few at a time, blending until smooth.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving:

Calories: 190

Total Fat: 0 grams

Saturated Fat: 0 grams

Cholesterol: 2 milligrams

Sodium: 62 milligrams

Total Carbohydrate: 45 grams

Dietary Fiber: 0 grams

Sugars: 44 grams

Protein: 4 grams

Snacks:

Snacking is another thing that builds extra fat in the body. When at the office or even home, that between the meals when you feel like you need to nibble, that can be the time when you find the nearby vending machine all the more convenient. Instead of munching on chips and gulping down soft drinks, go instead for healthy salads and fruit juices. Here's a great salad that's easy to make and you can prepare it the night before to take to lunch with you.

Crunchy Nut Coleslaw:

This is one of my favorite salads. It's very fulfilling and has great nutritional value.

Four servings

Ingredients:

200 g white cabbage, finely shredded

1 large carrot, coarsely grated

1⁄3 cup sultanas

4 green onions, finely chopped, with the white and green parts kept separate

2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise

150 g plain low-fat yogurt

pepper to taste

30 g radishes, sliced

1⁄3 cup unsalted roasted peanuts

4 tablespoons chopped parsley or snipped fresh chives, or a mixture of the two (optional)

Method:

1. Mix together the cabbage, carrot, sultanas and white parts of the green onions in a large bowl.

2. Stir the mayonnaise and yogurt together and season with pepper. Stir this dressing into the cabbage mixture and toss well to coat all the ingredients.

3. Just before serving, stir in the radishes and peanuts and sprinkle with the chopped green parts of the green onions and the parsley or chives, if using.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving:

calories: 166

protein: 7 grams

total fat: 7 grams

saturated fat: 1 gram

cholesterol: 2mg

total carbohydrate: 20 grams

sugar: 18 grams

fiber: 5 grams

sodium: 165 grams

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