4 Amazing Diet Recipes For Weight Loss

Diet is considered as an essential pre requisite for weight loss. But the very idea of dieting makes us sulk, the reason being the need to survive on those boiled and tasteless meals for days and end up feeling starved and monotonous. This is the main reason why dieting is often considered a painful experience and most of the people give up on it sooner or later.

However, even diet food can be transformed into a happy meal through certain recipes which satisfy your taste buds without compromising on the requirements of the diet. I am sure after trying the weight loss diet recipes given below, you will be compelled to change your opinion of dieting and enjoy diet food as a feast.

Diet Recipes For Weight Loss

Diet Recipes for Breakfast:

Cajun Breakfast Bake

Being amazingly delicious, this recipe can make your breakfast quite special because of its great ingredients. It can be best served on toast with baked beans and will keep you full for hours. It provides 9% of the daily energy intake of an average person. It is a good source of proteins and low in saturated fats.

Energy per 100g:342kJ – 81CalFat per 100g:4.5g

Ingredients:

·  1 sausage

·  1 tablespoon olive oil

·  2 med mushrooms or 4 small, sliced

·  1 small onion, sliced

·  2 eggs

·  3 egg whites

·  ½ cup low fat milk

·  4 cherry tomatoes halved

·  2 potatoes, coliban or new potatoes

·  ½ capsicum, red or green or both

·  Smoked paprika or Cajun Spice, ¼ teaspoon

Method:

Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180C. Pierce the potatoes and microwave them for approximately10 minutes. Then cool them and cut them into pieces with their skin on. Cook them in a fry pan and after cooling, cut them into pieces. In the same fry pan, fry onion and capsicum in olive oil for 5 minutes. Now season it by sprinkling with Cajun spice. You can also add mushrooms and keep cooking on medium heat for 3 minutes.

In a baking dish, lay the chopped potato on the base, then spread the sausage followed by onion capsicum mix. Add salt and pepper to taste. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with low fat milk and pour it evenly into the dish. Put the halved tomato on top. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes. Grill it for 5-10 minutes if it is still runny in the centre. Your dish is ready and can be served with baked beans and a large slice toast.

Diet Recipes for Lunch:

Sweet Potato and Spinach Bake

If you are looking for a tasty lunch, sweet potato and spinach bake recipe might be the right option for you. Being vegetarian and gluten free, this recipe is packed with nutrition and flavours. In fact, the left over can also be used the next day. It has low fat, low sodium and high protein and provides 13% of the recommended daily requirement of energy.

Energy per 100g:366kJ – 89CalFat per 100g:2.4g

Ingredients:

·  large sweet potato (aka Kumara / Yam), peeled and sliced thinly

·  1 large pkt frozen spinach (500g / 17oz), defrosted and drained

·  2 cloves garlic

·  Sprinkle Thyme or Rosemary

·  Small tub Ricotta Cheese (250g / 9oz)

·  ¾ cup grated low fat cheese

·  2 tbsp. fresh parmesan cheese

·  Salt & Pepper for seasoning

·  Sprinkle of onion powder

·  Sprinkle of garlic powder

·  1 cup Evaporated Milk Light & Creamy

·  Spray of cooking spray

Method:

Preheat your oven at a temperature of 180C. Put the evaporated milk along with crushed garlic, sprinkle of thyme or rosemary in a microwave proof dish and heat it for 1-1.5 minutes. The spinach should be defrosted and drained completely so that the bake does not turn watery. Place the spinach, ricotta cheese, parmesan with sprinkle of onion and garlic powder and mix them.

Put 2 layers of sliced sweet potato on the bottom of an oven proof dish sprayed with cooking spray. Spread the spinach mixture evenly on top of potato followed by remaining sweet potato. Pour the milk mixture on it and sprinkle cheese on top. Foil the mixture and bake for 45 minutes before serving.

Diet Recipes for Dinner:

Spanish Chicken and Rice

This dish emerges as a real winner when it comes to weight loss and eating something that is healthy and tasty. The chicken is moist and it has the flavours of different spices without any spice heat. One serving of this recipe represents 28% of the recommended energy requirement of an average person. It is low in saturated fat, sugar and sodium and is a good source of protein.

Ingredients:

·  1 large chicken breast (300g/10oz), skinless, cut into chunks

·  ½ large onion, diced

·  5 cloves garlic, crushed

·  ½ Chorizo diced

·  1.5 cups chicken stock, heated

·  1 large tomato, chopped

·  1 can butter beans, drained and rinsed

·  ½ cup frozen peas

·  Sprinkle of oregano

·  1 tsp smoked paprika

·  ½ tsp sweet paprika

·  ¼ cup roasted red capsicum strips

·  S+P for seasoning

·  ¾ cup Arborio rice

·  2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Method:

Preheat the oven at 190C. Heat olive oil and sautéed onion in anon stick fry pan for 5 minutes. Add chorizo and sauté for a further 4-5 minutes. Then add paprika, oregano and 3 cloves crushed garlic and cook on medium heat for further 2 minutes. Add rice and onion mix and cook for 5 minutes. Add stock, butter beans and paprika and stir it. It can be seasoned with cracked pepper.

Place the mixture in an oven proof dish and squeeze lemon juice over rice. Cover the dish with foil tightly to prevent the steam from escaping.

Heat the remaining oil in the same fry pan and brown the chicken for 5 minutes. Add remaining 2 cloves crushed garlic and continue with stir frying for 1 minute. After taking out the rice dish from the oven, sprinkle peas, place the tomato and chicken on top and then spread the capsicum strips around the dish. Cover tightly with foil and cook for a further 15-20 minutes. It can be served with crusty bread and side salad.

Diet Recipe for Snacks:

Baked Apple Crisp

The baked apple crisp recipe has an amazing taste. The crisp, or crumble topping on the blueberries along with a hint of cinnamon, is very crunchy. This recipe provides more fruits in your diet and can be served with natural yoghurt, fresh cream or even ice cream. One serving comprises of 12% of the recommended daily energy intake of an average person. It is low in fat and sodium.

Energy per 100g:476kJ – 113CalFat per 100g:1.6g

Ingredients:

·  2 Granny Smith Apples, cored and cut in half

·  1 tbsp. maple syrup

·  Pinch cinnamon

·  ½ cup rolled oats

·  1 tbsp. brown sugar

·  1 tbsp. plain flour

·  1 tbsp. light margarine spread, melted 15 sec microwave

·  ¼ cup frozen blueberries

Method:

Preheat the oven at a temperature of 200C. Cut the apples in halves and cut the centre of the apple with a small melon baller so that the blueberries can be fitted in. Spray maple syrup on apples and cut the blueberries evenly in 4 halves. Place the oats, cinnamon sugar, flour and margarine in a small bowl and mix with a spoon. Each apple should be patted tightly and baked in the oven for 40 minutes. It can be served with Greek yoghurt.

Diet Recipe for Drinks:

Mango and Passion fruit Smoothie

Mangoes are a good source of fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants besides being low in calories and having a delicious taste. Passion fruit also contains fibre which helps in lowering blood pressure. The mango passion fruit recipe is a refreshing and nutritious drink which is simple and inexpensive to prepare.

Ingredients:

·   1 Cup low fat milk

·  1 small tub (80g) low fat vanilla yoghurt

·  1 tablespoon honey

·  1 ripe mango, sliced

·  1 passion fruit, pulp removed

Method:

Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend them until smooth. In case fresh passion fruit is not available, you can also use 8 tablespoons of canned passion fruit pulp. This smoothie can be served 1 to 4 times a day.

So what is your calls on these healthy diet recipes for weight loss ladies? Do shoot us a comment!

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