Healthy Meals Can Be Simple

Making a simple dish that involves minimal ingredients, tastes great, is healthy and low in calories isn’t a simple task. We tend to get stuck in a diet rut, especially when trying to lose weight. Instead of eating salad day after day, try the following three easy recipes that are delicious, nutritious and will help you get and stay slim:

1. Hummus Plate with Broccoli, Cherry Tomatoes, and Whole Wheat Tortillas. All you need for this delicious snack is a half of a head of broccoli, a cup of cherry tomatoes, 2 whole wheat tortillas, and one cup of hummus. Boil the broccoli for about a minute and let it cool down. Arrange the broccoli, cherry tomatoes and tortillas with the hummus and enjoy! This tasty dish serves up 8 grams of fibre, 11 grams of protein and only 243 calories not to mention antioxidants in the broccoli and tomatoes which will fight disease and keep your skin looking youthful.

2. Chicken pasta salad. This pasta salad can be prepared for lunch or dinner the night before so that it is easy to grab and go. All you need is whole wheat pasta (whatever kind you like - preferably spirals), cooked chicken, a can of green beans and any other veggies you would like such as red or green pepper.  Cook the pasta and add the other ingredients topped with salt and pepper and a dressing of your choice. Ranch tastes great but keep in mind that it is very fatty. A light Italian dressing is a lower calorie option. This meal will provide you with lots of lean protein which will keep you feeling full for longer. The whole wheat pasta will provide you with complex carbohydrates which are essential for energy throughout the day.

3. Salmon & Cous Cous: Salmon is extremely healthy for you and very easy to make. You need wild salmon, a lemon, dill, a box of cous cous and asparagus for this nutritious and low calorie dinner. Wrap the salmon in tin foil and squeeze on the juice from a lemon and finish by sprinkling with dill. Bake it for 20-25 minutes depending on the size of the salmon. Make the cous cous and boil or bake the asparagus. Arrange the salmon on top of the cous cous and dig in! You will get your Omega 3’s, folate, fibre, Vitamin C & A and more!
 
Keep your family and yourself happy, healthy and slim with these delicious yet extremely simple recipes. Don’t be afraid to get creative when it comes to your cooking but be sure to stick with ingredients that are nutritious such as fresh veggies, whole grains, lentils and lean proteins.