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Recipes to Help Control
Body Weight
We often receive many
emails asking us to provide recipes and menus for people wanting to control
their body weight. Some people seem to want to eat more healthily in order
to lose the weight but, they feel it's too time consuming to cook every day.
For this reason, we have provided some of our lowest calorie recipes below.
these are also designed to be quick and easy to prepare.
A diet plan made up of some
of our recipes could help you lose the weight effectively over time. Please
keep in mind that you should seek advise from your doctor before changing
your daily diet!
Lemon Chicken Surprise
This chicken dish was designed to be quick to
create, and low enough in calories so people on a weight reduction diet can
eat a good portion of this delicious meal. It will take about 25 minutes to
make and will serve up to 4 people. However, you could make it last for the
next day's dinner to.
ingredients:
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500g (1 pound) chicken
thighs - skinned
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3 tablespoons olive oil
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1 clove garlic
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1 lemon
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2 tablespoons plain flour
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root ginger - 1 small
piece
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450ml/ 3/4 pint chicken
stock
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1 teaspoon caster sugar
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1 egg yolk
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2 tablespoons fresh
parsley- chopped
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salt & pepper
Method:
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Peel and chop the garlic.
grate the rind and squeeze the juice from the lemon. Mix together the
flour, lemon rind and garlic in a bowl. cut the chicken into 5cm pieces.
Toss in the flour mixture until well coated. Cover and set aside for 10
minutes.
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Heat the oil in a large
pan or wok. Cook the chicken for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally,
until golden.
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Peel and grate the
ginger. Stir into the pan with any remaining flour, the stock and sugar.
bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes, or until the chicken is tender
and the sauce is reduced.
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Blend the egg yolk and
lemon juice and add to the pan, stirring constantly, until the sauce
thickens. stir in the parsley and season. Serve..
This low energy recipe will
serve 4 adults and contains about 280 calories per serving. If you use
chicken breasts rather than thighs, it's possible to get the fat content
below 10 grams per serving!
Marinated
Chicken
ingredients:
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8 chicken breasts, skinned
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Rind & juice of orange & lemon
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1 tablespoon honey
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1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
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4 tablespoons tomato puree
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1 teaspoon dried oregano
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salt & pepper
Method:
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Mix together rind and juice of orange and
lemon, the honey, balsamic vinegar, tomato puree, oregano and seasoning in a
shallow ovenproof dish.
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Score flesh of the chicken breasts using a
sharp knife. Add chicken pieces to marinade and coat all over. Cover dish
with cling film and marinade for at least 30 minutes. meanwhile, preheat
oven to 200 degrees C/ 400 F/ gas mark 6.
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Cook chicken for 30
minutes, or until the juices run clear when the thickest part is pierced
with the tip of a knife. transfer to a serving plate.
This dish serves
4.
Contains 150 calories per serving. This is a very low fat dish, and a great
recipe to help control body weight.
Quick Veg Stir-Fry
Here
is another quick to prepare recipe made up of good, healthy vegetables. This
dish is full of nutrition and fibre to help you lose weight and get slim.
This quick dish takes about 25 minutes to make and contains a low 180
calories per serving. It will also serve 4 adults.
ingredients:
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450g (1 pound ) broccoli
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3 cloves garlic
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125g (4 oz) carrots
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125g mange tout
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root ginger
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1 yellow pepper
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1 red pepper
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3 tablespoons groundnut
oil
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2 tablespoons vegetable
stock or water
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125g baby sweetcorn
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1 tablespoon oyster sauce
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4 spring onions
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salt & pepper
Method:
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Wash the broccoli and
break up into small florets. peel and finely chop the garlic. peel and
grate the ginger.
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Peel the carrots and cut
into matchsticks. trim the mange tout. Deseed and chop the peppers.
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heat the oil in a wok
until beginning to smoke. Add the garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 1
minute. Add the broccoli, peppers and carrots. Stir-fry for 5 minutes.
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Add the stock, mange tout
and baby sweetcorn to the wok and cook for a further 3 minutes. Stir in
the oyster sauce.
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Trim and finely chop the
spring onions and sprinkle over. Season, give one last stir and serve
immediately.
The high broccoli content
in this recipe helps provide a good portion of vitamin C to the diet, as
well as plenty of fibre. For more
information on foods high in vitamin C.
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