The content of useful substances per 100 g of product: 56 kcal. Beet - a good source of vitamins A, C, Group B, PP. It also contains iodine, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, copper, betaine and bioflavonoids. Preparing dishes from watermelon, you will save time and please the relatives with the original menu.
Beetroot salad with cottage cheese
- 300 g cottage cheese
- 500 g of beetroot
- 100 g of dill greens
- 100 g of chopped walnuts
- 100 g of greenery
- parsley
- 6-7 tsp. mayonnaise
- 1 large onion
- 3-4 boiled eggs
- salt and cumin to taste
Cooking:
Wash the beets and cook until done. Eggs boil hard and cool. Porridge and dill rinse, dry and grind. Bulb clean and finely chop. Cut eggs in small cubes. Mix in a bowl of cottage cheese, eggs, walnuts, greens (leave a little for decoration) and onions. Add salt and cumin to taste. Beetroot is rubbed on a medium grater and put on a dish. Put half of the mayonnaise on it and cover with the curd mixture. Pour the salad with the second half of mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs.
Turkey for turkey
Choosing in the store between a sandwich with beef and turkey, you, as a supporter of proper nutrition, of course, prefer the second option. That's right, but notice that the meat is hidden between the two loaves. Sometimes in a sandwich with a turkey you can find dark meat and skin, which makes this dish a calorie and greasy. To protect yourself from 200 kcal, listen to the recommendations: "Choose white meat: it contains 90% less fat. And that your sandwich was not fresh, add onions, red pepper and mustard. "
Stuffed peppers in breading
Who today can be surprised by this dish? It's another matter if you cook them with an unusual cheese filling!
6 servings of dish
Preparation: 15 minutes
Preparation: 25 minutes
- 6 Bulgarian peppers, peeled,
- 4 large stems of leeks, cut into 2 parts and finely chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped hard cubes of hard cheese
- 1.5 cups breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 cup skim cream
- salt, pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- olive oil in the sprinkler
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Put a sheet of foil on the baking sheet and peppers on it. Bake them for about 2 minutes until they are browned. Pull them out and let cool. In a bowl, combine the cheese, skimmed cream and half of the chopped onion. Start with a mixture of halves of peppers. Whisk the proteins into a thick foam. Filled rugs of peppers roll in flour. Gently dip the peppers into a protein foam, and then roll in breadcrumbs. Put the peppers on the grate salt, pepper and sprinkle with olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes until the breading is golden. Mix the remaining onions and sour cream. And pour the mixture with hot peppers.
- An impressive dose of calcium contains dried figs: 250 mg per 100 g (in the same by weight portion of whole milk for comparison, only 28 mg). However, do not forget that this product is very sweet and high-calorie. In the same 100 grams - 480 grams of sugar. To at least partially return the dried figs tenderness and juiciness, in a few minutes, boil it on low heat in water or fruit juice. Great news for those who do not like fish fatty varieties. Figs, like trout or salmon, are an excellent source of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which help prevent cardiovascular and oncological diseases (including breast cancer).
- Fig is a fruit with a very delicate skin, it does not tolerate transportation. Therefore, the fruits that have to go a long way, are collected unripe, and fully ripened in the sun, figs can be tried only in the country of its growth.
- Figs are not just a very delicious fruit. It is still perfectly combined with many products and is surprisingly good in the company with wine, honey, various spices like ginger, cloves, cinnamon, with ham and citrus (lemons and oranges).
- According to legend, Plato advised the Greek athletes to eat more figs, and today this fruit is often called the "fitness fruit." No wonder, because it contains a lot of carbohydrates, which give us energy (20 g per 100 g of pulp), fiber that does not allow you to recover (3 g), vitamins A and B, as well as trace elements: calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium , copper.
- Choose the figs very carefully, because it easily spoils. And store in the refrigerator no more than 2-3 days unwashed and in a closed container. Do not get carried away with this sweet treat if you have problems with the kidneys or gall bladder. Figs are part of a group of foods that contain a significant amount of oxalic acid, from which oxalate stones are formed.
- In the PMS period, eat a few fig fruits. It is an excellent source of vitamin B6 (in mg per 100 g of fetus), responsible for the production of mood-boosting hormone serotonin, as well as preventing water retention and swelling. Additional portion of these sweet fruits will not be superfluous for women who use contraceptives, since the use of hormonal pills, as well as patches destroys in the body the vitamins of group B.