Hello! A low-calorie side dish for the main dish is an important rule of proper nutrition. Did you know that side dishes come in light and heavy varieties? Heavy side dishes lead to overeating and weight gain. A light side dish for the main dish improves the functioning of the digestive system, is rich in nutrients and diversifies your diet!
In this article, I will share with you a list of 10 delicious and healthy side dishes that you can eat every day for lunch or dinner and still lose weight. All recipes for dietary side dishes are simple and quick, consisting of available products: anyone can prepare them.
I cook often, and I’ll tell you my little secrets of preparing and preparing dishes. And for those who count calories, I have prepared a convenient summary table with the calorie content of each side dish. All side dishes from my top ten contain no more than 100 calories per 100 g, and the leader has only 23 calories. So let's begin!
How I choose low-calorie side dish recipes
When choosing side dishes for my top ten, I am guided by several principles:
- calorie content - no more than 100 kcal per 100 grams
- availability of ingredients - all products can be bought in a regular store
- ease of preparation - almost all recipes for low-calorie side dishes consist of one product and are prepared very quickly
- the taste of the dishes and the reliability of the recipes - all the recipes have been tested by me personally, the side dishes turn out very tasty.
Ten is presented in the form of a countdown: closer to the finish line - fewer calories.
Boiled buckwheat
Buckwheat is one of my favorite side dishes, and the only representative of cereals in the low-calorie top ten. Why? It contains 100 kcal and is a dietary product, a source of vitamins B, P, E, macro- and microelements. On a plate it goes well with any meat and chicken. Can be served with some fish dishes. I also consider boiled buckwheat a self-sufficient dish. This is a complex carbohydrate, I ate buckwheat and I don’t feel like eating for a long time. It would seem: what could be easier than cooking buckwheat? But this cereal has its own quirks, I’ll tell you about them.
Number of ingredients: 2 Cooking time: 30 minutes Calories per 100 g: 100 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 5.9 / 2.5 / 30.6
Ingredients:
- Buckwheat – 1 cup
- Salt to taste
In the store, I choose dark-colored cereals with whole grains, without excess husks and small particles at the bottom of the package. There is no need to sort out such grains before cooking.
Products for preparing buckwheat porridge
I rinse it briefly, drain the water a couple of times, and that’s enough. During labor lessons at school, the teacher said that buckwheat is one of the cleanest grains; it doesn’t need to be washed. But I wash it anyway.
Now the proportion: the cereal is filled with water, the volume of water is 1.5-2 cm above the surface of the buckwheat in the pan. If I’m afraid to miss by eye, then I cook according to the generally accepted proportion: one part buckwheat to 2 parts water.
I cook in a saucepan with a thick bottom; buckwheat will increase in size by 3 times during cooking, so I take the correct size of dishes.
I pour buckwheat 1-2 cm
I fill the cereal with cold water, put the pan without a lid on maximum heat, add salt, and bring to a boil. I use iodized salt and am stingy with my salt: less salt equals healthier food.
Cover the buckwheat with a lid after boiling
After boiling, reduce the heat, cover with a lid and leave to cook for 20 minutes. I keep an eye on the time: it’s better to undercook buckwheat than to overcook it.
Shortly before it’s ready, I check whether there is enough water in the pan: you can hear it in the gurgles and you can carefully check it with a spoon. If the water has boiled away, you can add a little boiling water to prevent the buckwheat from burning. I don't mix buckwheat because... The integrity of the grains is very easy to break. If I constantly open the lid and stir the dish, my crumbly buckwheat will turn into a messy porridge.
After 20 minutes, I remove the pan from the heat and leave it to simmer for 5-10 minutes. The microclimate inside the pan and the thick bottom help with this - it gives off heat.
Then I mix it very carefully with a spoon.
I put crumbly buckwheat on a plate
OK it's all over Now. Boiled buckwheat is ready: a crumbly, aromatic, low-calorie and tasty side dish!
Baked champignons
I included mushrooms in my top ten for their low calorie content. Champignons can be bought all year round in almost any store: fresh, canned or frozen. This recipe is with fresh mushrooms. The dish turns out aromatic and juicy: it can be included in the holiday menu.
Number of ingredients: 5 Cooking time: 45 minutes Calories per 100 g: 77 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 4.2 / 4.2 / 5.7
Ingredients:
Set of products for baked champignons
- Champignons – 300 grams
- Onion – 100 grams
- Sour cream 15% – 50 grams (2 tablespoons)
- Vegetable oil – 5 grams (1 teaspoon)
- Salt to taste
Washing fresh champignons under running water
I dry the champignons on a towel.
I wash the champignons under cold water and place them on a towel to remove excess moisture.
I cut off the stems of the champignons and chop them finely
I cut off the legs and plates and cut them into 5 mm cubes.
Finely chop the onion
Champignons and stuffing with sour cream, onions and champignon legs for baking
I chop the onion, mix it with mushroom stems and sour cream, add salt.
Stuffed champignon caps before baking
I put the caps in a form greased with vegetable oil, and put the prepared mixture on top.
I bake in the oven for 35 minutes at 190 degrees.
Baked champignons are ready
Baked champignons on a plate
Mushrooms can be eaten with any main course. And they are also very tasty on their own!
Mushrooms with wine and thyme
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of odorless vegetable oil;
- 230 g champignons;
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste.
- 1 small shallot;
- 50 ml white wine;
- 1 small clove of garlic;
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves;
- sour cream, toast (for serving) - optional.
Preparation
Heat the oil in a shallow frying pan, add the mushrooms and shake the pan to distribute them evenly over the surface. Fry them over high heat for about a minute, then shake the pan again to turn the mushrooms.
Add salt, pepper, chopped onion and stir quickly. After 30 seconds, pour in the wine, add the garlic and a teaspoon of thyme. Cook until the liquid has evaporated.
Serve the dish, garnished with leftover thyme, with sour cream and toast, or as a side dish for main courses.
Eggplant with tomatoes and cheese
Number of ingredients: 3 Cooking time: 40 minutes Calories per 100 g: 70 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 3.7 / 3.7 / 5.6
Ingredients:
- Eggplants – 700 grams
- Tomatoes – 200 grams
- Garlic – 2 cloves
- Cheese – 100 grams
- Vegetable oil – 5 grams
- Salt to taste
Fresh washed eggplants
Wash the eggplants and cut them into long slices.
Sliced eggplants are soaked in water and salt
I soak it in salted water to remove the bitterness. While the eggplants are undergoing spa treatments, I chop the garlic and tomatoes and grate the cheese.
Drying the eggplants on a clean towel
I blot the eggplants with a napkin and place them on a baking sheet. I don't add salt.
Sliced eggplants with garlic on a baking sheet
I grate and sprinkle the eggplants with garlic.
I put the tomatoes on the plates.
Eggplants before baking
I sprinkle cheese on top.
I send it to bake in the oven for 25 minutes at 200 degrees.
Baked eggplants with garlic, tomatoes and cheese
The crust was baked, but not burnt, and the eggplants were cooked well.
162 gram serving of baked eggplant
Delicious, aromatic and the side dish is ready! This serving is 114 kcal. Pairs well with meat and poultry dishes.
Diet food for
Gastritis
If you have gastritis, avoid smoked meats, rich broths, okroshka, fatty meats, chocolate, ice cream, coffee and kvass. They recommend pureed vegetable soups, soft porridges, steamed omelettes, chicken and beef dishes, steamed cutlets, and dry biscuits. Meatballs, meatballs, and zrazy are prepared from lean meat in a slow cooker.
Pancreatitis
In the chronic form, meat dishes and vegetable salads are allowed, if legumes and cabbage are excluded. Salads made from boiled meat and vegetables diversify the usual menu. In the acute form, choose chicken, rabbit or beef from meat; you can eat light vegetable soups with black bread croutons.
The list of recipes for dietary nutrition is far from complete. If you learn how to cook healthy delicacies in a slow cooker, even low-calorie dishes will become tasty and will contribute to your health.
Alexandrova Anastasia
Nutrition and healthy lifestyle specialist and author of myfitnesblog.com. For many years, she has successfully helped women and men lose weight and maintain a beautiful figure.
Braised cabbage
Stewed white cabbage as a side dish is a classic of the genre; we have been accustomed to it since kindergarten. I love it for its familiar taste, lightness and accessibility. This type of cabbage could be at the top of the low-calorie side dish table. I tried boiling it without salt or steaming it, but in my opinion it was not tasty.
Therefore, I offer a proven recipe, this cabbage will appeal to adults and children, and is suitable for those losing weight.
Number of ingredients: 6 Cooking time: 35 minutes Calories per 100 g: 55 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 2.1 / 1.7 / 7.8
Ingredients:
- White cabbage – 500 grams
- Carrots – 100 grams
- Onion – 100 grams
- Tomato paste – 10 grams
- Vegetable oil – 10 grams
- Salt - to taste
Finely shred the cabbage
Wash and chop the cabbage.
Add water to fresh cabbage
Cabbage under a lid in a frying pan
I put it in a frying pan, add a little water, and put it on high heat. The water boils, reduce the heat and close the lid for 15 minutes so that the cabbage softens. After 5 minutes, the cabbage will be like in a sauna and will begin to release water on its own.
Shredded carrots and onions
I cut the onion into cubes and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
Carrots, onions and tomatoes in a frying pan
I fry the onions and carrots in vegetable oil in another frying pan. As soon as the onion turns golden, add the carrots, then the tomato paste. Paste gives sourness and beautiful color to the cabbage. If there is no paste, you can replace it with tomato.
I combine a mixture of carrots, onions and tomatoes with cabbage
I combine cabbage and fried vegetables. I simmer them together for about 15 minutes. If the cabbage is not young and tough, then you need to make sure that it does not burn and you can increase the cooking time by 5-7 minutes.
Stewed cabbage in 35 minutes
A serving of stewed cabbage is 129 kcal.
The stewed cabbage is ready, you can serve it with meat and fish dishes! To my taste, it goes perfectly with chicken fillet with tomato and cheese in the oven - recipe with photo at the link.
What side dish to eat when losing weight
When losing weight, you should eat the side dish you want, taking into account and selecting it for white or red meat, fish fillet, and mushrooms. Dishes should be varied, products should be combined so that the diet is tasty and does not turn into a heavy burden. This will also help avoid breakdowns.
Healthy side dish for meat
A healthy side dish for beef, veal, that is, for meat, is, for example:
- Mix of pumpkin (200 g), carrots (1 medium size) and green peas (100 g). The first product is cut into cubes. The carrots are chopped on a grater. Add salt, pepper and 1 tsp to the vegetables. vegetable oil. Everything should be placed in the “sleeve”, shake it and put it in the oven. You need to bake for up to 20 minutes.
- Porridge with vegetables. As a basis, you can take buckwheat, bulgur or barley in the amount of 1 cup. To the selected product add 100 g of green beans, 150 g of chopped kohlrabi and a drop of soy sauce. Mix all this and put it in a slow cooker, adding water. Cooking should be done in the “porridge” mode.
- Potato. This is the simplest dish. The tubers are cleaned, cut into halves and boiled in salted water.
- Brown rice The grains are washed, placed in a pan and such a volume of water is added so that the liquid rises 2 fingers above the contents. After boiling, you need to add salt and put a couple of unpeeled but well-washed heads of garlic into the rice. The dish is cooked until the water evaporates. The garlic needs to be removed from there and discarded.
Watch this video about how tasty and healthy it is to bake vegetables with meat:
Dietary side dish for chicken and turkey
A dietary side dish for turkey or chicken is prepared from:
- Legumes and vegetables . You can choose beans, mung beans or peas. But first you need to simmer the vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, etc.) for 15 minutes. At the end, add paprika and add 1 cup of legumes pre-soaked in water. Salt is added to the finished dish, you can sprinkle it with parsley.
- Couscous and vegetables . You need to take 150 g of one and 200 g of another product. Any vegetables are allowed. As in the first recipe, first simmer them for 15 minutes, then add couscous and add water. After another quarter of an hour, the side dish is ready.
- Buckwheat . The cereal is washed and placed in a deep frying pan, water is poured. For 1 glass of buckwheat you need one and a half times more liquid. Separately, lightly fry the finely chopped onion in vegetable oil. It is added to the almost finished porridge.
Chicken or turkey are high in protein but low in calories. And therefore, you can add fairly nutritious legumes and cereals to the poultry without the risk of overeating.
Dietary side dish for fish
A dietary side dish for any type of fish can be prepared from:
- Cauliflower (400 g), green onions (2 feathers), 2 cloves of garlic. To season the main component, mix paprika, salt and pepper. Add chopped garlic to them and mix it all with the inflorescences. Then the cabbage in a closed container, where a little water is poured, is baked in the oven at 200 degrees. The dish is sprinkled with chopped onions.
- Rice. Onions (1 pc.) are fried in oil. The cereal (1 cup) is washed and placed in a bowl, pouring twice as much water. After boiling, add the onions there too. When the dietary side dish for boiled fish from rice is almost ready, add basil and paprika.
- Stewed carrots. The vegetable is cut into cubes, placed in a deep frying pan, and a little water is poured onto the bottom. Some time after the liquid boils, add 5 g of butter. For one serving you need 200 g of carrots.
Side dishes for a protein diet
The protein diet includes side dishes containing a minimum of fats and carbohydrates:
- buckwheat;
- cauliflower in the form of puree or simply boiled;
- legumes
You can, for example, cook green beans. It is taken in an amount of 400 g, supplemented with carrots, onions, tomatoes, a clove of garlic, and pepper. The beans need to be fried for 10-15 minutes over medium heat. In another bowl, do the same with chopped onions and carrots. Then combine all the ingredients, add pepper, a little soy sauce and heat over low heat for up to 7 minutes.
Dietary side dish for cutlets
A dietary side dish for meat or fish cutlets is prepared from:
- broccoli, boiling it in salted water;
- jacket potatoes;
- several types of vegetables (stew of carrots, tomatoes and onions, etc.);
- buckwheat, couscous.
For those losing weight, for example, a dish of Brussels sprouts (300 g) and kefir (75 ml) is suitable. The vegetable is cooked until half cooked. Then you need to mix 1 chopped onion with a clove of garlic, kefir, salt and pepper, pour this sauce over the cabbage and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
Light side dish
The easiest side dish for cutlets is a variety of vegetables . For example, you can use this recipe:
- half a kilo of cabbage;
- 300 g champignons;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 medium tomato.
The components need to be crushed. Shred the cabbage into the largest pieces, and grate the tomato on a fine grater. Then put everything in a saucepan, pour a little water on the bottom and simmer over low heat for up to 1 hour. The recipe can be varied by using Chinese cabbage or zucchini or broccoli as the base.
Zucchini baked with tomatoes and herbs
Number of ingredients: 4 Cooking time: 30 minutes Calories per 100 g: 41 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 0.8 / 1.6 / 5.8
Ingredients:
- Zucchini – 700 grams (3 pieces)
- Tomatoes – 300 grams (2 pieces)
- Vegetable oil – 5 grams
- Greens – 10 grams
- Salt to taste
Preparing fresh zucchini
I wash and peel the zucchini and cut it into slices.
Zucchini cut into circles and laid out on a baking sheet
Place on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil and add salt.
I put tomatoes on the zucchini
I put the tomatoes cut into slices on top. I put it in the oven, heated to 200 degrees, for 20 minutes.
Chopped herbs - dill, parsley and a mixture of Provençal herbs
I prepare the greens - finely chop the dill, parsley, add dried herbs de Provence, a little salt, you can add a few drops of vegetable oil, saved on greasing the mold.
After baking, sprinkle with herbs and put in the oven for another 5 minutes.
Baked zucchini with tomato and herbs
Greens in the oven reveal their aroma and give the dish an unusually fresh taste.
A portion of baked zucchini
But a serving of side dish is 150 grams, which is approximately 82 kcal. You can also eat supplements! Baked zucchini goes well with meat, chicken and fish. This dish is so simple, tasty and low-calorie that I included it in my selection of zucchini recipes for weight loss. The link is clickable: in the article I tell you what to cook from zucchini for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Side dishes for fish
Now let’s move on to a selection of the best dietary side dishes for fish - those who are watching their figure will certainly like them.
Cauliflower with lettuce onions . You will need: 400 g of cauliflower, a few cloves of garlic, a bunch of green onions, a couple of pinches of wigs, salt. Separate the cauliflower into florets, rinse and dry. Add garlic and spices crushed through a press. Spread the cabbage on baking parchment. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes. During baking, you can stir the cabbage 1-2 times. When ready, sprinkle the dish with onions.
Brown rice with vegetables. 200 g of cooked brown rice, 200 g of any vegetables or frozen vegetable mixture, 1 tsp. soy sauce. spices to taste. If necessary, chop the vegetables and place them in a frying pan with added water and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add rice, soy sauce and spices. Cook for a few more minutes.
Pumpkin baked in the oven
A few words about the benefits of pumpkin: it contains carotene, vitamin E, dietary fiber, and a lot of other benefits. This vegetable is even called healing, and I couldn’t help but include this delicious pumpkin side dish on my list.
Pumpkin 1 kg
I try to buy a ripe bright orange pumpkin - I ask the seller, or I go to a store where the largest specimens are cut into halves. Pumpkin is a seasonal vegetable; you can’t get enough of it in the fall for the whole year. Therefore, during the season, I freeze pumpkin as a semi-finished product in 500 g bags, and it can be cooked all year round.
Number of ingredients: 1 Cooking time: 30 minutes Calories per 100 g: 40 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 0.9 / 0.4 / 6.1
Ingredients:
- Fresh pumpkin (you can use frozen).
I clean out the middle of my pumpkin with a spoon
and cut it into several pieces. I clean out the middle, using a tablespoon for this.
Peeling a pumpkin using 2 tools
Peeling the pumpkin is the most difficult part of the recipe. For convenience, I cut it into smaller pieces. It is much easier to peel the thick skin from a small piece. You can use a vegetable peeler or knife.
If you come across a specimen with a particularly hard peel, I give step-by-step instructions with photos in the article on how to peel a hard pumpkin.
Cooking pumpkin without oil on baking paper
I cut the pumpkin into pieces, maybe into strips. Place in a pan on baking paper and place in a preheated oven. I don't add salt. Can be cooked with curry seasoning - a great combination.
I bake for 30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
If you cut the pumpkin into strips, the baking time is shorter - only 20 minutes. For large pieces, the cooking time increases to 40 minutes.
60 calorie serving of baked pumpkin
Low-calorie pumpkin side dish is ready! Slightly sweet in taste, translucent baked pumpkin goes well with meat; I like the combination with poultry dishes.
This is interesting to know about the side dish
- The word “garnish” came into use from the French language and, literally translated, means to fill or decorate. That is why the side dish is served as an addition to the main dish.
- Most often, vegetable and cereal side dishes are used in different cuisines of the world. The recipes for most of them are simple - one- or two-component. Complex side dishes can overshadow the taste and value of the main dish.
- If you are choosing a side dish for “hearty” meat (pork, lamb), use vegetables. Mashed potatoes, sauteed, stewed, baked – use any technique. Porridge can also be a good addition to such a product. You just need to cook it with one component (without additions) or with oil.
- For light dietary meat (chicken, rabbit), as well as seafood and fish, use cereals to prepare side dishes, recipes with photos that are simple and tasty. These can be combinations of any complexity. But it is worth remembering: when succumbing to experiments, it is worth remembering a sense of proportion.
- It is better to cook porridge before serving, so that you do not have to additionally heat the cereal. After all, in this case it will be less tasty.
Baked sweet pepper
Sweet or baked bell peppers are a source of vitamins and microelements and contain the hormone of joy. Once our children, while playing cats, ate a piece of dry cat food. They said it greatly improves mood. I do not advise anyone to try the food. And for a good mood, I included a recipe for baked sweet peppers in the list of low-calorie side dishes. In order not to lose a lot of joy - without salt and oil.
Number of ingredients: 2 Cooking time: 35 minutes Calories per 100 g: 38 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 1.9 / 0 / 7.3
Ingredients:
- Bell pepper – 500 grams
- Greenery
Fresh bell peppers
I cut the bell pepper into 6-8 pieces.
I wash the pepper, cut off the tail and top, and clean out the middle with the seeds. I cut the bell pepper into slices.
Bell peppers before baking
I put the peppers in a glass dish and pour 2 tbsp on the bottom. water. Place in an oven preheated to 190 degrees for 30 minutes.
Bell peppers baked in the oven for 30 minutes
Before serving, sprinkle with herbs.
Baked bell peppers with herbs
I take out the bell pepper when the edges start to darken. The pepper has not yet become limp and cooked, and is no longer raw. Retains a slight crunch. Perfect for meat dishes. That's it, you can eat, lose weight and be happy!
Porridge is the head of everything
We already know that cereal porridges are also an excellent low-calorie side dish. For fans of proper nutrition, buckwheat and brown rice take first place. The advantage of these cereals is that they perfectly satiate, dull the feeling of hunger and contain a minimal amount of fat, along with useful microelements and vitamins.
As for buckwheat, you need to cook it only in water, without adding oil, otherwise the whole diet will end before it even begins. Of the cooking methods, proper nutrition only approves of stewing, baking, boiling and steaming. After all, you can fight extra pounds with low-calorie side dishes only if they are properly prepared.
Steamed green beans
Number of ingredients: 1 Cooking time: 13 minutes Calories per 100 g: 32 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 2.4 / 0.1 / 4.9
Ingredients:
- Green beans – 500 grams
- Salt to taste
Rinse green beans
I used fresh green beans in this recipe, but sometimes I use frozen ones.
I rinse the beans under cold water.
Trimming the tails of green beans
I cut off the ponytails on both sides - this is the most difficult part of the recipe. I collect the pods in small bunches of 5-6 pieces and cut off the tails in bulk, so I can do it faster.
Steamed green beans
Place the beans in a steamer for 11 minutes. You can add a little salt. If I cook frozen beans, I increase the cooking time by 5 minutes. If you don’t have an electric steamer, no problem. In a separate article, I described how to steam without a steamer. Go ahead and read about the most unexpected ideas and devices.
Ready green beans
The beans should remain green in color and not turn brown. A side dish of green beans goes well with meat, various fish dishes and chicken.
Dietary side dish for chicken
Chicken is the most common and favorite dish in a healthy diet. With a low calorie content, chicken contains a decent amount of protein, which makes it indispensable in the fight for weight loss. For chicken, it is best to prepare side dishes made from legumes or cereals.
Mung bean with vegetables
You can always change this universal recipe for a dietary side dish to your taste. So, you will need:
- 1 cup boiled mung bean. Instead of mung beans, you can use beans, chickpeas or peas.
- 1 cup of any vegetables. It is also good to use any frozen Hawaiian or Mexican vegetable mixes.
- Paprika and other spices.
- Any greens. We will use parsley
Place the vegetables in a container and cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes. We add our favorite spices. At the end we add mung beans. The PP side dish can be decorated with herbs.
Steamed broccoli
I have a special relationship with broccoli. Imagine: a small child sitting with khaki green broccoli puree smeared all over his face. Not very aesthetically pleasing. But it is tasty and healthy - this vegetable contains a lot of vitamin C and K, microelements and antioxidant substances.
Sometimes children's preferences determine what foods are on our table. Broccoli is a universal side dish, suitable for meat, poultry and fish. I like the combination with red fish: I tell you how to cook trout in a frying pan in a simple step-by-step recipe. Follow the link, cook and eat with broccoli! I often cook broccoli dishes; the steamed recipe is very simple and quick.
Number of ingredients: 1 Cooking time: 17 minutes Calories per 100 g: 28 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 2.6 / 0.3 / 4.4
Ingredients:
- Broccoli – 1 package of frozen cabbage or kachan (flower) of fresh cabbage.
I defrost frozen broccoli.
I first leave the package of frozen broccoli for 30 minutes at room temperature so that the cabbage flowers are not frozen. I don't defrost it completely.
Cutting large broccoli florets
I cut large inflorescences. The size of each is no more than 5 cm, so the cabbage will thaw and cook evenly.
Place the broccoli in the steamer
I pour boiling water into the pan and place a colander insert with broccoli in it. I use the simplest type of steamer - a regular insert into a pan with holes.
Steamed broccoli does not lose its color
I leave it covered for 15 minutes. If I use fresh cabbage, I reduce the steaming time to 10 minutes.
Steamed broccoli is ready: it looks even tastier on a plate
That's the whole secret of preparation: in 15 minutes. the broccoli has time to thaw and take a steam bath. It does not have time to cook, and does not lose its beautiful green color and beneficial properties.
Dietary dishes in a slow cooker
When using a multicooker, the following advantages are noted:
- the cooking process takes place under a hermetically sealed lid;
- there is no need to control the preparation; stewing and cooking are carried out at low temperatures;
- dishes are prepared in their own juice;
- food does not burn or oxidize;
- minimum amount of oil for cooking.
Many diet recipes have been developed for weight loss, among which stand out dishes based on lean meat, fish, cottage cheese and vegetables.
Boiled cauliflower
Cauliflower prepared according to this recipe turns out to be tender, not overcooked, and pleasant to the taste. It is even given to infants as their first meal. Boiled cauliflower retains vitamins A, B, K, a loading dose of vitamin C, and a lot of useful substances - this is a dietary dish that is included in the diet when losing weight.
Number of ingredients: 2 Cooking time: 12 minutes Calories per 100 g: 23 kcal Proteins / fats / carbohydrates: 1.8 / 0.5 / 4.1
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower – 1 pc.
- Salt to taste
A head of fresh cauliflower
I wash the cabbage. I cut off the stalk and leaves.
Cauliflower inflorescences
I divide the cabbage into inflorescences. The stem of cauliflower is the toughest part; I cut the inflorescences with the thickest stem into pieces.
Cauliflower is boiled
Pour boiling water into the pan, add a little salt, and place the cauliflower in the water.
Cauliflower cooks for 10 minutes
After the water boils, reduce the heat and leave to cook for 10 minutes. I drain the water and the side dish is ready!
Serving cauliflower on a beautiful plate
Boiled cauliflower goes well with meat, turkey, and chicken.
Do you want cauliflower with a golden brown crust?
