Winter
is the season when your organism needs the most vitamins and nutrition.
But with all its holidays and celebration days is it possible to keep
going on healthy way of life?
The answer is YES! We offer you some winter diet tips and recipes for not only following healthy way of life but also preparing healthy dishes for you and your friends.
During this season, the human body, in order to keep itself warm, generates a lot of energy as a protection against the cold weather and chilly winds.
This warmth intensifies the fire of the stomach which helps to digest the food and strengthens the digestive system of a healthy and strong person.
It is then able to digest heavier food taken in large quantity. Therefore, during the winter season nutritious food can be taken.
We should include such items in our diet which contain fat or sweet, salty, citrus, nutritious and which provide strength to the body.
Wheat, millet, maize, gram, moong, moth, black gram, masoor, etc. are especially beneficial. Besides, milk, clarified butter, mawa, rabri, kheer, cream, sweets, etc., are foods that provide energy.
During winter, one likes to take carrot halwa and preparations of sesame seeds and jaggery.
Other food items like groundnuts, dates, papaya, banana, apple, pomegranate and cheeku are also beneficial.
It is good to eat dates boiled in milk two hours after the evening meals.
The use of garlic is also beneficial.
It is not necessary to take costly nutritious food items in winter. You should also take carrots, radish, tomatoes and cucumber in the form of salad.
The juice of amla, carrots and tomatoes is also highly beneficial. Therefore, you can get good nutrition at a low cost.
There are some recipes of healthy dishes. Bon appetite! winter diet recipes :
Basmati Rice with Corn:
2 cups Basmati rice
3 3/4 cups water
2 pinches sea salt
1 cup fresh or frozen corn, blanched
1. Rinse the rice quickly in cold water and strain. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the rice and and cook for 40 minutes. Do not stir.
2. When finished, toss in the blanched corn.
Broccoli:
1 cup of water
pinch of sea salt
2 cups of broccoli stems and flowerettes
1. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Wash and cut the broccoli.
2. When water is boiling, add the stems and cook for 1/2 minute with the lid on. Then add the flowerettes and cook for 2 minutes longer with the lid on.
3. When broccoli is bright green and still a little crunchy, immediately remove from the water.
Fresh Salad or Kale:
1? water
1 pinch sea salt
1-2 leaves of kale per person
1. Wash the kale and remove the leaves from the stems. Cut each & keep separate.
2. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the stems and cook for 1 min. with the lid on. Add the leaves and cook for 1 more minute. Stir and cook for 1 more minute.
3. When bright green yet slightly crunchy, remove immediately from the water.
Tofu Bake with Corn and Ginger Scallion Gravy:
4 pkgs. firm tofu
3-4 tsp. dark miso (I prefer South River)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pkg. frozen corn
3 TB pesto
1. Drain the tofu on tea towels for 10 minutes to get rid of the water.
2. ‘Mash’ all ingredients together with your hands.
3. Put into a baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until golden brown on top.
Dessert: Baked Apples
6-7 big apples
1 cup raisins or currants or both- soaked in 1/2 cups apple juice
6 TBS tahini
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 pinch of sea salt
1. Wash and cut the apples and fill a baking dish.
2. Put the raisins, currants, apple juice, tahini, cinnamon, and salt in the blender and blend.
3. Pour the mixture over the apples, cover and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
(Note – you can also just core the individual apples and add small bits of the mixture in each apple. You’ll have to use less apple juice so the mixture is thicker.)
The answer is YES! We offer you some winter diet tips and recipes for not only following healthy way of life but also preparing healthy dishes for you and your friends.
During this season, the human body, in order to keep itself warm, generates a lot of energy as a protection against the cold weather and chilly winds.
This warmth intensifies the fire of the stomach which helps to digest the food and strengthens the digestive system of a healthy and strong person.
It is then able to digest heavier food taken in large quantity. Therefore, during the winter season nutritious food can be taken.
We should include such items in our diet which contain fat or sweet, salty, citrus, nutritious and which provide strength to the body.
Wheat, millet, maize, gram, moong, moth, black gram, masoor, etc. are especially beneficial. Besides, milk, clarified butter, mawa, rabri, kheer, cream, sweets, etc., are foods that provide energy.
During winter, one likes to take carrot halwa and preparations of sesame seeds and jaggery.
Other food items like groundnuts, dates, papaya, banana, apple, pomegranate and cheeku are also beneficial.
It is good to eat dates boiled in milk two hours after the evening meals.
The use of garlic is also beneficial.
It is not necessary to take costly nutritious food items in winter. You should also take carrots, radish, tomatoes and cucumber in the form of salad.
The juice of amla, carrots and tomatoes is also highly beneficial. Therefore, you can get good nutrition at a low cost.
There are some recipes of healthy dishes. Bon appetite! winter diet recipes :
Basmati Rice with Corn:
2 cups Basmati rice
3 3/4 cups water
2 pinches sea salt
1 cup fresh or frozen corn, blanched
1. Rinse the rice quickly in cold water and strain. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the rice and and cook for 40 minutes. Do not stir.
2. When finished, toss in the blanched corn.
Broccoli:
1 cup of water
pinch of sea salt
2 cups of broccoli stems and flowerettes
1. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Wash and cut the broccoli.
2. When water is boiling, add the stems and cook for 1/2 minute with the lid on. Then add the flowerettes and cook for 2 minutes longer with the lid on.
3. When broccoli is bright green and still a little crunchy, immediately remove from the water.
Fresh Salad or Kale:
1? water
1 pinch sea salt
1-2 leaves of kale per person
1. Wash the kale and remove the leaves from the stems. Cut each & keep separate.
2. Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the stems and cook for 1 min. with the lid on. Add the leaves and cook for 1 more minute. Stir and cook for 1 more minute.
3. When bright green yet slightly crunchy, remove immediately from the water.
Tofu Bake with Corn and Ginger Scallion Gravy:
4 pkgs. firm tofu
3-4 tsp. dark miso (I prefer South River)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pkg. frozen corn
3 TB pesto
1. Drain the tofu on tea towels for 10 minutes to get rid of the water.
2. ‘Mash’ all ingredients together with your hands.
3. Put into a baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until golden brown on top.
Dessert: Baked Apples
6-7 big apples
1 cup raisins or currants or both- soaked in 1/2 cups apple juice
6 TBS tahini
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 pinch of sea salt
1. Wash and cut the apples and fill a baking dish.
2. Put the raisins, currants, apple juice, tahini, cinnamon, and salt in the blender and blend.
3. Pour the mixture over the apples, cover and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
(Note – you can also just core the individual apples and add small bits of the mixture in each apple. You’ll have to use less apple juice so the mixture is thicker.)
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