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6 Easy Homemade Low Fat Diet Vegetable Recipes

6 diet food recipe-Steamed Fresh Petits Pois-Sauteed Spinach-Braised Endives-Vegetable Wheels-Roasted Vegetables

Here you also have many options with the same vegetable. The difference is in the way you cut the green bean: thin and long for a more delicate texture (my favorite), or short and diagonal for a crunchier texture. Just wash, clean and trim the beans. 

SERVES: 4
PREP TIME: 10 min
COOK TIME: 20 min
READY TIME: 30 min
CALORIES: 55 (per serving)

Steamed Fresh (or Frozen) Petits Pois

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INGREDIENTS

  • 200 grams petit pois
  • 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Some water
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium sized white onion

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Place the (little green peas) petit pois, the water, salt, olive oil and sugar in a saucepan.

2 Place the onion just in the middle. Bring to boil; and cook for 15 minutes, or less, until the peas are tender.

NUTRITION FACTS

VARIATION-2

Sauteed Mushrooms Recipe

(especially good with fresh Shiitake mushrooms)

INGREDIENTS

  • Any mushrooms you choose
  • Garlic
  • Olive oil or grape seed oil
  • Soy sauce
  • Worchester sauce
  • Parsley, chopped
  • White wine or sake (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

2 Saute the garlic in very little oil; add the sliced mushrooms, the sauces, and the wine or the sake.

3 Stir and Jet it cook for 10 minutes on a medium heat. Add the chopped parsley just before removing from the heat.

VARIATION-3

Sauteed Spinach Recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Wash the spinach very well (remember that it is a root vegetable, and therefore there is a lot of earth between the leaves).

2 Cut off the roots and keep them for “Spinach Root dish” (at the Turkish section) Sautee the spinach leaves with some olive oil, garlic and some red pepper flakes.

VARIATION-4

Braised Endives Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 4 endives
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • A drop of oil
  • Sea salt and black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Heat a frying pan; when very hot oil it, and add the endives, then the salt.

2 After 5 minutes, add the wine. Reduce the heat and cook, covered, for 5 more minutes.

Variations: add some balsamic vinegar or pomegranate syrup.

VARIATION-5

Vegetable Balls Recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Especially good with carrots, zucchinis, potatoes (white, yellow, blue), beet roots, turn snips and parsnips.

2 Just cut the vegetables in small rounds and cook separately. Serve together or separately.

VARIATION-6

Roasted Vegetables Recipe

INSTRUCTIONS

1 In summer we usually grill the vegetables or eat them raw just as they are. In winter, we enjoy eating roasted veggies, as a main course topped with some light feta or ricotta cheese, or as an addition to a hummus sandwich or to accompany a dish of roasted chicken.

2 In any case, roasting the vegetables intensifies their flavors and brings out their natural sweetness.

3 I’m a big advocate of eating veggies raw, sauteed or steamed, but sometimes roasting can add a very different character, and can make the veggies more interesting, with a kind of attitude: crisp, caramelized, and with a nice color.

4 The best candidates for roasting are: garlic, onions, eggplants, peppers (red, yellow, green, orange), zucchinis, potatoes and sweet potatoes.