Enjoy cooking at Christmas in a healthy way
Enjoy cooking at Christmas in a healthy way
Enjoy cooking this Christmas, without excesses!
Christmas is a time of emotions ... and of enjoying the kitchen.
In our nature is to enjoy with food, so we should not give it up.
But neither fall in excesses that they pass us invoice at the end of these magical days and full of emotions.
During the next holidays, the balance at the table is a virtue.
Enjoy the pleasure of Christmas meals without losing sight of healthy eating.
So that the celebrations do not involve accumulating a kilo but not a torture renouncing the delights of the table, Dr. Laura Isabel Arranz, explains some tricks and tips for these days.
Let logic accompany emotion.
Emotions are good, but excessive can turn against us.
Because, rationalize and be aware of what we are going to eat, will help us enjoy without posing a threat to our health and our weight.
The ideal thing before a celebratory table full of rich starters, main dishes and desserts, is to select what we are going to eat and serve us the right portion.
If we visualize the amount we want to ingest, we will be more able to take it at a more leisurely pace and enjoying it.
If in addition to our ration after we want something more, there is no problem as long as we are aware.
The logic will help us that the emotion is also eating more moderately.
More vegetables and fish.
What should predominate in our diet are vegetables and, as a protein source, fish instead of meat, we will have much in our favor.
In this way, and almost without realizing it, we will lower the caloric content of our meals by 50% or more.
And we will also be taking more vitamins and minerals that will help us feel more vital.
Vegetables can be present in different ways in:
Appetizers: peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, hummus with vegetable crudités, kale chips, olives, pickles, etc.
First courses: delicious and appetizing creams or soups, grilled or baked vegetables, kettledrums, salads and even cannelloni or vegetable lasagna.
Accompaniments: Sauteed vegetables, grilled, grilled and also in the form of sauces.
Starters and light dishes to power.
There are great delicious proposals for starters and main courses that have fewer calories.
Here the winners are Seafood, crustaceans and vegetables!
The most caloric starters are those based on high-fat cheeses, fried foods, tempura, tartlets, croquettes, potato chips, etc.
It does not mean that we can not eat any of these delights, but if we do, we should moderate the amount.
For the main dishes, the advice is to look for recipes beyond cannelloni and red meats.
Although they are very rich, so are other dishes with healthier foods and preparations.
For the first course we could opt for soups or Christmas broths, consommés of vegetables or salads.
It is also a good time for artichokes and mushrooms that can fit perfectly into recipes for Christmas.
In the second dish we will choose fish, from good hake to monkfish, salmon, sea bass or turbot.
The ideal preparation is the oven, but we can even think of cooking them with light sauces such as homemade tomato sauce, sanfaina, green or lemon sauce.
Anyway, If we exceed a little in some dish, it will not be a problem if we try to compensate with prudence in the rest.
Desserts and sugars with a lot of moderation.
On many occasions we are able to moderate during lunch or dinner and the problem arises at the time of desserts and after-dinner.
If so, we must apply trick 1 (logic) enjoying the emotion of some candy that we like, but without losing consciousness.
As you can see, it is not a matter of prohibiting but applying common sense.
It is true that this time of Christmas meals is the most complicated.
In general, sugars boycott our health and the maintenance of our body weight.
Therefore, we must value what we like most, to select what we are going to take and do it consciously.
It will also be very useful for us moderate the liquors that usually accompany them, since alcohol does not stop providing empty calories.
To achieve this it is ideal to have help from the infusions that, in addition to helping our digestion, are good allies to entertain us and avoid continuing to peck at the table.
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