Here are some healthy recipes that will keep you fit and satisfied.
Easy Healthy Recipes for Women on the Go
It’s hard to fit in a healthy diet when work, school, kids, and everyday fiascoes consume our lives. Sometimes us ladies aren’t lucky enough to even fix our hair, let alone cook a healthy meal and work out every day. It seems like some people are capable of making it look so easy! Take Beyonce’ for example, one day she is pregnant and the next day she’s dancing on stage with a perfect body. Most of us probably don’t have chefs or personal trainers. However, not to fear, there are ways to make leading a healthier lifestyle easier.
Step 1: FILL YOUR FRIDGE WITH HEALTHY FOODS– The next time you go grocery shopping fill your cart with vegetables, fruits, yogurt, nuts, oatmeal, chicken, etc. If your refrigerator is full of healthy foods there is no way to eat badly in your home.
Step 2: PRE PACK YOUR LUNCH– By pre-packing your lunch there is no need to go to a fast food restaurant on your lunch break. This way you can eat healthy while saving your money. Hey! You might even have time to take a walk around the building, for a little exercise.
Step 3: ELIMINATE SODAS AND JUICES FROM YOUR DIET– Although some juices might look as if they are healthy, a lot of times they are not. Apple juice can have up to 48 grams of sugar. Water is always the best way to go!
DC Life Magazine spoke to certified trainer Ivan Tchemy from the Washington Sports Club and searched the internet high and low for the best nutritious recipes!
TRAINER TIPS
“Eat 5 meals a day”
“Eat every 3 hours”
“Eat small proportions”
“Busy women should cook on the weekends for the whole week”
“Never miss breakfast”
Let’s face it fatty foods are just more attractive. But don’t give in to temptation because healthy dishes can be just as delicious. Here are some healthy recipes that are low in calories but high in deliciousness.
Breakfast- Egg White Muffins
Materials: a Muffin pan
Ingredients: PAM or olive oil, 1 carton of egg whites, spinach, onion, salt-free seasoning, and bell pepper.
Directions:
Spray muffin pan with PAM or olive oil
Put 3 to 4 spinach leaves in each muffin section
Chop up onions, and peppers and spread them evenly into each muffin section
Pour 2 egg whites per muffin section in the top of the vegetables
Sprinkle the salt-free seasoning on top
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes
You can eat two now and save some for later!
More at this site: http://shanaandadam.blogspot.com/2012/05/eat-clean-my-egg-white-muffins.html
Lunch- Spinach Macaroni
Materials: Muffin Pan
Ingredients: 4 cups of cooked whole wheat macaroni, 1 pack of cooked spinach, 1 egg and 1 egg white, 3oz of cheddar cheese, 3 oz of a softer melting cheese, 1 tablespoon of butter or (Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter) 1 tablespoon of flour, 1 cup of milk, clove of garlic and salt and pepper.
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F
Cook pasta in water
Melt butter in a pan on medium heat, add flour and whisk until thick
Add garlic
Add a cup of milk and cheese
Drain pasta and mix it with spinach and cheese mixture
Grease muffin sections
Bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes
More at this site: http://jasons-bites.com/2012/10/25/jason-teaches-again-this-week-baked-spinach-mac-n-cheese/
Dinner- Mango Coconut Jasmine Rice
Materials: Pot
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of dry jasmine rice, 1 15 oz can of coconut milk, 1 cup water, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 honey, 1 large mango
Directions:
Place jasmine rice in a pot and rinse 3 to 4 times
Drain water
Add can of coconut milk and cup of water
Place lid on top and put it on medium heat until it boils, then let it simmer down on low heat
While the rice simmers cut the mango into cubes
Turn off heat and let the rice sit
Fluff rice
Drizzle honey over rice and mix
Add cubes of mango and mix
More at this site: http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/2012/06/mango-coconut-jasmine-rice-479-recipe.html
