If a person monitors his health, he must pay attention to nutrition, including the calorie content of foods. And when you want to preserve the taste, but at the same time reduce the total calories, you have to go to some tricks.
Harmful substitutes
One of the most important rules for those who do not want to radically change their diet, but at the same time strive to eat right, is to replace unhealthy foods with healthy ones. In particular, we are talking about replacing high-calorie foods with less high-calorie, but similar in taste.
There is a universal set of healthy food, which helps to lose weight, improve the overall health of the body and does not in any way affect the taste of dishes prepared with the addition of these products. This set includes: sour cream, natural yogurt, sugar substitute, adjika, skim milk, compote, chicken breast fillet, ham.
As you can see, we are talking mainly about sauces. Indeed, it is thanks to sauces that the calorie content of your diet increases by one and a half times. Everyone's favorite mayonnaise, even from the "light" series, contains at least 300 Kcal per 100 g, while sour cream 15% fat - 158 Kcal. Sour cream can be used as a substitute for mayonnaise almost everywhere - when preparing meat, snacks and sauces. As for salads, there is an even more beneficial option in terms of calorie content - natural yogurt. It has only 66 Kcal, while using it instead of mayonnaise and even more so sour cream, you will not feel the difference at all. Both tasty and healthy.
Replace ketchup with adjika. It tastes more natural and has half the calories (54 versus 95). Skim milk will be about 100 kcal "lighter" than fat milk, so you can safely add it to baked goods without changing the taste, and the total calorie content will decrease by one fifth.
Instead of chicken, use chicken breast fillet, which is pure, low-calorie meat without impurities of fat, and in fact it is considered the most delicious part of this poultry. And replace the sausage with a more delicious ham.
Sugar is the main source of calories. Three cups of tea with sugar will add 126 Kcal to your body, but the sugar substitute will add 10 times less, although there is practically no difference in taste.
The right dishes
Another secret of the housewives is the correct dishes. The steamer, airfryer and non-stick skillet are the best friends of nutritionists. And if the food still loses its taste a little in a double boiler, the airfryer allows you to cook as tasty as in a regular frying pan. The same goes for the non-stick coating, which allows you to fry without oil.
By the way, 100 g of sunflower oil contains 899 Kcal. Imagine weighing your food down by frying it with these oils. For example, you can compare cutlets: fried in oil have a calorie content of 295 Kcal, and without oil - 179 Kcal.
Ditch the stereotypes that healthy food can't be tasty. Maybe if you use a little trick in your kitchen.
