Low Fat Diet Recipes

This Original Article Was Written by Obi Enwelimikwu

easy low fat recipes

Much meat and many dairy products, baked goods, fast foods, snack foods, fried foods, sauces, gravies, and oils are loaded with fat, and eating them can lead to obesity.You can cut fat without denying yourself the pleasure of good eating. Here are some easy and delicious recipes to help you on your way to a low-fat way of life.

ZESTY LIME CORNISH HENS

• 6 Cornish hens, about 1 pound each
• 2/3-cup low-fat or fat-free Italian salad dressing
• ½ cup fresh limejuice
• ¼ cup green onions, chopped
• 2-tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1-tablespoon lime rind, grated
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• Salt and pepper to taste

Wash hens; pat dry. Combine remaining ingredients in shallow baking dish. Add hens; turn to coat with marinade. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Turn several times. Remove hens from marinade. Grill over heat, 4 inches from heat, about 1 hour or until done, or bake in a 350-degree oven for 1 hour. Turn and baste often with remaining marinade.

Yields 6 Cornish hens.

TURKEY BURGERS

• 1 pound ground turkey.
• ¼ cup dry bread crumbs
• ¼ cup onions, finely chopped
• 1 egg or egg white
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Vegetable cooking spray
• Lettuce, tomato and onion slices

Combine turkey, bread crumbs, onion, egg, garlic powder, slat and pepper in medium bowl. Shape turkey mixture into 4 patties, each about ½-inch thick.

Spray large skillet with vegetable cooking spray. Heat skillet over medium heat until hot. Place patties in pan and cook for 5 minutes on each side until golden brown. Cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes longer or until cooked through. Serve on toasted hamburger buns with lettuce, tomato and onion slices if desired. Yields 4 servings.

Will Cooking With Low Fat Recipes Help You Lose Weight?

This Original Article Was Written by Beth Larson

If you are like most people who use low fat recipes to lower the amount of fat they are eating you are probably either following a reduced fat diet because you are hoping to lose weight or to help your heart. Does that mean that cooking with low fat recipes is not the answer to weight loss? People have been following low fat diets for decades, yet all across the world more and more people are becoming overweight. Many people who are eating low fat only read labels for fat content and don’t look at the calorie content. Mono-unsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids - or “good fats” - have actually been shown to lower the risk of heart disease. For instance, your body needs fat to build and maintain the cell membranes.

Along with not giving your body the fat that it needs, low fat diets often don’t provide many of the essential vitamins and nutrients that you need to stay healthy. Because diets that cut out fat tend to be high carb and often times high calories, research has shown that people who follow low fat diets are becoming more obese and being put at risk for type 2 diabetes. All in all most researches agree that low fat diets are not all they are cracked up to be. If eating low fat was effective the obesity rates would be decreasing instead of increasing and there would be a decrease in heart disease.