Dietary holiday table - 20 delicious recipes

• Beet salads - winter dietary ideas
• With tuna - recipes for light dietary salads
• Chicken ideas
• Options with vegetables and fruits
• With cabbage and carrots

Sweden's most athletic chef, Jonas Lundgren, has always been an opponent of diets. The famous cook says that they deprive a person of the opportunity to breathe deeply and feel all the gastronomic charm of life. Probably, the fellow countryman of the author of the tale about Carlson is right. But what to do if the doctor prescribed a diet and it is vital?! What to do if the course of dietary nutrition falls on heavy and long celebrations?! It's simple - just check out our selection. We have collected recipes for light dietary salads in this collection - everything here is balanced so perfectly that no one will feel hungry, and the feeling of pleasant satiety will not leave you even on a holiday. At the same time, there is nothing to be afraid of: such salads do not undermine your health and do not distort your figure parameters.

Snacks for the holiday table

The best snacks for the New Year's table are chopped and beautifully served vegetables. They can be decorated in the form of “vitamin popcorn”: sticks of celery, carrots, colorful peppers and avocado, laid out around an elegant plate with sauce. Such a snack will please the eye and will not harm your figure. And how many vitamins it contains - a whole fountain in the middle of winter! Options for sauces for cutting vegetables:

• orange-ginger (cream cheese, orange, grated ginger, honey mustard);
• soy-garlic with herbs (cream cheese, soy sauce, garlic, parsley or dill);
• hummus.

Another great New Year's appetizer is baskets of caviar. They will be no less tasty than traditional sandwiches with butter and caviar, and much more original.

Useful “Mimosa”

It is also a traditional holiday dish. In the process of preparing dietary “Mimosa”, it is important to use canned fish not in oil, but in its own juice. Or you can take delicious lightly salted fish or even smoked salmon. Here you can experiment at your discretion.

We do the rest as recommended above: a minimum of potatoes, more eggs, homemade mayonnaise and don’t skimp on onions (onions or greens). It will give the salad originality and piquancy.

So, lay out the first layer of fish, chopped boiled whites, then potatoes, grated carrots, onions and grated yolks. Do not forget to grease with light mayonnaise or other suitable sauce.

And we move on. Greek salad is already a familiar and beloved dish in our country - festive and dietary! The recipe with photos and step-by-step instructions is presented below.

Baskets with caviar, holiday recipe

For the baskets:

• whole grain flour - 150 g
• rye flour - 150 g
• bran - 30 g
• whey - 150 ml (can be replaced with water or a mixture of water and milk)
• baking powder - 1 tsp.
• flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds - 2 tbsp each.
• salt and spices (coriander, cumin, cinnamon) - to taste

For filling:

• low-fat cottage cheese - 300 g
• red caviar – 150 g
• greens - to taste

1. Heat the seeds in a hot frying pan for 3 minutes until they begin to crackle.
2. Mix all the ingredients, knead a tight dough and bake the baskets using special molds. They are baked for about 15 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.
3. Cool the finished baskets, fill them with a mixture of cottage cheese and herbs, and place a few eggs on top.

Amazing variations for familiar dishes

Let's start our excursion into dietary cooking with unusual ways for us to serve banal holiday dishes. What is it about? Of course, about the well-known herring “under a fur coat” and Olivier. How can you imagine festive dishes for the New Year without them?! Dietary nutrition, however, makes its own adjustments.

Firstly, it is best to give up the high-calorie mayonnaise and replace it... you will read about this below.

Secondly, it is recommended to get rid of some other heavy foods by finding suitable and tasty replacements for them.

Olivier salad, low-calorie recipe

For the sauce:

• low-fat yogurt - 150 ml
• vinegar - ¼ tsp.
• yellow mustard - 1/8 tsp.
• salt and spices (white or hot pepper, paprika, curry) - to taste

For the salad:

• celery root - 300 g (it will replace potatoes, which are high in carbohydrates; you can also use turnips, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi - whatever you like best)
• carrots - 2 pcs.
• sour apple - 1 pc.
• pickled cucumbers - 4 pcs.
• onions - 1 pc. (small)
• chicken fillet (or tongue, turkey, boiled beef) - 200 g
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• sunflower oil - 2 tbsp.
• juice of half a lemon
• frozen green peas

1. The sauce is very easy to prepare: you just need to mix all the ingredients in a blender. If desired, you can also grind boiled yolks into it, and use the whites for the salad itself.
2. Steam the celery root and bake the carrots in foil. Cut them into cubes and mix with 2 tbsp. sunflower oil.
3. We also cut the apple, cucumbers, and onions into cubes and mix with the juice of half a lemon.
4. We cut the meat into strips, defrost the peas, and finely chop the boiled eggs. Mix everything, season with sauce and put in the refrigerator for 1-1.5 hours.

Food from distant Greece

What ingredients will be needed to prepare it? Take:

• sweet large tomatoes;
• bell pepper;
• not very bitter onion;
• a couple of fresh cucumbers;
• unsalted cheese (or homemade cheese);
• pitted olives;
• lettuce leaves.

The cooking method is simple:

• Cut the tomatoes into cubes.
• Chop the pepper into strips.
• Cut the onion into half rings.
• Cucumber - in rings or half rings (depending on size).
• Olives can be cut in half.
• Tear the salad randomly with your hands.

Season the salad with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice, taken in equal proportions.

Additionally, you can add Korean carrots, boiled chicken, halves of eggs (especially quail eggs), and apples to the dish. As you can see, you can modify the recipe. There would be desire and imagination.

Instead of oil and lemon juice, you can season the salad with light mayonnaise.

For main course - baked fish with vegetables

As the main dish for the New Year's table, we recommend choosing lean meat (poultry, veal, rabbit), fish and seafood. Try to avoid frying: to preserve vitamins and nutrients, it is better to boil, stew, or bake meat or fish in the oven.

Ingredients:

• fish (salmon, pink salmon, tuna, mackerel) - 250 g
• tomatoes - 1 pc.
• sweet pepper - ½ pc.
• eggplant - 100 g
• cucumbers - 2 pcs.
• lemon - 2 slices
• olive oil - 1 tbsp.
• salt to taste, pinch of rosemary

1. Slice the fish and sprinkle with rosemary. Chop the vegetables into not very fine strips, mix in a bowl, add salt to taste and pour olive oil on top.
2. Place vegetables on foil and place fish pieces on top. Squeeze lemon juice over the fish and vegetables and add a little water.
3. Wrap the foil and place the dish in the oven preheated to 240 degrees. In half an hour, juicy fish with vegetables will be ready.

Second

Today, the variety of products in supermarkets allows you to prepare the most interesting side dishes, using proven recipes or experimenting with new ones. Among the huge number of dishes there are enough recipes for those losing weight.

Rice with vegetables:

• Rice
• Canned corn
• Carrot
• Onion
• Red bell pepper
• Greenery
• Salt
• Olive oil

Rice is an excellent side dish that is healthy, filling and looks very appetizing in this dish.
To prepare this side dish we will need a tall saucepan. First you need to finely chop the onion and place it in a saucepan greased with olive oil, and then grate the carrots. When the onion turns golden, add the carrots for just a couple of minutes.

At this time, cut the bell pepper into small squares. In this case, it is best to give preference to a vegetable that is not overripe or even greenish, so that it retains its appearance and does not boil over during cooking. We also add pepper to the saucepan for 3-5 minutes.

Pour the resulting mixture with water and salt. Add rice and cook over low heat until cooked. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add canned corn and herbs to the dish. Mix everything thoroughly and serve it to the table in wide dishes - this way guests can enjoy not only the taste of the dish, but also its appearance.

Parsnip puree:

• Parsnip
• Olive or any other vegetable oil
• Salt

Mashed potatoes are a constant dish on any festive menu. But in fact, potatoes are not light and dietary, as they contain quite a lot of starch. Some of us practice soaking potatoes before cooking them just to get rid of the starch, but why make such a mockery of the vegetable when there is a great alternative to this dish - parsnip puree!

The taste of this puree is a little sweet, but it is rich in vitamins and minerals, and can saturate a losing body with all the beneficial substances it so needs during a diet.

To prepare the puree, you need to peel the parsnips and place them in boiling and lightly salted water. As soon as the vegetables are ready, drain off the excess liquid and puree them. It is better to serve this dish with olive oil, which can be poured into a beautiful bowl or immediately poured over the finished crushed parsnips.

Vegetable stew:

• Zucchini
• bell pepper
• White cabbage
• Tomatoes
• Onion
• Carrot
• Greenery
• Olive oil
• Salt

We clean and cut all products. Then we combine the vegetables in equal proportions and simmer in a saucepan or pan, after salting them and adding a few tablespoons of olive oil. It is best to add greens to a dish 10 minutes before it is ready, so that it has time to release its aroma and at the same time not lose its taste.

Fruit-jelly puff dessert, recipe

Low-calorie and balanced desserts are not a myth! They can be prepared, for example, based on gelatin. It has about 7 times fewer calories than chocolate or regular cake! Another great dessert is sorbet. It is prepared from a mixture of juice and fruit. It is similar in taste and consistency to ice cream, but much healthier and juicier.

Ingredients:

• pomegranate juice - 200 ml
• kefir 1% fat - 200 ml
• low-calorie yogurt - 1/3 cup
• water - 1 glass
• honey - 2 tbsp.
• gelatin - 1.5 tbsp.
• bananas - 1 pc.
• kiwi - 2 pcs.
• apples - 1 pc.
• any berries (can be frozen) - 30 g each

1. Soak the gelatin in a glass of cold water for 15-20 minutes. Then heat it on the stove, without bringing it to a boil, so that the gelatin is completely dissolved.
2. Mix one half of the gelatin in a blender with kefir, yogurt and honey, the other half with juice.
3. Place some of the diced fruit and whole berries in a jelly mold and pour in the kefir mixture. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
4. Now add more fruits and berries, pour in a mixture of gelatin and juice, and keep the same amount in the refrigerator. Alternate layers in this way. After the last layer is poured, leave the dessert in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

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Beverages

It is not advisable for a person losing weight to drink any alcohol during the holidays, but you always want to pamper yourself with a tasty and unusual drink. Let's look at several options for original drinks for those on a diet.

Cocktail “Blood with milk”:

• Low-fat sour cream
• Tomato juice
• Pepper
• Salt

This cocktail is an alternative to the well-known Bloody Mary, but at the same time it has a milder taste.
The drink should be consumed immediately after preparation, otherwise the sour cream may give off a slight bitterness.

To begin with, you need to put a few spoons of sour cream in the glasses and pour them with tomato juice, then mix it all thoroughly so that the mass is homogeneous.

While stirring, you can add salt and pepper at your discretion. Or you can skip the pepper altogether if you are not a fan of spicy foods.

Banana smoothie:

• Bananas
• Low-fat yogurt
• Low-fat milk
• Cereals

Very ripe bananas are not suitable for making this smoothie, so it is better to buy those that have greenish or completely green skin.

We take milk and yogurt in equal quantities, oatmeal - to taste. All ingredients must be placed in a blender and blended until smooth. There is no need to add sugar - bananas will already give the drink the necessary sweetness.

For variety, this recipe can be transformed by replacing bananas with other fruits - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, and pears will be very tasty when combined with the banana itself.

Lemon-honey drink:

• Lemon juice
• Water
• Honey

To prepare this refreshing drink, mix lemon juice with water heated to 50° and sweeten with honey.
Before serving, it is best to cool the drink, pour it into transparent glasses, provide guests with a straw, and place a slice of lemon on the glass. If you want to make the drink even fresher and cooling, which will be very appropriate in the hot summer, then you can add mint to it, and you can even replace lemon with lime.

You have already seen that creating a holiday menu for those losing weight is not difficult - if you experiment with low-calorie and healthy products, you will definitely get an original and tasty dish.

A few final words

As you can see, there are many recipes for dietary dishes that are suitable for any holiday feast. These include all kinds of salads, meat dishes, various desserts, and even everyone’s favorite pastries. A diet is not a reason to refuse to spend time in the company of friends at a table beautifully set and laden with tempting dishes. You just need to spend a little time searching for suitable dishes or make certain adjustments to your favorite ones. The article presents only a few recipes and photos of holiday dietary dishes, in fact there are many more, for every taste and budget. Choose any one, don’t be afraid to create and experiment, and then nothing will threaten your beauty and health! After all, health is the most valuable thing we have. And beauty, as we know, saves the world.

Fifth table: what is it and what is it eaten with?

Typically, this diet is prescribed for liver diseases: hepatitis, cirrhosis, cholecystitis, and so on. The main idea of ​​this diet is to limit your fat intake, focusing mainly on carbohydrates and proteins.

Are there any holiday recipes for diet number 5? Yes, for example, you can prepare a soufflé from beef and cottage cheese (taken in quantities of half a kilogram and 250 grams, respectively). How to cook it?

Boil the meat, then grind it through a meat grinder along with the cottage cheese. Add ten grams of butter and the yolk of one egg, mix thoroughly. Beat the remaining egg whites and slowly add them to the minced meat, stirring constantly. Then we make balls from the resulting mass or transfer all the dough into a mold and steam it.

Another recipe suggests using beef and carrots. To do this, raw meat (in the amount of half a kilogram) is twisted in a meat grinder with four medium carrots. A glass of milk and salt are added to the mixture. After this, you need to make meatballs from the minced meat and fry them without using fat or breading.

How not to gain weight during the holidays

To avoid gaining unwanted pounds during the multiple feasts that happen during the New Year holidays, follow these simple rules:

• stick to your usual sleep schedule, get enough sleep - this will help maintain the correct balance of hormones and will not allow metabolic processes to slow down;
• Make sure that the intervals between meals remain small (no more than 4 hours), so you reduce the risk of feeling acute hunger, which contributes to overeating;
• prepare a low-calorie New Year's table as much as possible - if your family adheres to traditions, at least replace mayonnaise with sour cream, and industrial desserts with fruits and cream;
• Before eating, drink a glass of water, this will help you feel full faster and easily refuse an extra piece;
• when preparing delicacies, resist the temptation to accidentally eat a piece of sausage or toast; such unscheduled snacks are not as harmless as they seem;
• if your appetite cannot be overcome, crunch on carrots or cabbage;
• do not set yourself the task of necessarily trying everything that is offered - visually evaluate the treats and mentally make a list of no more than 4 points;
• use the “one to two” rule of the culinary specialist Delimans, the essence is that a high-calorie dish must be supplemented with fresh or baked vegetables in a ratio of 1:2;
• remember about the “negative calories” that are contained in celery, zucchini, cabbage, apples, grapefruit, lemon, orange - start your meal with these products, and also use them for low-calorie salad recipes for the holiday table;
• before a feast, brushing your teeth with mint paste and using mint ether in an aroma lamp will help reduce your appetite - this smell, according to nutritionist Liz Weinandy, significantly affects the amount of food eaten (but chewing gum is not suitable, it increases salivation and exacerbates the feeling of hunger);
• eat slowly - the signal of satiety comes to the brain with a slight delay, no earlier than after 20 minutes (during this time you can eat a lot of harmful things if you rush);
• By avoiding rushing, you solve another problem - if your plate is not empty, other people will not persistently offer more.

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Eat mindfully and count calories, even if you noticeably overeat for several days in a row. By staying in control, you increase your chances of returning to a balanced, moderate diet in the near future. Gastronomic excesses for a couple of days are not so bad if you quickly return to a healthy diet and menu. A completely different matter is chronic overeating for 2-3 weeks, during which time you can gain from 2 to 6 kg, which will not be so easy to get rid of.

And remember about physical activity - don’t sit in front of the TV, go to the skating rink or play snowballs. Winter fun and being outdoors will help speed up your metabolism and keep you slim.