Some years ago pasta and rice helped me to lose a lot of weight in a Weight Watchers context and even to maintain the weight loss afterwards; but I had eaten too much of them so now I eat them more scarcely. Nonetheless, pasta and rice are still an important comfort food that when combined with low fat sauce can make wonders.
In the family of starchy food we also find leguminous (eg. lentils, beans, chick-peas etc), this type of food is a part of my tradition as Greek and is pushed by Weight Watchers because it is healthy and satiating! In Greece, we often make soups out of them, but I discovered other recipes that valorize them and that I share with you. Try them and you will see the difference :)
And now you will ask, how on earth QUICHES can be good for dieting? The secret resides with the quantity we eat and the quantity of cream and cheese we are using to make them. Manage cream and cheese are the only solution to make light quiches because as we all know crust (brisée or feuilleté) has butter in it (or other type of fat) and I have not yet managed to diminish its quantity enough to make a good one :) But then again, I have not really tried! Maybe I will do it in the future, I will keep you posted.
Houmous with spices, sweet potato and butternut
A wonderful houmous with spices (curry, cloves, cinnamon, coriander, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, cumin, paprika) and a little bit of sweet potato and butternut squash! It's very good and delicate like a baby!
Risotto with cabbage the Greek way (lahanorizo or laxanorizo)
A fine risotto that is easy to make and quick! It’s made with cabbage, onions and has some dried raisin and some dill! It’s very flavorful and tasty! And it’s a bit different from what you know!
Potatoes with mandarin for Christmas
Some potatoes for Christmas or winter time flavored with duck or goose fat and with some mandarin zest and a little bit of bay leaf for extra flavor! It’s good and easy to make!
Sweet Potatoes with Parmesan
If you love sweet potatoes then you should definitely make this recipe! It’s easy and really good! You just need to coat the potatoes sliced as fries with a little bit of olive oil and some parmesan cheese and then cook them in the oven! Really good and so easy to make! Why aren’t you making them yet?
Light Lasagna
These light lasagna have a secret ingredient that gives them a very special character to the point that it does not matter that these lasagna do not have béchamel sauce :-) This secret ingredient is called allspice and it’s so good that you will not eat normal lasagna no more ;-)
Simple tomato sauce
This simple tomato sauce is made with tomato puree and has a secret ingredient which is oregano! It’s rather delicate and really good and can be used as a sauce with pasta or as a base sauce for pizza :-) Give a try and you will see!