Weight Loss Diet Recipes

There are more than 40% of the American people who are suffering from obesity. In the quest of finding the best ways to lose weight people tend to cause a major harm to their health and put on more weight. There is a big commercial extravaganza about the fad diets that are sort of crash diets. They make one lose weight but not permanently.

A rapid weight loss diet, that doesn't have any long-term effect is of no use. To solve this basic problem, what a dieter can do, is to try to follow a weight loss diet that can work as anti-fad diet and make a person slim and healthy at the same time. There are several weight loss recipes, that a person can use and plan his own rapid weight loss diet plan. What are these quick recipes that are tasty and healthy at the same time? Let's figure them out.

Weight Loss Diet Plan
Here is a simple weight loss diet plan, that can be very helpful to lose weight fast.

• Breakfast: 1 cup milk + 1 pack of prepared oatmeal
• Snack: 1 fruit or raw vegetable salad (without dressing)
• Lunch: 1 chicken sandwich (whole wheat) + asparagus soup
• Snack: Tuna sandwich (whole wheat)
• Dinner: Broiled halibut + steamed rice + mixed vegetables

Weight Loss Diet Recipes: Appetizers
Here are some simple recipes, that one can include for a healthy diet that is a very significant way of losing weight.

Hummus
Ingredients

• 2 cans of garbanzos, partly drained and rinsed
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon paprika
• ¼ teaspoon crushed black pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat leaved parsley
• 3 tablespoons tahini

Procedure
make puree of the garbanzos in a food processor. Combine together paprika, tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, parsley leaves, pepper and garlic and blend thoroughly. Make sure you give the mixture a consistency of spread. One can serve it immediately with brown bread or store in refrigerator as well.

Nutritional value: 48 calories, 6g carbohydrates, 2g protein, 2g fat, 1g saturated fats and 1g mono-saturated fats.

Pita Wedges with Green Olive Tapenade
Ingredients

• 8 wedges of whole wheat pita breads
• 1 finely chopped shallot
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 roma tomatoes, peeled and chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon oregano, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove minced
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ¾ cup green olives, pitted and chopped
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 1 zest of lemon, grated
• 2 tablespoons flat leaved parsley, chopped

Procedure
Heat olive oil in a frying pan, over a medium heat and add the shallots to it to sauté well, until softened. Add to it the garlic, tomatoes, red pepper flakes, oregano and cook until the tomatoes get tender. Add dry white wine and stir the mixture slowly and bring it to boil. Stir and cook until the mixture gets thickened. Remove from heat and bring it to the room temperature. When the mixture is cooled completely, add lemon zest and chopped olives to it. Stir and keep it in the fridge for 2 days. Bring it to room temperature, spread on pita bread wedges and serve!

Nutritional value: 113 calories, 20g carbohydrates, 4g protein, 4g fat, 1g saturated fats and 2g mono-saturated fats.

Weight Loss Diet Recipes: Salads

Avocado Salad with Ginger-Miso Dressing
Ingredients

• ⅓ cup plain tofu
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• ⅓ cup plain soy milk
• 1 ½ teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon light miso
• 1 tablespoon each of fresh cilantro and spring onion
• 1 small avocado, pitted and peeled and cut into 12 slices
• ½ cup chopped red onion
• 12 oz baby lettuce, mixed
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 spring onion, thinly chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Procedure
For dressing, combine tofu, soy sauce, soy milk, miso and mustard in a food processor and blend it to creamy texture. Put it in a bowl and add cilantro and a spoonful of spring onion to it. Keep the bowl in a fridge for at least and hour. Take a clean bowl and toss the slices of avocado in lemon juice (to avoid them turning to brown in color). Now, take a large bowl and combine red onion, cilantro, spring onions and lettuce together and toss them well. Add 2/3 of the previously made salad dressing and mix it lightly to form a layer over the vegetables. Put some salad in a serving plate and arrange avocado slices on top of it. Top each slice with some remnant of the dressing and serve as soon as possible.

Nutritional value: 76 calories, 7g carbohydrates, 3g protein, 5g fat, 1g saturated fats and 3g mono-saturated fats.

Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken
Ingredients

• 6 oz boneless chicken breast
• 3 tablespoons fat free Italian dressing
• ¼ teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 ½ tablespoon fat free mayonnaise
• ½ teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ garlic clove, minced
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 ½ teaspoons water
• 4 cups romaine lettuce
• 3 tablespoons of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• ½ cup whole wheat croûton

Procedure
Coat chicken breast with the Italian dressing and put it in an airtight plastic bag. Seal the bag and put it in the fridge for half hour. Don't forget to turn the chicken after 15 minutes. Prepare a charcoal or gas grill, before that coat the grill rack (away from heat) and position it 4 to 6 inches away from the heat. Grill the chicken to brown (5 minutes on each side). Let it cool and then cut it into strips. For making the Caesar dressing, put mayonnaise, red wine vinegar, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, lemon juice and water in a bowl. Whip all the substances very well and season it with freshly ground black pepper. Take a large bowl, combine croûtons, lettuce, and Caesar dressing into it. Coat the lettuce with the dressing, transfer salad into small plates. Coat each salad with strip of grilled chicken and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and serve!

Nutritional value: 201 calories, 13g carbohydrates, 25g protein, 5g fat, 2g saturated fats and 1.5g mono-saturated fats.

Weight Loss Diet Recipes: Main Course

Cottage Cheese Vegetable Lasagna
Ingredients

• 250g peeled and sliced pumpkin
• 400g tomato pasta sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 150g spinach leaves
• ½ can of cottage cheese
• 1 teaspoon Tuscan seasoning
• 1 ½ eggs
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 fresh lasagna sheets

Procedure
Simmer together the pumpkin slices and tomato pasts sauce over a low heat for about 10 minutes. Heat a frying pan and heat olive oil to sauté garlic for a minutes. Put spinach leaves and cook until leaves are wilted. Remove from heat and let them get cooled. Take a deep 24cm square baking dish and put half of the pumpkin mixture in it. Cover it with a layer of lasagna sheet and cottage cheese. Cover it again with remaining lasagna sheet and put the remaining pumpkin mixture on top of it. At the end put some more cottage cheese and the spinach mixture. Put generous amount of Parmesan cheese on it and bake in a preheated oven over 180 degrees. Serve it with a favorite salad and crushed whole wheat bread. You can choose variety of vegetables, instead of pumpkin. Read on for some best lasagna recipes.

Nutritional value: 162 calories, 16.5g carbohydrates, 8.6g protein, 5.2g fat, 1.5g saturated fats and 2g mono-saturated fats.

Rice Krispies Bars
Ingredients

• 4½ cups of rice krispies
• 2½ cups of miniature marshmallows
• cup of toasted and sliced almonds
• ½ cup dried and diced apricots
• 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup of white chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 2 teaspoons of Grand Marnier

Procedure
With a cooking spray, coat a 9x9 pan and set it aside. Apply cooking spray on the spoon as well. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and stir together the brown sugar and butter. Stir well, until both get melted. Add cinnamon and stir again. Add marshmallows and melt the puffs. Continue stirring until you get a smooth mixture. Once the mixture is prepared, add the rice krispies to it, along with apricot and almonds. Stir well and put the mixture into the coated 9x9 pan and even it with help of the butter coated spoon. Let the bars to get cooled in the refrigerator for about half hour. Afterward, slice it into 12 pieces and start preparing for the topping. Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler over medium heat. Add the canola oil in the melting chocolate along with the Grand Marnier. Drip the mixture on the bars and let them cool before eating them!

Nutritional value: 62 calories, 29g carbohydrates, 2g protein, 7g total fat.

There are many vegetarian recipes that can be very useful to serve the purpose weight loss. Read more on liquid diet recipes for weight loss as well. Diet recipes for weight loss need to be low in calories and high with all the nutritional ingredients. When thinking about losing weight, a person must think about healthy weight loss, rather than quick weight loss.