1. Chestnut Rice
Ingredients: 35g of rice or glutinous rice. Seasonings: A few chestnuts, cooking wine, salt. Instructions: ① Peel the chestnuts, remove the inner skin, and soak in salt water for about 30 minutes. ② Place the rice, cooking wine, water, and chestnuts in a rice cooker to cook the rice.
Slimming Editor's Review: Chestnuts have the lowest fat content among nuts. This chestnut rice can strengthen the intestines, promote gastrointestinal motility, keep the excretory system functioning regularly, improve constipation, and expel toxins promptly.
2. Tomato Egg
Ingredients: 1 boiled egg. Seasonings: A little tomato sauce, a little rosemary. Instructions: ① Cut off one-third of the boiled egg and scoop out the yolk. ② Drizzle a little tomato sauce over the yolk and mix well. ③ Place the mixed tomato yolk back into the egg white and garnish with rosemary.
Slimming Editor's Review: The weight loss benefits of tomato and egg are well-known to many. Both tomato and egg are excellent in nutrition, making them a rare weight loss food for dieters.
3. Tofu with Pickled Greens
Ingredients: 300g of pickled greens (snow cabbage), 1 bunch of tofu skin (about 10 sheets). Seasonings: Chili, alkali powder, salt, chicken essence, sesame oil as appropriate. Instructions: ① Dissolve alkali powder in 1-2 basins of warm water, soak the tofu skin sheets until soft and their color turns white, then rinse repeatedly with cold water. ② Drain the tofu skin and tear into small pieces; remove the stems and old leaves from the pickled greens, wash, squeeze out water, and chop finely; wash the chili and cut into small rings. ③ Heat 5 tablespoons of oil in a wok, add chili and stir-fry until fragrant, add pickled greens and stir-fry for a moment, then add tofu skin and stir-fry, season and mix well.
Slimming Editor's Review: Pickled greens can detoxify and reduce swelling, promote digestion, and the contained carotene and dietary fiber can prevent constipation. Combined with nourishing and moistening tofu skin, it's most suitable for weight loss in winter.
4. Stir-fried Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients: Peeled water chestnuts, winter bamboo shoots, chestnuts, Chinese cabbage stalks, shrimp, dried tofu as appropriate. Seasonings: Light cooking oil, yellow wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, starch as appropriate. Instructions:
① Peel and slice the water chestnuts; blanch the sliced winter bamboo shoots in boiling water and remove (start with cold water). ② Cook the chestnuts until tender, peel, and cut the chestnut meat in half; rinse the shrimp in clean water; wash and chop the Chinese cabbage stalks; slice the dried tofu. ③ Heat oil in a wok (not too much), stir-fry the water chestnut slices, Chinese cabbage stalks, winter bamboo shoots, and chestnuts briefly, then add dried tofu slices and stir-fry together, add yellow wine and salt, pour in a small amount of stock, add shrimp and simmer for about two minutes, add monosodium glutamate, thicken and serve.
Slimming Editor's Review: Stir-fried mixed vegetables is made by stir-frying six ingredients together. The shrimp and dried tofu provide high animal and plant protein, while the other four ingredients supplement many nutrients and are rich in fiber, making it a healthy dish for weight loss.
5. Tomato Milk Shrimp
Ingredients: 4 grass shrimp, 5 cherry tomatoes. Seasonings: Minced garlic, milk, tomato sauce, stock, cooking wine as appropriate. Instructions: ① Lightly fry the grass shrimp, sauté minced garlic until fragrant, add tomato sauce and milk. ② Season the shrimp, turn to low heat and reduce the sauce until it thickens, then serve on a plate, garnish with some cherry tomatoes.
Slimming Editor's Review: Shrimp is famous for being high in protein and low in fat. The minerals it contains, such as zinc and selenium, help expel toxins and reduce fat accumulation in the body.
6. Steamed Carp
Ingredients: 1 carp, 50g of bamboo shoots, 50g of mushrooms, 50g of tomato, 50g of bok choy, 50g of chicken oil. Seasonings: Fine salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, scallion, ginger, garlic, vegetable oil, fennel as appropriate. Instructions: ① Make diagonal cuts on the fish; cut scallion diagonally; peel and slice ginger and garlic; slice bamboo shoots; soak mushrooms in hot water, clean, and remove stems; blanch tomato in hot water, peel, cut diagonally, and remove seeds; also blanch bok choy in hot water. ② Heat vegetable oil in a wok over high heat, when it's 60% hot, quickly put the fish in and remove, place in a fish pot. Add cooking wine, fine salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken oil, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, scallion pieces, ginger slices, fennel, garlic slices, add a little water, steam over high heat in a steamer for 20 minutes; remove and discard the seasonings, place in another pot. ③ Pour the original stock into a soup pot, add bok choy and tomato, and finally add a little chicken oil. Bring to a boil and pour the soup over the fish to serve. This medicinal dish has soft, tender, and fragrant fish.
Slimming Editor's Review: Carp is very low in calories, and steaming it further reduces the calorie intake. It is rich in protein and amino acids, making it nutritious and weight-loss-friendly.