Dietary restrictions can be for a variety of reasons. This is a disease, and fasting, and the desire to lose weight. However, such food is often fresh, does not have a pronounced taste and aroma. In this case, sauces come to the rescue. Dietary, lean, vegan - their choice is much more than it might seem to an inexperienced chef. This simple addition will make even a simple boiled chicken a gourmet dish.
Why are sauces, diet and lean?
The first rule of any diet is the exclusion of so-called empty calories from the diet. These include sweet drinks, mayonnaise, white bread and sugar. These restrictions are justified because most of the listed products can be replaced with much less harmful ones. Dietary and lean sauces, sugar free compotes and whole grain breads are a great alternative to the usual food.
Seasoning your dishes with diet sauces, you will not only diversify the taste of dishes, but also get additional vitamins. The fact is that for the most part they are prepared from fresh products immediately before serving. And this is a guarantee not only of taste, but also of benefit.
Varied and the choice of basic products for the preparation of sauces. It can be:
- fresh, baked or stewed vegetables;
- fruits with a bright taste, most often citrus fruits - lemons, limes, oranges, clementines;
- berries, although not quite familiar in such quality, but they are great for lean meat, for example, turkey breast;
- fermented milk products - unsweetened yogurt and kefir go well with herbs and are suitable for dressing salads.
Diet sauces , vegetable-based recipes
The most common vegetable base for diet and low-calorie sauces are tomatoes. They can be prepared in a variety of ways: stew in a saucepan, dry, puree with a blender, and simply grind. These are all varied tomato diet sauces.
Recipes with photos of such sauces are simple. Let's remember the simplest and low-calorie ones.
- Tomato sauce with garlic and horseradish - a classic option. It’s easy to prepare. Take ripe tomatoes, horseradish and garlic in the proportion that suits you, and salt the dish. All products are grinded in a meat grinder or blender, and then the sauce is rolled into sterilized jars.
- Spaghetti Tomato Sauce. Take two ripened tomatoes, a clove of garlic, fresh basil and oregano. Grind tomatoes without skins in a blender, add spices and salt. If diet allows, add a little olive oil.
Fruit and berry diet sauces
As a fruit and berry base, to prepare diet sauces, various citrus fruits are most often used. In addition, you can take sour berries - currants, cranberries, lingonberries. They have a bright taste and enrich any dish.
- Lemon dressing for salads. You will need the juice of half a lemon, a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, a tablespoon of unrefined olive oil and a little white pepper. Squeeze the lemon into the bowl, add the remaining products and whisk until white.
- Lingonberry meat sauce . Preparing is very simple. Rinse the lingonberries thoroughly and wipe it through a sieve to remove the skin and seeds. The sauce is ready. If desired, you can add a little brown sugar and white pepper to it.
Dietary sauces based on milk and dairy products
On the basis of kefir and natural yogurt, you can cook many delicious and dietary sauces that can successfully replace the usual mayonnaise.
Yogurt sauce for meat salads. Take half a glass of unsweetened yogurt, a clove of garlic, dill and salt. Chop the garlic and dill, mix with yogurt and salt. You get a great dressing for olivier instead of mayonnaise.
A similar sauce can be made on the basis of kefir. In addition, you can add finely chopped cucumbers to it and put more greens.