Add some dried sage or dill for that little extra je ne sais quoi. Put the puree into a small sauce pan, whisk in some skim milk, salt, pepper, and some margarine and voila… the perfect stand in for mashed potatoes. Simply steam or boil it until it is soft, drain and then use either a food processor or a potato masher to turn it into a puree. The frozen sections of many marts have started selling bags of frozen cauliflower pretty cheap. A cup of steamed or boiled cauliflower contains less than 30 calories and less than 1g of fat. Just pop them in the oven with some olive oil, pepper and sea salt on 175C for about 30-40 minutes, or until they are slightly brown (depends on the thickness of the slices) and you’ve got yourself a great side dish or snack.Īnother great substitute for the carb-heavy potato is cauliflower. Most marts sell pre-sliced lotus root in vacuum sealed packs. Turns out, they’re not only incredibly tasty, but also contain zero calories from fat and have less carbs than potatoes. I recently ate in a Japanese restaurant in Nampo-dong that served crispy lotus root chips as a garnish on the plates. They not only have their own, naturally salty flavor, but also take just minutes to cook.Įver wonder what those discs that look like little wheels served as bancheon are? They’re actually lotus root, or yeon-gun (ì°ê ![]() Try using buckwheat noodles as a substitute in your favorite pasta dish. Despite its name, buckwheat is not actually a wheatâit’s ground from the seeds of a plant in the Rhubarb family. Buckwheat noodles, also called soba noodles, contain half the calories of white flour pasta and a one cup serving packs 25% of the recommended dose of manganese, a mineral that aids in metabolism. I was introduced to mae-mil (ë©ë°) by a friend who, for health reasons, needed to go on a gluten-free diet. Here are five food ideas that will make ‘diet’ seem like way less of a dirty word. ![]() The onset of summer means two thingsâtaking endless photos of cherry blossoms and getting those bods beach-ready.
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