Dining out at home: restaurant inspiration #2
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Do you love eating out, but loathe the fact that you can’t fully control what is actually in your food, the way it’s prepared and the often-hefty amount of calories your meal contains? Well, worry no more! Here is one of three healthy restaurant-inspired dinners that you can make at home, while controlling all of these factors—and it’s all at a fraction of the cost you would pay at a restaurant.
The Chinese Restaurant Meal: Sweet and Sour Chicken
The classic version of this dish is actually fried adding a lot of fat to just one dish. One cup can have as many as 700 calories. This recipe makes 4 servings, and each serving is approximately 175 calories, which leaves room for you to pair it up with some veggies.
The Chinese-inspired Restaurant Meal: Super Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Why we love it: It is so easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious, yet the fat is slashed by more than 75 percent, thanks to this no-fry version. Plus, we always bulk up the meal by adding broccoli, which makes this dish ultra-satisfying.
How to make it:
Ingredients:1 pound skinless chicken breast tenderloins or chicken breast (cut in strips) Hot mustardDuck sauceBroccoliBrown rice
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread a thin layer of hot mustard on a large piece of tinfoil. Lay the chicken evenly across the tinfoil and then spread another thin layer of hot mustard on top of the chicken. Make sure the tinfoil is large enough that you can fold it up and close it at the top, making a covered packet. Close the packet and bake for 25 minutes or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked. While the chicken is in the oven, steam the broccoli and set it off to the side.
Once the chicken is done, remove the packet from the oven and carefully open it, as the steam coming out will be extremely hot. Brush a light layer of duck sauce over the chicken pieces—adding this sauce after rather than before cooking will help make the flavor stronger, while using less sauce and saving calories.
Serve with lots of steamed broccoli (or other veggies) and a small portion (1/2 to 1 cup) of cooked brown rice.
View original post, "Ditch Dining Out: 3 Restaurant-inspired Dinner Ideas That are Actually Good for You" by The American Council on Exercise
Best Teen Diets recommends healthy well balanced eating that includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein and low-fat or fat-free dairy. We offer nutrition information for teens, parents and educators that emphasizes the importance of healthy eating for teens. For more information visit www.bestteendiets.org
Best Teen Diets recommends healthy well balanced eating that includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein and low-fat or fat-free dairy. We offer nutrition information for teens, parents and educators that emphasizes the importance of healthy eating for teens. For more information visit www.bestteendiets.org
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