Healthy seasonings for the holidays
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Something tasty and festive on the table? With these ingredients you make dishes to enjoy and they are healthy too.
Avocado
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Beautifully green and deliciously creamy: the avocado. This exotic fruit is rich in oleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid that helps lower the levels of unhealthy LDL cholesterol in your blood. Avocados provide a lot of energy with 350 calories each. Do you watch the kilos? Eat at most half or quarter avocado at a time. Turkey English swear by turkey roast at Christmas, which is a good habit. Just like chicken, turkey offers a sustainable alternative to red meat, such as steak or pork roulade. Turkey is high in protein and relatively low in energy and saturated fat. This will please both heart and blood vessels and the scales.
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Beautifully green and deliciously creamy: the avocado. This exotic fruit is rich in oleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid that helps lower the levels of unhealthy LDL cholesterol in your blood. Avocados provide a lot of energy with 350 calories each. Do you watch the kilos? Eat at most half or quarter avocado at a time. Turkey English swear by turkey roast at Christmas, which is a good habit. Just like chicken, turkey offers a sustainable alternative to red meat, such as steak or pork roulade. Turkey contains a lot of protein and relatively little energy and saturated fat. This will please both heart and blood vessels and the scales.
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Beautifully green and deliciously creamy: the avocado. This exotic fruit is rich in oleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid that helps lower the levels of unhealthy LDL cholesterol in your blood. Avocados provide a lot of energy with 350 calories each. Do you watch the kilos? Eat at most half or quarter avocado at a time. Turkey English people swear by turkey roast at Christmas, which is good practice. Just like chicken, turkey offers a sustainable alternative to red meat, such as steak or pork roulade. Turkey is high in protein and relatively low in energy and saturated fat. This will please both the heart and blood vessels and the scales.
Turkey
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The English swear by turkey roast at Christmas and that's good practice. Just like chicken, turkey offers a sustainable alternative to red meat, such as steak or pork roulade. Turkey contains a lot of protein and relatively little energy and saturated fat. This will please both heart and blood vessels and the scales.
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The English swear by turkey roast at Christmas and that's good practice. Just like chicken, turkey offers a sustainable alternative to red meat, such as steak or pork roulade. Turkey is high in protein and relatively low in energy and saturated fat. This will please both heart and blood vessels and the scales.
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
Seaweed
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Go crazy and make a salty soup or salad with seaweed. Seaweeds contain a lot of protein and iron, and in addition to vitamin B1 also minerals such as iodine, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.
Chestnuts
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Baked, in the soup or as a puree: with this slightly sweet note you can go in all sorts of directions. It is rich in fiber and contains more carbohydrates and less fat and energy than other nuts. The fats in chestnuts are unsaturated and thus help prevent cardiovascular disease.
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Puffed, in soup or as a puree: you can go in all kinds of directions with this slightly sweet note. It is rich in fiber and contains more carbohydrates and less fat and energy than other nuts. The fats in chestnuts are unsaturated and thus help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Buckwheat
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A herbaceous plant resembling grain. You can bake bread and pancakes with it, or eat it cooked. Buckwheat is rich in fiber (good for bowel movements) and vitamins B1 and B6, both involved in metabolic processes in the body. It does not naturally contain gluten.
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5 minDrink without alcoholbananas, cool fresh apple-pear raspberry juice, Soy drink vanilla,soy fruit shake -
20 minMain dishsauerkraut, sticking potato, liquid baking product, half-to-half minced, Spice meatballs, pineapple, olive oil, liquid baking product,gratin sauerkraut dish with minced meat -
40 minMain dishlemongrass, fresh ginger, Red peppers, onions, tomato cubes, fresh cod fillet, coriander, oil, ground turmeric (koenjit), coconut milk, salt,fish in creamy coconut sauce -
15 minSide dishsweet potato, soft goat cheese, egg, spring / forest onion,stuffed sweet potato with egg
Mackerel sashimi
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Most people only know smoked mackerel. But this tasty, firm fish also works great raw, as sushi or sashimi. Mackerel, just like salmon, herring and other fatty fish, contains many omega-3 fatty acids, which is good for the heart and blood vessels.
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Most people only know smoked mackerel. But this tasty, firm fish also works great raw, as sushi or sashimi. Mackerel, like salmon, herring and other fatty fish, contains a lot of omega-3 fatty acids, which is good for the heart and blood vessels.
Artichoke Â
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Is so beautiful that it fits in a vase, but also on a plate. It is rich in fructo- and oligosaccharides (prebiotic fibers that stimulate the growth of â € goodâ € ™ bacteria in your gut) and antioxidants, and is low in calories. Canned artichokes often contain a lot of oil, salt or sugar.
Beets
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Not only add color to your food, they also contain a lot of fiber (good for your bowel movements), vitamin C, folic acid, manganese, potassium and iron. These substances are involved in all kinds of control processes in your body, such as your immune system and the transport of oxygen through your blood.
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Not only do they add color to your food, they also contain a lot of fiber (good for your bowel movements), vitamin C, folic acid, manganese, potassium and iron. These substances are involved in all kinds of control processes in your body, such as your immune system and the transport of oxygen through your blood.
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20 minMain dishTasty vine tomato, (olive oil, fresh basil, onion, garlic, Parmigiano Reggiano, zucchini spaghetti, pumpkin spaghetti, mini buffalo mozzarella,lukewarm pumpkin and zucchini spaghetti -
15 minSide dishtraditional olive oil, curry powder, wheat flour, coconut milk, sambal oelek, chicken broth tablet, water, fresh mango,curry sauce with mango -
30 minMain dishtraditional olive oil, lean ground beef, frozen Mexican wok vegetables, salsa sauce mild, taco shell, grated young cheese, creme fraiche,Mexican vegetable in tacos -
95 minMain dishmaize chicken, lemon, coarse sea salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, thyme, zucchini, tomatoes (small to), black olives without pit,provençal chicken with zucchini and tomatoes
Salsify
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Salsify are sometimes called winter asparagus because of their refined taste. These roots are rich in fiber (inulin) and therefore good for bowel movements.
Blueberries
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Complement a festive dessert. They owe their color to the substance anthocyanin, which acts as an antioxidant. Antioxidants protect our tissues and organs against harmful substances and thus help prevent various diseases. The berries also contain plenty of fiber and vitamin C.
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25 minSmall dishflour, frozen puff pastry, egg, milk, walnut, mature cheese, paprika, dried Provençal herbs,puff pastry-sticks -
20 minSide dishEggs, lettuce, parsley, olive oil (extra virgin), tarragon vinegar, salt and freshly ground pepper,lettuce with egg dressing -
15 minSmall dishbaking flour, peanut oil, flat leaf parsley,ar'nabit mi'li -
15 minAppetizerScottish salmon fillet, butter or margarine, fresh dill, creme fraiche, dry white wine, arugula lettuce melange, pan tostado,baked salmon with white-wine sauce
Almonds
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These are the seeds of a fruit, but are so similar to nuts that they belong to the latter group. Almonds provide iron, vitamins E and B1 and contain unsaturated fat. Eating unsalted almonds and other nuts protects against cardiovascular disease and lowers the levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol in the blood.
Passion fruit
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This exotic fruit is full of vitamins and minerals. For example, beta carotene, a precursor to vitamin A that is involved in the immune system and may act as an antioxidant. Passion fruit is a fresh seasoning in water ice, mousses and flavored waters. The fruit provides little energy with 8 calories each. Passion fruit is also called maracuja or granadilla.
Pomegranate seeds
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The pomegranate originally from Iran is actually not an apple, but a berry. The crisp, crunchy seeds are packed with vitamin C and polyphenols, which act as antioxidants. They thus contribute to a strong immune system and offer protection against cardiovascular diseases, among other things.
Fresh figs
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Many people eat them dried, but fresh they are just as tasty. Figs are rich in fiber and therefore good for bowel movements. The fruits also contain plenty of beta-carotene (a precursor of vitamin A), vitamin B and various minerals. This article was previously published in Plus Magazine December 2018. Not yet a Plus Magazine subscriber? You can become a subscriber in an instant!