A Healthy Dinner Should Include
Portions From The Major Food Groups
How many times did your Mom tell you to eat your
vegetables? When you think of a healthy dinner, does your nose curl in disdain,
remembering those canned peas? Today, a healthy dinner does not need to earn
your contempt. As a matter of fact, a healthy dinner can be as tasty and
nutritious a meal as you've ever enjoyed. Fresh ingredients are the key to a
good meal you'll look forward to eating.
Although convenient and tasty, most fast food shops do not constitute a healthy
dinner. Overloaded with salt, sugar, additives and preservatives, these dinners
aren't going to rate very high on the healthy scale. I hear you. “It tastes
good! Healthy means yukky and boring fare!” That's absolutely a myth.
Cooking is becoming a lost art in the United States, a truly sad commentary on
our society. You'd be surprised to learn that even as a non-cook (“I hate to
cook!”), if you just choose ingredients you like the taste of and combine them
in your own style of savoir faire, you'll be able to produce a healthy dinner
you actually like.
The rule of thumb in this cooking without recipes approach is simply to include
foods from the major food groups. You can employ the “Dutch eater's” approach,
with segregated foods on a plate that make a healthy and delicious dinner. For
example, a lean fish or piece of chicken and a little sauce, with a mound of
rice and your favorite vegetables is a complete healthy dinner that beats the
fast food counterpart all across the board.
For those of you who like the one-dish dinner, you're in luck. Most recipes that
claim to be a one-dish meal usually automatically include all the components
necessary to be declared healthy. Fried rice is a good example. You've got your
grains, protein and vegetables all in one spoonful. A glass of milk or fruit and
yogurt for dessert satisfies the definition of a healthy dinner. Much better
than a greasy burger and greasy fries!
If you're not concerned with your weight, your possibilities expand. Take a
batch of lasagna. By itself, it fulfills all the criteria for a dinner you can
love to love eating. With grains, vegetables, meat and cheese, lasagna is truly
healthy and nutritious, filling and you don't even need the classic garlic bread
as an accompaniment.
The old standby of soup and salad is another healthy dinner choice. Again, the
pyramid of food groups is covered, providing all the nutrition, but most
importantly to your taste buds, a yummy dinner.
So shed the memories of the canned pea and get with the modern age. Use olive
oil to do your cholesterol level a favor. Throw together a dish of your favorite
ingredients and enjoy a healthy dinner every night!
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