Are you struggling to get the toned body or do you want to lose extra pounds?
If yes, then exercising, workout or skipping meals is not the only solution to achieve your weight loss goal.
Along with doing weight loss exercises, you need to focus on your diet as well.
Keep in mind, here we are not talking about skipping your meals, eating healthy and avoiding junk and processed foods also help a lot in losing weight.
So, if you are the one who is working on losing weight, you must include healthy recipes that you can eat at breakfast, lunch, or snack time.
Best Healthy Weight Loss Recipes
Here are some of the healthy weight loss recipes you must try to lower your calorie consumption and make you feel fuller all day long.
- Wild and Brown Rice
- Quinoa and Black Beans
- Roasted Garlic Cauliflower
- Cabbage and Carrot Soup
- Pumpkin Soup
- Green Beans and Mushroom Salad
Wild and Brown Rice
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of uncooked wild rice
- 1 cup of uncooked brown rice
- 3 cups of water
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- Half a cup of chopped celery
- 3 cans of chicken broth or vegetable broth (if you want to keep it vegetarian)
- Half teaspoon of powdered thyme
- Half teaspoon of dried marjoram
- Half teaspoon of salt or as per your taste
- Half teaspoon of powdered black pepper or per your taste
How To prepare:
- Take a large saucepan and boil water in it.
- Now, soak wild rice in water for about 30 minutes.
- Drain the rice and rinse it properly.
- Take a large skillet and add wild rice, brown rice, onion, carrot, celery, chicken broth or vegetable
- broth, powdered thyme, dried marjoram, salt, and pepper.
- Boil this mixture on medium heat.
- Simmer and cover it with a lid.
- Boil the mixture until the rice turns tender and all liquid is absorbed, it may take 40-50 minutes.
Quinoa and Black Beans
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 chopped onion
- 3-4 chopped garlic cloves
- Half cup of quinoa
- 1-2 cups of vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon of powdered cumin
- Salt as per your taste
- Powdered black pepper as per your taste
- 1 cup of corn kernels
- 2 cans of black beans
- Half cup of chopped cilantro
How To Prepare:
- Take a saucepan and heat oil in it.
- Add onion and garlic and stir them until they turn slightly brown, it may take 8-10 minutes.
- Now, add quinoa and mix everything properly.
- Add vegetable broth, cumin, salt, and black pepper and boil this mixture.
- Cover the saucepan with a lid and reduce the heat to simmer.
- Heat the mixture for about 20 minutes until quinoa tenders.
- Now, add corn kernels in it and black beans and stir it well.
- Heat it for about 5 minutes and garnish it with cilantro.
Roasted Garlic Cauliflower
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of minced garlic cloves
- 1 cauliflower, cut it into florets
- Half cup of grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt as per your taste
- Powdered black pepper as per your taste
- 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
How To Prepare:
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
- Take a casserole dish and grease it.
- Take a large resealable bag and add olive oil, garlic, and cauliflower in it and mix all ingredients well.
- Now, add this mixture into a casserole dish and sprinkle salt and black pepper over it as per your taste.
- Bake it for 30 minutes while stirring the mixture.
- Add parmesan cheese and parsley all over it and heat it for another 5 minutes, until it turns golden brown.
Cabbage and Carrot Soup
Ingredients:
- 5 chopped carrots
- 3 chopped onions
- 3 finely chopped tomatoes
- 1 chopped cabbage
- 1 sachet of dry onion soup mix
- 1 can of green beans, cut and drained
- 6 cups of tomato juice
- 2 chopped green bell peppers
- Half cup of chopped celery
- 1 cup of beef broth
How To Prepare:
- Take a large pot and add carrots, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, green beans, green bell peppers, and chopped celery.
- Now, add onion soup mix, tomato juice, and beef broth.
- You can add water to cover the mixture of vegetables.
- Cook the mixture on a low heat until vegetables turn tender.
- Also, this healthy weight loss soup can be stored in the refrigerator for many days.
Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients:
- 6 cups of chicken stock
- 1-2 teaspoon of salt, as per your taste
- 4-5 cups of pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
- 1 cup chopped onion
- Half teaspoon of chopped thyme
- 1-2 minced garlic cloves
- Half cup of whipped cream
- 5 black peppercorns
How To Prepare:
- Take a saucepan and add chicken stock, salt, pumpkin puree, onion, thyme, garlic, and peppercorns.
- Bring this mixture to boil and keep it at low heat for 30 minutes.
- Now, puree this soup with the help of a food processor or blender.
- Make sure it should be processed or blended in small quantities.
- Pour it back in the saucepan and boil it again.
- Simmer for 30 minutes; make sure it should not be covered.
- Serve it in serving bowls and garnish with chopped parsley.
Green Beans and Mushroom Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of green beans, cut into long
- 2 carrots, cut into thick strips
- 3-4 tablespoons of butter
- 1 sliced onion
- cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Half teaspoon seasoned salt
- One-fourth teaspoon garlic salt
- One-fourth teaspoon white pepper
How To Prepare:
- Take a saucepan and add green beans, carrots, and some water.
- Bring it to boil, cover and cook until beans and carrots tender.
- Take a large skillet and add butter.
- Heat it and add onions and mushrooms until tender.
- Cover it and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
- Now, add them in a saucepan with green beans.
- Cover and cook for another 5 minutes on low heat.
Conclusion
You will love these healthy weight loss recipes that not only help you to reduce those extra pounds and be fit but also help you to enjoy different dishes without compromising on your taste.
Also, now there is no need to skip your meal, you can prepare these recipes and enjoy.
