I have not only lost weight and gained a lot of health benefits, but also gotten a new and exciting hobby. I have learned to cook food that people really only go to restaurants and eat and maybe cannot even find it there. And now I can make them and it is really inexpensive as well since there is so much greens.
I now
know all the Asien Markets here in Stockholm and surrounding areas. I have also
learned to adapt the receipts to use the more common vegetables for us, vegetables
easier to find. Still I make sure I watch the amounts of carbohydrates so I
choose those with less instead of those with more. And I have studied and
learned about the vitamins and minerals in the various ingredients. And I can
only see gains and no losses in every change I have made.
The
great thing with the Vietnamese and even Asien way to prepare the food, is that
it is steamed or woked instead of fried or boiled. The other great thing is all
the healthy vegetables. And the third thing is the spices and tastes. It makes
any dish a feast really and without the fats and calories from sauces or
dressings that we might normally use. And Vietnamese is even healthier than
what I have been eating of Chinese food for instance. One reason because of the
dipping sauces that comes along.
Healthy Soups!
Over
these months I have eaten a lot of soups as well. It fills you
up. And I find it a great thing to eat when wanting to lose weight. And even
here you can make a lot of great soups inspired by the Vietnamese kitchen. So
here is a soup I have made a lot as well these months.
If
you cannot find or access the exact ingredients use your creativity and your
own taste and what you have locally around you.
The
point is you can spice up the food and the soup or a salad instead of using fat
sauces or dressings that you might use for a main dish or a salad normally.
Here you have a hot main dish with lots of vegetables and spices and all health
at the same time. And the soup will make you feel full.
Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Fish Soup
http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/07/vietnamese-sweet-and-sour-fish-soup.html
Here
in Stockholm I have never been able to find elephant ear which is in this
receipt so I have put something else in instead. One thing I have used is Lotus Root and it is great, crunchy and good and looks great in the soup as well!
Lotus
root has a lot of vitamin C, but also a lot of other vitamins and minerals. It
is very low in calories and carbohydrates as well. The fiber, together with
slow digesting complex carbohydrates in the root help reduce blood cholesterol,
sugar, body weight and constipation conditions.
In addition, it contains moderate levels of some of valuable
B-complex group of vitamins such aspyridoxine (vitamin
B-6) which influences mood, help control nervous irritability, headache, and
tension. It also protects heart-attack risk by controlling harmful homocysteine
levels in the blood.
Further, the root provides
healthy amounts of some important minerals like copper, iron, zinc,
magnesium, and manganese, cofactors for the production of red blood cells.
OKRA
Another great vegetable in
this soup is Okra. It is also very rich in both Vitamins A and C and have a lot
of other vitamins and minerals as well. It has no fat and almost no
carbohydrates, it has good dietary fibers and very little calories.
