Here are 15 fat burning foods that can help you lose weight and be healthier.
Herbs
Herbs are like the miracle drugs of the plant world. They can grow on a sunny windowsill, in poor soil, with very little care and still bring you substantial health benefits and magnificent flavors.
1. Parsley is good in salads, soups and broths, and freshens breath.
2. My hands always smell of garlic and my guy loves it. He knows good food needs garlic. Garlic is said to lower cholesterol, benefit arthritis and may fight cancer.
3. Chives are great with everything, dill was made for salmon, and basil is so Italian.
Vegetables
4. Cauliflower and broccoli are great served raw, having a much milder and sweeter flavor than the cooked versions. They are especially good in big salads with mixed greens, red cabbage, carrots and some baked fish or chicken with the above salad dressing.
5. Green onions or scallions are two of the best foods for adding flavor to dishes without calories is green onion. We particularly like to use them and parsley to freshen and enhance the flavor of clear chicken broth and soups when we are ready to serve. A generous sprinkle of these taste boosters and a few drops of rice vinegar will make you very happy and healthy, too. Skip the bread and crackers.
6. Spinach has lots of good iron and other benefits that only become available to your body when enhanced with some citrus or vinegar. We love to serve it in salads with oranges, chives or chopped sweet onion, toasted pine nuts or almonds with a little honey mustard dressing. It's also good to add a large handful of spinach and chopped green onions to clear chicken soups at the time you serve.
7. Beets - This root vegetable is loaded with vitamins and natural sugar and the greens are literally a nutrient bonanza in salads. The color of the beet itself is very beautiful and can enhance many dishes.
8. Turnips - We love turnips mashed like potatoes. 1 c only has 36 calories, about ¼ of the same amount of potatoes. They are wonderful with roasted pork tenderloin with a sweet onion mustard sauce made like salad dressing (above) with the enhancement of the onions.
9. Radishes are one of those vegetables that arrive early in spring when you want them most. ½ c of radishes has only 10 calories. Eat them with a little bit of salt instead of popcorn or chips. You'll taste a lot of good flavor and get some good nutrients, too.
Fruits
10. Melons just need to be cut before they land on the plate. My Mom always craved them when she was pregnant. They are full of good nutrients and help you stay hydrated. We always teased her she was going to have a big old green watermelon instead of another baby. She had 5, babies that is, not watermelons.
11. Black berries (75 cal. Per cup) and raspberries (64 cal. Per cup) - These berries are both healthy and tasty. We prefer them raw right from the bushes that grow near our house. 1 c has loads of nutrition.
12. Strawberries - I was once stuck for hours due to foggy weather at O'hare airport in Chicago waiting for family. I had no hope that I would get anything good to eat in an airport but I was in for a pleasant surprise. Illinois grows some of the best strawberries in the world in the spring. They were serving fresh strawberries with heavy cream (not sugared or whipped) right from the bar where people were ordering mixed drinks. I ate 2 servings with hot tea and never worried about the saturated fat in the cream or what time it was.
13. Plums are one of the many things that grew around one of my childhood homes. My cousins and I would find them ripe and eat until we couldn't eat any more and then bring some home for granny and the aunts to make into jam. Now we only eat them raw. They are great.
14. Oranges, limes and lemons - We use all these in cooking. Salads like chopped spinach only get better with a bit of fresh orange. Limes are good with fish. Lemons enhance so many dishes. Try to eat the whole fruit, not just the juice.
Nuts
15. Nuts are good in many dishes and bring flavor and nutrients. A few walnuts at bedtime will help you sleep better.
There are a lot more wonderful fat burning foods out there than the ones on this list. Try to eat as much fruit and raw or lightly steamed vegetables as possible and burn fat with pleasurable eating!
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Herbs
Herbs are like the miracle drugs of the plant world. They can grow on a sunny windowsill, in poor soil, with very little care and still bring you substantial health benefits and magnificent flavors.
1. Parsley is good in salads, soups and broths, and freshens breath.
2. My hands always smell of garlic and my guy loves it. He knows good food needs garlic. Garlic is said to lower cholesterol, benefit arthritis and may fight cancer.
3. Chives are great with everything, dill was made for salmon, and basil is so Italian.
Vegetables
4. Cauliflower and broccoli are great served raw, having a much milder and sweeter flavor than the cooked versions. They are especially good in big salads with mixed greens, red cabbage, carrots and some baked fish or chicken with the above salad dressing.
5. Green onions or scallions are two of the best foods for adding flavor to dishes without calories is green onion. We particularly like to use them and parsley to freshen and enhance the flavor of clear chicken broth and soups when we are ready to serve. A generous sprinkle of these taste boosters and a few drops of rice vinegar will make you very happy and healthy, too. Skip the bread and crackers.
6. Spinach has lots of good iron and other benefits that only become available to your body when enhanced with some citrus or vinegar. We love to serve it in salads with oranges, chives or chopped sweet onion, toasted pine nuts or almonds with a little honey mustard dressing. It's also good to add a large handful of spinach and chopped green onions to clear chicken soups at the time you serve.
7. Beets - This root vegetable is loaded with vitamins and natural sugar and the greens are literally a nutrient bonanza in salads. The color of the beet itself is very beautiful and can enhance many dishes.
8. Turnips - We love turnips mashed like potatoes. 1 c only has 36 calories, about ¼ of the same amount of potatoes. They are wonderful with roasted pork tenderloin with a sweet onion mustard sauce made like salad dressing (above) with the enhancement of the onions.
9. Radishes are one of those vegetables that arrive early in spring when you want them most. ½ c of radishes has only 10 calories. Eat them with a little bit of salt instead of popcorn or chips. You'll taste a lot of good flavor and get some good nutrients, too.
Fruits
10. Melons just need to be cut before they land on the plate. My Mom always craved them when she was pregnant. They are full of good nutrients and help you stay hydrated. We always teased her she was going to have a big old green watermelon instead of another baby. She had 5, babies that is, not watermelons.
11. Black berries (75 cal. Per cup) and raspberries (64 cal. Per cup) - These berries are both healthy and tasty. We prefer them raw right from the bushes that grow near our house. 1 c has loads of nutrition.
12. Strawberries - I was once stuck for hours due to foggy weather at O'hare airport in Chicago waiting for family. I had no hope that I would get anything good to eat in an airport but I was in for a pleasant surprise. Illinois grows some of the best strawberries in the world in the spring. They were serving fresh strawberries with heavy cream (not sugared or whipped) right from the bar where people were ordering mixed drinks. I ate 2 servings with hot tea and never worried about the saturated fat in the cream or what time it was.
13. Plums are one of the many things that grew around one of my childhood homes. My cousins and I would find them ripe and eat until we couldn't eat any more and then bring some home for granny and the aunts to make into jam. Now we only eat them raw. They are great.
14. Oranges, limes and lemons - We use all these in cooking. Salads like chopped spinach only get better with a bit of fresh orange. Limes are good with fish. Lemons enhance so many dishes. Try to eat the whole fruit, not just the juice.
Nuts
15. Nuts are good in many dishes and bring flavor and nutrients. A few walnuts at bedtime will help you sleep better.
There are a lot more wonderful fat burning foods out there than the ones on this list. Try to eat as much fruit and raw or lightly steamed vegetables as possible and burn fat with pleasurable eating!