Many housewives approach the New Year's Eve thoroughly, preparing 12 dishes for the festive table, as tradition dictates. And the participants of the feast, so as not to break this same tradition, try to try all these dishes. Is it any wonder that some eaters are taken away by ambulance right on New Year’s Eve with an attack of ulcers or pancreatitis. But even those who resisted and were able to taste everything that is on the table without ending up in a hospital bed experience heaviness in their stomachs or gain extra pounds, which do not make anyone happy. How to be? We offer our readers “Beauty is in You” 12 recipes for dietary dishes that can be prepared for the New Year 2020. And we strongly advise you not to eat everything that looks at you, but to choose several options for an appetizer or dessert that you prefer, leaving the rest to others guests.

How to set the table for the 2020 Year of the Rats if you're on a diet

Take a few tips on how to set a festive table for New Year and Christmas if you are on a diet.

1. When choosing recipes for dishes for the New Year's table, make sure that they do not include:

• pork (it's fatty);
• potatoes, white rice, soft wheat pasta, sugar (they contain a lot of “fast” carbohydrates);
• mayonnaise (fatty, spicy and of little use);
• hot seasonings (whet appetite and can cause exacerbation of peptic ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract);
• pickles (salt, sugar and vinegar included in the marinade can turn any product from healthy into harmful).

It is also necessary to refuse other foods if they do not correspond to the diet prescribed to you by your doctor. For some it’s onions and garlic, for others it’s beets and bananas, for others it’s lemons and other sour fruits. There are other restrictions; you shouldn’t forget about them even on New Year’s Eve.

1. Give preference to dishes whose main ingredients are:

• fresh or frozen vegetables;
• fruits and berries (except for canned ones);
• chicken breast, turkey, lean veal;
• Fish and seafood;
• fermented milk products (cottage cheese, cheese, sour cream, yogurt).

Season them with sauces with a minimum amount of fat: unrefined butter plus lemon juice, Greek yogurt with mustard and/or lemon juice, sour cream with similar additions. By mixing natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream with mustard, lemon juice, a little salt and pepper, and the yolk of a boiled egg, you will get a sauce that will serve as a healthier and less high-calorie replacement for mayonnaise.

1. Prepare dishes in small quantities, filling small plates, vases, and salad bowls with them. You can serve snacks in small glasses - portion serving will make it difficult to overeat, since it is awkward to ask for more (and there may not be any).
2. If you are worried that the table you set may seem “poor” to some of the guests, compensate for the size of the dishes by serving them. The food should be decorated in an unusual way, in a modern style. For inspiration, you can watch the TV series “Kitchen” or a cooking show.

And one more piece of advice: don’t concentrate on food, because a holiday is not only a feast, but also entertainment. Let fun, not food, be the core of your holiday. And the table can even be made into a buffet table.

To make it easier for readers of our online magazine “Beauty in You” to create a New Year’s menu, we have prepared for them a selection of recipes for dietary dishes that will be appropriate on the table set to celebrate the New Year 2020. Among them you will find hot and cold snacks, including salads, and low-calorie desserts.

Hot snacks for the New Year's table - 2020

The symbol of 2020 (Rat) is thrifty, she likes to have at least a little of everything. It is desirable to have several ingredients in hot dishes. If you are preparing several versions of snacks, the main products in them should also be different. The recipes we have selected meet these requirements.

Trout "under a fur coat"

Components:

• trout fillet – 0.2 kg;
• tomatoes – 50 g (can be replaced with a spoon of tomato paste, but it will turn out less tasty);
• onions – 50 g;
• carrots – 50 g;
• sour cream – 20 ml;
• salt, ground white pepper - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut the fish fillet into several slices, place them in a baking dish, add lightly and pepper.
2. Place thin slices of tomatoes on the fish or brush with paste made from these vegetables.
3. Put grated carrots and finely chopped onions into a cup, lightly salt and pepper them, mix with sour cream.
4. Cover the red fish with a “coat” of vegetables.
5. Place the pan with salmon in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

The dish is served hot. If you don’t count calories, you can sprinkle grated cheese on the trout 10-15 minutes before it’s ready – the dish will be even more tasty and appetizing.

Low-calorie julienne with mushrooms and chicken

Components:

• boiled chicken breast fillet – 150 g;
• fresh champignons – 100 g;
• low-fat cheese (optimally – 11%) – 150 g;
• Greek yogurt – 0.25 l;
• onions – 75 g;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut the chicken fillet boiled in salted water into small pieces.
2. Wash and dry the mushrooms, cut into cubes.
3. Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
4. Throw the onion into a high-quality non-stick frying pan and lightly brown it without adding oil.
5. Add mushrooms to the onion. Fry them, stirring with a spatula, until the mushrooms are soft.
6. Add chicken and continue cooking for a couple more minutes.
7. Place the ingredients in the cocotte makers, filling them about halfway.
8. Mix yogurt with grated cheese, place in a saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring until the cheese melts. Cook for another 5 minutes, the mixture will become thicker during this time.
9. Pour yoghurt and melted cheese over chicken-mushroom mixture.
10. Place the cocotte makers in the oven. Cook the dish for 15-20 minutes until it is browned.

Both in appearance and in taste, this hot appetizer is almost no different from traditional julienne with chicken and mushrooms, but its calorie content is much lower.

Champignon and vegetable skewers

Components:

• fresh champignons – 0.25 kg;
• eggplant or zucchini – 150-200 g;
• cherry tomatoes – 150 g;
• sweet pepper – 150 g;
• sour cream – 60 ml;
• ground black pepper - to taste;
• balsamic vinegar – 10 ml;
• soy sauce – 10 ml.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Wash the food and pat dry with a paper towel.
2. Cut the zucchini or eggplant into circles about 1 cm thick.
3. Cut the seeded pepper into large squares.
4. Mix sour cream with sauce and vinegar, pepper.
5. Coat the vegetables and mushrooms with the resulting sauce.
6. Marinate foods for 6-8 hours. They should be kept in the refrigerator during this time.
7. Thread onto wooden skewers after soaking them in water. For the amount of ingredients indicated in the recipe, you will need 5-6 skewers.
8. Place the skewers on the pan so that the vegetables and mushrooms are above it.
9. Sprinkle water on the bottom of the mold.
10. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Send the form with kebabs into it. Cook them for 35-45 minutes until lightly browned.

This snack will be delicious both hot and cold. The dish is not only low-calorie, but also almost vegetarian (except for sour cream). Anyone who does not eat sour cream can replace it with lean mayonnaise. Then the festive kebabs are suitable for both Lenten and vegetarian New Year's tables.

Cold appetizers and salads for the New Year's table - 2020

Our housewives prepare even more cold appetizers, which include salads, for the holiday than hot ones. If we talk about New Year's Eve, then this is justified: at night, cold snacks are better than hot ones. Therefore, we have prepared a lot of recipes for cold appetizers and salads for our readers.

Lavash rolls with curd cheese and salmon

Components:

• thin Armenian lavash – 1 pc.;
• curd cheese – 120-150 g;
• lightly salted salmon (fillet) – 150-200 g;
• lettuce leaves (optional) - how much will be needed;
• fresh herbs (instead of lettuce) - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Grease the pita bread with cheese.
2. Arrange thin slices of salmon.
3. Cover the fish with torn lettuce or chopped herbs.
4. Roll the pita bread into a tight roll, wrap it in foil, and leave it in the cold for several hours.

Before serving, all you have to do is remove the foil, cut the workpiece with a sharp knife, and place it on a plate. Bright pieces with salmon-colored fish and herbs look bright and appetizing. At the same time, the dish is not too high in calories. If you limit yourself to one roll or even a couple, nothing bad will happen to your figure.

Boiled red fish snack balls

Components:

• fresh frozen salmon fillet – 0.3 kg;
• lightly salted salmon fillet – 100 g;
• lemon juice – 5 ml;
• butter or olive oil – 20 g;
• sour cream – 60 ml;
• orange – 0.5 pcs.;
• hard cheese – 50 g.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Remove the freshly frozen fillet from the refrigerator, wait until it thaws, and boil until tender in salted water.
2. Cut the boiled and lightly salted fish into small pieces and place in a blender bowl.
3. Add to them the juice and zest of half an orange and lemon juice, a spoonful of sour cream and butter.
4. Grind until smooth.
5. Finely grate the cheese.
6. Form the fish mass into balls. Coat them with sour cream and roll in cheese shavings, place on a plate.

If you cover the dish with lettuce leaves, the salmon balls on it will look even more festive. Rumor has it that the 2020 totem likes various small round things that look like grains, so a snack reminiscent of Raffaello candies will almost certainly appeal to the Rat.

Dietary version of Mimosa salad

Components:

• tuna canned in its own juice – 180-200 g;
• chicken egg – 3 pcs.;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
• green onions – 0.5 bunch;
• processed cheese – 60-70 g;
• white yogurt – 0.2 l;
• soy sauce – 20 ml;
• lemon juice – 5 ml.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Boil carrots and eggs, cool, peel.
2. Prepare the remaining ingredients.
3. Finely chop the cucumber.
4. Mash the canned food with a fork.
5. Coarsely grate the cheese.
6. Separate the yolks from the whites. Grind them too, but separately from each other.
7. Mix yogurt, lemon juice and soy sauce.
8. Chop the onion.
9. Assemble the salad by laying out the ingredients in the following order: proteins, canned food, cheese, carrots, cucumbers, yolks. Cover all layers except the last one with sauce.

Sprinkle the salad with green onions before serving. Mimosa salad is one of the appetizers that are traditionally prepared for the New Year. You can find dietary options “Olivier” and “Herring under a fur coat” in , which we advised to prepare for last New Year's Eve.

“Snow Queen” salad with crab sticks and chicken breast

Components:

• boiled chicken breast (fillet) – 100 g;
• crab sticks – 100 g;
• onions – 75 g;
• lemon juice – 20 ml;
• water – 20 ml;
• salt - a pinch;
• sugar - a pinch;
• dried basil - a pinch;
• ground black pepper - a pinch;
• apple – 100 g;
• processed cheese – 60-70 g;
• chicken egg – 3 pcs.;
• peanuts - to taste;
• sour cream - how much will be needed.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Grind the frozen crab sticks on a coarse grater.
2. Do the same with the cheese, place it separately.
3. Finely chop the onion, pour in a mixture of lemon juice, water, salt, pepper and basil. Marinate it for 20 minutes. Squeeze.
4. Peel, grate the apple and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent it from darkening.
5. Hard-boil the eggs and cool in cold water. Grate the whites and yolks separately.
6. Finely chop the chicken.
7. Mix chicken, surimi and cheese with sour cream, adding it literally a spoonful at a time.
8. Place a springform baking dish or a small diameter cooking hoop on the dish.
9. Arrange the ingredients in layers, if desired, covering the layers with sour cream in addition to the one already added to the dish. The sequence is as follows: cheese, yolks, onions, crab meat, apple, chicken, crushed peanuts, whites. Do not cover the whites with sauce.

The salad looks tender and at the same time majestic. The unusual combination of surimi and poultry meat makes its taste unique. The name of the snack corresponds to its appearance and the reason for which we are setting the festive table today.

“Swan's Down” salad with chicken fillet, Chinese cabbage and celery

Components:

• boiled chicken fillet – 150 g;
• celery root – 50 g;
• Chinese cabbage – 0.25 kg;
• ginger root – 20 g;
• lemon juice – 20 ml;
• soy sauce – 40 ml;
• sesame or linseed oil – 5 ml;
• sesame or flax seeds - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Peel the roots and grate them.
2. Break the chicken fillet (after boiling and cooling) into fibers.
3. Finely chop the cabbage.
4. Stir in cabbage, celery and ginger root, and chicken.
5. Place the appetizer in a salad bowl.
6. Mix soy sauce, oil and lemon juice.
7. Drizzle over salad and sprinkle with flax seeds (or sesame seeds).

The salad looks light and airy, like a featherbed. You can eat it without fear, even if you are on a weight loss diet. By the way, it won't cost much.

“Five Minutes” Salad with Pineapple and Squid

Components:

• pineapples (pulp) – 0.2 kg;
• squid – 0.3 kg;
• purple onion – 100 g;
• sour cream, ground black pepper, salt - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Pour boiling water over the squid, peel and rinse well. Don't forget to remove the chords.
2. Cut the cephalopods into strips.
3. Place in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain in a colander. Be careful not to overcook, otherwise the squid will become tough.
4. Finely chop the pineapple pulp. Actually, the original recipe called for canned fruit, but we decided to replace it with fresh fruit for dietary reasons.
5. Cut the onion into thin half rings.
6. Mix sour cream with salt and pepper and season the salad.

Perhaps the name of the salad has nothing to do with New Year's Eve and the optimistic song from the movie "Carnival Night", but it still has the right to take a place on the New Year's table.

Many of the snacks that we are used to seeing on the holiday table are overly filling and high in calories, but if you slightly change the recipe, they turn into dietary dishes. And their organoleptic qualities sometimes even benefit from this.

New Year's desserts – 2020

People on a diet rarely indulge themselves in sweets, even if they are gourmands. On New Year's Eve, you can allow yourself this weakness, especially if you use the healthy dessert recipes we offer.

Fruit skewers

Components:

• kiwi – 0.3 kg;
• pitahaya (dragon fruit) – 0.3 kg;
• bananas – 0.3 kg;
• powdered sugar (optional) – for sprinkling the dessert.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut the dragon fruit in half and carefully scoop out the pulp.
2. Peel the kiwis and bananas.
3. Cut the fruit into cubes of the same size (one and a half to two centimeters).
4. Thread, alternating, onto wooden skewers.
5. Grill in a frying pan (1-2 minutes on each side).
6. Place on a plate, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

If you don’t have any of the listed fruits, you can replace it with any other tropical fruit or limit yourself to two types of fruits.

Pears baked with ricotta cheese

Components:

• pears – 3 pcs.;
• Ricotta cheese or cottage cheese – 150 g;
• biscuit cookies – 3 pcs.;
• honey – 15 ml;
• butter – 5 g;
• cinnamon - to taste.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut the pears in half, remove the seeds - you will get indentations.
2. Place cottage cheese or cheese in the pears.
3. Drizzle with melted honey.
4. Grease the mold with oil and place the pears in it.
5. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
6. Sprinkle with crushed cookies and cinnamon.
7. Return to oven for 5-10 minutes. At this stage it would be good to turn on the grill mode.

A tasty, healthy and satisfying dessert using this recipe can be prepared not only for a holiday, but also for breakfast.

Mango sorbet

Components:

• mango – 2 pcs.;
• sugar (or the appropriate amount of low-calorie sweetener) – 100 g;
• orange – 1 pc.;
• lemon – 0.5 pcs.;
• water – 50 ml;
• starch (preferably corn) – 15 g.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Cut the mango, remove the seeds, scoop out the pulp with a spoon or glass, and puree it using a blender.
2. Prepare syrup from orange juice, half a lemon and sugar.
3. Dilute the starch with cool boiled water, pour into the syrup, cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Remove the jelly from the heat and mix with the mango puree.

Next, the sorbet is prepared in an ice cream maker according to the instructions of the manufacturer of the unit, then it is finally cooled in the refrigerator. Before serving, it is recommended to remove the sorbet from the refrigerator (a quarter of an hour before), then spoon it into ice cream bowls using a special ice cream spoon, which allows you to form beautiful balls.

As you can see, the desserts that are prepared according to the recipes we have collected are at least healthy and tasty, and lower in calories compared to most traditional delicacies.

Dietary dishes are quite appropriate on the New Year's table set for the 2020 meeting. The above recipes will allow you to prepare well for the holiday and not regret the consequences.

In conclusion, I would like to say something about drinks. Alcohol is not considered an attribute of a healthy diet, but if you cannot imagine a holiday without it, give preference to high-quality and light wines, which, however, you should not lean too heavily on. Don't forget that alcohol dulls the feeling of fear, including making you forget about the danger of eating too much and gaining weight. Have a nice holiday without any bad aftertaste!

It’s most difficult for a person losing weight during the holidays, because during the celebrations you really want to treat yourself to something unusual and tasty.

But popular holiday dishes are often high in calories and contain many harmful ingredients, and this is where the problems begin - you want to cook something that is not only tasty, but also not too harmful.

In fact, diet is absolutely no obstacle to a delicious feast. Today we will tell you what you can prepare for the holiday if you are on a diet. Arm yourself with your culinary notebook and write down our magical recipes!

Snacks and sandwiches

It’s hard to imagine a celebration without snacks and sandwiches, because they help not only add brightness to the festive table, but also diversify the menu.

Diet sandwiches with boiled turkey:

• Whole wheat bread
• Green salad leaves
• Cucumber
• Boiled turkey
• Skim cheese

These sandwiches can be made in several versions - in the classic version or in the form of sandwiches.

In the first case, you need to thinly cut a slice of whole grain bread (about 0.5-0.7 cm) and grease it with low-fat cottage cheese, on which a lettuce leaf, a few slices of cucumber and a piece of boiled turkey are placed. In the second case, you need to do everything exactly the same, just this sandwich is additionally covered with another slice of whole grain bread.

If desired, you can add other low-calorie ingredients to the sandwich.

• Shrimps
• Onion
• Carrot
• Lemon
• Gelatin
• Celery root

This dish looks very festive and has an unusually delicate taste.

To prepare the appetizer, boil the shrimp in salted water for 3 minutes, then peel them from the shell. Boil eggs and broth from carrots, onions, celery root. You can also add spices to the broth, such as peppercorns or parsley and dill.

When the broth is ready, it must be strained, and then combined with soaked gelatin and brought to a boil.

Now all you have to do is beautifully place the shrimp in a festive dish, cut the boiled egg into slices, and placing it between the shrimp, pour it all over with the prepared broth and let it harden.

The execution of this recipe can be the way you like best - serve the appetizer directly in a common dish or lay out for each guest beautiful flowers, pyramids, balls, cut out using culinary metal molds.

• Tomatoes
• Marinated mushrooms
• Buckwheat
• Greenery
• Vegetable oil

For this dish you need to choose ripe, but not too soft tomatoes. They should be washed thoroughly, remove the stem, and use a spoon to select the inside of the vegetable, thus forming the lids.

Next, mix the pulp with salt, herbs, pickled mushrooms, cut into small pieces, and buckwheat porridge.

To make the mixture more tasty and soft, it is recommended to grease it with a small amount of vegetable oil.

We stuff the resulting minced meat into our tomato cups and cover them with lids. It turns out to be a beautiful, tasty and satisfying holiday dish.

Salads

An integral part of any formal menu for those losing weight are salads. There should be at least three or four of them at a festive feast.

Of course, standard salads, such as Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat, salad with crab sticks, firstly, are not at all dietary, since they contain mayonnaise, and secondly, these dishes are already boring and are not considered exotic, and even more so they can no longer be called festive . Yes, you can replace the sausage with boiled chicken, but it’s hard to imagine the usual Olivier without mayonnaise - few people like olive oil in this dish.

Therefore, let's leave outdated salad recipes in the past and try new dishes - easy to prepare, tasty and dietary masterpieces that will perfectly complement the menu for any holiday.

• Korean carrots
• Boiled chicken fillet
• Pickled onion
• Olive oil

There is probably no salad recipe that is easier to prepare than this one. But, despite the ease of preparation, the combination of all ingredients gives an incredible flavor tandem. The dish turns out tender, low-calorie and at the same time piquant.

For this dish, it is best to use Korean carrots with garlic, rather than without it, and choose a wide dish as a container.

First you need to cut the boiled chicken fillet into small pieces and place it in the shape of a circle in a prepared container. Then you need to place a layer of pickled onions on the meat, lightly sprinkle it with olive oil and create a layer of Korean carrots. That's all. You can use any greens to decorate the finished dish.

• Sweet and sour apples
• Celery
• Low-fat yogurt
• Boiled egg

All ingredients for this salad need to be grated using a grater. It is advisable to use the option when the dish consists of long and thin slices. Mix all the prepared ingredients and coat the salad with low-fat yogurt.

This dish has a pleasant sweet and sour taste and an extraordinary aroma of celery, and the egg gives the salad softness and tenderness.

Vegetable salad:

Vegetable salads have always been popular during diets, because such a dish is not only light, but also healthy - vegetables are rich in vitamins.

You can combine vegetables as you like, based on your taste preferences, and you can dress such salads with any vegetable oil, homemade sauces, and low-fat yogurt.

We offer one of the options:

• Lettuce leaves
• cucumbers
• Radish
• Green onions
• Dill, parsley
• Olive oil

Vegetables need to be chopped, mixed and seasoned with oil. Thanks to the play of colors, this salad looks appetizing and beautiful.

First

First courses are not always served at formal tables, and their choice depends entirely on the tastes of the hostess. But be that as it may, if it is not the usual soup or borscht, then any first course can become a harmonious opening to the holiday menu.

Broth with salmon and herbs:

• Salmon
• Greenery
• Carrot

Bring the water to a boil, add rice, finely grated carrots, chopped onions, and add finely chopped salmon. Simmer the dish over low heat for 15-20 minutes, add herbs and salt to it. Seaweed looks very elegant in this dish, which you can also add to the broth if you wish.

We serve our aromatic masterpiece in small broth bowls.

• Champignon
• Carrot
• Parsnip
• Greenery
• Olive oil

In a heated frying pan with olive oil, fry the onions, carrots and parsnips. Then throw the champignons and our vegetable mixture into boiling water. We salt everything.

5 minutes before the broth is ready, season it with herbs.

When the soup is ready, use a blender to blend it until pureed, pour into bowls and garnish with parsley.

Light vegetable soup with parsnips:

• Carrot
• Greenery
• Parsnip

Peel the parsnips and cut them into slices, like potatoes for first courses. Add the vegetable to the boiling salted broth. After 10 minutes, add finely grated carrots, chopped onions, spices and herbs into the same water. Cook the soup for another 10-15 minutes and leave to brew for 30 minutes.

This dish can also be prepared using poultry meat, such as turkey or chicken. In this case, it is better to use meat broth instead of water. Execution of the soup can be classic or in the form of puree.

Second

Today, the variety of products in supermarkets allows you to prepare the most interesting side dishes, using proven recipes or experimenting with new ones. Among the huge number of dishes there are enough recipes for those losing weight.

• Canned corn
• Carrot
• Red bell pepper
• Greenery
• Olive oil

Rice is an excellent side dish that is healthy, filling and looks very appetizing in this dish.

To prepare this side dish we will need a tall saucepan. First you need to finely chop the onion and place it in a saucepan greased with olive oil, and then grate the carrots. When the onion turns golden, add the carrots for just a couple of minutes.

At this time, cut the bell pepper into small squares. In this case, it is best to give preference to a vegetable that is not overripe or even greenish, so that it retains its appearance and does not boil over during cooking. We also add pepper to the saucepan for 3-5 minutes.

Pour the resulting mixture with water and salt. Add rice and cook over low heat until cooked. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add canned corn and herbs to the dish. Mix everything thoroughly and serve it to the table in wide dishes - this way guests can enjoy not only the taste of the dish, but also its appearance.

• Parsnip
• Olive or any other vegetable oil

Mashed potatoes are a constant dish on any festive menu. But in fact, potatoes are not light and dietary, as they contain quite a lot of starch. Some of us practice soaking potatoes before cooking them just to get rid of the starch, but why make such a mockery of the vegetable when there is a great alternative to this dish - parsnip puree!

The taste of this puree is a little sweet, but it is rich in vitamins and minerals, and can saturate a losing body with all the beneficial substances it so needs during a diet.

To prepare the puree, you need to peel the parsnips and place them in boiling and lightly salted water. As soon as the vegetables are ready, drain off the excess liquid and puree them. It is better to serve this dish with olive oil, which can be poured into a beautiful bowl or immediately poured over the finished crushed parsnips.

• Zucchini
• bell pepper
• White cabbage
• Tomatoes
• Carrot
• Greenery
• Olive oil

We clean and cut all products. Then we combine the vegetables in equal proportions and simmer in a saucepan or pan, after salting them and adding a few tablespoons of olive oil. It is best to add greens to a dish 10 minutes before it is ready, so that it has time to release its aroma and at the same time not lose its taste.

Meat and fish dishes, seafood

At least one meat or fish dish will be a worthy addition to the holiday table. At the same time, it is important for us to remember that our menu is a dietary one, therefore the recipes should be low-calorie.

• Chicken breast
• Soy sauce

Chicken breast is the leanest part of the bird, which nutritionists recommend eating for everyone who is losing weight. Chicken is rich in protein and contains virtually no carbohydrates or fat. In addition, you can always cook something festive and very tasty from this meat.

First, prepare the sauce - mix soy sauce and honey in a 2:1 ratio until smooth.

Then add some salt to the chicken breast, brush it with the prepared sauce and let it soak for several hours.

Bake the meat on a baking sheet for 40 minutes. During this time, the chicken will acquire a crispy crust and an incredibly appetizing honey shade.

• Boiled rice
• Champignon
• Carrot
• Baking foil

First we need to take care of the fish - clean and salt the carp. Then

Let's start preparing the minced meat. To do this, first fry the onions and carrots in a frying pan along with finely chopped champignons, then combine the finished mixture with pre-boiled rice. We place minced meat inside the carp, sew the fish together with thread and wrap it in foil for baking.

You need to cook the fish in an oven preheated to 180° for 30-40 minutes. Once cooked, remove the dish from the oven and let it cool. All that remains is to carefully remove the thread, decorate the fish with herbs - and you can serve it to your guests!

Seafood has always been considered a dietary product. Mussels, shrimp, squid - you can prepare more than one worthy festive dish from them. But when losing weight, it is best to give preference to baking or marinating seafood.

So, to prepare marinated mussels, we will need:

• Mussels
• Vegetable oil
• Pepper
• Spices
• Lemon

First you need to clean the mussels, then salt them well, pepper, add spices, sprinkle with lemon juice and pour over vegetable oil. Place the processed mussels in a tray and leave for a day. In 24 hours you will receive incredibly tasty marinated seafood.

By the way, this method of marinating is the safest and healthiest, because mussels are prepared using salt and their own juice, without adding vinegar.

Desserts and baked goods

If you are on a diet, then you have to limit yourself in eating sweets - buns and confectionery are prohibited. That is why desserts and baked goods for losing weight should consist of a fruit base, be low-fat and low-calorie.

Jelly rainbow in a glass:

• Beautiful transparent glasses
• Jelly of different colors and flavors

In fact, you probably won’t find a simpler dessert. To prepare this yummy, you only need store-bought jelly and beautiful dishes. But if you don’t want to use the powdered version of jelly, you can safely replace it with homemade compotes (cherry, apple, apricot), condensed with gelatin.

So, to begin with, we dilute the first jelly with boiling water and pour it about 3 cm thick onto the bottom of our bowl. Then we put the glasses in a cool place for a couple of hours.

When the first layer hardens, pour the second layer of jelly in the same way. For the second layer, choose a jelly that is contrasting in color, for example, pour red or yellow over green.

You need to do this as many times as you want to have layers in the finished dessert. The top of your culinary miracle can be decorated with any fruit. In this case, kiwi or orange look very advantageous, as they will match the color of one of the layers of our dessert.

Important to remember! All layers of jelly, except the first one, should be poured when the jelly is lukewarm and not hot. Otherwise, the top hot layer will simply melt the lower layers, and the result will not be a bright rainbow, but a chaotic jelly mixture of different colors.

Cottage cheese casserole with raisins:

• Low-fat cottage cheese
• Raisins (you can use dried apricots or even pineapple instead of raisins)
• Vanilla
• Small amount of fructose

First you need to rinse the raisins and pour hot water over them for 40 minutes. When the dried fruit has steamed, mix low-fat cottage cheese with eggs, vanilla and sweeten the mixture with fructose, add raisins.

Grease the pan with olive oil or use parchment paper. Bake the resulting dough for 30 minutes in an oven preheated to 180°.

When serving, you can decorate the dish with any seasonal fruit.

• Carrot
• Sugar
• Baking powder
• Butter

Although this recipe uses flour, the cookies are low in calories and are great for those trying to lose extra pounds.

First of all, you need to grind the carrots to a puree. This can be done either with a blender or with a regular grater. Next, grind the butter and sugar together, then add a little flour and prepared carrots.

The resulting dough should be thoroughly stirred for several minutes, and then add a little baking powder and mix everything well again.

Bake cookies in the oven at 150° for about 20-25 minutes. During this time, it will be thoroughly baked inside and acquire an appetizing golden crust. You can also make cute cupcakes from this dough - both healthy and beautiful.

If you want to spice up this recipe, you can add any dried fruits or nuts.

Beverages

It is not advisable for a person losing weight to drink any alcohol during the holidays, but you always want to pamper yourself with a tasty and unusual drink. Let's look at several options for original drinks for those on a diet.

Cocktail “Blood with milk”:

• Low-fat sour cream
• Tomato juice
• Pepper

This cocktail is an alternative to the well-known Bloody Mary, but at the same time it has a milder taste.

The drink should be consumed immediately after preparation, otherwise the sour cream may give off a slight bitterness.

To begin with, you need to put a few spoons of sour cream in the glasses and pour them with tomato juice, then mix it all thoroughly so that the mass is homogeneous.

While stirring, you can add salt and pepper at your discretion. Or you can skip the pepper altogether if you are not a fan of spicy foods.

• Bananas
• Low-fat yogurt
• Low-fat milk
• Cereals

Very ripe bananas are not suitable for making this smoothie, so it is better to buy those that have greenish or completely green skin.

We take milk and yogurt in equal quantities, oatmeal - to taste. All ingredients must be placed in a blender and blended until smooth. There is no need to add sugar - bananas will already give the drink the necessary sweetness.

For variety, this recipe can be transformed by replacing bananas with other fruits - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, and pears will be very tasty when combined with the banana itself.

• Lemon juice

To prepare this refreshing drink, mix lemon juice with water heated to 50° and sweeten with honey. Before serving, it is best to cool the drink, pour it into transparent glasses, provide guests with a straw, and place a slice of lemon on the glass.

If you want to make the drink even fresher and cooling, which will be very appropriate in the hot summer, then you can add mint to it, and you can even replace lemon with lime.

You have already seen that creating a holiday menu for those losing weight is not difficult - if you experiment with low-calorie and healthy products, you will definitely get an original and tasty dish.

The holidays are a major challenge for anyone who leads a healthy lifestyle. The New Year's feast is always distinguished by a variety of dishes, usually quite high in calories, which can make you turn off the path to slimness and health. Since the holiday is firmly associated with delicious food, I suggest not depriving yourself of this pleasure, but I advise you to move away from traditional salads with mayonnaise and fatty meat. I offer you my version of the correct New Year's menu - in it you will find everything: meat, fish, mushrooms, vegetables, as well as a necessarily healthy and very tasty dessert! The calorie content of a delicious and healthy New Year's dinner of 6 dishes will be only 885 kcal!

Snack:

As a festive but low-calorie snack, I suggest making baked champignons with quail eggs and cheese. Champignons can be served warm or cold, it will be delicious all the same! The calorie content of one serving of champignons will be only 113 kcal.

Salads:

A beautiful layered salad and not a gram of mayonnaise. The salad successfully combines soft avocado, juicy tomatoes and tender tuna. The salad can be prepared either in portions or in a large salad bowl. Calorie content of one serving is 314 kcal.

In my collection of low-calorie salads, this salad is perhaps the most elegant, I think it will become a real decoration for the New Year's table! Note, again, no mayonnaise, but the salad tastes just wonderful. The calorie content of one serving is only 150 kcal.

Main course:

Quail meat is considered a dietary product, but quite unusual, just what you need for a proper New Year's feast! Calorie content of one serving (one quail) is 175 kcal.

Garnish:

You can complement the main dish on the New Year's table with an unusual side dish. Couscous goes well with almost any meat or fish, and goes well with vegetables. Couscous is a satisfying, but at the same time dietary side dish, as it consists of durum wheat. Calorie content of one serving is 87 kcal.

Dessert:

It’s hard to imagine the New Year without candies and sweets; you shouldn’t deprive yourself of either one or the other. Chickpea candies are an excellent low-calorie dessert that will appeal to both adults and children. Chickpea candies with tea or coffee are a wonderful end to the New Year's feast without harming your figure! The calorie content of one chickpea candy is 46 kcal.

See recipes for New Year's feasts at the links in the headings)

During the holiday feast, we eat most salads. Usually they act as an aperitif, so we “pounce” on them first of all with an empty stomach and absorb them in considerable quantities. Which, actually, is not so bad. After all, you can prepare dietary salads for the New Year and devour them with peace of mind on both cheeks, without particularly worrying about your figure. And when it comes to main course and desserts, you will already be full and satisfied, so you won’t eat much. Tricky, right?

Dietary salad recipes for the New Year's table

So, our website Taliya.ru has selected for you wonderful recipes for dietary salads that will decorate the New Year's table and save your figure.

Miracle salad with tuna, avocado and pomegranate

A festive, beautiful, tasty and healthy salad!

Salad ingredients:
- 1 large ripe avocado;
- 1 pomegranate;
- a small jar of tuna (preferably without oil) – approximately 110 g;
- 1 head of sweet red onion;
- about 10 cherry tomatoes;
- fresh lettuce leaves.

Dressing ingredients:

- lemon juice;
- grainy mustard;
- salt and ground black pepper;

How to cook:
1. Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands and arrange evenly on the bottom of the plate;
2. Cut the onion into half rings;
3. Drain the tuna oil, if there is any, and mash it with a fork;
5. Cut the avocado pulp into small pieces and sprinkle with lemon juice;
7. Place avocado on top of the lettuce leaves, then tuna, then onions and tomatoes. Sprinkle everything generously with pomegranate seeds and pour in the dressing. Ready!

Delicious squid salad

A luxurious salad that everyone will love!

Salad ingredients:
- approximately 1 kg of squid;
- 3 chicken eggs, hard-boiled;
- 2 large fresh cucumbers;
- 1 onion (medium or very small, to your taste);
- sour cream for dressing;
- salt and pepper to taste;

How to cook:
1. Pour hot water over the squid and remove the top film.
2. Place them in boiling water. Wait for it to boil again, then cook for another 3-4 minutes, no more. Otherwise they will become tough.
3. Finely chop the cucumbers, eggs and onions, mix everything, add salt to taste and season with sour cream.

Beautiful and healthy salad with chicken fillet

The salad turns out to be very low in calories, but at the same time incredibly tasty and satisfying. An ideal option for maintaining your figure.

Salad ingredients:
- approximately 300 grams of boiled chicken fillet;
- 2 sweet red onions;
- 2 sweet peppers (one yellow, one red);
- half a medium head of Chinese (Beijing) cabbage;
- 1 bunch of fresh green onions.

Dressing ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons of sour cream;
- 1 tablespoon mustard;
- 1-2 cloves of garlic (squeeze through a press);
- salt and pepper to your taste.

How to cook:
1. Cut the onion into half rings;
2. Cut the pepper into strips;
3. Chicken - into cubes;
4. Shred the cabbage;
5. Mix all the ingredients and fill with our dressing. Garnish with chopped green onions and enjoy!

Hearty meat salad

A very simple, satisfying and tasty turkey fillet salad.

Salad ingredients:
- about half a breast of boiled turkey fillet;
- half a red bell pepper;
- a little green onion;
- 5 boiled eggs;
- approximately 150 grams of hard cheese;
- salt and pepper to taste.

You can dress the salad with olive oil for yourself and mayonnaise for others. Or maybe olive oil for everyone?

How to cook:
- We tear the turkey meat with our hands;
- Cut the pepper into strips;
- Finely chop the onion
- Grate eggs and cheese on a coarse grater;
- Mix all ingredients, salt, pepper and season. Ready!

Essential Greek salad

Greek salad is simply irreplaceable on the holiday table. It is delicious, incredibly low in calories, looks very elegant and is suitable even as a side dish for the main dish.

Salad ingredients:
- 100 gr. pitted olives;
- 2 large ripe tomatoes;
- 1 head of red onion;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 2 sweet peppers (one green, one red);
- 150 gr. Feta cheese;
- salt and pepper to taste.

Dressing ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
- a pinch of marjoram and oregano;
- 2 tablespoons of white wine vinegar.

How to cook:
1. Cut the cucumber and pepper into cubes, cut the tomatoes into slices, and cut the onion into thin half rings. Mix vegetables with olives, salt and pepper to taste;

2. Beat the butter with wine vinegar, add oregano and marjoram. If desired, you can add a little grainy mustard.

3. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and beautifully place feta cheese on top. Bon appetit!

Amazing salad with chicken breast

This salad is guaranteed to become a favorite on your holiday table! This is really a very tasty, but at the same time very low-calorie salad!

Ingredients for 4 servings:
- 300 gr. Chinese (Beijing) cabbage;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- 2 medium apples;
- 200 gr. chicken fillet;
- 1-2 cloves of garlic;
- Extra Light olive oil;
- salt and pepper to taste.

Dressing ingredients:
- 125 ml of natural yogurt (preferably thick);
- 2 tsp. grainy mustard;
- a teaspoon of lemon juice;
- 15 gr. buckwheat or plain honey;
- 1 tsp. dried dill;
- salt and pepper to taste;

Mix all ingredients. If the yogurt has separated water, it is better to drain it so that it is a little thicker. Add honey a little at a time and taste immediately. Mix everything thoroughly. Be sure to try it and add whatever you think is necessary.

How to cook:
1. Chop the cabbage, cut the pepper into strips, peel the apple from skin and seeds and also cut into strips. Mix everything and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent the apple from darkening;

2. Crush the garlic and lightly fry it in a little oil. Remove the garlic and fry the chicken fillet, cut into strips, in garlic oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Fry over medium heat for 5 minutes, making sure the chicken does not become dry.

3. Once done, let the chicken cool and add to the rest of the ingredients. Top with yogurt sauce, stir, garnish to taste and serve!

Bon appetit and Happy New Year!

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What does the New Year's holiday bring each year? The smell of spruce and tangerine, children's laughter and a feeling of magic. But often they bring extra centimeters on the waist and additional numbers on the scales.

Diet and holidays

It is firmly established in our mentality that holidays mean a hearty feast! And all psychologists, trying to convince us, repeat: “Don’t make a cult out of food, find pleasure in other things.” So, is it possible to resist traditions and combine diet and holidays?

Of course yes, we will answer and offer simple but effective techniques for satisfying and healthy holidays.

Diet before the New Year

Many people begin to lose weight by the New Year or another cherished date. They do this in a month or a couple of weeks. On the morning of December 31, the number on the scales and the reflection in the mirror suits the woman. And so she calmly devotes her evening and night to feasting. Such “belly triumphs” last, as a rule, until January 7-8. And then the horror comes. After all, the weight not only returned, but also brought with it a couple of extra pounds. Why is this happening:

1. During the diet period, before the celebration, the body is accustomed to saving reserves. And when you suddenly start overeating, your body quickly begins to accumulate everything. So to speak, just in case. Therefore, it is recommended not to use starvation diets until an important date.
2. The menu of our holidays is not distinguished by modesty and diet. An abundance of pickles, mayonnaise salads, sausages, and alcohol leads to fluid stagnation. Excess salt retains moisture. Hence the swelling and additional kg.
3. Winter festivities with skiing, sledding and snowball fights have long replaced warm sofas and the “blue lights” of the TV. Lack of oxygen and physical activity is another reason for weight gain.

If you decide to lose weight and choose a diet before the new year, pay attention to the following:

• meals at least 5-6 times a day;
• food should be enough for your lifestyle, you should not feel a loss of strength;
• mandatory presence of proteins in the menu;
• and drinking regime, at least 2 liters of water per day.

Diet for the New Year

There are many reasons for maintaining a diet for the New Year and other holidays - health, religion, or an important occasion, such as a sports competition. If you decide to lead a healthy lifestyle, despite the New Year's feast, you will need tricks not to give up:

• think over and prepare dietary dishes for the holiday table;
• explain your position to intrusive relatives and friends;
• replace the entire range of alcohol with dry red wine and mineral water;
• dance more on New Year's Eve, and go for a walk on January 1;

And the most important thing in this regard is to decide for yourself: my mood and well-being are more important than feasts and overeating.

Dietary holiday dishes - general rules

The statement that all dietary dishes are tasteless, bland and boring has long become obsolete. This is not true at all. The festive table can be bright, plentiful and without mayonnaise and sausage.

If you want to serve a full table of healthy, wholesome food, you can't do it without vegetables. And even though fresh vegetables are not cheap in the harsh winter season, you can buy frozen ones. And wisely combine them with fresh ones.

Meat is an essential ingredient for both a luxurious feast and a healthy diet. To prepare dietary holiday dishes from meat, you just need to decide on the type of heat treatment:

• It is best to bake;
• steam;
• fry on the grill (or on the grill);
• as a last resort, simmer.

As you can see, there is room for every housewife’s imagination to run wild.

Festive dietary dishes, recipes

And yet, no matter how much you want to lead a healthy lifestyle, there are several traditional dishes without which a New Year's feast is impossible. We will talk about Olivier, herring under a fur coat, mimosa and jellied meat.

There are options for preparing these beloved dishes without harming your figure. And creating dietary dishes for the holiday table will take exactly the same amount of effort and time as in the classic version.

Dietary herring under a vegetable coat

We prepare the following products:

• salted or pickled herring;
• beets;
• potato;
• egg;
• carrot.

We don’t cook the beets, but bake them in the oven. You can even bake it in salt. We traditionally cook carrots, onions and eggs. Only carrots and potatoes are cooked until tender for 20-25 minutes, and hard-boiled eggs - 10. Do not overcook the food, otherwise all nutritional value will be lost.

Herring, even medium-salted, can be soaked in milk. This will remove excess salt and make the fish more tender.

Instead of factory-made, fatty mayonnaise, we use homemade sauce. Better yet, make a yoghurt, savory sauce. For this you need:

• Greek yogurt (or regular, without additives);
• garlic;
• olive oil;
• white pepper;
• sea ​​salt.

Mix a glass of yogurt with 2-3 cloves of chopped garlic and a tablespoon of olive oil. Add salt and white pepper to taste. We make an excellent, healthy and spicy sauce for dressing herring under a fur coat.

New Year's feasts cannot take place without a basin of Olivier. But this salad can also be turned into a healthy, vitamin-rich dish.

Olivier diet

We only change the technology for preparing a few ingredients:

1. Instead of sausage, we use steamed chicken breast.
2. Instead of canned green peas, we buy frozen ones. It was poached at high temperatures and retained the vitamins. Therefore, it will be enough to defrost it and remove excess moisture.
3. Replace mayonnaise with yogurt sauce (or homemade mayonnaise).
4. We replace pickled cucumbers with fresh ones. For spiciness, it is better to add capers.

The real “king” on the table was and remains jellied meat. It is usually a fatty, spicy dish. But jelly can also become an ingredient in the New Year’s diet.

Dietary jellied meat

It is only worth replacing pork with chicken. Cooking the bird will take less time, and the taste is no worse. Add onions and carrots towards the end of cooking. If the chicken jellied meat does not harden well, you can add gelatin. This jelly will be light, transparent, with a minimum of fat and excellent taste.

The salad from the Soviet past “Mimosa” has long been present on our holiday tables. Only its nutritional value is low, but its calorie content is high. The situation can be corrected.

Diet "Mimosa" salad

To get a new, progressive and healthy “Mimosa” you need:

1. Replace canned fish with smoked fish. The classic sardine in oil used in this salad adds unhealthy fats to the dish. If you add smoked salmon, you will get more benefits. And the taste will not be affected.
2. We already know how to replace harmful mayonnaise.
3. Potatoes should be baked in the oven rather than boiled. This must be done in the peel.
4. Add green onions to regular onions.

Every housewife can diversify, supplement and decorate holiday dietary dishes and recipes. The main thing is to want it.