If you want to eat healthy and lose weight, prepare your own low fat, low-kilojoule fare at home. Minimize your time in the kitchen, with these delicious recipes.
Ingredients and Method
If you want to eat healthy and lose weight, prepare your own low fat, low-kilojoule fare at home. Minimize your time in the kitchen, with these delicious recipes.
Serves: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Nutrition Score per serving:
2 toast halves: 628 kilojoules, 5g (1g saturated) fat, 8g protein, 20g carbs, 3g fiber, 172 mg calcium, 1.5 mg iron, 233 mg sodium.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
4 plum tomatoes, quartered lengthwise
1/2 cup non-fat ricotta cheese
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
4 slices multigrain bread, toasted until crisp
3/4 cup fresh arugula, coarsely chopped
Directions:
Whisk olive oil, minced garlic, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Add tomatoes and toss to coat. Place tomatoes, cut side up, on a baking sheet and broil until tender and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, stir ricotta, lemon zest, salt and pepper in same bowl. Spoon this mixture over toast, then top with arugula. Cut the toasts in half and arrange roasted tomatoes on top.
