Glycemic Index Recipes: Starting Up A Healthy Diet
If you’re somebody who thinks that eating according to the glycemic index is a bad idea, think again! With food that tastes this great, it’s guaranteed that you won’t even think that this would be healthy for your diet. Here are some great recipes that you can start with.
Recipe #1: Chicken With Fried Rice
Ingredients:
12 fl. oz. chicken stock
1 ½ oz. brown rice
5 ½ oz. cooked chickpeas
2 fl. oz. light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 cubed boneless skinless chicken breasts
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 green onion (chopped)
1 carrot (diced)
2 sticks sliced celery
8 oz. bean sprouts
salt (to taste)
Procedure:
Add 10 fl. oz of chicken stock, salt and rice in a medium-sized saucepan. After boiling, decrease the heat to low level and then cook, covered, for around 25 minutes (or until all the liquid contained in the pot has been absorbed). Fluff the rice using a fork, and then set it aside.
Add sesame oil in a large (non-stick) skillet, and then heat it over a medium to high heat. Then cook the chicken and the mushrooms for about 8 to 10 minutes (or up until you see the chicken turn to white completely).
Add the rice, chickpeas, carrots, celery, and onions, then absolutely stir while cooking for around 2 minutes. Then add the rest of your chicken stock, together with the soy sauce 5 minutes. Add up the sprouts and then mix.
**With this, you get to enjoy a delicious glycemic index recipe of a light salad!
Recipe #2: Chicken Tarragon Delight
Ingredients:
2 chicken cutlets (roughly 4 oz each)
2 teaspoons of vegetable oil
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
2 oz. white wine
1 teaspoon of margarine
1 tsp. dried tarragon
fresh ground pepper
1 small onion (chopped)
4 oz. chicken stock or water
Add oil in a non-stick pan and heat over a medium to high heat. Then take the chicken and speckle with fresh ground pepper. Sauté in the oil until done. After this, remove the chicken and then cover.
In the same pan that you have used, add the margarine and sauté the onions and mushrooms for about 5 minutes (or until they soften). Then, add up the tarragon and wine. Simmer this mixture for roughly 1 minute, and then add up the stock.
Simmer for about 2 minutes (or until it has been reduced to half). Add a little bit of pepper to your mixture, and you’re good to go! Put the sauce over the chicken.
**If you’re looking for a great side with this, serve this glycemic index recipe over rice!
Recipe #3: GI Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients:
3 oz. non-hydrogenated soft margarine
3 oz. wholemeal flour
1 tablespoon of wheat bran
sugar substitute equivalent to about 4oz of sugar
¼ pint cooked white kidney beans
1½ oz. unsweetened cocoa powder
3 fl oz. skim milk
1 egg
2 teaspoons of vanilla
½ teaspoon of baking soda
In a food processor, add 1 fl. oz. of skim milk, the beans and wheat bran. Puree until they are blended well. Then add the margarine, flour, sugar substitute, baking soda, cocoa powder, vanilla, egg and skim milk and bean puree until a bowl, and then beat them all together until they are mixed well.
Pre-heat over to around 375 degrees. Drop the cookie batter from the heaping teaspoons into a baking sheet (waxed, paper-lined). Bake them for around 10 minutes (or until they are already firm).
** If you’re not sure about the bean paste, well here’s some great info for you: you can’t taste it, keeps the batter from drying, and it also adds a little extra fiber into your own diet!
For more of the glycemic index recipes, convert your favorite recipes with ease in order to increase the fiber and protein content. So, what are you waiting for? Try some of these healthy recipes today!
