Dietary sauces - delicious and healthy

Restrictions in nutrition can be for a variety of reasons. This is the disease, and fasting, and the desire to lose weight. However, such food is often fresh, does not have a pronounced flavor and aroma. In this case sauces come to the rescue. Dietary, lean, vegan - their choice is much more than it may seem to an inexperienced culinary expert. This simple addition will make an exquisite dish even a simple boiled chicken.

Why are sauces, dietary and lean?

The first rule of any diet is the exclusion from the diet of so-called empty calories. These include sweet drinks, mayonnaise, white bread and sugar. These restrictions are justified because most of the listed products can be replaced with much less harmful ones. Dietary and lean sauces, sugar-free compotes and whole wheat bread are an excellent alternative to the usual food.

Seasoning your dishes with dietary sauces, you not only diversify the taste of dishes, but also get additional vitamins. The fact is that for the most part they are prepared from fresh products immediately before serving to the table. And this is a guarantee not only of taste, but also of good.

The choice of base products for preparation of sauces is also diverse. It can be:

• Fresh, baked or stewed vegetables;
• Fruit with a bright taste, most often citrus - lemons, limes, oranges, klimentin;
• Berries, although not quite used in this capacity, but they are excellent for low-fat meat, for example, turkey breast;
• Sour-milk products - unsweetened yogurt and yogurt combine well with greens and are suitable for dressing salads.

Dietary sauces , recipes based on vegetables

The most common vegetable base for dietary and low-calorie sauces are tomatoes. They can be cooked in a variety of ways: stew in a sauté pan, dried, blended with a blender, and simply chopped. It's all a variety of tomato diet sauces.

Recipes with a photo of these sauces are simple. Let's remember the simplest and low-calorie.

1. Tomato sauce with garlic and horseradish is a classic variant. It is not difficult to prepare. Take ripe tomatoes, horseradish and garlic in the proportion that suits you, and salt the dish. All products are crushed in a meat grinder or blender, and then the sauce is rolled into sterilized jars.
2. Tomato sauce for spaghetti. Take two ripened tomatoes, a clove of garlic, fresh basil and oregano. Tomatoes without skins chop in a blender, add spices and salt. If the diet allows, pour a little olive oil.

Fruit and berry diet sauces

As a fruit and berry basis, to prepare dietary sauces most often use a variety of citrus fruits. In addition, you can take sour berries - currants, cranberries, cranberries. They have a vivid taste and enrich any dish.

1. Lemon sauce for salads. You will need half a lemon juice, a teaspoon Dijon mustard, a tablespoon of unrefined olive oil and a little white pepper. Pour the lemon into the bowl, add the rest of the products and whip the whites.
2. Cowberry sauce for meat. It is prepared very simply. Rinse the cranberries thoroughly and wipe them through a sieve to remove the skin and seeds. The sauce is ready. If desired, you can add to it a little brown sugar and white pepper.

Dietary sauces based on milk and dairy products

On the basis of yogurt and natural yogurt, you can prepare many delicious and dietary sauces that can successfully replace the usual mayonnaise.

Yoghurt sauce for meat salads. Take half a glass of unsweetened yogurt, a clove of garlic, dill and salt. Chop garlic and dill, mix with yogurt and salt. Get an excellent dressing for Olivier instead of mayonnaise.

A similar sauce can be made on the basis of kefir. In addition, it can add finely chopped cucumbers and put more greens.