Chef recipes for diet

Low-Calorie Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: ½ cup of almonds, ground into a powder 4 spoons of sifted self-rising flour 120 grams of dark chocolate, finely chopped ½ cup of sifted cocoa powder 1 cup of brown sugar 1 26cm baking pan 1 glass of

Healthy Granola Cookies with Oats and Dried Fruits
Mood-Enhancing Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup of cold-pressed virgin olive oil 2 cups of brown sugar ¼ cup of carob syrup / molasses / maple syrup / honey ½ cup of water 1 teaspoon of natural vanilla extract 3 eggs 1

Sweet Bran Buns
Ingredients 2 ¼ cups of oat bran ¼ cup of small raisins ½ cup of broken walnuts ½ cup of broken Aleppo pistachios 1 bag of baking powder ½ teaspoon of baking soda ¼ cup of ground flaxseed + ¼

Muffins with Bulgarian Cheese and Herbs
Ingredients: 1 cup of whole wheat flour 1 cup of white flour 1 teaspoonful of baking powder ½ a teaspoon of baking soda A pinch of salt 1 spoon of brown sugar 1 egg 1 egg white 1 cup of

Oven-cooked Lean Meat with Fennel
Ingredients 500 grams of lean meat cut into 5cm cubes 5 units of fennel root washed and split into 2 1 onion cut into 4 6 peeled cloves of garlic ½ spoon of Moroccan Harissa ½ teaspoon of cumin ¼

Chinese Chicken Salad with Vegetables
Ingredients: 400 grams of chicken breast, sliced into thin strips For marinade: 3 spoons of soy sauce 3 spoons of dry white wine 3 crushed garlic cloves 1 spoon of vinegar 1 spoon of honey For tossing: 3 spoons of

Salmon coated with Basil and Panko Crumbs
Ingredients: 6 slices of boneless salmon fillet ½ cup of diced basil 1 spoon of Moroccan Harissa 1 cup of Panko crumbs 8 cherry tomatoes slice in half 1 hot red pepper ½ a teaspoon of cumin Ground black pepper

Open-fire cooked Tuna with Tomato Salsa Sauce
Ingredients: 3 pieces of fresh tuna fish, each weighing 150 grams Freshly ground black pepper Coarse sea salt For the Salsa Sauce: Tomato burned on an open fire, crushed with fork ½ cup of sliced coriander stalks Garlic cloves, peeled

Chicken Breast Cutlets in a Grill Oven
Ingredients: 500 grams ground chicken breast ½ cup of parsley 2 large chopped onions 3 spoons of bread crumbs ½ teaspoon of cumin A pinch of turmeric Black pepper to taste Coarse sea salt to taste 1 egg Directions: Mix

Pasta with Salmon and Mushrooms in Sour Cream Sauce
Ingredients: 400 grams of Rotini pasta noodles (spirals) 200 grams of salmon fillet baked in the oven ½ cup of diced basil 1 basket of mushrooms 3 cloves of garlic 1 low fat cooking cream 2 spoons of olive oil

Roasted Mushrooms
Ingredients: 3 baskets of fresh mushrooms of various kinds, cleaned and dried. 2 spoons of olive oil 4 spoons of Teriyaki sauce 1 spoon of soy sauce Shallot onions, 1 for spit-roasting Large unpeeled garlic cloves, 1 for spit-roasting Japanese

Creamy Vegetable Soup
Ingredients: Fresh broccoli Head of cauliflower 2-3 large carrots 1 onion 2 zucchini squashes 200 grams of pumpkin sliced into cubes 200 grams of fresh mushrooms 1 ½ spoon of chicken soup Salt and pepper to taste Note: the chicken

Pea Soup
Ingredients: 1 spoon of olive oil 2 cups of dried peas 1 onion, peeled and diced 1 spoon of chicken soup powder ½ cup of diced coriander Salt Pepper Directions: Marinate the peas in water overnight Steam the onion in

Shakshouka with Goat Cheese
Ingredients: 2 spoons of olive oil 4 cloves of garlic 6 tomatoes sliced into cubes 4 spoons of tomato sauce 1 hot pepper (optional) Salt, black pepper 250 grams of 15% fat goat cheese cut into slices 6 eggs Directions:

Zucchini quiche with cheeses
Ingredients: ½ kg of slightly steamed zucchini squashes 2 spoons of olive oil + 10 grams of butter (optional: use low-fat butter) 200 grams of 5% fat goat cheese 100 grams of 5% fat white cheese 70 grams of 9%

Baked Tomato and Squash filled with Cheese
Ingredients: 4 tomatoes 4 small zucchini squashes 2 spoons of olive oil 1 finely diced purple onion 4 slices of 5% fat Bulgarian cheese / Safed sheep’s milk cheese / goat cheese (more than one kind of cheese can be

Chicken Quiche with Hard-Boiled Eggs
Ingredients: ½ kg of cooked chicken with onion, chicken soup and a quarter teaspoon of turmeric 1 handful of parsley 1 onion sliced into small cubes 3 hard-boiled eggs 5 eggs Coarse sea salt Ground black pepper Directions: Clean the

Veggie Potato Pancakes
Ingredients: 2 grated purple onions 2 carrots, peeled and grated 6 red potatoes, peeled and grated (must be grated separately and drained of fluids) 1.5 packet of 5% fat lean goat cheese (250 grams) 4 spoons of whole wheat flour

Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Walnuts
Ingredients: 1 cup of Quinoa A pinch of salt and pepper 4 washed lettuce leaves 1 spring onion 2 cucumbers 2 spoons of dried cranberries ¼ cup of walnuts Squeezed juice from ½ lemon 1 spoon of olive oil ½

Chickpea or Green Fava Beans Salad
Ingredients: 2 cans of chickpeas (optional: boiled green fava beans can be used alternatively) 2 spring onions ¼ cup of lemon juice 2 spoons of olive oil ½ cup of chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste Directions: Add the

Asparagus Salad
Ingredients: 500 grams of fresh asparagus stalks ½ a cup of chopped purple onion ½ a cup of roasted red bell peppers, peeled and chopped 2 zucchini squashes, roasted and cut into cubes 2 spoons of Teriyaki sauce Freshly squeezed

Artichoke Salad
Ingredients: 8 frozen hearts of artichoke, thawed in advance ¼ cup of squeezed red grapefruit juice 3 spoon of squeezed lemon juice ½ yellow / green / red bell pepper sliced into cubes ¼ grated lemon rind 3 spoons of

Rich Low-calorie Mushroom Salad
Ingredients: 250 grams of fresh mushrooms 3 spoons of lemon juice 5 stalks of spring onion 7 small radishes 2 cucumbers 4 lettuce leaves ½ hard-boiled egg 2 spoons of olive oil ¼ cup of parsley Salt and pepper to

Superb Green Salad
Ingredients: 1 mix of fresh edible leaves in a ready bag 1 small purple onion sliced into thin strips 2 spoons of peeled seeds, lightly roasted in a pan (can be purchased at a supermarket) ½ basket of cherry tomatoes,