Nutrients, Calories, Benefits of Red Cabbage, Raw

The fourteen-day diet for weight loss, based on the consumption of mainly cabbage, apples and oranges , is applicable at any time of the year, given the fact that today you can easily get the necessary products, regardless of the season.

As long as you follow the diet, you should not use salt, it is replaced with herbs and seaweed.

As for the heat treatment of food, it is best to stew the dishes, frying is not recommended.

You can drink no more than 2 coffees a day, and tea is consumed without restrictions, and it is best to bet on greens. Mineral water is also preferable, it should not be carbonated.

Sample menu for the day

Breakfast

• Warm sandwich with a cup of tea or coffee.

The bread should be wholemeal or rye, slice size: dimensions 15 x 7 centimeters and thickness - about 1 centimeter. Spread it with a thin layer of butter, put a slice of apple (a slice of orange or a little cabbage), then a thin slice of yellow cheese or cheese and bake in the oven until the last layer melts (but no more). When the sandwich cools down a bit, you can eat it.

Choose one of the suggested options for the next meals

Lunch

Appetizer:

• cabbage and apple salad seasoned with vegetable oil or low-fat / non-fat mayonnaise;
• salad of cabbage, apples, bananas and oranges, without flavoring with anything;
• a salad of 250 grams of finely chopped cabbage with 50 grams of Korean carrots or beets instead of spices;
• cabbage salad with mayonnaise, garlic and soy sauce.

First course:

• lean borscht with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil per 500 milliliters of broth;
• vegetable soup with melted cheese (100 grams of cheese per 1 liter of broth);
• green soup (from sorrel, spinach, nettle) lean, you can add 1 cube of dry broth per liter of water.

Main dish:

• 150 grams of poultry (without skin);
• 150 grams of fish (boiled or stewed);
• 200 grams of cottage cheese casserole;
• 200 grams of potatoes baked with sour cream and fresh green spices.

Dessert:

• apple compote, oranges, pears without sugar.

Dinner

• cabbage stewed with onions;
• omelette of two eggs with finely chopped cabbage;
• 2 large or 3 small bananas;
• fruit salad with honey and / or raisins (you can add yogurt / yogurt).

Before sleep

• 1 cup of yogurt, yogurt or kefir, 1 large fruit (apple, pear or orange).

As we said at the beginning, table salt should be completely excluded from use. The body will receive its sufficient quantities through natural products. Dried seaweed is a possible alternative to salt.

The volume of the portions should be enough to satisfy the hunger, not to overdo it. Do not eat between meals.

Allowed products that can be included in the menu:

• meat, including poultry - fat-free;
• fresh fish;
• milk;
• salt-free butter;
• liquid and sour cream, cottage cheese;
• unsalted cheeses;
• vegetable fats;
• bread without added salt when kneading;
• unsalted cereal porridges, pasta;
• all vegetables, including leafy vegetables, fresh or dried;
• mushrooms;
• all fruits, including berries (fresh, in the form of compotes or dried);
• starch and gelatin;
• honey and jellies;
• unsalted nuts;
• various spices;
• garlic and onion;
• black tea;
• natural coffee and cocoa.

Do not consume during the diet:

• products with salt content - smoked, canned, salted foods;
• fried dishes;
• mayonnaise;
• sausages;
• dried peas;
• cakes, biscuits, puddings, ice cream;
• peanut butter;
• mustard, horseradish, ketchup, ready-made tomato sauces.

Contraindications and harm to the diet

The effectiveness of diets is different for each person, and this is determined by his health, habits, physical activity and lifestyle in general.

Diet could harm the body in the presence of health problems in which it is not recommended to take any of the foods on the menu.

All this requires a mandatory consultation with a doctor before undergoing any diet to lose weight.

Required products :

• 2 liters of water
• 1/2 cup rice
• 500 grams of minced meat of your choice
• 4 potatoes
• small cabbage
• 1 egg
• 1/3 teaspoon black pepper (ground)
• 4-5 grains of allspice
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 2 bay leaves
• 40 grams of butter
• 3-4 sprigs of dill

Method of preparation :

Wash the rice, put in a saucepan and pour 2 liters of cold water. Boil until semi-finished.

Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes, onions - into semicircles, tomatoes into small cubes. Chop the cabbage, add salt and mash with your hands until soft.

Then mix it with the minced meat, add the egg and season with salt and pepper. Knead well and form small balls.

Add the potatoes to the rice. When the water boils, put the balls in it. Once it boils again, reduce the heat to medium. The finished balls will float to the surface. Then put the bay leaf.

Fry the onion until transparent, add salt and tomatoes. Let the mixture simmer for 3-4 minutes and pour it into the pot of soup.

Allow everything to boil for 2-3 minutes and remove from the heat.

Before serving, wait 10-15 minutes so that the dish can be steamed and all the flavors and aromas are well absorbed.

Remove the bay leaves, spread the soup on a plate and sprinkle with chopped dill.

Enjoy your meal!

Necessary products

For the dough:

• 1/2 cup warm kefir
• 1 egg
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• about 1 teaspoon of flour

For the stuffing:

• 2 potatoes
• 1/3 of a medium-sized cabbage
• 1 onion
• 40 grams of butter
• salt and pepper to taste

For spreading and sprinkling :

• 25-30 grams of oil to spread on the pan
• 1 egg to spread on the pie
• about 100 grams of hard grated yellow cheese for sprinkling

Method of preparation :

Put the potatoes to boil whole and unpeeled in salted water and knead the dough.

In a large bowl, mix the slightly warmed kefir with the egg, add a little salt. Gradually add the flour in small portions, stirring with a spoon.

When the combination acquires the consistency of sour cream, add the soda, stir and continue to add flour until you get a soft non-stick dough.

Make it into a ball, wrap in cling film or cover with a plate and leave for half an hour at room temperature.

Meanwhile, chop the cabbage as finely as possible, peel and cut the onion head into semicircles. Mix them in a deep pan, pour a little salted boiling water and stew under a lid for 15-20 minutes (until ready).

Drain the liquid by pouring the cabbage with onions into a colander. Then put in a bowl, add the butter, season and stir.

Peel and mash the already cooked potatoes while they are hot. Combine them with the cabbage, season further, if necessary, stir.

Grease a pan with oil. Roll out the dough, taking into account the diameter of the dish and provide dough for forming boards at the edges.

Put the dough in the form, make the boards and spread the cooled filling evenly on the base.

Spread a beaten egg on top and sprinkle with the grated yellow cheese.

Place in the oven at 190 degrees for 15 minutes, then increase the temperature to 220 and let the sieve bake for another 10 minutes until covered with a yellow crust.

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Enjoy your meal!