6 trendy dishes that you want this year

At the beginning of each year, one can observe spike discussion of healthy eating - everyone wants to be a little healthier and trying to figure out how to achieve this. Whether you want to lose weight or just to improve your diet, probably in their search you will face a number of trends from our list.

1. Diets based on plant foods

Do not expect that in the near future trend of plant food will disappear. The number of vegans is only growing, and innovation in the field of plant technologies allow to make food more nutritious and affordable. But now thanks to new combinations you can treat yourself to your favorite pizza and pasta, without giving up their plant-based diet.

Pasta salad

Ingredients:

• 450 g of the whole grain pasta
• 2 large tomatoes
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 red onion
• 200 g of broccoli
• 400 g of canned beans

Preparation:

Broth pasta instructions Slay water, washed with cold water and laid out in a bowl. Add diced tomatoes, bell pepper, onion, boiled steamed broccoli, beans. You can also add olives and boiled chickpeas. Add salad dressing.

2. The Middle Eastern and African flavors

Turmeric, Harissa, cardamom, halloumi - start google right now to know these words by the time they appear in all the recipes in 2018. As the world is moving towards vegetarianism, cooks had to play with flavors to make meals interesting. Leader in additives undoubtedly become turmeric with its anti-inflammatory properties, which enhances immunity, improve the work of the stomach and reduce pain in the joints. I'm afraid now it will add even a latte.

Spicy rice with pistachio

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of rice dlinozernogo
• 1/4 cup dried apricots
• 1/4 cup pistachios without shell
• zest of 1 orange
• Cinnamon
• cardamom
• mint
• olive oil

Preparation:

Rinse the rice and dried. Pour into a deep pan two or three tablespoons butter and fried rice for three minutes, stirring continuously. Pour another glass of water, add cardamom, salt and pepper to taste, bring to the boil. Continue to cook until all the water is gone, about 20 minutes.

In parallel, pistachios fry in preheated oven until golden brown - 5-7 minutes. Finely we shall cut and cool.

Mix rice with lemon peel, dried apricots, pistachios and cinnamon. Let it brew for 10 minutes serve with mint.

3. The roots and stems

The idea is pretty simple: Use everything that has a plant and animal origin in order to minimize the amount of waste. If you do not care about climate change, then just focus on how to eat less.

Chicken with noodles and ginger

Ingredients:

• 1 kg chicken
• pickled ginger root
• chicken broth
• Garlic
• corn
• soy sauce
• sesame oil

Preparation:

Fillet Zamarin in oil, soy sauce, garlic and ginger. In deep fry griddle plate garlic and ginger. Add the chicken, spices, chicken broth and corn. Bring to the boil. Depending on the density of the broth and can be supplied as soup, and rice with a garnish.

4. Post

It is not a new idea, but by 2018, the post becomes a real trend, not only for the Orthodox. Many cultures have a practice limits the daily food intake for a certain time. Benefits of fasting are numerous. Though difficult to get used to, it will give a good effect for the overall condition of the body, in addition to a simple weight loss.

Chickpea fritters

Ingredients:

• cup gram flour
• half a cup of flour
• Turmeric
• 1.5 teaspoons of fast yeast
• 3 cloves garlic

Preparation:

Mix the flour, add a glass of water, yeast, turmeric, grated garlic and knead the dough. Leave in a dark place for 40 minutes. Then pancakes were fried, batter spoon leveling, good on the heated frying pan with sunflower oil.

5. The Mediterranean diet

US News recently named the Mediterranean diet the best way to power in 2018. Everything is easy: Eat a beautiful, large leafy greens, get rid of processed food, do not forget the protein from fish and low-fat dairy products. The Mediterranean diet is flexible, and it can be a long time, unlike other power systems.

Citrus sauce with honey

Ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• zest of one orange
• 3/4 cup orange juice

Preparation:

Melt the butter over medium heat. Add chopped onion and cook until soft. Then add honey, soy sauce, peel, lemon sauce and salt. For thickening can add a spoonful of cornstarch.

6. Pharmaceutical meal

Probiotics capture the market - from yogurt to skin care. Now, in the food become popular collagen and amino acids. The good news: even sauerkraut can act as an excellent remedy for stomach microflora.

Homemade kimchi

Ingredients:

• 2 of head Chinese cabbage
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• fresh ginger
• 3 cloves garlic
• fish sauce
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• salt
• sugar
• 3 tablespoons of starch

C cabbage remove the two upper green sheet and cut the head along the. Prepare pickling - in 5 liters of water to dissolve salts pound. Lay the cabbage in a deep pan and zaley salted water for 2-3 days. When the cabbage is enough prosolitsya, its leaves will not break, and bend gently.

Thoroughly rinse the cabbage leaves and squeeze out moisture. We will cut the remaining vegetables, combine with cabbage and garlic, season with red pepper sauce and zaley starch.