Entertaining and special occasions Recipe: Low Fat, Low Sugar
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There is no need to give visitors foods rich in fats and sugars. Stick to what you would eat yourself and provide a range of tastes, textures and colours rather than quantity. Three courses are ample for any occasion.
It is often pleasant to be able to offer a choice of starter to guests. Prepare enough to offer to each guest a choice, the host then gets what is left.
Entertaining on a budget
Meat and cheese are often the most expensive items in a meal. If you entertain on a budget, avoid these two groups of ingredients, and go for a range of fresh fruit and vegetables, prepared and served with sauces and spices.
You are not providing your visitors with sustenance to last them a week, but with a delightful combination of flavours, colours and textures. If you feel that they will need a 'solid' meal, provide a range of fresh breads or bread rolls together with a variety of salads and dressings.
Copyright Peter Thomson 2012-May-19
Why the low sugar, low fat lifestyle is easy
What is a healthy balanced diet?
Starchy foods - the basis of the diet
Plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables
Health is also dependent on exercise
Maintain a healthy body weight
Food Supplements pros and cons
Carbohydrates, Fats and Protein
Vitamins, Minerals and Trace Elements
Eat whole grain cereals, not highly refined flour
Further tips for a healthy lifestyle
How preserving affects nutrients
Getting Started - Changing your diet
Equipment for pressure cooking
Food mixers, food processors, grain mill
Ready meals, takeaways and cook/chill
Entertaining and special occasions
Picnics and children's party ideas
Diets for life stages - Pregnancy
Feeding Baby- breast or bottle
The Main Starch Grains: Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Maize
The main starch grains: rice, millet and sorghum
Other starchy grains and flours: amaranth, buckwheat, quinnoa, teff, wild rice
Starchy roots and tubers: potato, sweet potato, jerusalem-artichoke, yam
Sesame, pumpkin, sunflower seeds
Starchy fruit: breadfruit, banana-plantain, water chestnut
Oils and fats: butter, olives, olive oil
Recipes for low-fat and low-sugar cookery
Rice with a hot vegetable sauce
Stuffed vine or cabbage leaves
Chestnuts with brussels sprouts
Chicken soup - pressure cooker
Vegetable spaghetti bolognaise
Low-fat yogurt sauces and dips
Spicy broad bean and pine kernel salad