Eat Healthy this Summer: 4 Easy & Yummy Recipes

Summer is here and we food lovers need to spice up our taste buds! So, here are some amazing yet simple healthy recipes for you that are light on your waist yet yummy to taste!

Spicy Grilled Fish

 

Ingredients:

Bhetki Fish Fillets boneless- 600 grams

Red bell pepper roasted, skinned and diced- 1 whole

Crushed black peppercorn- 4-5

Chilli flakes- 1 tsp

½ Lemon juice

Olive oil- 3 tbs

Garlic chopped- 6-8 cloves

Chopped coriander leaves- ¼ cup

Chopped parsley- 2 tbs

Salt to taste

Method:

Marinate fish fillets with crushed peppercorns, salt, and a tablespoon lemon juice. Ensure that the fillets are evenly covered with the ingredients. Keep them aside for 10 minutes.

Now heat olive oil in a pan and add chopped garlic in it. Saute till they turn brown. Now add the red bell pepper, Chilli flakes, crushed peppercorns, salt, chopped parsley and coriander leaves and toss them nicely for a minute.

Remove from heat and add the remaining lemon juice.

Now, heat the remaining oil in the pan and cook the fishes on each side.

Garnish the fishes with the sauteed spicy bell peppers and sprinkle lemon juice on them.

Light bite Chicken Feta Salad

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken cut into cubes- 250 grams

Feta cheese cut into small cubes- 100 grams

Onion- 1 small chopped

Ginger- sliced

Garlic- 3-4 cloves chopped

Small tomatoes- 10 sliced

Lettuce leaves- 10

Baby carrots- 8-10 nos

Green olives- 10 pitted

Black peppercorns- 8-9 nos crushed

Olive Oil- 1 tbs

Salt to taste

Mustard powder- 1 tbs

Tabasco sauce- 5-6 drops

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and saute till they are soft. Now, add chicken and give a good mix.

Add crushed peppercorns, salt, and cook till chicken is nicely cooked. You can add some water to cook and soften the chicken.

Now for the dressing, add Tabasco sauce, mustard powder, olive oil, salt, crushed peppercorns and mix well.

Take lettuce leaves, green olives baby carrots, and cherry tomatoes in a bowl. Now, add the dressing and mix well.

In a serving plate, add the salad topped with cooked chicken and garnish with feta cheese.

Mixed veggie Stew

Ingredients:

Potatoes- 2 nos Peeled and cut into cubes

Carrot- 1 peeled and cut into cubes

Cauliflower – 14-15 florets

Button onions- 10 nos

Green peas- 1 cup

French beans- 1 cup long cut

Onions- 3 nos sliced

Tomatoes- 2 medium finely chopped

Cloves- 5-6 nos

Cinnamon- 1 stick

Black peppercorns- 8-10 crushed

Worcestershire sauce- 3 tbs

Butter- 2 tbs

Cornflour- 2 tbs

Salt to taste

Method

Heat butter in a pan. Add onions and saute till they turn soft and brown.

Add cinnamon, cloves and peppercorns and mix well. Add potatoes, cauliflower, carrot, beans and green peas. Mix well and cook till softens.

Add tomatoes, some water and bring it to a boil.

Mix ¼ cup water with cornflour and add in the stew. Add salt and Worcestershire sauce to the stew and stir well. Simmer for a couple of minutes and serve hot.

Shredded chicken with rice noodles

Ingredients:

250 gram rice noodles

Spring onions- finely chopped

Cucumber- 1 peeled and thinly sliced

Chicken breasts- 250 grams boiled and shredded

Bell pepper red- 1 medium thinly sliced

Green Bell pepper – 1 medium thinly sliced

Yellow bell pepper – 1 medium thinly sliced

Satay sauce- 70-80 ml

Fresh coriander leaves- ½ cup

Groundnuts- 50 grams fried

Salt to taste

White pepper powder- 1 tsp

Method

Heat water and soak the rice noodles in it for some time.

Then, cool it with cold water and strain. Add sliced cucumber, shredded chicken, salt, white pepper powder, satay sauce and mix.

Then, add chopped spring onions and coriander leaves.

Now, get ready to flaunt your finesse in cooking with these amazingly healthy and lip-smacking recipes. Call your friends over this weekend and earn accolades while they savor the flavour of your dishes. Hit the like button if you found this article interesting and we will come back with more such healthy recipes for you! Till then, stay fit, stay beautiful!