Today, our table is open for something very essential and healthy. Talking about healthy food is so common today, but our taste buds always ask for something else. Nutritious breakfasts, family dinners, more protein, and less carbs are the talk of the town today. We Sri Lankans usually go with a plateful of rice and savory curries. There is no doubt I still do love those mother-made delicious rice and curry. But the quantity of carb intake per meal was quiet heavy and unnecessary.
How could I get out of this?
Trying high protein recipes with different faces
Why can’t we try all meat stuff and eggs with different styles? Most Sri Lankan mothers work with meat in the same traditional pattern. Most of the time, it comes to the table as a curry with gravy. But keep it mind, you have magical hands.
Flesh and egg
Here is a great tip with chicken breast for your table: place the breast in between cooking paper, then pound hard. This pound gives you an extra therapeutic feeling, the best way to release your day’s residual anger. (Lol) Then seasoning with all the spices you love. Finally, give a shallow frying pan or try with the air fryer. You can slice the golden brown breast and decorate a rice bowl or salad dish.
Then comes the egg. Eggs can do magic all the time. I have successfully converted my family into egg lovers (Lol). All because eggs are the best and easily available high protein bundle in the market. But there might be people out there allergic to eggs. Then you will have to find an alternative protein bundle, beyond the egg. Apart from that, Avocado toast on split bread is very famous and easy to prepare on busy mornings.
Facing the challenge of having plateful of rice
As I said before we Sri Lankans love to have rice, not as a side dish but as a main dish. Changing main dish in to a side dish is not an easy thing as you think. It needs a lot of courage, isn’t it? You might heard famous “onigiri” or rice balls in Japan. I prepare such rice balls with onigiri cutters. These cutters are easily available in Japanese 100 Yen shops and other supermarkets.
Why do I prepare “onigiri” instead of plate of rice? The answer is pretty simple. The cutters tell me the quantity of rice I consume, two rice balls are more than enough for me. The most interesting thing is, you can add tuna, sesame oil, seaweed wraps or anything that goes well with it. A perfect piece of rice ball!!! Now you have a limited portion of rice both your mind and tummy are happy. (Lol)
Leafy green vegetables, nuts and seeds
leafy green vegetables are a good source of Vitamins and can be eaten raw, juiced or cooked. You can enjoy any form. Most of the times I use spinach in omelettes. And I prepare Broccoli as a salad and porridge. Then nuts as a snacks for evening.
Apart from all these I have noticed few tips in preparing meals,
You can ask kids or husband to help. The important lies here is, so rewarding. Your kitchen and the counter top becomes more democratic. You can just ask “how would you love to have a salad dish tonight?” or else you can share differently made up salad dishes or any other low carb dishes with family. I am pretty sure that this idea exchanging would be a great advice for moms.
Another tip to try out, try a tour to “farmers ‘ market ” where you can add many variations for your low carb diet. If you go with kids they would definitely love with the well arranged greeneries. Hopefully they would love these greeneries to be in there dining table. Have you ever tried it?
In light of these ideas, what did you find as interesting? I would love to hear from you.
