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Cold and quick dinners

When we got home after a hard day of stress at work, over which we have been confronted with traffic, children or boss, which is less like to cook a proper dinner for the nutritional requirements.

However, what really is best for us because, almost certainly, the food was not the best food needs. Work schedules often prevent him and the menus of most restaurants, too.

To compensate and balance the meal

That is why the dinner is so important. The attention it deserves much more than what you usually give. After a greasy menu and blunt, nothing like a balanced meal to compensate and balance what consumed hours before.

So be overcome laziness and temptation of given up on the couch before the television set. By no means we end up taking just a snack for those that provide few nutrients and yes a lot (often too much) energy.

The ingredients

For a dinner that approaches the idea of a balanced diet do not need to spend more than a few minutes in the kitchen, not even have to light fires. Just some planning for the home pantry is equipped with the necessary ingredients for it and learn to combine them.

One of the best resources for these foods at the end of the day, the fast and uncomplicated are the salads. It is the perfect example of nutritious food that is prepared at a time, supports a huge variety of combinations and can be very tasty.

But it should be clear that not all salads are equally balanced. To provide the nutrients needed for a dinner (and more if taken as a single dish) have to keep intake of protein, starchy foods, fats and vegetables.

Vegetables, rice or pasta

With regard to plants, it is more practical to prepare a salad with those that are easier to prepare as they are buds raw lettuce, endive, tomatoes, asparagus and carrots.

One possibility to consider is the use of any leftover cooked the day before: with peppers, onions, tomatoes and grilled eggplant salad is delicious warm succeed. To contain proteins, you may add canned tuna, cheese, sausage, leftover chicken or sausages.

Complete with starchy salad is a success, both from the nutritional standpoint, and from the taste. With a bit of pasta, rice or potatoes will do. No matter if you do not want to do in the moment, these hold up very well cooked food from one day to another.

Dressing: yes with vinaigrette

In terms of fat, usually consumed through the dressing. Hence the need to be careful about the type and quantity to be added. And is that, as balanced salad can become a nightmare thanks to a sauce with too much oil, pepper or salt. Among the most suitable for the dressing that night is also the easiest to prepare.

Dairy and fruit

The choice of milk and fruit is also very suitable for dinners, provided that is not the daily habit. If this menu is supplemented with cereals, it will be more balanced. To vary each night you can take yoghurt, cheese, milk, yoghurt mousse …
The fruit also is always good. If a fundamental part of the dinner, we will need a couple of pieces that, while juice is more palatable, whole and provide more satiating get more nutritional value.

Key to a balanced meal

If there’s one meal a day that we usually throw off more frequently, this is dinner. Most of the times, laziness overcomes the appetite and just taking a quick snack and of poor nutritional value.

However, the dinner should be a mainstay food of the day, right at the moment and lightly, as doing so may cause heavy, very awkward if the bed with us. Therefore, we must take into account some key if we want the dinner feels like a charm, to provide the necessary nutrients and only the required energy.

In choosing the food for the night, is essential to take into account what we have taken in trying to balance food and not repeat. The spicy dishes with sauces, spices and peppers, can be tasty, but also very indigestible. Forget them.

It is important to include raw vegetables and fruit, especially if they have not eaten at noon. As preparation, we will choose the steamer and boiled, avoiding fried everything. If we are to use fat that is olive oil. None of margarine or butter.

Common Errors

Faced with the prospect of spending anything desirable 20 or 30 minutes on the stove at 9 or 10 at night, often make the mistake of dining poorly. Fed on nuts, bread, cookies and other sweets is more common than it should. That itself is very comfortable, easy and quick, but also balance and energy. The same applies to sausages, pates and cheeses. Among those who are particularly concerned about the figure is a custom to eat only fruit, by that which is not fattening. This idea does not conform to reality, since the fruit (especially in excess) sugars also provide too much energy.

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