If you want to be healthy, keep this in mind: restrict your consumption of bad fats, especially saturated fats and Trans fatty acids, and you will decrease your risk of heart disease. Consuming a diet low in fat does not mean giving up the flavors you love. You will still be able to enjoy a lot of your favorite foods. There are wonderful substitutes for many not so wonderful ingredients that are healthy and delicious. This article will give you a number of mouth watering low fat recipes for you to choose from.

Enjoy these delicious and healthy low fat recipes.


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Low-Fat Savory “Meatballs”

Ingredients
  • Cooked brown rice
  • 1/2 pound ground vegan meat substitute
  • Sea salt and pepper to taste
  • Italian seasoning to taste
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup whole wheat or Ezekiel bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 1 can golden mushroom soup (read ingredient labels for the best options!)
  • One package fresh organic mushrooms – your favorite type
Method
  • Mix the meat substitute with salt and seasonings, and then form an inch meatball.
  • Heat the mushroom soup with water.
  • Steam the celery until semi-soft (about one minute or less).
  • Add the celery to the soup. Add the meatballs to the soup and make sure the broth covers meatballs. Cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, stir gently a few times.
  • Add some mushrooms, if desired. Simmer for another 10 minutes or until mushrooms are cooked. Serve over brown rice.

Warm yourself up with this fat free soup recipe.


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Ginger Carrot Soup

Ingredients
  • 1 inch piece of root Ginger – finely sliced
  • 1 tbsp Basil
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper, Freshly Ground
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Sea Salt
  • 1 Vegetable Stock Cube
  • 1 Medium Onion
  • 1½ Pints Boiling Water
  • 6 Large Carrots
Method
  • Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add onion, ginger and carrot. Cook for 5 minutes to soften onion.
  • Add the vegetable stock cube and water and bring to boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes until the carrots are soften.
  • Pour the contents of the pan, add sea salt and pepper, to a food processor or high-speed blender such as the Vitamix and blend, add more water if necessary.
  • Garnish with basil and then serve.