To healthfully lose weight, you should follow a lower calorie well-balanced diet that meets your nutritional needs. This will allow you to indulge in a variety of foods such as whole grains, fruits, fish, poultry, lean meats and dairy. When you’re on a low-calorie diet, you usually get between 800 and 1,500 calories in a day.
This light frozen dessert is the right one for you as it only contains 135 kcal. A smooth and slushy, like those from the east of Italy. This is a perfect one for you.
Strawberry & mint granita
- Prep: 10 mins.
- Cook: 10 mins.
- plus 4 hours freezing
- makes 4
Ingredients:
- 100g golden caster sugar
- 450g strawberries hulled and halved
- 8 mint leaves, plus extra springs to serve
Method:
Put the sugar and 100ml water in a medium saucepan over a low heat, and stir now and again until the sugar dissolves. Don’t let the syrup boil.
Meanwhile, tip the strawberries into a food processor and blend to a purée. Pour into the sugar syrup with the mint leaves and turn up the heat. Simmer for about 5 mins until the mixture thickens slightly. Once thickened, strain through a fine sieve to get rid of any seeds and leaves. Allow to cool for 15 mins.
Pour into a container and freeze for 1 hr, then rake the top layer with a fork and put back in the freezer. Repeat every hour for the next 4 hrs until the mix becomes a crystallised slush. Serve in glasses with a sprig of mint on top.
Nutrition per granita:
- Kcal 135
- Fat 0g
- Saturates 0g
- Carbs 31g
- Sugars 31g
- Fiber 2g
- Protein 1g
- Salt 0g
Most people shift to a low calorie diet for a slightly easier alternative weight loss diet. This diet plan is also called lowered carbohydrate diet plan which will definitely guide people to limit their consumption of foods that are rich in carbohydrates. The best thing about low calorie diet is that it is not hard to follow. There are no foods that are forbidden or need to be avoided unlike other forms of restrictive diets. This is as simple as keeping track of the amount of calories of food intake and by just subtracting a couple of hundred calories daily. Nutrition Facts Panel on food Labels make it easy for consumers to have a quick look on how many calories is present in a single product package. Some food establishments also provide calorie counters and nutrition content on their menu.
