5 Hacks to Make Healthy Eating more Interesting
By Nmami Life Editorial 16-Mar 2020 Reading Time: 5 Mins
Almost all of us plan to eat healthily, but did we ever successfully stand by it? Most of us think that healthy eating contains dull and boring food which is not appealing to the taste buds. But not anymore! Healthy eating can become tasty and flavoursome if you pick up the correct ingredients and toss it in your pan rightly. Though there are a lot of ways available on the Google to spice up your meals, today we bring you some of the most effective and easy hacks that will add zing to your meal without compromising your nutritive profile.
So, give a quick read to these easy to follow hacks and make yourself hale and hearty without negotiating with your taste buds.
- Swap with the healthy ingredients: Swapping your ingredients with the healthier and aromatic ones is the first step towards making your meal more interesting. Eating healthy will not get boring if you change your perspective instead of forcing yourself to change your whole menu and eating what you don’t even like! Say, for example, if you are craving for pizza, just replace the base with the whole wheat and add top it up with plenty of greens, garlic powder, and freshly grated pepper instead of piling it up with cheese. This way you can cut out the calories and satisfy your cravings. Remember the key here is controlling the portion size.
- Dress your food yourself: If you are trying to eat healthily, the first and foremost thing you might pick is a salad. Eating a plate full of greens can do wonder to your health but adding the processed salad dressing, packaged sauces can do more harm than good. So, rather than choosing the processed dressings, go for home-made ones- you can add herbs, freshly squeezed lemon juice, peppers, olive oil, coconut oil and a handful of crunchy nuts. These ingredients are healthy and can shine out your health like nothing else. Not only this, but it will also add mouth soothing twist and flavour to your food.
- Choose your sugars mindfully: Sugar is the major culprit of many diseases. It not only adds up to weight but also can make you suffer from various types of diseases. Even though thousands of disadvantages we cannot resist to the presentation and aroma of the cakes, candies, pastries, cookies and brownies. So, if you are one of those hard-core lovers of the bakery, all you have to do is just switch to jaggery, brown sugar, oats flour and dry fruits and you are all set to go in the lane of health with that yummy and interesting twist. Similarly, replacing the sugar from jaggery powder, brown sugar or coconut sugar in your tea and coffee can never make your healthy eating boring.
- Focus on the correct method: Ingredients, done! Sugars, done! Dressing, done! Now it’s the turn of the method of cooking. Taking a shift from frying to baking and grilling is one of the best ways to eat healthy without compromising the flavour and taste. Cooking food requires a lot of oil and butter which adds up the calories. Try to bake and grill your fritters, vegetables and everything you fry for the maximum health benefits.
Footnote
So, stand by these simple hacks and make yourself happy and healthy. Healthy eating can become interesting by the smart choice of ingredients. Understand that forcing yourself to eat something that you don’t like is never a solution. Toss your ingredients right and give yourself proper nutrition without making your taste buds suffer.