We present you the top 10 specialties from the book Gwyneth Paltrow, cooked which you will not regret.
Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is a follower of a healthy diet, which she has been following for the last ten years. Love for a delicious, but harmless to the shape recipes instilled her father. Every evening he cooked dinner for the mother of Gwyneth, who worked as an actress. The first book of the star called "Papa's daughter" was published in Russian, and the second It's All Easy was never translated from English. Meanwhile, it is in it you can find exquisite and useful recipes, which will repeat at home any newcomer.
1. Risotto with spinach and peas
Risotto is usually a fairly high-calorie dish with a large amount of cheese or butter. The option with spinach shoots is easy enough to serve it for dinner.
Ingredients:
- 700 ml of broth from any vegetable;
- 1 lemon;
- 2 tablespoons quality olive oil;
- half a large white bulb;
- 1 stalk of leek;
- 2 cloves garlic, passed through the crush;
- sea salt;
- thyme;
- 250 grams of ground rice;
- 100 g of spinach;
- 170 g of fresh or frozen peas;
- 15 g of ground basil;
- black pepper.
The zest is removed from the lemon and grated with small holes. Juice from the pulp to squeeze and mix with the vegetable broth heated on the fire. Separately, in a thick-walled deep frying pan, warm olive oil, add to it chopped onion and leek, thyme greens, basil and garlic. Fry, slowly stirring, for 2-3 minutes. Spinach cut and together with unfrozen pre-peas put in a broth, then pour out the same dry rice and fry. Bring the risotto to a boil, then cook for another 30 minutes.
2. Kinoa with fried egg
Croup kinoa today is considered the most popular superfood, thanks to the large content of proteins, vitamin E and fiber.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- 1 chopped clove of garlic;
- 2 large cabbage leaves;
- 200 g of film;
- 2 eggs - each of one egg;
- 1 shallots;
- 350 ml of water;
- black pepper;
- sea salt.
Rinse croup to remove debris under a stream of cold water ,. Put on a strong fire and bring the film to a boil, then cook under a closed lid, until all the liquid is absorbed into the grains. The resulting amount of porridge is enough for two servings. Lubricate the frying pan, add garlic, chopped shallots and shredded cabbage. Salt, pepper, add kinoa and fry, stirring constantly, 3-5 minutes. Spread the rump on plates and cover each with fried eggs.
3. Potato soup with red pepper
A hearty, but boring dish will help diversify the jalapeno pepper smoked on an open fire.
Ingredients:
- 1 large red onion, cut into rings;
- 2 tablespoons hemp oil;
- dry garlic powder;
- 2 tablespoons chopped green cilantro;
- 2 g of cumin;
- 1 smoked pepper, cut into half rings;
- 2 large potatoes;
- 1.5 liters of vegetable broth;
- sea salt.
On vegetable fat, fry onion, greens and peppers. Cut potatoes into slices and sprinkle with salt, garlic powder. Roast the fries and potatoes in a saucepan, add liquid and cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
4. A refreshing drink with watermelon and mint
In the book there is a whole section devoted to summer drinks, not a harmful figure. The most popular recipe includes a juicy pulp of ripe melon culture.
Ingredients:
- 500 g of pulp of watermelon without a peel;
- crushed ice;
- fresh mint leaves;
- 200 ml of mineral water;
- 2 tablespoons Sahara.
Pulp watermelon with ice and whisk in a blender until smooth consistency. Combine the mixture with cold water, pour over glasses and decorate with leaves of mint, rubbed in the palms.
5. Vegetarian steamed dumplings
Dumplings can be cooked not only in boiling water, but also steamed. This method allows you to save all vitamins and nutrients.
Ingredients:
- 350 g of wheat flour;
- 300 ml of warm water;
- 60 g of butter;
- 1 tbsp. shredded ginger;
- 1 large onion, cut into rings;
- 400 g of Shiitake mushrooms;
- 150 grams of chopped cabbage;
- 150 g of chopped carrots;
- 5 g of white pepper;
- 2 tsp. sesame oil;
- 3 tablespoons white dry wine;
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce;
- 1 tsp granulated sugar;
- salt to taste.
Half an hour before you start modeling dumplings, you need to prepare a dough for it, mixing the flour with warm water and sesame oil and kneading the hands with a plastic homogeneous mass. Dough cover with a towel and put in warmth.
To start making the filling, you have to cut the mushrooms and fry them in butter until they release the liquid. Add the ginger, onions, cabbage and carrots, season with salt and white pepper. Drizzle wine, mix thoroughly and remove from heat after 2 minutes.
Cut the dough into circles with a glass, pre-rolling it with a rolling pin. For each of the circles put the filling, then zapripnut his fingers. Finished dumplings are laid out on a grate over a saucepan, in which water is boiling. Dumplings for a couple will be ready in 20 minutes.
6. Granola with maple syrup
Granola is prepared from muesli or rolled oats flakes with additives. As a rule, their role is played by berries or dried fruits. The actress proposes to supplement them with maple syrup and vegetable oil.
Ingredients:
- 350 g of oat flakes or cereal "7 cereals";
- 300 ml of boiling water;
- 100 ml of maple syrup;
- 100 g of dried figs;
- salt.
Pour oatmeal with water and cover, leave for 10 minutes. Salt to taste, add dried figs, sliced, and syrup. Mix and spread on plates for serving.
7. Turkey meatballs
Meatballs from a bird fillet are not so caloric, as the same dish from fat beef or pork.
Ingredients:
- 500 g turkey fillet;
- 1 small red onion, cut into rings;
- 800 g of ripe tomatoes;
- 3 tablespoons sunflower oil without a smell;
- garlic powder;
- leaves of basil, thyme, rosemary;
- sea salt.
Tomatoes peeled off, previously scalded with boiling water. Grind the pulp and boil for 7-10 minutes, making tomato sauce out of them. The fillet is scrolled through a meat grinder along with chopped herbs and onions. Combine stuffing with oil, salt and roll small balls from it. The meatballs are put in tomato sauce and put on a slow fire. Cook over low heat for 40 minutes.
8. Cocktail-"muscle constructor"
Trying to give maximum benefit to protein cocktails for building muscle mass, you can add vegetables and fruits to them.
Ingredients:
- 1 serving of whey protein;
- 1 serving of vitamin supplement;
- 300 ml almond milk with or without flavoring;
- 100 ml of apple puree;
- 100 g of pulp of banana.
Mix all ingredients in a high-power blender and drink for 5 minutes after an intense workout.
9. Pasta with tuna and olives
Macaroni can cook not only Italians: Americans, according to Gwyneth, can easily compete with them.
Ingredients:
- 250 g of pasta of any form of durum wheat;
- 50 ml of olive oil;
- 50 g of capers washed and dried;
- 8 cloves of garlic, cut into thin slices;
- 1 can of canned tuna;
- 100 g of pitted olives;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 5 g of red pepper;
- salt.
Pasta cook 7-8 minutes in salted boiling water. In a thick-walled saucepan, heat the oil, fry the capers and garlic in it. Mix the fry with the tuna fillet, mash with fork, pepper. Put the pasta on the plates, top the fish sauce, decorate with olives and sprinkle with natural juice.
10. Secret Mexican drink of youth
Paltrow during a trip to the Mexican resort has learned a secret recipe for a drink that maintains skin tone and helps smooth wrinkles.
Ingredients:
- 200 ml low-fat yogurt;
- 1 tsp oil extract of vitamin E;
- 2 tsp. chopped cilantro;
- lime juice.
Yogurt pour into a blender, there also put greens, pour oil and juice. Beat at an average speed of 2-3 minutes.