Diet Chicken Breasts With Balsamic Vinegar Recipe

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The Recipe Instructions
 

 

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup white wine
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup dried currants
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
2 tbsp grated orange zest
2 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon (or 1/4 teas, poon dried)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground white pepper


Directions

Pound the chicken fillets to a uniform thickness of 1/3 inch (or have the
butcher do it).

Pour the wine into a skillet and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add
the chicken breasts, reduce the heat to a simmer, and poach the chicken for
5 to 7 minutes, Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside, reserving the
wine.

Meanwhile, bring the orange juice and vinegar to a boil in a small
saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the raisins and currants; let them
soak for 15 minutes.

Add the reserved wine and the remaining ingredients to the orange juice
pan; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered,
until the mixture is reduced by half.

Cut the chicken fillets into slices. Pour the sauce over the chicken and
let it sit at room temperature for at least an hour before serving. The
dish can then be reheated, served room temperature, or chilled.

NOTE: The dish can be prepared up to 2 days in advance and reheated slowly
or served cold or chilled.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutrient Value per Serving: 336 Calories, 9 g Fat, 2 g Saturated Fat, 36 g
Protein, 24 g Carbohydrates, 96 mg Cholesterol, 199 mg Sodium.

Servings: 6

 

 

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The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a weight loss system invented by Florida-based cardiologist arthur agatston which stresses that one should consume "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbs" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston invented his weight loss system for people who have cardiac problems, based on his detailed study of scientific data completed on other weight loss regimes.
Good foods include, veal cutlets, turkey bacon, shrimp, ricotta cheese, pistachio nuts, lowfat yoghurt and certain vegetables, like butter beans, cauliflower and water chestnuts.


The low calorie diet

In simple terms, the low calorie diet states that if you plan to diet successfully, then you have to take in less calories than you burn up.

So what is a calorie?
The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. A food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure. If something contains more calories, then it will provide your body with a larger amount of energy when your body converts it.

Foods low in calories include watercress, tomato, melon, low fat hot-dogs, and bamboo shoots.


The brassicas, Healthy superfoods that help with Weight loss
(eg. Kale, Green beans, Mizuna and Rutabaga)
Known as cruciferous vegetables, these are packed with vitamins (eg.folate), minerals (eg. potassium), fibre, chlorophyll, antioxidents and isothiocyanates.

Over and above their many health and weight loss benefits, these contain isothiocyanates, which are believed by nutritionalists to help reduce the cancer risk.


 

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"A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.
"Walter Savage Landor"


"A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit."

"Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life"
Phillip C. McGraw

 

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