In the usual understanding and imagination of most people, mashed potatoes are a nourishing, tender, affordable dish that has been loved since childhood.
Boiled, crushed potatoes with the addition of milk and butter are an excellent side dish for meat, fish or salads, and even an inexperienced cook can prepare it. But when it comes to losing weight and all kinds of diets, we usually immediately exclude mashed potatoes from our diet. There is an opinion that this product is too high in calories. Is it so? Can mashed potatoes be part of a weight loss diet? And what actually is the calorie content of this dish in its different variations? Let's figure it out.
Can I have potatoes on the PP?
If you adhere to proper nutrition, then the main rule is moderation in everything.
It is not at all necessary to completely exclude certain dishes and products from your diet and place a strict ban on them. Everything that is prepared according to the recipes for weight loss, and everything that is eaten in moderation (don’t forget about calculating kbju) will not add extra pounds to you. During cooking, it is better to avoid frying. This method significantly increases the calorie content of the finished dish, because potatoes perfectly absorb vegetable oil. It is best to boil potatoes, bake in the oven or cook in a slow cooker. You can even simmer it in a little water with vegetables or various spices to add flavor.
Watch the amount of potatoes you eat. Be sure to take into account the bug. If you ate potatoes for lunch, then for dinner it is better to stop taking carbohydrates and give preference to protein foods.
Do not season potatoes with ready-made or fatty sauces or gravies. Very often, the calorie content of gravies or sauces is several times higher than the calorie content of the potatoes themselves. And as you know, potatoes are often eaten with gravy.
With proper nutrition, you can eat potatoes with pp sauces. Most often they are prepared on the basis of dietary and healthy products. Many tasty and healthy sauces can be prepared using natural yogurt or kefir.
Baked potatoes with cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes
Baked potatoes with cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes Potatoes baked with the peel retain a maximum of nutrients and vitamins, including vitamins C, B, phosphorus and easily digestible protein. For a complete dietary dinner, all you have to do is add a delicious filling with a whole range of amino acids, healthy fats and microelements. If you mix cottage cheese, herbs, garlic and olive oil, you will immediately be on the path to achieving a healthy and beautiful body.
You need: (for 2 servings) 2 large potatoes
Filling: 200 g soft cottage cheese 9% 2 cloves garlic small bunch of dill 5–6 cherry tomatoes 2 tbsp. olive oil salt and pepper - to taste
1. Rub washed and dried potatoes with olive oil, make a deep cross-shaped cut on top. Rub washed and dried potatoes with olive oil, make a deep cross-shaped cut on top, wrap tightly in foil and place in an oven preheated to 220°C for 40–50 minutes until ready. Don't turn off the oven!
2. For the filling, finely chop the dill, garlic, and cut the cherry tomatoes into halves. Mix with cottage cheese, salt and pepper until smooth. For the filling, finely chop the dill, garlic, and cut the cherry tomatoes into halves. Mix with cottage cheese, salt and pepper until smooth
3. “Open” the hot potato so that a deep hole is formed in the center. “Open” the hot potato so that a deep hole is formed in the center
4. Put the curd mass in the potatoes and put in the oven for another 10 minutes. Put the curd mass in the potatoes and put in the oven for another 10 minutes. A pleasant garlic aroma will appear.
5. Water the finished potatoes with 1 tbsp. olive oil. Pour 1 tbsp over the finished potatoes. olive oil Serve immediately.
Recipes
Very tasty mashed potatoes “tenderness”
Below are several basic recipes with photos of ready-made dishes. Based on them, you can then develop a large number of individual recipes. Diet mashed potatoes are very easy to prepare, so any housewife without cooking experience can master it.
Classic on the water
The calorie content of this mashed potato is 108 kcal per 100 g.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg potatoes (approximately 14 medium tubers);
- 1 chicken egg;
- 60 g butter;
- 2 bay leaves;
- black peppercorns;
- dill;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Peel the potatoes, carefully cut out all the eyes, and cut into medium-sized squares.
- Place the potatoes in a cooking pot and add water so that the water level covers the level of the potatoes.
- Bring water to a boil at maximum temperature, and after boiling, reduce.
- Add salt, pepper, bay leaf.
- Boil the potatoes until done.
- Carefully pour the resulting broth into a separate bowl.
- Mash the potatoes with a pestle or blender.
- Gradually add the egg and melted butter while continuing to mash the potatoes.
- Add potato broth in small portions, remembering to stir.
- The dish is ready. When serving, garnish with dill.
In a slow cooker
The calorie content of mashed potatoes cooked according to this recipe is 60 kcal per 100 g.
Ingredients:
- 300 g potatoes (approximately 4 medium tubers);
- ½ glass of milk;
- 1 tsp. butter;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Wash the potatoes, peel them, carefully cut out all the eyes, cut into medium-sized squares.
- Place in a multicooker pan and add hot water until the water covers the potatoes. Add salt.
- Set the multicooker mode to “Steaming”, cooking time is 40 minutes.
- Bring the milk to a boil, but do not boil, add butter.
- After the multicooker signals that it is ready, remove the pan and drain all the liquid.
- Pour warm milk and butter into the potatoes. Grind into a puree as usual.
With onion, apple and caramel
The calorie content of mashed potatoes cooked according to this recipe is 140 kcal per 100 g.
Ingredients:
- all the ingredients of the classic recipe;
- 2 sour apples;
- 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
- 100 g onion;
- 1 tbsp. l. olive oil;
- 1 tbsp. l. Sahara;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Prepare classic mashed potatoes.
- Cut the apples into squares and add lemon juice.
- Cut the onion into thin rings.
- Mix the remaining butter with sugar and heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Add salt.
- Add apples and caramelize for 2 minutes.
- Fry the onion in olive oil.
- Serve topped with caramelized apples and onions.
With shrimp and wasabi
The calorie content of mashed potatoes cooked according to this recipe is 140 kcal per 100 g.
Ingredients:
- all the ingredients of the classic recipe;
- 4 tsp. wasabi;
- 6 medium shrimp;
- 1 tbsp. l. olive oil (or any other vegetable oil);
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 3 sprigs of coriander;
- salt
Preparation:
- Prepare mashed potatoes according to the classic recipe.
- Add wasabi to the finished puree and mix thoroughly.
- Chop the shrimp.
- Heat the garlic in olive oil and fry the shrimp over low heat. Add salt.
- Serve the puree with the fried shrimp and coriander leaves.
With cauliflower
The calorie content of mashed potatoes cooked according to this recipe is 100 kcal per 100 g.
Ingredients:
- 600 g potatoes (approximately 10 medium tubers);
- 1 chicken egg;
- 60 g butter;
- 600 g cauliflower;
- green onions;
- salt.
Preparation:
- Peel the potatoes, carefully cut out all the eyes, and cut into medium-sized squares.
- Place the potatoes in a cooking pot and add water so that the water level is 1 cm above the potato level.
- Once boiling, add cauliflower florets.
- Cook until done.
- Drain off all the water. Add milk, butter, egg. Mash using a blender or other convenient method.
- Serve the puree with chopped green onions.
PP potatoes in the oven
So, if you absolutely love potatoes, but don’t know how to cook them correctly with minimal damage to your figure, then this simple and irreplaceable recipe is for you.
- 1 kg of potatoes. Wash, peel and cut into slices, or as you wish.
- any spices. You can use your favorite potato spices.
- 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. This is exactly the amount you need for this recipe. You can use sunflower oil, or you can use olive or any other oil.
- plastic bag. It is he who will help make our dish dietary.
Just put the potatoes in a bag, add spices and vegetable oil. Now wrap the bag tightly and shake until the spice oil soaks all the potatoes. Be sure that one spoon of oil will be enough to make the potatoes tasty and juicy. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees until the potatoes are browned and soft.
Fish casseroles - PP recipes
The most burning question is the question about French fries at PP. 100 grams of such a dish can contain about 320-350 calories. Deep-fried potatoes, and even flavored with some kind of sauce or ketchup, are a real death for the figure, especially since you can eat large portions of such a dish absolutely unnoticed.
But there is no need to be upset, because you can prepare this dish at home and make it several times less caloric. What should you do for this?
- Avoid frying potatoes in large amounts of vegetable oil. By the way, you don’t need vegetable oil at all. We will bake PP potatoes in the oven.
- To make the potatoes tasty and crispy, we will use egg whites. The calorie content of this product is negligible, but the benefits are obvious.
- Be sure to prepare your favorite spices. They will help make the dish tasty and aromatic.
For this recipe you will need:
- 1 large potato. Wash, peel and cut.
- 1 egg white. It needs to be beaten a little.
- Favorite spices and salt.
Mix everything thoroughly and place on a baking sheet at a decent distance from each other. Bake for about 25 minutes at 200 degrees.
Recipe for mashed potato baskets with minced meat
An amazingly tasty and original dish is made from mashed potatoes with minced meat. It can be prepared for lunch. But I won’t be wrong if I say that such potato baskets will also decorate the holiday table.
Make an unusual hot dish for the holiday. Prepare half of the hot dishes with French pork, and the other half with potato baskets and minced chicken. I assure you that they will eat both. But women will simply be delighted with the baskets.
Let's take for the recipe:
- Mashed potatoes – 500 g
- Chicken fillet – 300 g
- Champignons – 5 pcs
- Sour cream – 1 tbsp.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Egg – 1 pc.
- Hard cheese – 70 g
- Salt and ground black pepper - to taste
Preparation:
1. Take one chicken breast and cut it into very small squares.
2. Finely chop the onion and throw it into a heated frying pan. Fry a little and add chicken pieces. We will fry, stirring for about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
3. During this time, finely chop the champignon mushrooms and also fry them together with the chicken and onions until cooked. At the end, add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and simmer for one minute. We will have minced meat, which we will then use to prepare potato baskets.
4. To prepare the puree, we boil 4-5 potatoes (500 g). Then we crush them, adding 25 g of butter and 100 ml of hot milk. The puree should be smooth, without lumps. Add an egg to it to increase stickiness and mix well.
5. Transfer the finished puree into a pastry bag and use it to form shaped baskets. You say: “I don’t have such a bag. What should I do? I will answer you this way - you need to have it on the farm, because... many recipes require it. But today we’ll do it simply - use a tablespoon to place a mound of puree on a baking sheet. Align the tubercle in the form of a hemisphere. Make a hole on top for the minced meat.
6. Using a spoon, make a depression in the center of the baskets, leaving a potato bottom at the bottom.
7. Fill the baskets with minced meat, forming a small mound at the top.
8. Place a little grated hard cheese on top of the mound of minced meat. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place the pieces into it. Bake for 20 minutes.
9. Remove the finished baskets from the oven and place them on a serving plate. The resulting products are very tasty. The filling is covered with a delicious cheese crust. Juicy mushrooms and chicken harmonize with mashed potatoes. Bon appetit!
They taste best served warm or hot. You can bring it to the table as another new appetizer, or as a main hot dish. In general, it's up to you. Prepare and surprise your guests and your loved ones.
Potato pie without flour
Flourless Potato Pie I want to share a recipe for a very simple potato pie without flour and without dough, which makes it a real low-calorie sensation! Juicy red fish filling enriches the body with polyunsaturated fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6, normalizing blood cholesterol levels and regulating blood pressure.
You need: 400 g potatoes 1 small white onion 1 protein 100–150 g lightly salted salmon or trout a few sprigs of dill olive oil salt and pepper - to taste
1. Heat the oven to 210°C.
2. Grate the potatoes and onion on a coarse grater and squeeze well.Grate the potatoes and onion on a coarse grater and squeeze well
3. Add finely chopped dill, salt, pepper and protein. Add finely chopped dill, salt, pepper and protein
4. Stir thoroughly and drain off excess liquid. Stir thoroughly and drain off excess liquid
5. Place half of the potato mixture in a 20-22 cm round springform pan lined with baking paper and greased with olive oil. Press down lightly. Press down lightly
6. Place thinly sliced fish on top. Place thinly sliced fish on top
7. Cover with the remaining potato mixture. Cover with the remaining potato mixture. Brush with olive oil using a brush and place in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden. Brush with olive oil using a brush and place in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden.
8. Serve hot.
How to cook diet potatoes
You can prepare a delicious lunch or dinner with a minimum of calories using a double boiler. Such dishes are also perfect for those who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
You will need:
- 2 medium potatoes. Wash, peel and cut into thin slices.
- 1 medium onion. Finely chop. The onion will release juice and our dish will not be dry.
- Greenery. Dill or parsley are great.
- Favorite spices and salt.
Place potatoes, onions and herbs in layers on the bottom of the steamer. Cook for 20 minutes.
Potato mushrooms with broccoli puree
Are you used to the fact that mashed potatoes are a taboo on the diet? We will teach you how to prepare simple and tasty mashed potatoes, the calorie content of which is much lower than usual. In order to significantly reduce the calorie content of the finished dish, you need to add vegetables to the potatoes. The ideal option is cauliflower.
For this pp recipe you will need:
- 1 small cauliflower. We wash, separate into inflorescences and send to cook for 20 minutes. Be sure to salt the water.
- 5 medium potatoes. We wash, clean, cut and also send to boil for 20 minutes in salted water.
- skimmed milk. This product contains only about 30 calories.
- favorite spices to taste.
Place the finished cauliflower in a blender and add your favorite spices. Beat everything until smooth. Next, we do the same with potatoes, after adding low-fat milk to it. Then mix two types of puree and you can add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil if desired.
Potato mushrooms with broccoli pureeCrispy potato mushrooms on a green meadow of ultra-healthy broccoli puree. This dish, rich in bright colors, microelements and vitamins A, B and C, is very easy to prepare and will be a wonderful light dinner for anyone who strives to gain harmony and beauty.
You need: 8–10 small potatoes 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. mixture of aromatic herbs (thyme, rosemary, garlic, thyme) 1 tsp. sweet paprika, salt, black pepper - to taste 300 g frozen broccoli 50 g feta cheese 1 tbsp. olive oil 30 g walnuts salt, black pepper - to taste
1. Heat the oven to 220°C.
2. Cut mushrooms from potatoes. Cut mushrooms from potatoes
3. Brush the mushrooms with olive oil and rub with spices. Brush the mushrooms with olive oil and rub with spices
4. Place on a baking sheet lined with foil and place in the oven for 40–50 minutes.
5. Pour boiling water over the broccoli and cover with a lid. Leave for 3-5 minutes. Pour boiling water over the broccoli and cover with a lid. Leave for 3-5 minutes
6. Drain the water, leaving a little for puree. Puree the broccoli, adding feta cheese and olive oil. If necessary, add liquid to achieve the desired consistency. If necessary, add liquid to achieve the desired consistency. Add salt and pepper, taking into account that the cheese is already salted.
7. Sprinkle the mashed potatoes with chopped walnuts. Sprinkle the mashed potatoes with chopped walnuts. Serve with hot potato “mushrooms”.
Tips and tricks
Mashed potatoes are a simple and tasty dish that anyone, even a novice housewife, can prepare. But there are still some cooking secrets that will make dietary mashed potatoes tender and airy.
Cooking secrets:
- To reduce the amount of starch in potatoes, root vegetables should be soaked in cold water overnight.
- Milk or cream must be preheated - this will make the dish more fluffy.
- Instead of milk or water, you can use chicken broth.
- If you add cold water to potatoes rather than boiling water, they will cook faster and have a more delicate taste.
- If the potatoes are old, you can add lemon juice to the water.
- To have fewer calories in the dish, mashed potatoes can be mixed with peas in a 1:1 ratio.
PP rustic potatoes in the oven
If you love this dish, then do not deny yourself the pleasure. Thanks to the minimal amount of vegetable oil, you can easily include it in your diet several times a week.
- 1 kg of potatoes. For this recipe, we will not peel the potatoes, since they are cooked together with the peel, which contains a lot of useful substances and vitamins. All you need to do is wash the potatoes well. You can even scrub it with a brush or sponge. Then simply cut into slices.
- Spices. You can choose any options here, but we recommend adding paprika for sweetness and turmeric for a nice color. You can use ready-made seasonings for potatoes.
- Garlic. This ingredient is a must, because it is with it that the dish acquires an unforgettable aroma. 4 heads will be enough. You need to grate the garlic on a fine grater or chop it in a garlic press.
- Any herbs. Wash them, chop them finely and mix with chopped garlic.
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Mix potatoes with oil and spices in a separate container. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet lined with parchment and place in the oven for 20 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking, sprinkle with herbs and garlic.
Basics of proper nutrition
In medicine, dietary nutrition means a special menu that includes only those products that contribute to the treatment and prevention of diseases. In addition, proper nutrition is practiced for aesthetic purposes - to reduce body weight.
Unlike strict diets, which involve constant malnutrition and strict restrictions, dietary nutrition does not harm the health of the person losing weight. A properly designed menu does not allow a sharp reduction in the number of calories, as this leads to a slowdown in metabolism and, as a consequence, to the deposition of excess fat.
Diet Basics:
- Maintaining the correct eating regimen. A follower of a healthy diet should eat at the allotted time, avoiding snacks. There should be at least 3 hours between meals.
- Chewing food thoroughly. The feeling of fullness occurs 30 minutes after the meal. If after eating the feeling of hunger does not subside, you just need to wait.
- Late meals should be avoided. If you go to bed by 11 o'clock, then your last meal should be taken no later than 7 pm. After this time, you can only allow one glass of kefir or a green apple.
- It is necessary to consume a large amount of liquid (water, juices, broths). This will create an imaginary feeling of satiety, and you will not have the desire to snack on junk food again.
- Once a week you need to have a fasting day.
Omelet in potato cups
Omelette in potato cups I think this is a great idea for a low-calorie and super healthy lunch, dinner or even breakfast. Potatoes baked in their skins retain maximum nutrients and contain a huge amount of essential vitamins and microelements, and a protein-rich omelet will give you a feeling of fullness for a long time and help speed up your metabolism, which is so necessary for those who want to eat and lose extra pounds.
You need: (for 2 servings) 2 large potatoes 1 egg 1 tbsp. yogurt 50 g grated cheese 2 green onions salt, freshly ground black pepper, chili pepper flakes - to taste
1. Grease washed and dried potatoes with olive oil and place in an oven preheated to 220°C for 40–50 minutes until fully cooked. The peel should be well baked. Don't turn off the oven!
2. Cut off the top of a hot potato and scoop out the pulp with a spoon. Cut off the top of a hot potato and scoop out the pulp with a spoon
3. Mix the egg, yogurt, part of the grated cheese, chopped green onions, spices and potato pulp until smooth. Mix the egg, yogurt, part of the grated cheese, chopped green onions, spices and potato pulp until smooth.
4. Stuff the potatoes with this mixture, sprinkle the remaining grated cheese on top and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Stuff the potatoes with this mixture, sprinkle the remaining grated cheese on top and put in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Serve immediately!
Recipe for pp-potato cake. PP cakes made from dates and catfish
I’ll start with a complex method, where you need to bake the cake and prepare the cream separately. But how delicious it is! Just unbelieveble!
Juicy, aromatic sweets with a familiar taste to everyone. I made these for the first time last New Year - they went away even faster than the delicious treats.
Ingredients:
- Ryazhenka – 4 tbsp.
- eggs – 2 pcs.
- dates – 8-10 pcs.
- rice flour – 60 gr.
- cocoa – 2 tbsp.
- SOM (skimmed milk powder) – 3 tbsp.
- low fat milk – 3 tbsp.
- sakh.zam – to taste
Step-by-step preparation with photos:
For the PP cake you will need fermented baked milk (or natural yogurt), eggs, dates and rice flour.
Combine fermented baked milk, dates, egg yolks and flour and beat with a blender.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks. First add half of it into the dough.
Stir the mixture gently from bottom to top, add the remaining whites.
Spread the dough on parchment or silicone mat and bake at 170 degrees until done.
Break the cake into pieces and dry in the oven for 10-15 minutes at the lowest temperature.
Mix COM and cocoa. Dissolve sakhzam in milk and add to the dry mixture. You will get a thick chocolate cream.
Grind the cake pieces and combine with the cream. Make cakes from the resulting mass and place in the refrigerator to cool for 2-3 hours.
Potatoes in French pp
The fatty pork that is present in the original recipe is best replaced with chicken or turkey. This will significantly reduce your caloric intake. Pork contains about 300 calories, while chicken contains only 116.
Another completely non-dietary ingredient is mayonnaise. We will definitely replace it with mayonnaise, which is easily prepared from natural yogurt. This sauce is an excellent low-calorie dish that can be safely included in your diet during a diet.
Replace regular fatty cheese with low-fat cheese. Ideally, the fat content of cheese should not be more than 20%. You can use varieties such as Gaudette or Chechil.
Such simple but effective tips will help reduce the calorie content of the dish by half, and then you can safely pamper yourself and your guests.
So, you will need:
- 5 potatoes. Wash, peel and cut into thin slices. Salt and pepper.
- 300 grams of chicken fillet. Wash it, cut it into thin slices and beat it a little. Salt and pepper.
- 1 medium onion. Let's chop.
- 2 tomatoes. Cut into rings. You can use dried ones if desired.
- 150 grams of low-fat cheese. Grate on a grater.
- 150 grams pp mayonnaise.
- Salt and pepper
natural yogurt spoon of olive oil teaspoon mustard spices to taste spoon of lemon juice.
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Place in the oven for 45 minutes. A couple of minutes before cooking, sprinkle with cheese.
Spicy potato cutlets with pink salmon
Spicy potato cutlets with pink salmon A healthy alternative to the usual meat cutlets. Spices create a unique sweet-salty harmony of flavors, and the overall lightness of the dish makes these cutlets an ideal dietary lunch or dinner. I recommend eating it hot with green peas and low-calorie yogurt sauce with herbs.
You need: 2 medium boiled potatoes 200 g canned pink salmon 0.5 tbsp. breadcrumbs 1 pickled or pickled cucumber 1 egg 1–2 cloves garlic 1–2 tsp. grainy mustard 1 tbsp. lemon juice a few green onions salt and pepper - to taste
1. Heat the oven to 200°C.
2. In a large bowl, mix mashed potatoes, fish, finely chopped cucumber, onion and garlic, mustard, lemon juice, 3-4 tbsp. bread crumbs, salt and pepper. In a large bowl, mix mashed potatoes, fish, finely chopped cucumber, onion and garlic, mustard, lemon juice, 3-4 tbsp. breadcrumbs, salt and pepper
3. Add the egg and mix until smooth. You should get thick minced meat. Add the egg and mix until smooth. It should be a thick mince
4. Form cutlets and roll in breadcrumbs. Form cutlets and roll in breadcrumbs.
5. Line a baking sheet or baking dish with parchment, grease with olive oil and place cutlets on it. Line a baking sheet or baking form with parchment, grease with olive oil and place cutlets on it.
6. Bake for 15–20 minutes until golden brown, turning once. Bake for 15–20 minutes until golden brown, turning once
7. Serve hot with green peas, yogurt sauce, and lettuce.
Classic recipe
- Cooking time: 25-35 minutes.
- Number of servings: 4 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 106 kcal per 100 grams.
- Purpose: side dish for lunch.
- Cuisine: Russian.
- Difficulty: easy.
The recipe for Classic mashed potatoes is one of the most common in Russian cuisine. This soft and delicate dish is suitable as a side dish for any holiday table or just for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The classic recipe for mashed potatoes is highly valued in all countries of the former USSR and beyond, and even a child can prepare it.
- Potatoes – 1 kg
- Milk – 150-200 ml
- Butter – 50 g
- Salt - a couple of pinches
- Ground black pepper - to taste
- Peel the potatoes, rinse with plenty of water, cut into small pieces.
- Place the slices in a saucepan, add water, add salt, wait until it boils, skim off the foam if necessary, and cover with a lid. Cook the potatoes over low heat for 15-20 minutes until tender.
- Drain the water from the potatoes and mash with a potato masher.
- In another saucepan, heat a small amount of milk and melt the butter there, this will make the mashed potatoes lighter. Pour the mixture into the potatoes.
- Season the finished dish with salt and pepper, then beat with a wooden spoon.
- Cooking time: 35 minutes.
- Number of servings: 4 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 80 kcal per 100 grams.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
- Cuisine: Ukrainian.
- Difficulty: easy.
Housewives often wonder how to make mashed potatoes with milk tasty and healthy. The answer is simple: thanks to the addition of any dairy product to potatoes, they do not lose color, remain loose, airy for a long time and are saturated with a new, unique taste. This dish goes well with main meat or fish dishes or fried dishes, for example, with fried onions.
- Potatoes – 1 kilogram
- Onions – 1 piece
- Bay leaf – 2 pieces
- Butter – 100 grams
- Milk – 150 milliliters
- Salt - to taste
- Peel large potatoes, rinse under running water, cut into large pieces. Pour water over the slices, bring to a boil and add a little salt.
- Add the peeled onion and a few bay leaves and cook until soft.
- After the potatoes are cooked, drain the water from the pan and remove the onion and bay.
- Grind the potatoes first with a masher, then by beating with a mixer. Add cold milk and butter.
- At the end of cooking, add salt to the dish again, then mix well.
- Cooking time: 25 minutes.
- Number of servings: 2 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 74 kcal per 100 grams.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
- Cuisine: English.
- Difficulty: easy.
Any person who cooks knows that puree can be prepared with both milk and water. If you strictly follow the technology, then the taste of potatoes mashed with water will be no worse than mashed potatoes with milk. Cooking with water has its own special name - according to Blumenthal. Thanks to this recipe, you can be sure that milk is not an essential ingredient in puree.
- Potatoes – 1 kg
- Salt - to taste
- Butter – 100-150 g
- Peel and wash the potatoes.
- Boil whole root vegetables in salted or plain water.
- According to the recipe, the tubers should be kept in water at a temperature of 62 degrees for half an hour; chicken broth can be used instead of water. After complete cooking, drain the water.
- Next add butter. Mash the potatoes using standard means.
- To ensure uniformity, pour the potato mixture into a sieve, then grind.
- Garnish the puree with green onions and serve.
Diet dish with potatoes
If you are looking for a tasty but dietary dish with potatoes, then be sure to try diet pancakes. In the usual classic version, potato pancakes are fried in vegetable oil on both sides. But we won’t do this, since our goal is to reduce the calorie content of the finished dish. To do this, you just need to get a good non-stick frying pan on which you will fry pancakes without oil! So, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of potatoes. Wash, clean and grate on a fine grater.
- 1 egg. You can skip this ingredient.
- 2 medium onions. We clean and grate or chop in any other way.
- 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour if dough is too runny.
- Salt and spices to taste.
Mix all the ingredients and bake the potatoes in a non-stick frying pan on both sides. Since this is a dietary dish, it is better served with low-fat sour cream or natural yogurt.
PP potato pancakes in the oven: 5 recipes
How to make delicious mashed potatoes
You still don’t know how to make mashed potatoes so that it’s delicious? Then be sure to use one of the recipes below. Among them you will find not only the basic version, but also several very unusual ones.
Cooking process:
- Peel the potatoes and wash them well. Place the root vegetables in the selected container and fill with water. You can immediately salt them a little.
- After about 25 minutes, when the tubers are already soft, drain the remaining liquid and turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes.
This can be done with a masher (preferably wooden) or with a hand mixer. - Heat the milk, melt the butter until liquid and pour it all into the almost finished dish. Mix the puree thoroughly and season it with spices to taste.
You can speed up the cooking process by placing the root vegetables in the water not entirely, but by first cutting them into cubes.
Mashed potatoes with egg and milk
Mashed potatoes with milk is the easiest way to prepare everyone’s favorite dish. But you can make it richer with an egg.
How to cook deliciously without milk
If for some reason you cannot or do not want to use this ingredient, then it is worth making puree without milk. It turns out no less tasty.
Garnish without lumps using a mixer
According to this recipe, we prepare mashed potatoes for children without lumps. The dish turns out soft, airy and is sure to please the kids.
Dietary stuffed potatoes in the oven
To cook potatoes stuffed with meat, you need to remember these simple rules:
- We replace pork with diet chicken or turkey. You can also use ground beef.
- Instead of full-fat sour cream or cream, use natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream. In this recipe we will use pp mayonnaise.
- If you want to fry the minced meat along with the onions, it is better to do it in a non-stick frying pan with one teaspoon of vegetable oil.
- If desired, the finished dish can be sprinkled with low-fat cheese, but this is not necessary.
For this recipe you will need the following ingredients:
- 7 medium potatoes. In mine, you don’t have to remove the peel. Cut off the top and make a hole in the potato. The bottom should be thick so that the potatoes do not fall apart. Now put the potatoes in a saucepan with boiling water and cook for about 10 minutes. Be sure to salt the water.
- 150 grams of chicken fillet. Grind it into minced meat. Mix with onion, salt and pepper to taste.
- 1 medium onion. Finely chop or grind in a blender.
- Any greens. We wash and chop.
- 70 grams pp mayonnaise. We make it according to a proven simple recipe: natural yogurt, a spoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of mustard, spices to taste, a spoon of lemon juice.
- Salt and spices to taste.
Place the potatoes in a mold and put minced meat and onions inside each potato. Then fill everything with mayonnaise and put it in the oven for 30 minutes!
Diet puree (step-by-step recipe with photos)
What I like about dietary puree is its simplicity, speed of preparation and, of course, taste. Most meat eaters do not recognize boiled or stewed vegetables. But they have a different attitude towards vegetable purees. This is because it is difficult to determine the exact composition of the ingredients from the first spoon. If you choose the right ingredients for dietary purees, you can mislead even those who have a particularly delicate taste.
I also like dietary puree because despite the presence of only vegetables in the dish, the food turns out to be quite nutritious. After a plate of puree, the feeling of hunger does not come for a long time.
It’s also nice that such a delicious dish doesn’t affect your figure in any way. You can safely eat it even before bed and at the same time go to rest with a light soul and a clear conscience. After all, not a drop of excess will be deposited on the sides and hips.
I also recommend preparing this dietary puree right now, during the last weeks of Lent.
Cooking steps:
1) Throw the zucchini cut into cubes or rings and carrots, which have previously been cut into large strips, into boiling water. Add a little salt, reduce heat and simmer until lightly simmering for about 3-4 minutes.
2) Add cauliflower, divided into inflorescences, to the boiling vegetables; taste for salt; add more salt if necessary. After this, the vegetables should be cooked for no more than 5 minutes over low heat.
3) Cut the bell pepper into strips. Pour boiling water over it and remove the thin skin.
4) Cut the bell pepper into strips. Pour boiling water over it and remove the thin skin.
5) Strain the broth, and chop the vegetables, as well as the herbs added to them, and blend with a blender.
6) If the dietary puree turns out to be very thick, then dilute it slightly with vegetable broth and then stir until smooth. All that remains is to fill the bowls with dietary puree and serve.
Ingredients:
Zucchini (1 piece), cauliflower (250 grams), carrots (1 piece), onion (1 piece), bell pepper (1 piece), herbs, salt (to taste)
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Baked potatoes - recipe
If you don’t have time at all, but you need to prepare a delicious and low-calorie dinner for the whole family, then this is the ideal option. You need to prepare the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of potatoes. Mine doesn't need to be cleaned. Cut into 3 or 4 parts.
- 1 sweet pepper. Wash and cut into half rings.
- 1 small onion. We clean and chop.
- 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt. Can be replaced with low-fat sour cream.
- Salt and any spices.
Mix all the ingredients and place in the oven for 30-40 minutes. Diet potatoes baked in the oven can be safely served with vegetable salad.
Mashed potatoes
In order to prepare delicious mashed potatoes, first you need to choose the right potatoes. If you bought fodder grade potatoes, then no matter how hard you try, the mashed potatoes will not be tasty enough.
Secondly, to prepare mashed potatoes, you must follow the preparation technology and include certain ingredients in addition to the potatoes.
Mashed potatoes can be a side dish or an ingredient for preparing other dishes.
What do potatoes go with in a healthy diet?
If you have just started to include potatoes in your diet, then you are undoubtedly worried about the question of what to eat potato dishes with. For those who do not adhere to the principles of separate nutrition, which were very popular at one time, there are no strict rules or restrictions. The only nuance that is worth considering is that the product perfectly fills you up and eliminates the feeling of hunger, so it is best to include it in your diet along with fresh green salads.
Also, you should not combine potatoes with fatty meats - pork, lamb, duck. If you are preparing more complex dishes, then choose lean meats.
Now that you know that potatoes can be safely added to your diet menu, you can significantly diversify your diet! Eat tasty and healthy!
conclusions
Mashed potatoes are a delicious, filling dish that is easy to prepare. When consumed in moderation, this delicacy can become part of your diet. And compatibility with other products will allow you to diversify your diet to reduce the risk of diet breakdowns.
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