Secrets of delicious and healthy carrot salads
Carrots are a root vegetable that is sold all year round at a fairly low price.
Salads from it are very easy to prepare, and its low calorie content makes the vegetable one of the most popular products among those losing weight, weight loss dieters, and vegetarians.
100 grams of yellow carrots contain 30 kcal, although if there is more sugar in it, then there are also calories. So, in orange, sweeter and - 41 kcal.
Two carrots after breakfast will give the body 60 kcal, which is at least 2 hours of energy and a feeling of fullness.
Carrots in salads go well with anything:
- with other vegetables: radish, cabbage, beets;
- with meat, fish, offal;
- with fruits: apple, pineapple, persimmon;
- with cashew nuts, pistachios, almonds;
- with cottage cheese, cheese and other dairy products.
Salads can be anything, even sweet fruit ones!
For carrot salad, you can use either fresh or boiled carrots . You can even bake carrots in the oven, but we do not recommend frying them, as the dish will become too high in calories. By the way, pp-shuba or pp-vinaigrette are excellent examples of dietary salads that cannot be prepared without carrots.
Raw carrot salads can be dressed with any sauce - from regular vegetable oil to low-fat yogurt.
But it is still more correct to use fats. And all because of carotene, which is converted into the most useful vitamin A (this includes vision, skin, and even our youth). Vitamin A is fat-soluble, that is, it is with fat that this beneficial substance from carrots is best absorbed.
It is believed that boiled vegetables contain less nutrients and vitamins - supposedly they disappear during the cooking process. Of course, this is not true: beneficial substances do not disappear anywhere, provided that the vegetables are cooked correctly, within the time frame. Boiled carrots, for example, prevent the development of cancer.
Recipe for those with a sweet tooth
I'll start with a recipe for those with a sweet tooth. I remember this salad as long as I remember myself. Grandma thought it was very useful. True, there was also a ton of sugar and sour cream.
This option is not at all dangerous for the figure, since a 300-gram serving (and this is a huge bowl!) contains only 160 kcal!
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 42
- Proteins: 1,1
- Fats 0,2
- Carbohydrates: 9
Ingredients:
- carrots – 100 g
- apple – 150 g
- tablespoon plain yogurt
- half a teaspoon of lemon juice
- a few pomegranate seeds for garnish
- sakhzam - optional (I have a very sweet apple, so this time I cooked without it)
Preparation:
Peel the carrots and apple.
Grate on a coarse grater.
Sprinkle with lemon juice and stir.
Add yoghurt on top and garnish with pomegranate seeds.
Steamed raisins, dried apricots, prunes, nuts or any
dried fruits
- this all makes the taste even better and richer, but then look at the kbzhu.
PP recipe for carrots in Korean
Morkovcha (carrot in Korean) is the most famous carrot salad.
And it can also be prepared “correctly ”.
So that those on a diet, dieters, and those simply adhering to a healthy lifestyle can enjoy this vitamin-rich, savory snack.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 135
- Proteins: 6,4
- Fats 11
- Carbohydrates: 1,5
For the salad you will need:
- carrots – 3 pcs.
- any vegetable oil - 1.5 tbsp.
- salt
- fresh lemon juice – 1 tbsp.
- garlic - 2 cloves
- sesame - 1 tbsp.
- spices (ground pepper, chili, herbs) - to taste
How to cook:
- Wash the carrots, peel them and dry with a towel.
- Grate the vegetable on a special Korean carrot grater. If there is none, then you need to carefully cut the carrots into thin, long strips.
- Add salt, finely grated garlic, lemon juice to the carrots and mix.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan without bringing it to a boil. In terms of time, this is approximately 1 minute over medium heat. We send spices and sesame seeds to it for 2 minutes - this way they will better reveal their aroma.
- Slowly pour oil into the salad bowl with carrots, mix, and cover with something. Korean-style PP carrots will be ready in 1.5-2 hours - they can’t be distinguished from classic ones.
Fitness salad with beets and apples
A juicy salad of apples, carrots and beets for weight loss is a real find.
This is a very easy to prepare, light vegetable salad.
It is prepared from raw products, perfectly cleanses the body of toxins, fills every cell with vitamins, restores strength, which is simply irreplaceable for those involved in sports.
Add something protein to this salad, for example, baked chicken breast, and you simply won’t find a better option for dinner or snack after fitness (even strength training!) !
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 84
- Proteins: 1,2
- Fats 4,8
- Carbohydrates: 8,5
We will need:
- carrots – 2 pcs.
- beets – 2 pcs.
- apple - 1 large
- olive oil – 1 tbsp.
- lemon juice - 0.5 tsp.
- salt - on the tip of a knife
- greens - optional.
How to cook:
- Peel the carrots and wash thoroughly. We also clean and wash the beets and apples. Then grate everything on a coarse grater (you can cut it into neat cubes - whatever you like).
- Mix all ingredients in one container. Season the salad with olive oil and add lemon juice, chopped herbs (although it’s delicious without it) – the carrot salad is ready!
- A salad of carrots, beets and apples will not leave anyone indifferent!
Everyday recipe with cabbage
Cabbage and carrot salad is called “Vitamin” by many.
Indeed, this salad contains nothing but vitamins.
What is not enough here are calories, because cabbage is also a low-calorie vegetable (27 kcal per 100 grams of product).
Diet salad from carrots and cabbage is prepared simply and quickly.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 60
- Proteins: 1,6
- Fats 3,5
- Carbohydrates: 5,7
You will need:
- carrots – 2 pcs.
- white cabbage – 500 g
- any unrefined vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
- green onions - a small bunch
- salt, spices - to taste.
We prepare in 2 stages:
- Three pre-peeled and washed carrots on a coarse grater. Shred the cabbage, mash it a little with your hands, add a little salt. Chop the greens.
- Then mix all the ingredients. All that remains is to add oil for dressing and salt with spices - a delicious lean salad is at your service!
Corn salad
Carrots also go well with Chinese cabbage.
And by adding fresh boiled or frozen corn, you can get an excellent option for the holiday table.
For a diet salad with Chinese cabbage, carrots and corn, you will also need a special dressing - it will be tastier.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 61
- Proteins: 3,4
- Fats 1,6
- Carbohydrates: 8,3
Ingredients:
- carrots – 3 pcs.
- Chinese cabbage – 500 g
- corn grains – 150 g
- greens (parsley works well)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
for refueling:
- mustard - 0.5 tsp.
- lemon juice - 0.5 tsp.
- soy sauce - 2 tsp.
- low-fat yogurt - 2 tbsp.
Process step by step:
- Grate the carrots or cut them into thin strips.
- We take the Chinese cabbage at the very top and cut it into large squares.
- We clean the eggs and chop them randomly. Finely chop the onion.
- Place all ingredients in a salad bowl. Don't forget about corn.
- In a cup, mix all the ingredients for the dressing.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and serve, stirring.
I like this salad as a base. Add cucumber or bell pepper, boiled chicken, tuna - and every time you get a new, very tasty salad.
Salad with boiled carrots
Boiled carrots are an invaluable treasure of vitamins and minerals.
And although the taste in its pure form is not very pleasant for many, it “looks” quite organic in a salad.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Calories: 198
- Proteins: 7,2
- Fats 17
- Carbohydrates: 8,3
Required:
- carrots – 2 pcs.
- ground pepper (black or red)
- salt, spices (ideal for this salad - cumin)
- greens (parsley) - a small bunch
- olive or sunflower oil – 1 tbsp.
- ground walnuts – 50 g.
Preparation:
- Cook the washed carrots over medium heat for 30 minutes. Cool, clean.
- Then grate the vegetable on a coarse grater. We do the same with nuts.
- Cut the parsley and mix with carrots. Season the salad with oil, adding salt and spices to taste.
Carrots will become more aromatic and appetizing if you add a couple of cloves of garlic to them during the cooking process. You can bake the vegetable by wrapping it in foil.
Salad “Love-carrot”
Ingredients
- 1–2 carrots
- 1–2 apples
- 2 tsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. l. white wine vinegar
Preparation
- Mix honey with white wine vinegar.
- Grate the peeled apples and carrots on a coarse grater.
- Season the apple-carrot mixture with a sauce made from honey and wine vinegar.
- Mix well.
The benefits and harms of carrots for weight loss
Most nutritionists agree that carrots are beneficial for weight loss. But to benefit from it, you need to consume it in moderation. There are also contraindications to eating vegetables.
Benefits of fresh carrots for weight loss:
- Contains a lot of coarse dietary fiber, which stimulate intestinal motility, cleanse the body of harmful accumulations, quickly and for a long time satisfy hunger, so the risk of overeating and gaining excess weight is minimal.
- The vegetable contains 0.2% fat.
- Saturates the body with vitamin A, C, K, B elements, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, etc. Nutrients are necessary for the normal functioning of organs and systems.
- The fresh product has a low glycemic index - approximately 35 GL.
- Contains many antioxidants, increases hemoglobin levels, improves the saturation of body cells with nutrients and oxygen.
- Contains fructose, has a pleasant sweet taste, replaces harmful confectionery, and gives a boost of energy.
- Speeds up metabolic processes.
- Thanks to carotene, which is transformed into vitamin A, it increases skin elasticity and improves its color.
When consumed in moderation, carrot salads accelerate weight loss and improve the general condition of the body.
This is interesting! Carrots are indicated for constipation, obesity, pancreatitis (5 days after the attack is eliminated), cholelithiasis, osteochondrosis, polyarthritis, etc. But you should consult your doctor about the rules for using it when you are sick.
As mentioned, the root vegetable contains a lot of sugar, which increases appetite, so it is best not to eat it before bed. If you eat it in excessive quantities, then you can forget about losing weight. Moreover, the fat layer will increase.
It is forbidden to eat dietary carrot salads if there is an excess of vitamin A, an allergy to the components of the vegetable, an ulcer, or an exacerbation of diseases of the digestive tract. Due to the high amount of sugar, the root vegetable should be avoided by diabetics.
General rules
Of the various diet options, carrots deserve attention. This is due to the fact that this orange root vegetable has a rich vitamin and mineral composition. The root vegetable combines vitamins B, A, E, PP, K, C, macro- and microelements (potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, cobalt, copper and others), but the main thing is the high content of beta-carotene , which is converted in the body into vitamin A (retinol).
Due to its antioxidant content, its consumption reduces the risk of developing many diseases, including cancer. Beneficial properties of carrots that are taken into account when losing weight:
- helps improve metabolism and normalize intestinal function (eliminates constipation );
- sweet taste satisfies the need for sweets;
- takes a long time to digest and creates a long-lasting feeling of satiety;
- Due to its high fiber content, it removes toxins .
Is it possible to eat carrots while on a diet? To answer this question you need to understand the chemical composition and calorie content of the product. 100 g of raw root vegetables contain 1.3 g of protein, 7.0 g of carbohydrates, only 0.1 g of fat, and cholesterol . Calorie content 33-35 kcal, glycemic index 35.
Boiled or stewed carrots are better digestible and have even lower calorie content (26 kcal). It increases the content of antioxidants and phenols, which resist aging and many diseases. However, its glycemic index increases significantly (85 or more depending on the degree of grinding). This means that when eating a thermally processed vegetable, the level of sugar and insulin in the blood rises sharply, which converts excess glucose into fats, and the feeling of hunger quickly returns. This should not be allowed if you want to lose weight. Eating foods with a high GI can be useful and justified only after training to restore wasted carbohydrates.
It follows that the carrot diet for quick weight loss should contain only raw vegetables. Of course, it is difficult to survive on such a diet for a long time (more than 2-3 days) due to the monotony. In addition, raw carrots in such quantities and for so many days in a row can only be consumed by those who do not have diseases of the gastrointestinal tract ( gastritis , colitis , peptic ulcer ). Therefore, with a longer diet, to diversify the diet, it is allowed to consume carrots in boiled or stewed form, as part of soups, but no more than once a day.
Thus, a carrot diet for 3 days includes a raw carrot salad, which is consumed throughout the day in 5-6 doses. You will need a kilogram of carrots per day (more is possible), but you don’t need to make a salad from the entire amount - it’s better to make a portion of fresh salad each time. One large carrot is enough for one meal. Between meals you need to drink still water - up to 1.5-2 liters per day. Throughout the day, you can drink several cups of green tea, but without sugar (you can with honey), as well as freshly squeezed apple and carrot juice, but it contains less fiber than whole vegetables and fruits. During a mono-diet, you can lose 2-3 kilograms in 3 days.
Diet rules:
- To facilitate digestion and spare the gastrointestinal tract, grate carrots.
- For better absorption of beta-carotene, add a teaspoon of olive oil or low-fat sour cream to each serving of salad, and lemon juice to improve the taste. However, it should be remembered that the calorie content of a dish seasoned with fat increases, so the choice is yours.
- Drink at least 1.5 liters of liquid, including water, juice, green tea.
- For variety, you can add grated apple or pieces of kiwi and citrus fruits (grapefruit, tangerine or orange) to the salad.
- A gradual exit from the diet involves a gradual expansion of the diet, starting with other vegetables, cereals, fermented milk products, cottage cheese and ending with fish and lean boiled meat.
As you can see, the diet is strict and it is extremely difficult to survive more days on one carrot. Therefore, dietary food for 7 days additionally includes fruits, other vegetables (cabbage, bell pepper, cucumber, greens), vegetable soups, as well as protein products - cottage cheese and low-fat kefir (yogurt). The food remains low in calories. A week-long course will allow you to lose 4-5 kilograms of weight.
For those who want to maintain their weight at the achieved level or lose a small amount of kilograms, we can recommend a fasting day on carrots. Its advantages, in contrast to long-term mono-diets, are undeniable. First of all, one carrot fasting day is easily tolerated and is not harmful to health. Secondly, regular use of fasting once a week will give the same weight loss results as a three-day diet. The recommended amount of carrots on this day is from 1 to 1.5 kg, divided into 6 doses. In salads, just like with a three-day diet, you can add one kiwi fruit, citrus fruit or apple.
How to make raw carrot salad - 16 varieties
- Carrot salad - classic recipe
- Raw carrot salad with sour cream and egg
- Raw carrot salad with Margilan radish
- Fresh carrot salad with lemon juice
- Raw carrot salad with apples and orange
- Raw carrot salad with cheese
- Raw carrot and crab sticks salad
- Raw carrot salad – Carrot
- Korean raw carrot salad with chicken and cucumbers
- Diet carrot salad
- Raw carrot salad with bananas
- Carrot salad with dates and cumin
- Salad of raw carrots, honey and apples
- Raw carrot salad with ginger
- Raw carrot salad with croutons
- Raw carrot salad with pickled mushrooms
Recipes for dietary carrot dishes
As you can see, the diet itself is classified as strict, since it has a very limited range of products and dishes from them. The recipes below can be used as part of your daily healthy diet or during a diet break.
When preparing any carrot dish, try to make it less high in calories. For example, pancakes can be baked in the oven without using oil. True, they will not be as tasty as the usual fried ones, but their calorie content will be 1.5 times less. Casseroles or muffins can be prepared with kefir rather than butter or vegetable oil, which will also reduce the calorie content of the finished dish. And carrot cookies will be healthier if you use corn, buckwheat or oatmeal instead of wheat flour, although the calorie content will be the same.
The diet may also include stewed carrots. If you cook it with onions, garlic and season with tomato paste and a mixture of peppers, it will be a spicy snack. When preparing stewed or boiled carrots, try to cut them into large pieces rather than puree them, since in this state the glycemic index of the product increases even more.
Snacks
Dietary carrot and cabbage salad
Ingredients: carrots, white cabbage, onions, vegetable oil, lemon juice, salt, a mixture of peppers, any greens to taste.
Chop the cabbage, grate the carrots, and finely chop the onion into half rings. Combine all ingredients, add salt, pepper, lemon juice and oil. Mix well.
Boiled carrot salad
Ingredients: boiled carrots, garlic, vegetable oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, herbs (dill, parsley.
Boil carrots with the addition of a few cloves of garlic. Coarsely chop into cubes, add salt, season with ground pepper, add herbs and, if desired, squeeze out a clove of garlic. Stir by adding lemon juice and vegetable oil. The salad should sit for an hour. Serve cold.
First meal
Cream soup
Ingredients: onions, carrots, ginger, orange zest, salt, pepper, butter.
Cut the onion and carrot into cubes. Place in a saucepan with water and simmer. Add a piece of ginger and the zest of one orange to a separately cooked vegetable or chicken broth - they will give the soup a unique aroma. Let it boil and remove them. Finally cook the carrots in this broth. Drain the broth and blend the vegetables in a blender, gradually adding broth until you reach the desired consistency. Add a piece of butter to the finished soup, salt and pepper to taste. If desired, can be served with greens.
Second courses
Recipe for dietary carrot cutlets
Ingredients: 400 g carrots, 2 tbsp. l. wheat bran, 2 tbsp. l. semolina, 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, cinnamon, water, 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.
Cutlets according to this recipe are cooked in the oven. Grate the carrots and simmer until half cooked in a saucepan with a small amount of water added. Add lemon zest, cinnamon, salt, bran, semolina, lemon juice, vegetable oil. Knead well and form cutlets. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 15 minutes at 2000. 100 g of cutlets contain 84.5 kcal.
Dessert
Diet carrot cake recipe
Ingredients: two large carrots, 50 g wheat flour, 100 g oatmeal, 1 glass of milk, 4 eggs, 0.5 tsp. salt, vanilla sugar, 20 g butter for greasing the pan, 1 tsp. baking powder.
Pour the cereal over a glass of milk. Peel and grate the carrots (you can use a fine grater). Beat eggs with salt and vanilla sugar with a mixer. Then add oatmeal and carrots. Mixing well, add flour and baking powder.
Place the resulting mass in a greased form. Place in a preheated oven. Bake at 1800 for up to 50 minutes. The cake must cool, then it can be easily removed from the mold. It may shrink a little as it cools. 100 g of this pie contains 116.7 kcal.
Diet cake
Ingredients: 100 g carrots, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp. l. oatmeal, 3 tbsp. l. oat bran, 4 tbsp. l. low-fat kefir, 0.5 tsp baking powder, vanillin. For the cream: 400 g soft low-fat cottage cheese, 100 g low-fat yogurt, 1 tbsp. l. coconut flakes, sugar substitute.
Grind oatmeal in a blender until it becomes flour. Grate the carrots on a fine grater. Combine all ingredients and beat with a blender. Place the resulting mass into the mold. It turns out one not very high cake with a mold diameter of 25-26 cm. Bake at a temperature of 1800 for 20-25 minutes. If the cake is inconvenient to cut horizontally, you can cut it vertically (in half). Beat the cream ingredients (cottage cheese and yogurt), add coconut flakes and sugar substitute. Grease the cake halves with cream. The cake can be decorated with chopped nuts or almond petals and left in the refrigerator for soaking.
Raw carrot salad with sour cream and egg
One of the problems with dieting is the constant feeling of hunger in the stomach. This recipe will not only saturate the body, but will also help you stay slim; you can also eat it in the evening without fear of gaining weight.
Ingredients:
- 3 medium carrots,
- 3 chicken eggs,
- 4 tbsp. low-fat sour cream,
- 1 clove of garlic,
- A whisper of salt.
Preparation:
Peel the carrots and grate on a coarse grater; boiled eggs can be cut into cubes or grated on the same grater. Grate the garlic through a fine grater or pass through a garlic press and mix.
Add sour cream and salt and leave for 15 minutes.
Instead of garlic, you can use any other spices; while stirring, you can lightly beat the whole mass for a more delicate taste.
Carrot salad with cheese and garlic
Everything ingenious is simple! This saying is perfect for this salad. The recipe is very simple, inexpensive and incredibly delicious!!! I also sometimes add carbonate cut into thin strips to this recipe.
Ingredients
- Carrots - 1 large or 2 medium
- Cheese - 100 gr
- Garlic - 1-2 cloves
- Sour cream (you can use mayonnaise) - to taste
- Salt - to taste
Preparation
1. Wash and peel the carrots. Then grate it on a coarse grater. We also grate the cheese on a coarse grater, and grate the garlic on a fine grater, or pass it through a garlic press (garlic press).
2. Salt, add sour cream and mix well.
3. That's it. Agree, it doesn’t get any easier.
Simple Lenten Salad
This is another version of beetroot salad. It is quite simple, but delicious. For this salad with boiled carrots you need to take:
- one boiled carrot;
- one boiled beet;
- 1.5 teaspoons grain mustard;
- a couple of green onions;
- half a teaspoon of vegetable oil;
- salt to taste.
Vegetables are peeled and cut into medium cubes. Green onions are washed, cut into rings, and added to the salad bowl. To make the dressing, place mustard and salt in a salad bowl and stir the ingredients until they combine. Sprinkle with vegetable oil to taste. This salad does not contain many calories and can be easily eaten for dinner. You can also experiment slightly with flavors, for example, add a clove of garlic or parsley. All this will add piquancy to a simple salad with boiled carrots.
Orange salad
Ingredients
- Carrots – 1 kg
- Medium-sized bulbs (approximately 130-150 g each) - 2 pcs.
- Ham - 300-350 gr
- Light mayonnaise or homemade mayonnaise - to taste
Preparation
Peel 1 kg of carrots, grate on a coarse grater or in a food processor. Pour a little vegetable oil into the frying pan and add the carrots. Cook (stirring) over high heat for 5 minutes, then close the lid, turn the heat to below medium and bring the carrots until fully cooked. Leave to cool.
Finely chop medium onions (2 pieces) and pour hot marinade over them.
Marinade: pour 250 ml of water into a saucepan, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, 0.5 tablespoons of salt. Boil, pour in 50 ml. 9% vinegar. Once the marinade has cooled, the onion is ready.
Cut the ham into strips. It is recommended to combine the ingredients and season the salad immediately before serving.
Low-calorie dressing options
You need to prepare dietary carrot salads correctly. If you want to lose weight, then forget about mayonnaise and other high-fat sauces. Low-calorie dishes need special sauces.
Light dressings for dietary carrot salads with lemon:
- Mix 1 tbsp. l. olive oil, 3 tbsp. l. lemon juice, a little salt and pepper. If desired, this recipe can be supplemented with 2 tsp. honey
- Combine 25 ml lemon or lime juice, 2 tsp. honey, 1 tsp. vinegar, salt.
Dressings must be prepared before eating the salad.
Sauces based on kefir or natural yogurt with low fat content:
- Beat with a whisk, mixer or blender 100 ml of fermented milk product, 1 tbsp. l. chopped herbs, a little salt. If desired, add a little chopped garlic or 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice.
- Mix 100 ml yogurt, 2 tbsp. l. mustard, 1 tbsp. l. lime juice.
A delicious sauce can be made with low-fat cheeses:
- Blend 50 g Feta, 150 ml yogurt, 1 peeled cucumber, 1 tsp. chopped dill.
- Whisk 50 ricotta, 200 ml yogurt, 1 tsp. mustard and lemon juice.
- Grind or beat with a blender 100 g Tofu, 2 tbsp. l. apple juice, 1 tbsp. l. grape seed oil, a little sea salt, pepper, dried garlic.
Interesting! The dressing based on boiled chickpeas or avocado has an original taste. These dietary sauces add new notes of taste to carrot salads and make them juicier.
Carrot and cabbage salad
Ingredients
- 1–2 medium carrots
- 1/4 of a medium head of white cabbage
- Green onions to taste
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp. l. unrefined vegetable oil
Preparation
- Chop the cabbage finely and thinly, mash and add salt.
- Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
- Finely chop the green onions (you can also replace them with regular onions).
- Mix all ingredients, add pepper, oil and stir.
Carrot salad with dried apricots and lemon
Diets: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10c, 15.
Ingredients:
- Fresh carrots - 50 g;
- Dried apricots - 25 g;
- Lemon - 20 g;
- Sour cream 20% - 20 g;
- Sugar - 5 g.
Calorie content - 152.0 kcal (proteins - 2.7; fats - 4.0; carbohydrates - 26.3).
Recipe:
- Peel the carrots and grate into strips.
- Rinse the dried apricots thoroughly, pour boiling water over them and let them swell.
- Mix dried apricots and carrots.
- When serving, season with sour cream and sugar, garnish with a slice of lemon on top (for diets No. 8, 9, cook without sugar).
Carrot diet: reviews and results
Despite all the benefits of carrots, eating them for three days, let alone for a longer period, is not the best option. An unbalanced and low-calorie predominantly carbohydrate diet with a complete absence of a protein component (with a three-day diet) can lead to serious health problems. A raw food diet is also an unusual burden for the gastrointestinal tract, especially if you have chronic diseases.
Due to the low calorie content, you can lose weight, but there is no guarantee that it will not be restored, since mainly water is lost, since these days you do not consume salt. By switching to normally salted foods, as a rule, the weight returns. Due to the lack of complete animal protein, the diet cannot be considered for long-term weight loss. You can use it as an opportunity to quickly lose some weight after heavy holiday meals.
Not everyone can stand the menu - only the hardiest. Reviews of those who have lost weight on carrots are in most cases positive. Most often, a three-day diet was used and weight loss was 2-3 kg.
- “... I love raw carrots and decided to try this diet. I chose the option for three days, tea. My result is minus two kilograms. I think that three days is normal. I made a salad of 7 carrots for the whole day and added an apple and an orange in turn. You can also have honey, but it was too sweet for my taste, so I ate honey with green tea. I also alternated adding butter and sour cream. I liked the last option better. I want to say right away that I don’t have stomach problems, so I tolerated eating raw salad well and it didn’t affect the condition of my stomach and intestines. The intestines worked like clockwork (I recovered even 2 times a day, but no diarrhea).”
- “...I decided to do a three-day fast. As practice has shown, it couldn’t stand it any longer. I ate 4 times a day and didn’t break anything. It seems delicious, you can top it with different fruits and sour cream, but it gets boring! In the morning I drank coffee with honey, in the middle of the day, when I felt hungry, I drank green tea and another half spoon of honey. The first day in the evening I almost lost my temper while preparing dinner. The second day was easier, although I ate a little more apples. The third day was difficult, and I introduced kefir (two glasses) and ate two bananas the whole day. It doesn’t seem like much, but the weight has stopped. Thus, in two pure “carrot” days I lost 1,600. I concluded that a monotonous diet does not suit me. I will look for other diets so as not to relapse.”
Boiled vegetable salad
Unfortunately, for many people, the digestive system is very weakened by poor nutrition, so even attempts to change something and get on the right path lead to even more problems with the stomach and intestines. The fiber in raw vegetables cleanses the walls of these organs so much that if there is irritation of the mucous membranes, gastritis or ulcers, the problem may increase. Therefore, it is recommended in such cases to prepare a more gentle option: a dietary salad of boiled carrots and beets. Thanks to heat treatment, the fiber in vegetables will soften, reducing the cleaning effect.
The dish will also be healthy, but without stress on the organs. To prepare this salad you need to take:
- 4-5 small red beets (about 500 grams);
- 1 large carrot;
- a small handful of walnuts;
- 1 onion;
- 1 tbsp. l. without a slide of sugar;
- 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and the same amount of vinegar 9%;
- a small pinch of salt.
Carrot salad with egg
Ingredients
- 4–5 medium sized carrots
- 5–6 boiled eggs
- 2–3 teeth. garlic
- 1–2 tbsp. l. sour cream or natural yogurt
- 1 pinch of salt
- Greens to taste
Preparation
- Grate the carrots on a medium grater.
- Grate the peeled eggs on the same grater or cut into small cubes.
- Grind the garlic with a crusher.
- Mix all ingredients, add salt and season with sour cream (yogurt). 5. Mix everything well - your salad is ready!
Which method of use should you choose?
Carrots can be used not only as an additive to food or a component of various salads, but also as an independent dish. Carrot juice is also very useful, which is an excellent aperitif, as it can increase appetite - just do not forget to control the amount of food consumed after it.
It is better to eat raw for weight loss
Carrot salad diet
By choosing this diet, you can lose up to 3 kg in 4-5 days. The point of the diet is to eat carrot salad throughout the day. At the same time, you can cook it in portions or once for the whole day. The diet goes like this:
- In total, you need to eat 1 kg of carrots per day, divided into 4 meals. The preparation method is quite simple: grate the carrots, add the juice of one lemon and 1 tablespoon each of honey and vegetable oil.
- With each meal you can allow yourself one fruit of your choice: kiwi, apple, pomegranate, orange or grapefruit.
- To the morning portion you can add half a glass of milk or kefir and one tablespoon of 10% sour cream. Milk fats will help ensure that all the beneficial substances found in carrots are fully absorbed.
- You can drink unsweetened green tea and still mineral water throughout the day.
- It is allowed to replace dinner with carrot and fruit juice.
- For the entire period of the diet, salt, sugar, spices and spices are completely excluded from the diet.
- On the fourth day, you can add 200 g of boiled lean meat and 2 baked or boiled potatoes to lunch.
- The fifth day is considered the day of leaving the diet, when foods with minimal fat content are introduced into the diet.
- You need to limit yourself to fatty foods, fried foods, baked goods and sweets for another 10 days, otherwise the weight may return very quickly. A prerequisite is the presence of carrot salad on the menu.
If desired, you can repeat this diet monthly.
How to lose weight deliciously
It is not necessary to force yourself to eat one carrot. According to nutritionists, to lose 3-4 kg, you just need to include carrots in your diet. The menu can be very different; not only dishes from carrot soup to cutlets and salads in combination with other vegetables, fruits, dairy products, but also freshly squeezed carrot juice will be useful.
Is it possible to eat carrots while losing weight? By consuming carrots, you can correct your figure even while breastfeeding; in addition, carrots improve lactation. It is also one of the first feedings for babies.
With beets
This weight loss system is designed for 10 days, during which you can lose 5-7 kilograms. We also note that for those who find it difficult to maintain a limited diet, you can reduce its duration to 1-5 days.
Sample menu for a carrot-vegetable diet:
Breakfast: boiled beets, fresh carrots, 1 tsp. olive oil or low-fat sour cream.
Lunch: carrot and beet soup, to which you can add onions, tomatoes, and zucchini. It is better to eat it without salt or add minimal salt. Beetroot and carrot salad with olive oil and garlic.
Afternoon snack: carrot or beet juice. They can be mixed.
It is worth paying attention - if carrot juice is drunk immediately after it has been made, it is not recommended to drink beet juice immediately. It needs to be allowed to sit for at least an hour before harmful substances that can cause vomiting disappear. Beetroot juice cannot be drunk undiluted; it can be diluted with rosehip decoction, or just water.
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Dinner: carrot-beet salad with garlic and sour cream, carrot or beet juice.
With honey and lemon
The basis of the carrot diet is a carrot salad (1 kilogram of carrots, lemon and a tablespoon of honey).
Carrot salad recipe:
Grate the carrots on a medium grater. Mix honey with freshly squeezed lemon juice and mix with carrots.
This salad must be divided into 3 portions. During meals, you are allowed to eat 1 fruit of any kind (apple, kiwi, pomegranate, orange, grapefruit), which can be eaten separately or added to a salad. Any other foods are excluded in the first 3 days of the diet. But on the 4th day you can include a small amount of fried potatoes and some meat in your diet, since day 4 is the day you quit the carrot diet. In 4 days, 3-3.5 kilograms are lost. After leaving the diet, you should limit yourself to sweet and fatty foods.
With cottage cheese
Grated carrots can be eaten with cottage cheese by mixing the products and without subjecting them to heat treatment. Carrot-curd casserole will also be very tasty and healthy.
With fermented milk products
The fats that are almost completely absent from carrots are replaced in this case by milk fats, and the beneficial substances contained in carrots are absorbed almost completely.
With cabbage
The basis of such weight loss is cabbage and carrot salad. In addition to these ingredients, apples, vegetable oil, and lemon juice are added to the vegetable mixture.
Cooking method:
- Cabbage, carrots and apple are chopped and mixed.
- The salad is seasoned with lemon juice and vegetable oil.
- Add salt and pepper for taste.
Eat cabbage salad for 3-4 days. During this time you can lose 2-3 kg.
Fasting days
Another effective way to lose weight is to arrange fasting days on carrots. One of the most popular types of “unloading of the body” is carrots in combination with kefir. The root vegetable is eaten raw, washed down with a fermented milk product. You can also make kefir-carrot cocktails in a blender.
The second method of a one-day fasting carrot diet for weight loss is to drink 5-7 glasses of carrot juice per day.
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Recipes for delicious dietary dishes
Carrots are not only healthy, but also very tasty vegetables, from which you can prepare various dishes.
Pomegranate Dawn Salad
Pomegranate seeds for decoration, about 2-3 tablespoons, 3-4 large carrots, 1 tablespoon pomegranate juice, 0.5 tablespoon olive oil, 1 large Granny Smith apple.
Grate the carrots along with the apple, mix pomegranate juice with olive oil, season the dish with sauce, and garnish with individual pomegranate “seeds.”
Spicy carrot salad with shrimp
A glass of boiled brown rice, 2 cups of boiled shrimp fillets, 1 large carrot, 1 bunch of stalk celery, medium size, 1 bell pepper, turmeric, cumin, a little crushed dried ginger and sea salt, 1-2 tablespoons of sesame oil for dressing
This hearty lunch dish, if you have “reserves” of boiled rice, can be prepared in 5-7 minutes. Grate all vegetables except pepper on a coarse grater, cut pepper into strips. Boil the shrimp until tender, placing them in boiling lightly salted water, drain in a colander, and drain the broth. Mix all ingredients in a deep salad bowl, season with spices and sesame oil.
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Carrot-curd casserole
200 g grated carrots, 400 g low-fat cottage cheese, 6 egg whites, 1 tablespoon raisins, a little stevia powder, 1-2 tablespoons oat bran/
Soak the bran in a small amount of water for 20-30 minutes. Also soak the raisins in water. Grate the carrots on a fine grater, mix with cottage cheese, beat the whites into foam, add to the cottage cheese with carrots. Add bran, stevia and raisins, stir. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.