Weight loss

The low-cal diet

Put simply, the low-cal diet depends on the fact that in order to diet successfully, the important thing to take in fewer calories than your body normally needs.

What is a calorie?
The calorie is the unit used for measuring the amount of energy in food. A food calorie is the the energy required to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at normal atmospheric pressure. If something contains more calories, then it will will give you more energy when your body digests it.

Low-cal foods include brussels sprouts, bell pepper, apricot, steak and burger based meals, and low-fat cheese.











Scallops & Mussels,Vinaigrette/1i02 Recipe
Scallops & Mussels,Vinaigrette/1i02 Category Appetizer Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

36 ea Bay scallops

1 c Lemon juice, or more if need

36 ea Mussells, cleaned and de-bea

36 ea Asparagus

1 ea Boston lettuce

1 ts Parsley-chopped

1 x Dijon mustard vinaigrette:

1 ea Egg yolk

4 tb Dijon mustard

1 ea Egg-hard boiled, chopped

1/2 ts Pepper

1/2 ts Salt

1 x Sugar-pinch of

1 tb Onion-minced

1 ea Garllic clove-minced

2 ts Shallots-minced

2 ts Oregano

1 ts Basil

2 ts Parsley-chopped

1 c Olive oil

3 tb White wine

3 tb White vinegar

Fat grams per serving: Approx. Cook Time: 01:30 Remove small white muscle from scallops & mar-inate in lemon juice for one hour. Steam mussels, discarding any that do not open. Set aside. Cook asparagus in boiling, salted water for 6-8 min. or until al dente. Drain & cool. Drain off lemon juice from scallops. Mix scallops & mussels together w/ Dijon Mustard Vinaigrette. Prepare a bed of lettuce & lay as- paragus on top. Arrange mussels & scallops across the asparagus. Sprinkle with parsley and serve. VINAIGRETTE: Combine egg yolk & mus- tard. Add all ingredients except oil,wine & vinegar. Add oil slowly in stream then add white wine & white vinegar. When asparagus isn't in season,fresh,halved Bartlett pears or halved avocado may be substi- tuted. This dish may also be served as a main course in greater quantities.

 
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