Liquid Diet Recipes

Dieting is the broad answer to reducing weight. However, which diet is the best amongst the various available is as good as anybody’s guess. If you are someone who has tried a lot of crash diets but is still on the wrong side of the weight scale, then perhaps you should give liquid diet a try. This diet is neither as harsh as water or juice diet nor as confusing as other fad diets. It simply works on the premise that since solid foods contribute to weight gain, it is the liquid foods that one should resort to for reducing weight. Liquid diet apart from helping lose the xtra calories, provides the body with all the essential minerals and nutrients. Thus, this diet enables one to satisfy the hunger and not leave it growling in the stomach. Another use of liquid diet is that people who are readying for surgeries or those with eating difficulties can be fed on this. Therefore, it is always useful to know how you can prepare a variety of liquid diet dishes. Given below are a few recipes for liquid diets.

Recipes For A Liquid Diet

Diet Drink

Ingredients

• 1 cup Unsweetened Orange Juice
• 1/4 Carrot (sliced)
• 1 fresh Egg

• In a blender, put the orange juice, carrots and egg. Blend until the contents are smooth.
• Serve immediately.

Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

• 1 small Cabbage (chopped or shredded)
• 2 small Green Tomatoes (chopped)
• 2 Black Peppers
• 2 Green Peppers (stem and seeds removed)
• 2 small Onions (chopped)
• 4 Carrots (sliced)
• 1/2 cup Balsamic Vinegar
• Any fresh Herbs (chopped)
• 5 stalks Celery
• 1/2 cup Beans (sliced)
• 6 glasses Water

• In a pan, sauté the tomatoes for 5 minutes and then add the cabbage, carrots, onions and beans. Stir fry the vegetables.
• Now add the rest of the ingredients and continue stirring. Pour the water to the vegetable mixture and leave it for an hour to boil. Add salt when it is boiling.
• You can either strain the mixture and serve the clear soup or serve the soup with the vegetables in it.

Fruit Smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 cup Vanilla Yogurt
• 2 cup Pineapple Juice
• 2 Bananas
• 1 cup Strawberries (hulled)
• 1/4 cup Wheat Germ
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

• Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Pour in tall glasses and serve.

Fruits And Bran Milk

Ingredients

• 1/2 Apple
• 1/2 Orange
• 1/4 cup Bran Flakes
• 1/4 cup Plain Yogurt
• 2 tbsp Wheat Germs

• Cut all the fruits into small chunks and put them in a blender. Blend until the fruits chunks are crushed.
• Add all the remaining ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.
• Pour into tall glasses and serve.

Classic Chicken Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 Chicken Breast
• 1 medium sized Potato
• 1 cup Carrot
• 1/2 cup Chicken Broth
• Salt and Pepper

• Cook the chicken breast, potatoes and carrots until they are tender. Debone and cut the chicken breast into small chunks. Likewise, using a spoon, lightly mash the potatoes and carrots.
• Place the chicken pieces and the potatoes and carrots in a blender. Pour in the chicken broth and then blend them thoroughly.
• Place the blended mixture in a pan and adjust the density of the soup with water.
• Season with salt and pepper and then boil for 15 minutes.
• Serve hot.