A vegetable ingredient
1, basil: basil in Taiwan known as the nine-story tower, belongs to the green leafy vegetables, basil leaves have a pungent taste, stomach digestion.
2, kale: kale and cabbage similar in appearance, belongs to foreign vegetables and ornamental varieties. The taste is crisp and refreshing, the fiber is thick, and the feeling of fullness is relatively strong
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3, okra: okra is also called "foreign pepper", the shape is similar to pepper, contains mucus, the taste is smooth, a little faint fishy flavor. Okra is a popular ingredient in light food in recent years.
4, bell pepper: bright color of the pepper, the taste is crisp and sweet, no spicy taste, low calories at the same time the nutrition is also very rich, the most important thing is to make the dish sell well.
5, pumpkin: pumpkin carbohydrate content is high, low fat completely replaces noodles, rice, as a staple food without any burden
2. Meat ingredients
Light food does not exclude meat, but the requirements for meat are still relatively high. In addition to high-quality beef, other red meats in red meat basically do not appear in light food. In addition, salmon, shrimp, shellfish and other seafood or river fresh containing high-quality protein and low calories are the first choice for light food. Eggs are also a very common ingredient in light food, but usually only the protein part is taken.
Staple food ingredients
The staple food ingredients of light food are mainly coarse grains, which are rich in fiber, which helps to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion, and stays in the stomach for a long time and has a feeling of fullness. The oats and sorghum we often hear are very common ingredients for light food. In addition, there is the recent hot quinoa, which has almost become a must-have ingredient for light food.
Quinoa is native to the Americas, and its uniqueness lies in the fact that quinoa as a plant contains complete protein that only animal ingredients contain, as well as a variety of amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and the fiber content is also amazing, a natural and healthy food.