Vegetables are essential in any type of food and it is a food with a significant amount of nutrients, such as fiber or vitamins, and with very few calories, which make them even more essential in diets designed to lose weight. Cauliflower is one of the vegetables that brings the greatest benefits to the body and offers you a lot of options when it comes to including colifor in your diet. We have made a list of the advantages of including colifor in your diet and, in addition, we have selected a series of dishes made with cauliflower that will help you lose weight and maintain a truly spectacular figure for the summer.
Reasons why you should include cauliflower in your diet
Some experts catalog cauliflower as a superfood for the amount of properties and benefits it has for our body and that make it almost necessary that we have to include colifor in our menus. Among its biggest advantages are:
1It is a food quite rich in water (92%) and low in calories (each 100 grams contains only 25 calories) so it is perfect for people looking to lose weight.
2It is a great source of vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, magnesium, potassium and calcium.
3It also has antioxidant properties, which help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and prevent certain types of cancer.
4As if this were not enough, cauliflower stands out for its diuretic properties, ideal if you are looking to combat fluid retention, since it favors the elimination of excess liquids.
Practical and simple recipes with cauliflower
This vegetable offers a lot of possibilities when it comes to preparing delicious dishes: grilled, baked, with vegetables, in tortilla. How do you prefer it? Put on your apron because we started cooking!
Cauliflower with garlic
It is a very simple recipe, easy to make and perfect for anyone who wants to lose some weight. You need a medium cauliflower, four cloves of garlic and extra virgin olive oil. The first thing you should do is cook the cauliflower in a pot with water and salt. Once it is al dente, you must drain and chop said cauliflower. Take a baking dish and place the cauliflower. Meanwhile take a pan with oil and fry the sliced garlic for a few minutes. Water the cauliflower with olive oil and the rolled garlic and put in the oven for about 5 minutes and serve immediately.
Cauliflower cream
This recipe is quite easy to make and you can include it in your menus every week. You will need a small cauliflower, a leek, a small sweet onion, water, olive oil, salt and pepper. The first thing you should do is cook the cauliflower in water and salt. Once it is perfectly cooked, remove from the pot and set aside. Heat a pan with some oil and sauté the finely chopped onion along with the chopped leek. Once the vegetables are well poached you must add them to the glass of the blender along with the cauliflower that you had reserved. Salt and pepper to taste and start beating until you get the desired texture. Add some water to make it perfectly creamy. To finish you must heat a couple of minutes on the fire and enjoy a cauliflower cream super simple to make and that is ideal to take during dinner.
Cauliflower omelette
Another very simple and rich dish to make consists of a delicious cauliflower omelette. You’re only going to need a small cauliflower, two potatoes and six eggs. First you should cut the potatoes and add them to a pot with water and salt. In another saucepan you must cook the cauliflower also with water and salt. Once well cooked you should cut the potatoes into squares and mix them with cauliflower and beaten eggs. Put a little salt and add everything to a hot skillet. Let cook 5 minutes on each side and serve immediately. A very nutritious dish that will help you to show off your figure again.
Oven-roasted cauliflower fillet
To make this wonderful cauliflower dish you will need a cauliflower, black pepper, salt, a teaspoon of ground cumin, a teaspoon of ground turmeric, a teaspoon of thyme, half a teaspoon of granulated garlic, a teaspoon of mustard, a lemon, fresh parsley, extra virgin olive oil. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and clean the cauliflower. Take a knife and make about four thick fillets by cutting the cauliflower. Take a nonstick skillet and cook the colifor fillets about 5 minutes on each side. Season to taste and put them on a baking sheet. Season with oil, mustard, lemon and spices. Bake the cauliflower for about 25 minutes or so and serve immediately with chopped parsley on top. A light and very tasty dish.
Have you seen how simple it is to include cauliflower in your diet? Try these dishes or invent the ones you want and… Let’s eat healthy!
