Munch on this delectable food to keep your entertainment & health on track during the cricket fever
Hours of the ICC World Cup 2019 matches can’t pass while starving, and just sitting on the couch while munching won’t be justified. But what can really work-out while not literally working out is binge eating of healthy food! Foods with a mixture of healthy, lip-smacking, and efficient ingredients are listed below to make your cricket experience as nutritious as ever.
- Sourdough Burger
Sourdough bread pieces have tikka/cutlet made out of kidney bean, garbanzo beans, black beans along with basic vegetables like cucumber, onion slices and tomato and hung curd dip amidst of all this. This is a balanced, highly nutritious replacement of the regular fried, cheese, mayonnaise burger as it contains components rich in fibre and protein.
- Sali Par Eedu
A quintessential parsi dish, Sali par eedu is made with eggs on fried potato straws that are layered as a bed and cooked with tomatoes, coriander, some pepper. It can be made in an air fryer or oven to make it less fattening since less oil will be used to fry the potatoes.
- Drinkable Soups
Drinkable soups are packed with organic antioxidant – packed produce, often extracted using high- pressure processing, delectable and convenient to have. Best part is that these do not require to be heated, just open the bottle and gulp down the drink.
- Zucchini Chips
The potato chips are surely captivating but utterly unhealthy as they are deep fried. On the other hand, zucchini chips are baked, easy to cook and if topped with olive oil, can easily give the essence of salt and other spices.
- Frozen Grapes
Frozen grapes are the healthy version of candies. It has the same texture & the crunchiness as a candy. Easy to make at home & already available in markets are just your regular grapes frozen to make the obvious healthy choice.
- Butternut Squash for Mac n Cheese
Now replace the usual all-purpose flour-based elbow macaroni with butternut squash that is not only healthy but will also provide a great textural change to your causal macaroni and cheese. Its sweet taste will go well in contrast to the salty taste of the cheese and will provide the perfect balance of cheese with veggies.
- Whole Wheat Pizza
The ever first choice pizza love, is actually made of white flour which is full of calories. For a healthier option, white flour base can be replaced with whole wheat base. Grill the pizza and for toppings prefer olives, sun dried tomatoes, pickles and dollops of salsa. Also, try hung curd cheese instead of cheese.
- Toasted Walnut Hummus
The walnut-full dish is packed with nutrition, protein & healthy fats. Blended with chickpeas, orange zest in a walnut garlic puree, serve the hummus in a bowl alongside toasted pita bread or with a variety of colourful raw vegetables.
- Smoothies
Instead of whipping up a quick milkshake which surely does taste amazing but is full of added sugar and flavourings, make a smoothie with milk or yogurt as a base & add fruits, and voila! You have an alternative for milkshake, ready to slurp on dessert.