I believe that tomatoes are a favorite food for many people, but you may not know that they also have the magical effect of losing weight! The evening tomato diet is a very popular healthy diet recently. Here are four evening tomato diet recipes for you, so that you can enjoy delicious food and lose weight healthily.
Tomatoes should be eaten at dinner!
There is less activity in the evening, and carbohydrates such as rice and pasta are converted into sugar in the body for consumption, and the unused part is converted into fat. Eating tomatoes at night can accelerate the body's basic metabolism, promote the body's active consumption of energy intake, improve physical fitness, and make the body less likely to gain weight. In addition, melatonin contained in tomatoes can help sleep and promote the secretion of growth hormone in the body. Growth hormone can accelerate metabolism and promote the decomposition and burning of fat.
The dietary fiber contained in tomatoes can promote intestinal peristalsis, help eliminate waste in the body, and thus achieve the purpose of slimming. The slimming effect of tomato is also manifested in its potassium element, which can improve and eliminate edema. Intake of lycopene together with carbohydrates can inhibit blood sugar and improve physical fitness. Various enzymes contained in raw tomatoes can help improve metabolic ability, especially suitable for people over 30 who can't lose weight. Tomatoes are a kind of vegetable that is very helpful to lose weight. In addition, melatonin (also called sleeping hormone) contained in tomatoes can help sleep. High-quality sleep can promote the secretion of growth hormone and accelerate metabolism, which is also very helpful for slimming.
Eat tomatoes while they are hot!
Lycopene and β -carotene in tomatoes with oil will improve the absorption rate, so it is recommended to fry them and cook them with meat, or add sesame oil when making soup with tomatoes. It is also recommended to add olive oil to drink tomato juice. Tomatoes are slightly cold and have the function of cooling the body. They are very suitable for eating in summer, and need to be accompanied with hot food in other seasons. Garlic, onion, ginger, pepper, etc. Recommended with tomatoes. People who can't eat spicy food can also choose onions.
4 kinds of tomato recipes:
Tomato pasta
Tomato-flavored pasta is sweet and sour, appetizing, low in calories and not easy to gain weight. The taste of garlic and black pepper is the key, which balances the sour taste and neutralizes the coolness of tomatoes.
Materials (2 persons)
3-4 tomatoes, garlic 1 slice, olive oil 10-20ml, salt 1 teaspoon, a little black pepper, a proper amount of celery dry powder, and 200g of pasta.
working methods
1. Blanch tomatoes with hot water, peel them, cut them into pieces of moderate size and put them in a bowl for later use.
2. Add salt, black pepper and chopped garlic to the tomatoes and stir well.
3. Add a proper amount of olive oil into the bowl and put it in the refrigerator to cool.
4. Put the spaghetti in plenty of hot water to keep it boiling. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking together. Then take out the spaghetti with a colander and put it away in cold water.
5. Mix the completely dehydrated spaghetti with the sauce made in 3 and put it in a plate. Finally sprinkle with coriander powder and you're done.
main points
In addition to pasta, you can also add meat and fish, or you can turn it into a very delicious sauce.
Traditional tomato soup
Hard dishes are also cooked soft and glutinous and easy to eat, and delicious is mixed with thick soup. This soup is rich in lycopene, beta carotene, various minerals and dietary fiber.
Materials (2 persons)
2 tomatoes, 280ml tomato juice, onion 1/4, appropriate amount of minced beef, dried bamboo shoots 1, potatoes 1, olive oil for 2 hours, garlic 1 petal, and a little salt.
working methods
1. Peel the onion and cut into pieces with the size of 1cm. Cut garlic into minced garlic.
2. Stir-fry tomatoes in oil, then juice them, pour in tomato juice, and roll the soup thick.
3. Cut dried bamboo shoots and potatoes into pieces with the size of 1cm.
4. Pour olive oil and garlic into the pot and light it. When garlic is fragrant, add minced beef and stir fry.
5. Then add the onion, diced bamboo shoots and potato pieces and stir fry. After the whole body is covered with oil, add the soup base, cover the pot and cook for 20 minutes.
6. Finally, pour in tomato juice, add salt to taste, cook for 15 minutes, and put in a container.
Tomato "cup"
Tomato with protein and calcium cheese becomes a balanced food, which combines the characteristics that tomatoes need oil and heating to eat, and fully improves the absorption rate of lycopene. Tomato "cup" of tomato sauce and soft cheese are perfectly matched, and the whole cup is full of nutrition!
Materials (1 person)
1 tomato, 1-2 slices of bacon, a tablespoon of tomato sauce, and some cheese pieces.
working methods
1. Cut the tomatoes from the top and take out the spoon with a spoon.
2. Mash the tomato ladle in a wok and fry it with chopped bacon.
3. Add tomato sauce, mix and stir, and evaporate water.
4. Pour the stuffing made in step 3 into the tomato cup made in step 1.
5. Put the cheese in a cup and steam it in the oven or microwave oven.
6, according to personal preferences, add some decoration and you're done.
Light the oven: 5-7 minutes; microwave oven: 15 minutes.
The heating time varies depending on the oven or microwave oven. Please confirm it from time to time. Choose a hard tomato so that the shape will remain intact. When the cheese melts and is a little brown, stop heating. It is best to eat at this time.
Baked tomato with eggplant
Tomatoes contain delicious amino acids, and no matter what vegetables are added to tomatoes, they will become more delicious. Eggplant is characterized by absorbing the taste of other foods, and the combination of the two is both nutritious and delicious. In addition, tomatoes can effectively protect vitamin C and polyphenols in eggplant.
Materials (4 persons)
3-4 eggplants, 2-3 tomatoes, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 50-60g pizza cheese, 5g butter, a little salt and pepper, and a proper amount of coriander dry powder.
working methods
1. Take the pedicle of eggplant, obliquely cut it into eggplant slices with a width of about 1cm, soak it in clear water, then take it out and drain it. Tomatoes are cut in half longitudinally, pedicled and then evenly cut into 4 pieces. Coat the heat-resistant container with a thin layer of butter. Preheat the oven at 250℃ for 7-8 minutes.
2. Pour the olive oil into a wok, heat it over medium heat, and fry the eggplant until it has a slight caramel color on both sides.
3. Put the prepared eggplant and tomato into a heat-resistant container, sprinkle with salt, pepper and cheese, and put it in the oven.
When the cheese melts and looks delicious, take it out of the oven and sprinkle with dried parsley powder.
main points
You can also use a microwave oven, but there will be temperature difference and time difference. For small microwave ovens, the set temperature can be higher than the suggested temperature 10-20℃.