MEAT AND VEGETABLE MEAL RECIPE : CAULIFLOWER

Ingredients:

1 kg Cauliflower
250 gr Ground Beef
1 Onion, chopped
1 Tablespoon of Tomato Sauce or 1 Tomato
2 Tablespoon of Olive oil
3 Glass of Water
1 Dessert spoon of Salt

Put olive oil and onions in a pot and braise them till the onions turn light brown. Then add ground beef and let it cook a few minutes until no meat water is left. After that add tomato sauce/tomato and cook 5 minutes more. Finally add chopped cauliflower, salt and 3 glass of hot water. Let it cook until the water becomes less and culiflowers get soften.

SOUP RECIPE 1: GREEN LENTIL

You'll see a couple of times that i had soup on my diet so here is the recipe of one of my favorites.

Ingredients:

1 Cup of Green (French) Lentil
1 Large Onion (chopped)
1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
2 Cloves of garlic (sliced thin)
1 Tomato (chopped)
3-4 Cups of Hot Water
1 Dessert spoon of salt
1 Dessert spoon of  Red Pepper
1 Tablespoon of Dried Mint

First of all,boil the lentils. In another pot; put olive oil and onions and braise them till the onions turn light brown. Than add all the other ingredients accept lentil and let them braise a few minutes while mixing. After that, add this part of the soup into the lentil pot and keep on cooking. Let them boil about 10 minutes and your soup is ready. If you mix it with your hand blender, your soup will have a great consistency.

VEGETABLE MEAL RECIPE 1: LEEK

Ingredients:

1 bunch of leek, washed and cut into pieces
2 carrots, sliced in circular shapes
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce or 1 tomato (optional)
½ cup rice, washed and drained
1 ½ cup hot water
2 tablespoon of olive oil
1/2 tablespoon of salt
1 sugar
1/2 lemon's juice

Put olive oil and onions in a pot and braise them till the onions turn light brown. Then add tomato paste (optional), sliced carrots and chopped leeks. Cook them over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, mixing occasionally. Add hot water, salt, sugar,lemon juice and mix again. Finally put the rice on top and don't mix.Cook till rice becomes soft, for about 30-40 minutes over low heat.

This meal contains carrot as you see but it is forbidden on my diet. I always leave the carrots in the my dish unfortunately but my parents don't mind eating them too. Leek has a flavour a little similar to onion so i prefer eating it with meat. Or sometimes we cook it with chicken but this one is the original recipe. In the end, it's up to your taste and imagination.

AYRAN: A VERY HEALTHY AND FILLING TURKISH DRINK

                           This is the drink that you see in my diet lists all the time. It's made of yoghurt. You can easily make it at home. For a glass of ayran; put 2 tablespoon of yoghurt and a glass of water in the mixer and simply mix it. The original has also salt but i don't add it since i'm on a diet. I suggest you to try before adding salt, than add as much as you like. If you don't have a mixer, put the same ingredients in a jar. First mix the yoghurt with a fork than close the cap and shake it. It may not be as foamy as you see here at the picture but it surely tastes delicious. We have this drink with meals, especially the ones that contains meat.

MY DIET LIST 1

     
Here is  my first diet list from my nutritionist:

 Breakfast (7.00-8.00)
    - 2 Slice of White Chesse (every slice is about a matchbox)
    - Tomatoe/Cucumber
    -1 Egg
    -5 Olives
    -2 Slice of Bread

Snack (10.00-11.00)
    -4 Walnuts

Lunch (12.00-13.00)
     -5 Meatballs=1 Big Fish=2 Chicken Drumsticks=1 Chicken Leg
     -Salad without oil
     -1 Glass of Yogurt
     -2 Slice of Bread

Snack (14.30)
     - 1 Fruit
  
Snack (16.30)
     - A Toast with Cheddar Cheese

Dinner (18.00-19.00)
     - 8 Tablespoon of Vegetable Meal
     -Salad without oil
     -1 Glass of Ayran
     -1 Slice of Bread

Snack (21.00)
     - 2 Fruits

All these seemed quite a lot to me since i didn't eat bread at all. I performed this diet for 10 days. When i went to the nutritionist she said the result wasn't good. I had lost only half kg. She also understood that she gave too much considering that i'm young, but it's up to my metabolism in the end.

Note: There maybe some different meals and drinks you'll notice in the list so you'd better consider that it's for Turkish cusine. But we have so many delicious things that i will share recepies with you also.
1 Fruit is actually  one portion and portions changes at each fruit. I will add my portion list soon.