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Potato Diet: How to Lose Weight Fast
12.10.2024 02:10
The potato diet is familiar, filling, low-calorie. And besides, it is an opportunity to leave 3 kg in the past in just a week.
You just need to follow the basic rules: eat 3 times a day and have a snack once before or after lunch. Potatoes go perfectly with fish, poultry, and vegetables.
Even prunes and dried apricots do not spoil the taste of cooked potatoes, but help our body remove all kinds of toxins and waste.
Day One: Goulash with Potatoes and Paprika
You will need: 4 potatoes + 1 pepper (sweet) + 1 carrot. Peel thoroughly and chop finely.
Cut the fillet of 1 bird (preferably chicken) breast into cubes. Pour 3 cups of water over everything listed and simmer for 10 minutes. Salt, add ketchup (homemade is preferable) (1 tablespoon), stir and simmer again on low heat for 20 minutes.
After the contents of the saucepan have taken a digestible form, remove it from the heat. Add cumin, onions (peeled and chopped) and herbs in the amount you like. Cover the saucepan with a lid and forget about the goulash with potatoes and paprika for another 15 minutes.
Day Two: Potato Pancakes with Stuffing
For the dough you will need: 2 fresh potatoes, which should be grated on a coarse grater, salted and mixed with 1 raw egg. You can also add pepper, but this is an acquired taste. Fry the resulting mass on medium heat on both sides.
For the filling you will need: half a bell pepper (red), half a fresh cucumber, greens for aroma and sensation, mix with two tablespoons of sour cream (as low fat as possible). You can add salt or not.
Place the filling on one potato pancake with a spoon and cover with another.
Day Three: Baked Potatoes in Foil
You will need: 2 boiled potatoes in their skins, cut into cubes, 100 grams of pumpkin cut into thin strips, half a bell pepper.
Place the listed products on foil, add salt and pour sauce made from 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1 clove of finely chopped garlic. Wrap the edges of the foil well and put the prepared dish in the oven for 25 minutes.
Day Four: Potato Soup with Sausage
You will need: 2 fresh potatoes and 1 carrot, peel and cut, 1 onion, just peel it, it will go into our soup whole, 2 cups of water and salt to taste. You can add a bay leaf.
Cook the soup until it is ready, then remove the onion and add the milk sausage cut into circles.
If you chop the boiled vegetables in a blender, you can enjoy the soup - puree. Add the greens just before serving.
Day Five: Potato Casserole with Fish
You will need: 4 potatoes and 1 carrot, peeled and cut into slices.
In a baking dish, previously greased with oil, put the potatoes, then the carrots, and then the pieces of lean fish fillet. Pour lemon juice over everything and grease with a mixture of grated cheese and sour cream. It is recommended to bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
