25 Feb 11 “Take 5″ Recipes – a Fast Way to Cook Dinner
We are living in the speed century and time spent cooking has drastically diminished today, so we want to give you some tips on how to prepare a tasteful dinner in only 5 minutes and with only 5 ingredients. This is not a joke it is possible with the “Take 5″ recipes. Moreover, these 5 minutes recipes promote a healthy lifestyle, which is very welcomed these days, as our lives have become more sedentary and full of pollution sources.
These 5 minutes recipes include ingredients like Tuna, salmon and seafood. Based on low fat fish meat, these “Take 5 recipes” are perfect for a late dinner after work, when you are hungry but too tired for cooking a complicated meal. Salmon Steak, seafood linguine, salmon pate, salsa tuna roll-ups and Italian tuna-pasta salad are just a few examples of these healthy and nutritious dinner choices.
Tuna is low in fat, low in saturated fat, trans fat free, low in cholesterol and an important source of iron, while salmon is known for its important intake of fibers, protein, vitamin A and C and, like tuna a source of iron. Other seafood, like oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp, crab, lobster and sardines can also be added to these recipes due to their nutritional benefits and their rapidity in preparation. Still, the most popular ingredients used in the 5 minutes recipes remain canned tuna and wild salmon.
Working too much is not an excuse for having an unhealthy lifestyle, you may not have time to cook every day complex types of food, still you can find a few minutes to make up a healthy meal, like a tuna salad. It is very easy to prepare as you don’t need to read 3 cookbooks and practice a few times before it will be right and it is cost-effective too, as canned tuna and vegetables are not so expensive and can easily be found in any supermarket, or even on the internet, if you really don’t have time to go shopping.
Many people, nowadays, resort to fast food rather than preparing their own food, and this only makes it worse as an addition to the lack of sport and the polluted air from crowded cities. Tuna is a much healthier alternative to fast food and has different benefits on body and spirit by keeping them young and alert, in order for you to keep up with your stressful activities and tight schedule. Think about how many calories you can find in a cheeseburger, not to say the negative influences its ingredients may have on your cholesterol, blood circulation, skin and many other body functions.
Finally, your mood and level of energy are influenced by your alimentation and, if you opt for a chaotic one, your organism will feel the same way, you will be tired, in a bad mood and you will lack concentration. As a consequence you won’t be able to keep up with your life and one day you will wake up regretting all the wrong choices you made in your past, than it may be just too late to change them. Now is the perfect moment for you to start living a healthy life and to feel good about yourself. The “take 5″ recipes and canned tuna and salmon are a good start.
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