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Low Calorie Diet Fish Recipes - theswedish

If you want to lose weight, fish is an ideal food, but only if it's prepared correctly, as in these low-calorie recipes for baked and oven-fried fish.

Anyone who is trying to lose unwanted pounds should incorporate more fish into each week?s menu because eating fish can actually help a person shed more weight in a shorter period of time. Plus, it helps reduce body fat and provides numerous health benefits to both the body and the mind.

Since I am constantly watching my weight and my husband is a self-proclaimed ?health nut,? I serve fish on a regular basis, and the recipes below are two of my family?s favorites. For one, they?re tasty, and, two, since the fish isn?t fried but baked, the recipes are fairly low in calories, meaning that I can go back for seconds, at least as long as I don?t overdo it on the side dishes. Then again, the first recipe includes veggies, so no side dish is really necessary.

Low Calorie Recipe for Baked Fish with Garden Vegetables

Although you can use any type fish for this recipe, I prefer perch, flounder, tilapia, or whiting for their flavor and texture. Also note that if you?re preparing the meal for only yourself or two people, you might want to halve the ingredients, because this recipe feeds five to six, depending on portion sizes.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fish fillets
• 2 stalks celery, chopped fine
• 1 cup shredded carrot (about 2 medium carrots)
• 2/3 cup chopped green onion (about 6 average onions)
• 2 teaspoons Nature?s Seasons (Or use salt and pepper, one teaspoon each)
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 4 tablespoons light margarine
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place fillets in ungreased large oblong baking dish
3. Sprinkle with half the seasoning blend (or salt and pepper)
4. Sprinkle with paprika.
5. Arrange celery, carrots, and onion on top of fillets.
6. Sprinkle with remaining seasoning.
7. Dot with margarine.
8. Sprinkle with parsley.
9. Cover with aluminum foil.
10. Bake until fish is flaky and vegetables tender (30 to 45 minutes).

Note: If you want the fish to brown a bit more, remove the foil toward the end of the baking time.

Servings: 6

Calories: 225 (This number is approximate, since some fish are higher in calories than others)

Healthy Diet Recipe for Breaded Oven-Fried Fish

For this dish, although you can use salt if you prefer, I opt for a seasoning blend because although the blend contains sodium, the content is lower than salt. Moreover, as with the first recipe, you can halve the ingredients if you don?t need many servings.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fish fillets
• 3 teaspoons Nature?s Seasons, Ms. Dash, or another preferred seasoning blend
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 1 cup packaged coating mix for baking, or dried bread crumbs
• 4 tablespoons light margarine, melted

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Lightly grease an oblong baking pan with a little vegetable oil.
3. If fillets are large, cut into equal serving-sized portions.
4. Put milk in a bowl and crumbs in another bowl or on a plate.
5. Dip fish in skim milk then coat thoroughly with crumbs.
6. Place on prepared pan.
7. Dribble melted margarine over fish.
8. Sprinkle with seasoning blend (or salt and pepper).
9. Cook until fillets flake when forked and are golden brown on the outside.

Servings: 6 to 8, depending upon portion size

Calories: 215 to 285, depending upon number of servings

If you enjoy fresh or saltwater fish, you might want to consider serving it more often. It?s an excellent food to help someone lose weight, but fish also provides numerous health benefits, so it?s a nutritious addition to anyone?s diet.

Copyright Carol Rzadkiewicz. Contact the author to obtain permission for republication.

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