Healthy Recipes to keep you Fit - Chicken and Peach Salad (India Network)

Preparing food the old fashioned way--at home in your own kitchen--doesn't have to be time consuming or complicated. With some simple guidelines, you can create quick, delicious meals the whole family will enjoy. Many people feel too busy to take 15 minutes for breakfast every day. But this vital first meal of the day gets your metabolism going and gives you energy. People who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight. Breakfast can be quick, easy, and nutritious. If you have a busy schedule, lunch can often be a rushed meal--a takeout eaten at your desk or a quick bite in a diner or restaurant. But with a little planning, it's easy to prepare a nutritious and tasty lunch yourself.
Things like sandwiches or leftovers from a previous dinner can make quick, easy, and healthy lunchtime meals. You must strike a perfect balance in the ingredients that make a pivotal part of your breakfast and lunch recipes. Most of the people nowadays lead a hectic lifestyle. This makes it very hard for them to maintain proper balance in their early morning breakfast and lunch routine. There are many recipes that you can consume to maintain proper balance between enjoying tasty food and eating healthy. Let us discuss one such recipe which is not much time consuming in preparation. Along with that it also helps you to strike a chord between taste and health.

Chicken and Peach Salad
Ingredients:

7 green onions
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons red wine
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 small chicken breast fillets, trimmed

120g mixed lettuce leaves
30g snow pea sprouts, trimmed
1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced
415g can peach slices in natural juice (see note), drained
1/2 cup pistachio kernels
1 avocado

Dressing
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce
2cm piece ginger, peeled, grated

Method
Thinly slice 3 onions. Combine soy sauce, red wine, honey, sugar, garlic, cinnamon and sliced onions in a large, shallow ceramic dish. Add chicken and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight, if time permits.
Make dressing: Place oils, sweet chili sauce and ginger in a screw-top jar. Secure lid and shake until well combined. Set aside until ready to serve.
Preheat a barbecue grill on medium heat. Remove chicken from marinade. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil and stand for 5 minutes. Slice.
Thinly slice remaining onions. Combine onions, lettuce, snow pea sprouts, cucumber, peaches and pistachio kernels in a large bowl. Peel, quarter and thinly slice avocado. Add to salad. Pour over dressing and gently toss. Spoon salad onto plates. Top with chicken and serve.

There are many internet sites and channels that provide an array of recipes to make your off day subtle. India Food Network is one such website which is very well known for different types of recipes both vegetarian and no vegetarian. It also provides many health tips and recipe short cuts to make cooking a fun filled hobby.

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Preparing food the old fashioned way--at home in your own kitchen--doesn't have to be time consuming or complicated. With some simple guidelines, you can create quick, delicious meals the whole family will enjoy. Many people feel too busy to take 15 minutes for breakfast every day. But this vital first meal of the day gets your metabolism going and gives you energy. People who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight. Breakfast can be quick, easy, and nutritious. If you have a busy schedule, lunch can often be a rushed meal--a takeout eaten at your desk or a quick bite in a diner or restaurant. But with a little planning, it's easy to prepare a nutritious and tasty lunch yourself.
Things like sandwiches or leftovers from a previous dinner can make quick, easy, and healthy lunchtime meals. You must strike a perfect balance in the ingredients that make a pivotal part of your breakfast and lunch recipes. Most of the people nowadays lead a hectic lifestyle. This makes it very hard for them to maintain proper balance in their early morning breakfast and lunch routine. There are many recipes that you can consume to maintain proper balance between enjoying tasty food and eating healthy. Let us discuss one such recipe which is not much time consuming in preparation. Along with that it also helps you to strike a chord between taste and health.

Chicken and Peach Salad
Ingredients:

7 green onions
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons red wine
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 small chicken breast fillets, trimmed

120g mixed lettuce leaves
30g snow pea sprouts, trimmed
1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced
415g can peach slices in natural juice (see note), drained
1/2 cup pistachio kernels
1 avocado

Dressing
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce
2cm piece ginger, peeled, grated

Method
Thinly slice 3 onions. Combine soy sauce, red wine, honey, sugar, garlic, cinnamon and sliced onions in a large, shallow ceramic dish. Add chicken and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate overnight, if time permits.
Make dressing: Place oils, sweet chili sauce and ginger in a screw-top jar. Secure lid and shake until well combined. Set aside until ready to serve.
Preheat a barbecue grill on medium heat. Remove chicken from marinade. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil and stand for 5 minutes. Slice.
Thinly slice remaining onions. Combine onions, lettuce, snow pea sprouts, cucumber, peaches and pistachio kernels in a large bowl. Peel, quarter and thinly slice avocado. Add to salad. Pour over dressing and gently toss. Spoon salad onto plates. Top with chicken and serve.

There are many internet sites and channels that provide an array of recipes to make your off day subtle. India Food Network is one such website which is very well known for different types of recipes both vegetarian and no vegetarian. It also provides many health tips and recipe short cuts to make cooking a fun filled hobby.

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