Friday, February 20, 2009

Does the South Beach Diet Work?

By Reo Lluch

Many people are on the South Beach diet and therefore are always on the lookout for South Beach diet recipes. A low carbohydrate diet can still be tasty. From American to Italian, from German to Mexican, the South Beach diet recipes take on many forms. Here are just a few of the delicious meals that can be found on the South Beach diet.

Chicken Marcela is on the list of South Beach diet recipes. Add chicken broth, minced parsley, half cup of Marcela wine, olive oil, mushroom slices to boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Brown the chicken in the olive oil. After softening the onions and mushrooms cook for about two minutes in the wine. If it seems dry add some broth. The vegetables and sauce go over the chicken. It's low calorie and low carbohydrates - 336 calories, 3 g of carbs

Some South Beach diet recipes take us to the Far East. It's time for some chicken salad from Thailand. It's a combination of chicken with various vegetables and spicy Thailand sauce. It's very simple to make - mix together the salad ingredients, mix together dressing ingredients, then toss them together. It makes four servings and has 8 g of carbohydrates in 297 total calories. It really looks delicious.

How about south of the border with South Beach at recipes? Oddly, fajitas can include soy sauce according to one Mexican cook. to 2 pounds of skirt steak or chicken is cut into strips, combined with a medium onion, two bell peppers, quarter cup of soy sauce, cup of wine juice, 1 teaspoon of chili powder, and 2 tablespoons of oil.

Combine all the liquid ingredients, added to the meat strips to marinade for about 30 minutes. Cook the meat until brown and the vegetables to taste. Talk about low calorie and carb - 307 and 4.5 grams respectively.

With the right South Beach diet recipes, it's like not even being on a diet. - 15634

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