Cholesterol: craving for an aperitif and cold meats
Fancy an aperitif with friends
Think about homemade sofas : bacon rolled around vegetable sticks, squares of rye bread with St-Môret and crab crumbs… No more crackers! As for drinks, opt for water, fruit or vegetable juices, or even a glass of red wine or champagne, but not strong alcohols: think of triglycerides!
The right menu
– 1 glass of red wine then water
– Vegetable sticks + cottage cheese and herb sauce
– About ten almonds or hazelnuts (neither roasted nor salted)
Desire a little cold meats
Prefer lean cold cuts: bacon fillet, Grisons meat, rind or dry white ham … Eat them instead of the portion of meat or fish and avoid butter in favor of pickles.
The right menu
– Vegetables grilled
– Plate of cold cuts in thin slices (80 g) + bread with cereals
– White cheese at 0 or 3% (ex 20%), red fruit coulis
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Cholesterol: craving for cheese and dessert
Craving cheese
Fancy a piece of cheese? Yes, twice a week, but don’t add another fatty food (meat, dessert…) at the same meal. You can eat it with bread, or integrate it into a preparation of your choice. For example, grated on a gratin, diced in a mixed salad.
The right menu
– Green salad + nuts
– Grilled chicken with herbs + vegetables green
– Part of cheese (30 to 40 g) + cereal bread
– Pineapple
Pastry craving
Pastries and “fatty and sweet” desserts such as galettes des Rois, crèmes brûlées, Paris-Brest, etc. are the most formidable. At home, bake cakes and pie crusts made with olive or rapeseed oil. Outdoors, prefer thefruit pies, leaving the dough aside, fruit salads and sorbets, with a few pieces of meringue (zero cholesterol).
The right menu
– Salad grapefruit and shrimps (without mayonnaise)
– White fish with lemon juice + spinach with vegetable cream
– Apple pie (olive oil dough)
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Cholesterol: craving for an omelet and fries
Craving for a runny omelet
You can consume about 3 eggs per week, including those in cakes, sauces or desserts. It is therefore quite possible to prepare “classic” omelets, as long as they are not stuffed with bacon or cheese. Otherwise, try the vegetarian omelet with silky tofu.
The right menu
– Vegetable soup
– Omelet (2 eggs maximum, or 1 egg and 2 whites) + arugula salad
– Plain yogurt and diced pear
Craving fries
The problem comes from the quantity, but above all from the quality of the oils used. The peanut contains a lot ofunsaturated fatty acids and is well suited for fried foods. Bake homemade fries in the oven, the spring rolls in a non-stick pan and the samosas in the oven, just brushed with a little olive oil. Beware of store-bought spring rolls, the garnish of which is often very oily …
The right menu
– Cucumber in yogurt (plain) with mint
– Grilled white meat + oven fries
– Compote + 1 tsp. to c. of Oat bran
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Cholesterol: Craving for beef and seafood
Beef craving (Red)
Shaft, aiguillette, rump steak, tournedos, tenderloin, beef tenderloin: no problem with these lean pieces, twice a week. Ditto with defatted leg of lamb, veal cutlet, game and poultry
(without skin). For the pot-au-feu or Burgundy, choose the shank or the chuck. Avoid pork ribs, steaks and other ground meat preparations.
The right menu
– Salad lenses
– Tournedos (without bard) + green beans, mustard
– Fruit salad
Craving some seafood
They contain good unsaturated fatty acids, but they provide about 50 mg of cholesterol per 100 g. So don’t overdo it. And of course, no butter or mayonnaise. As for prawns, and other langoustines, their cholesterol is mainly concentrated in the head and eggs: eat only the tails.
The right menu
– 12 oysters (or 6 oysters and 6 langoustines)
– Rye bread, lemon
– Lamb’s lettuce salad rapeseed oil
– Baked apple with cinnamon
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