How to make a healthy sandwich
Alpa Momaya
November 4, 2014 - 7:47 am
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Summary
Sans cheese and other hi-calorie fillings, a sandwich can still be tasty. It can be a healthy sandwich. #1 Healthy chicken salad sandwich Ingredients: Multigrain bread – 2 Cooked chicken breast, sliced – 1/4 cup Chopped apple – 2 tsp. Hard-boiled egg, peeled and chopped to pieces – 1/4 Low-fat yoghurt – 2tsp. Black pepper […]
Sans cheese and other hi-calorie fillings, a sandwich can still be tasty. It can be a healthy sandwich.
#1 Healthy chicken salad sandwich
Ingredients:
- Multigrain bread – 2
- Cooked chicken breast, sliced – 1/4 cup
- Chopped apple – 2 tsp.
- Hard-boiled egg, peeled and chopped to pieces – 1/4
- Low-fat yoghurt – 2tsp.
- Black pepper for taste
- Salt for taste
- Lettuce – 1 (optional)
Method of making:
Step 1: In a bowl stir together chicken, apple, and egg.
Step 2: Add yogurt ; stir to combine.
Step 3: Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or cover and chill up to 4 hours.
Step 4: Spread chicken mixture on half of the bread slices. Top with lettuce, and the other slice of bread.
Cut out the edges, if desired, and serve.
| Nutritive value of chicken salad sandwich (serving 1) | |
| Nutrient | |
| Energy (kcal) | 196 |
| fat (g) | 2.9 |
| Carbohydrate(g) | 32 |
| Protein (g) | 6.9 |
| Dietary fiber(g) | 6.1 |
| Calcium(mg) | 31 |
#2 Healthy sprout salad sandwiches
Ingredients:
- Multigrain bread slices – 2
- Hungcurd – 2tsp.
- Moong dal sprouts (steamed)- ¼ cup
- Tomato, chopped – 1 tbsp
- Cucumber-chopped – 1 tbsp
- Bell pepper-chopped- 1 tbsp
- Pepper – ¼ tsp
- Mustard powder-pinch
- Salt as per taste
Method of making
Step 1: Mix all the raw ingredients together in a bowl
Step 2: Mash the sprouts, lightly.
Step 3: Add sprouts to hung curd, and add pepper, mustard powder and salt.
Step 4: Spread the mixture on to the bread
You can bite right into it, or grill it and then eat!
| Nutritive value of Sprout salad sandwich (serving 1) | |
| Nutrient | |
| Energy (kcal) | 170 |
| fat (g) | 0.7 |
| Carbohydrate(g) | 33 |
| Protein (g) | 6.9 |
| Dietary fiber(g) | 5.8 |
| Calcium(mg) | 40 |
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