Losing weight

The low calorie diet

Rather obviously, the low calorie diet is based on the fact that if you are going to achieve weight loss, the important thing to eat fewer calories than you need for exercise.

Definition of a calorie?
The calorie is a unit for measuring food's ability to produce heat and energy. A calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise one cubic centimeter of water by one degree centigrade. If a meal has higher calories, then it will will give you more energy when it is eaten.

Examples of low calorie foods include broccoli, cucumbers, apricot, meals containing beef, and low-fat cheese.













Sesame Chicken Fingers with Plum Sauce Recipe
Sesame Chicken Fingers with Plum Sauce Category Appetizer Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

20 -minutes preparation time

1 -hour marinating time

35 -minutes cooking time

--------------------------------INGREDIENTS-------------------------------- 3 lb Chicken breasts, skinless

-boneless 1 1/2 c Buttermilk

2 tb Lemon juice

2 ts Worcestershire sauce

1 ts Soy sauce

1 ts Paprika

1 ts Pepper; freshly ground

1 Garlic clove; minced

4 c Seasoned bread crumbs

1/2 c Sesame seeds

4 tb Butter; melted

12 oz Plum perserves

1 1/2 tb Dry mustard

1 1/2 tb Prepared white horseradish

1. If the breasts are whole, split them. Cut each chicken breast half

crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. In a large bowl, combine buttermilk, 1 T of the lemon juice, Worcestershire, soy sauce, paprika, pepper, and garlic. Add chicken strips and toss to coat. Cover and marinate at room temperater for 1 hour, or refrigerate overnight. 2. Preheat oven to 350F. Drain chicken well. In a large shallow bowl,

toss bread crumbs with sesame seeds to mix. Roll chicken in crumbs to coat. Arrange in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Drizzle melted butter over chicken fingers. Bake for 35 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, in a nonalluminum saucepan, combine plum preserves, mustard,

horseradish, and remaining 1 T lemon juice. Melt over low heat, stirring, until smooth. 4. Serve chicken fingers hot or warm, with plum sauce for dipping, on the

side. From: 365 Ways to Cook Chicken

 
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