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Healthy Christmas Mains
Despite our sweltering temperatures on Christmas Day, many Aussie families still like to do the big roast turkey/meat with mounds of roasted vegetables and lashings of gravy. If you are looking to dish up a healthier Christmas main this year, the roast can still be served with some healthy adjustments. Remove the FatBefore you roast your chosen meat, remove any visible fat before roasting and ignore recipes that advise to rub the skin/flesh with oil or butter before cooking. Marinate or season the skin/flesh for added flavour. Roast the meat on a rack placed over a tray of water to keep it moist. Remove skin as serving.Use olive oil spray to lightly spray potatoes, pumpkin and carrots before roasting, instead of allowing them to sit in a bath of oil. Better yet, bake the pumpkin and potato. Slightly wet larger pieces of potato and pumpkin (with skin), sprinkle with some garlic salt and wrap in alfoil. Bake for just over an hour to soften and caramelise.Steam it UpOffer a variety of colourful steamed vegetables this year. Try cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, carrots, yellow squash, asparagus, broccolini or sweet corn. Sprinkle with a small amount of garlic salt during steaming for a flavour enhancer.Lavish itSet fatty meat drippings with ice cubes and then remove congealed fat before using to make gravy. Use some Instant gravy mixed with flour. And the water you have just used to steam your vegetables for some added taste. Mint sauce and cranberry sauces are also low fat ways to add flavour to meals. Cranberry sauce is high in sugar and kilojoules, so serve it in a small serving dish with a teaspoon.
Added to site on : Monday, 17 December 2012