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10 Hearty And Delicious Recipes That Won’t Put You In A Food Coma

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10 Hearty And Delicious Recipes That Won’t Put You In A Food Coma

Hate that sluggish feeling you get in the office after having a heavy lunch? These recipes will put you out of a food coma quickly.

October 14, 2016

Hate that sluggish feeling you get in the office after having a heavy lunch?

The reason you’re feeling sluggish could be because you were consuming too much refined carbohydrates that resulted in a spike in your blood sugar level and caused you to experience a crash when your body is trying to neutralise and keep your blood sugar level at a healthy range.

You could also be feeling sleepy when you’ve eaten a heavy meal and your body is trying its hardest to digest whatever you’ve eaten.

To avoid this, make it a point to eat a balance diet with dietary components like proteins, fibre and carbohydrates. Doing so will ensure that your body doesn’t crash immediately after eating and you won’t feel so tired.

Here are 10 recipes that can help you avoid the dreaded mid-afternoon slump:

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10 Hearty And Delicious Recipes That Won't Put You In A Food Coma
1. Quinoa Salad With Broccoli And Orange
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This delicious Quinoa Salad With Broccoli And Orange makes healthy eating easy. Fibre and antioxidant rich, this vibrant salad, with its delightful mix of textures, makes a wonderfully refreshing lunch.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Bauer/Ben Dearnley
2. Roast Pumpkin Salad With Black Quinoa
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Quinoa, pronounced “keen-wa”, is cooked and eaten as a gluten-free grain alternative, but is in fact a seed. While it might be relatively new to many of us, quinoa has been a staple food for thousands of years in the Andean region of South America. It has delicate, slightly nutty taste and chewy texture.

Quinoa is rich in several B-group vitamins required to turn the food you eat into energy to fuel your body. A serve of quinoa will provide you with folate, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and smaller amounts of niacin. It is available in black, white and red varieties.

For a sustained energy  boost, try this Roast Pumpkin Salad With Black Quinoa.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Bauer/Ben Dearnley
3. Moroccan Couscous Salad
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An all-rounded and healthy Moroccan couscous salad. Dive in and relish tender lamb steaks alongside sautéd vegetables dressed in a zesty lemon dressing.

Find out how to make it, here. 

 

Photo: Rob Shaw/Bauer
4. Chicken Tagine With Couscous
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A delicious savoury stew, this chicken tagine with perfect is perfect to serve family style!

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Bauer/Brett Stevens
5. Swordfish And Warm Panzanella Salad
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Panzanella salad, a Tuscan bread and tomato salad, with baked swordfish is great to rev up how we typically consume our greens. Panzanella salad is a great way to use up a stale loaf.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: James Moffatt
6. Duck And Lychee Salad
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This duck and lychee salad contains both protein and fibre that will give you plenty of energy and nutrients for the day.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Bauer/Brett Stevens
7. Falafel Couscous Plate
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Why call takeout when this falafel couscous plate, packed with European flavours, only takes 10 minutes to put together! You got to try it to believe it. Saffron is rather pricey, but can easily be replaced with ¼ tsp tumeric for extra colour.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Rob Shaw/Bauer
8. Chicken And Veg Thai Green Curry
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A great way to met the family’s quota of veggies! This scrumptious Thai green curry contains a variety of vegetables as well as tender chicken strips.

Find out how to make it, here. 

Photo: Rob Shaw/Bauer
10. Lamb And Beetroot Burgers
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The soft rolls of this burger hold together a tender lamb patty surrounded by layers of Japanese cucumber, iceberg lettuce, a sweet beetroot mixture. Make sure you flatten the patties well – they’ll shrink during cooking.

Find out how to make it, here.

Photo: Rob Shaw/Bauer
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