4 Low Calorie Recipes With Natural Pineapple

Pineapple is one of the tastiest fruits that exist. Its acid flavor with small touches of pleasant sweetness make it suitable for all types of diners. It is ideal to combine with meats, salads or to make imaginative desserts. Learn how to make four delicious recipes with natural pineapple!

In addition to the aforementioned, according to the Spanish Nutrition Foundation, ripe pineapple mainly provides carbohydrates, vitamin C and iodine, in addition to bromelain, an enzyme with proteolytic action, that is, it can break down protein molecules thus releasing the amino acids that form them.

For this reason (and others that we will share with you below), we want to present these simple recipes so that you and your family can enjoy the properties of natural pineapple.

Properties of natural pineapple

Pineapple is a tropical fruit that today can reach all parts of the world, and, depending on the season, you can find it at a good price.

Although it is also often sold in jars and in syrup, we always recommend that you consume natural pineapple so that you can take advantage of its properties as much as possible, indicated in an extensive study by the International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences:

• Pineapple would be diuretic and purifying, which is why it would help eliminate toxins from the body.
• It would prevent constipation.
• It would facilitate digestion
• It would help burn fat, at least as suggested by the results of a 2018 animal study, where it was concluded that pineapple juice would be useful to increase fat breakdown and burning. More research is needed to support this claim in humans.
• Pineapple is rich in vitamins C, B1, B6, folic acid, and potassium.
• It contains an enzyme called bromelain that would help with digestion and destroy intestinal parasites.

Recipes with pineapple

Chicken salad with pineapple

Ingredients

• A boiled chicken
• A fresh pineapple
• A large apple.
• A lemon
• A lettuce

For the sauce

• A few teaspoons of olive oil
• Two walnuts
• 2 sprigs of celery
• Some mustard seeds
• Juice of one lemon
• A pinch of pepper

Elaboration

1. We start by washing the lettuce and cutting it into pieces according to the desired quantity, and then making the same with the apple and pineapple, we wash them and cut them into cubes.
2. Now we peel the celery and grate it, put it in the salad bowl and add the lemon juice, the walnuts, also cut into small pieces, a pinch of pepper and the mustard seeds. We let these ingredients marinate for half an hour.
3. When we have the chicken boiled, we bone it and cut the meat into slices.
4. We include all the ingredients in the salad bowl : the chicken in pieces, the apple, the pineapple, the celery, the walnuts, all this will have a pleasant flavor of lemon, mustard and the tone of the included fruits, a salad that is as healthy as it is delicious.

Pineapple cake suitable for diabetics

Ingredients

• 1 natural pineapple
• 200 gr of shortcrust pastry (puff pastry)
• 3 tablespoons of cream, it can be custard or even a natural yogurt without sugar
• 100 gr of toasted pine nuts
• 15 raisins.

Elaboration

1. We bake the puff pastry until it is golden brown. On it we spread the cream that we have chosen, or we can make it ourselves or we can include a yogurt, or some custard without sugar. In that cream we also include the pine nuts and raisins.
2. Cut the pineapple into slices and put it on the puff pastry and on the prepared cream. We take it to the oven for ten minutes so that the pineapple bakes a little and it will be ready to eat. It is a simple and healthy dessert suitable for diabetics.

Fill pineapple

Ingredients:

• 1 pineapple
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (corn flour)
• 3 spoonfuls of sugar
• 1 bit of kirsh
• 4 bananas
• Meringue
• Pineapple juice

1. Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise and empty it to preserve the shell, which will be the mold for this dessert.
2. For the cream, we will beat the 3 yolks including a teaspoon of cornstarch, 3 tablespoons of sugar and a little kirsch liqueur. We beat it a lot until it is creamy, and then take it to the fire in a saucepan with the pineapple juice, stirring to thicken it.
3. We take the bananas and the pineapple that we have obtained when emptying it, we pass them through the blender to obtain a paste as homogeneous as possible. Later, we mixed it with the cream that we had on the fire. The cream that we will get is simply delicious.
4. Finally, we put this cream on the pineapple rinds that we had previously emptied. To finish decorating it, we include the meringue, beating the egg whites well. We take it all a few minutes to grill in the oven to brown them and this dessert will be ready to serve.

Pineapple juice for weight loss

Ingredients

• 2 slices of pineapple
• Half a lemon
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 glass of water

Preparation

1. We will cut two slices of fresh pineapple, we will take it to the blender until we obtain a juice that will be a little thick.
2. Next, we take a glass of water and add two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, the lemon juice and the pineapple juice. It may seem a bit strange, but this preparation is great not only to burn fat, but also to improve our digestion. Do not stop trying it.

Pineapple is not only a tasty and different fruit, but it could also provide interesting health benefits. Of course, remember that a fruit, vegetable, or herb will never replace medical treatment. If you suffer from any disorder, consult your trusted doctor.