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Hot Sauces for Healthier Living?
By Chris McCarthy
Everyone loves great tasting meals but most of the time the foods we eat contain too much salt and oil. Too much of those are definitely not good for you. How do you cut on these unhealthy ingredients? If you are used to strong flavors, a diet low in salt and oil can be very difficult to maintain. However, you can flavor your food with healthier options like herbs, spices, and yes, hot sauces! Hot sauces, in particular, are great food enhancers. With some creativity, you can prepare great tasting meals that are both healthy and satisfying.
Tips for a Better Diet
Stop frying and start grilling! Most people actually prefer the taste of grilled food. Seeing that grilling is a healthier cooking option, you should be doing it more often. Invest in a good outdoor grill. You can also investigate those indoor electric models for quick grill cooking. Instead of salt, try adding hot sauces and herbs to your barbecue marinade instead.
Hot sauce products make a great condiment. In fact, you can remove the salt shaker at home and place a variety of hot sauces instead. The African Rhino Peri-Peri Peppers Sauce is a great all-around flavor enhancer. From sandwiches to vegetable salads, this versatile condiment is a great alternative. You can buy it at InsaneChicken, a retailer of hard to find barbecue sauces and condiments.
Similarly, hot sauces can replace unhealthy or high-calorie ingredients like oil, butter and sugar without sacrificing on taste. For instance, if you make a lot of pasta dishes, you can try removing the butter and olive oil and replacing it with a dash of herbs and hot sauce instead. Your family will love the difference.
There are a variety of hot sauces that you can choose from. Make sure you pick one that has the lowest sodium content. For more variety, you can opt to buy online from one of those specialty barbecue condiment online retailers.
Quick Hot Sauce Recipes to Ignite Your Taste Buds
Hot Casserole – Adding hot sauces into your casserole sauce is a great way to invigorate this staple dish. This could be marinara sauce, spaghetti sauce, or even white sauce. Make sure you mix the sauce thoroughly so you won't have uneven hotness. Georgia Peach & Vidalia Onion Hot Sauce is an excellent choice for hot casseroles. It's mild enough to appeal to everyone, and the onion flavor complements any type of casserole.
Fried Rice is very easy and fast to make, perfect for busy parents. Just dice leftovers and your favorite vegetables, and sauté them in oil. It's a filling and delicious dish, but if you want to make it really special, you should add some hot sauce for extra heat. Once again, an excellent choice would be the Ass Kickin Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce available of course from InsaneChicken. The garlic taste blends well with the dish while the peppers add just the right amount of heat.
Fried Foods – You'll enjoy fried chicken, pork chops and steaks even more once you've added some hot and spicy flavors to it. Marinate meats in hot sauce for at least one hour with your favorite spices just before dipping them in flour.
I bet you never really knew you could put a precious few drops of hot sauce into the above dishes so do try them and give 'ordinary' dishes that extra zing.
Chris McCarthy is the owner of InsaneChicken's Hot Sauce and BBQ Sauce Catalog. InsaneChicken sells hot sauces, bbq sauces, bbq rubs and salsas from around the world. The site also has a Recipe of the Day section. Visit thier website http://www.insanechicken.com
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