Recipe: GI South Beach - Chicken Ginger & Ricotta

• Chicken, marinated in ginger, lemon and garlic
• Oriental coleslaw with sesame
• Steamed peas
  
• Dessert: Ricotta Chocolate
  

Tonight I cooked my first South Beach GI meal! Pixi announces proudly. A Phase 1 meal. The two first weeks of the diet you kick-start, being very straight to yourself. And that's what Phase 1 is about.

I give the Chicken Ginger a 9 out of 10, Pixi continues. The coleslaw was super. And I like sesame and the peas was very good. The chicken? Fresh and tasty from the lemon. But in the recipe there was no salt, salt is a no-no during the diet, and that I missed.
The Ricotta gets 5 of 10. Ricotta is absolutely tasteless! I didn't want to add the sugar so it didn't taste very much ... at all!


GI South Beach Phase 1:

Marinated Chicken Fillets with Ginger and Garlic

1 tbs fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp fresh, grounded ginger
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 cloves of garlic
4 chicken fillets
olive oil

1. Prepare the marinade: mix lemon juice, ginger, pepper and garlic in a cup.
2. Place the chicken fillets in a bowl and add the marinade. Cover the bowl and put the fillets in the fridge for an hour.
3. Heat a pan to medium heat, add the olive oil and fry the chicken fillets for approx 4 minutes on each side or until they are well done.
This is a recipe for 4 persons.


Oriental Coleslaw

1/2 small head of cabbage, shredded
3 spring onions, chopped
2 tbs dark sesame oil
2 tbs (rice)vinegar
2 tbs sesame seeds, roasted

Mix cabbage, onions, oil and vinegar in a bowl and put it in the fridge. Before serving, add the roasted sesame seeds. Mix well.
Serves 4 persons.


Steamed Peas

If you don't have the means to steam the peas, cook them as normal.

Ricotta Cream with Chocolate

100 gr ricotta cheese
1/4 tbs vanilla
sugar substitute to your taste
1 tsp chopped, dark chocolate

Mix the ingredients in a bowl. Serve the Ricotta Cream well chilled.