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Watching the Olympic Games can have you riveted to your seat. The best way to ensure you get your required carbs and still not miss out on anything is quick but nutritious pasta. Baked Penne pasta Al Forno containing tomato cream and five kinds of cheese can really taste heavenly and good for your diet. The veggies include asparagus, radicchio, pumpkin and shitake mushroom. The various cheeses consist of mozzarella, gorgonzola, romano, fontina, and ricotta. With a good helping of cream, canned tomatoes and freshly picked basil you have amazing pasta that looks heavenly even in the picture.
French toast is a simple enough item to munch on when your favorite Olympic sport features on TV, but what happens when you spruce it up with a tasty gruyere. The combination becomes a savory dish supplementing your daily carb intake. What you get is a complete breakfast with Cheese, toast, and egg a great three in one combination. Gruyere cheese is well known as the most popular choice for baked items and makes a great sandwich. Your French toast gruyere along with a helping of mushrooms, garlic, pepper and Challah bread will be delicious. The picture says it all.
The dish in this image is a great Olympic Time TV snack ensuring you get a proper serving of carbohydrate when cooking isn’t just on your mind during the Olympic games. Potatoes are versatile and there is a lot you can do with them. Tater tots are one such dish that can be rustled up quickly. To get your tater tots as tasty as they look in the image, you need to mix the potatoes with a mixture of roasted garlic and parmesan and a sprinkle of olive oil. Shape the roasted tots according to your desire and when baked, enjoy with a dollop of tomato ketchup.
Can anyone resist the monkey bread shown here in this picture? It has been cooked to perfection, golden brown and will also taste good with a flavor of spiced chai and cinnamon. A good way to munch on carb rich spiced sweetened bread while watching the Olympics. The bread itself is made from total wheat flour. Even though cinnamon can be used instead of chai spice still adding both gives it that zest sweet flavor. The chai spice coating also contains grounded or spice powders like cardamom, ginger, all spice added to brown sugar, unsalted butter and scraped vanilla bean seeds.
Spaghetti is a universal favorite with everyone. This is why it is widely used as a quick TV time snack too. However the spaghetti ala Foriana in the picture will have you feeling you’re tasting an amazing recipe for the first time. The benefit of foriana sauce is that you could refrigerate it and use it on other food items as well. The sauce consists of walnuts, pine nuts, oregano, garlic, raisins and black pepper. It not only tantalizes your palate, its quite a healthy concoction. The spaghetti part uses spaghettini, foriana sauce and pecorino cheese. The heavenly aroma of garlic oregano and pepper compliments the nutty flavors.
Blueberry muffins have always been a good source of carbs. Blueberries too are rich in minerals and antioxidants. With an added spoonful of wheat germ you have a very nutritious muffin, an ideal snack while watching sports. The image in the picture speaks and a good example of what could be your result. The inner layer is full of tasty blueberry and toasted coconut filing. Yes coconut which is also added to the baking mixture adding a lot of flavor. With added milk and butter you are sure to enjoy these muffins which have a creamy and fluffy exterior that melts in your mouth.
Caramelized pierogis or dumplings now that’s really something else. Watching the subtle browned pierogis as an after effect of caramelizing them in the pan will make anyone hungry. Fast cooking snacks like these are ideal for a whole day of Television viewing. You get your carbs too. pierogi with mushrooms and potatoes can be delectable due to the soft and delicate flavor of sour cream which goes all chewy in your mouth, however Greek yoghurt flavored dough is a much more popular choice. Chopped onions along with the mashed potatoes and mushrooms folded into your pierogis are sure to enhance the flavor.
Nobody can really get enough of potatoes. Besides providing you a rich source of carbs, they can be used in various ways to rustle up some really tasty snacks. Just like this item here in this picture. Mashed potato cakes with cheese and broccoli. The texture of the exterior layer can be seen vividly which is proof that this will taste as crunchy as it looks. It’s the crumb based frying that does the trick. Using Yukon potatoes and cheddar cheese completes the flavor with a dash of pepper, garlic, milk and sour cream. Having this with poached egg is recommended.
Zesty lemon on focaccia bread looks extremely inviting in this picture. One can imagine the contrasting tastes in this TV time snack. The bread with its soft and subtle flavor mixed with the tanginess of the lemon make it a tart of sorts. With simultaneous tastes of sweet salty and sour this focaccia can get really addictive. What enhances the flavor is the delicately bitter taste of the lemon rind that mingles with the salt and sweetness of the focaccia. Lemons are rich in vitamin C. the bread itself is a known source of carbohydrates so it’s more or less a well balanced quicktime meal.
Can anyone think of a fast carb snack than Italian ricotta gnocchi? This grandmother favorite recipe. When it comes to pasta there is nothing better than the handmade variety. Pasta made from semolina is not only healthier than the refined flour kind but tastier too. Gnocchi or semolina pasta when cooked with ricotta or light whey cheese can give you one of the best meals of your life. Adding a bit of parmesan cheese heightens the flavor. The picture is a perfect representation of homely ricotta gnocchi with a sprinkle of nutmeg. Totally wholesome and nutritious. Ideal for a TV day at the Olympics.
Potatoes added to baked items lend a particular texture and moisture. Potatoes mixed into cakes benefit by removing the fat content which isn’t very healthy. What remains are fiber and the nutritious elements essential for a good diet. The image of this heavenly chocolate cake with mashed potato and ganache really hits the spot. Made with a mixture of mashed potato melted chocolate and ganache which is actually heated cream. The potatoes in the mixture tossed with buttermilk eggs and vanilla extract is what gives the savory taste to the cake. The chocolate flavored ganache poured over the cake as seen in the picture looks tempting and sinful.
