5 Easy Ways To Add Taste To Your Menu

1. Use herbs and spices freely when putting together a Dukan diet recipe

It is easy to be too strict with yourself when starting a new diet. The Attack Phase of the Dukan diet is supposed to be tough, it is not called an ‘attack’ for nothing, but it doesn’t have to be taste-free, bland, experience! When you are preparing your food don’t forget to add things like chillis, parsley, thyme, garlic, cinnamon, onion, spring onion, chives, mint and so on. When I when on my Attack Phase, I was way too strict not even allowing myself onion – this made things much harder than they had to be!

2. Replace sugar with sweetner, vanilla, cinnamon, etc.

You are not allowed to add sugar when you are on the Dukan diet. However, you are allowed to add sweetener. Now some people are worried about using sweetners, having heard that there are risks to using these artificial flavourings. The belief that there is a link between sweeteners and conditions like cancer, diabetes, lupus, etc. is widespread due to a very effective internet hoax. The hoax has been debunked by such organizations as the FDA, The American Council on Science and Health, Reports in The Lancet, and the affair has been written up in Time Magazine. For more information on the Aspartame hoax click this link.

You can add more deliciousness to your sweet Dukan diet recipes by adding vanilla (essence and pods), cinnamon and nutmeg (although, I don’t like nutmeg so don’t use it if I’m coming around for tea!)

3. Pickled gherkins and pickled onions

Chopped up and sprinkled onto Dukan diet friendly food, pickled gherkins and onions add some tangy deliciousness to your food. Caution: While you can add a small amount of these to food during the Attack Phase, you can not munch your way through loads of gherkins or onions – if you do they count as vegetables. One gherkin or one onion, diced, is my guide to using them as a condiment – any more than that and you are eating them as a vegetable.

4. Vinegar

As far as I am concerned, vinegar is an essential Dukan diet condiment. All vinegars are allowed, for a real treat, use balsamic vinegar – it’s delicous. You can simply add the vinager directly to your food or you can make delicious sauces with it. A simple, delicious dressing can be made from:

* Vinegar
* low-fat yogurt
* A small amount of French mustard

Mix them up and enjoy!

5. Mustard

Mustard can be used to add flavour to your meats. You can enjoy French or English mustard. Although it isn’t mustard, it’s like a mustard in that it comes in pot and is hot, you can also use horseradish to add some heat and taste to your food. Like Japanese food? You can flavour your food with wasabi and ginger – both allowed on the Dukan diet.