5 Fat-Burning Recipes Ready in 5 Minutes

April 24, 2014
Kana Okada
Short on time but want to make tasty food that slims you? Lucky for you, these dishes come together in five minutes or less. Mix and match these meals, and shed up to 11 pounds in 30 days!
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Fat-burning meals

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Short on time but want to make tasty food that slims you? Lucky for you, these dishes come together in five minutes or less. Plus, each is loaded with Resistant Starch (RS), a carb that's the cornerstone of The CarbLovers Diet and helps you drop pounds by revving your metabolism.

Eat these meals to stay svelte, or mix and match 'em, and shed up to 11 pounds in 30 days (just be sure to work in 45 minutes of vigorous cardio four times a week). Now get ready for your reveal!

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Breakfast

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Tartine With Blackberry-Thyme Salad

Ingredients:

blackberries, thyme, sugar, lemon juice, salt, baguette, butter, low-fat yogurt

Calories: 393

Resistant Starch: 1.2 grams

Try this recipe:Tartine With Blackberry-Thyme Salad

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Lunch

Shake With Hummus Sandwich

Ingredients:

raspberries, kale, fat-free yogurt, banana, honey, almond butter, wheat germ, ice, whole-grain English muffin, hummus

Pair each shake with an open-faced sandwich: 1 tablespoon hummus on 1 toasted whole-grain English muffin.

Calories: 407

Resistant Starch: 1.2 grams

Try this recipe:Shake With Hummus Sandwich

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Tuna and White Bean Crostino

For a healthy, satisfying appetizer or snack, try this recipe for Tuna and White Bean Crostino. It has nearly 4 grams of resistant starch, which has been shown to stimulate hormones that help your body burn fat. Watch the video to learn how to make this dish. Get the recipe: Tuna and White Bean Crostino

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Dinner

You can burn up to 300 extra calories every day just by eating the right foods. Watch the video to learn how to put together a chicken recipe that burns fatand calories, helping you to slim down faster. Plus, it only takes 5 minutes to make! Get the recipe: Grilled Chicken Cutlets With Summer Succotash

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Fried Brown Rice with Edamame

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Ingredients:

brown rice, eggs, reduced-sodium soy sauce, Sriracha (garlic-chile sauce), coleslaw mix, edamame, cilantro, peanuts, salad greens, ginger-sesame vinaigrette

Calories: 438

Resistant Starch: 1.7 grams

Try this recipe:Fried Brown Rice

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