Cooking Healthy Food

aml7128

Trying to eat healthier at home, but my husband and I have no idea how to cook healthy. Sounds sad, and cooking healthy sure sounds like it would be easy, but what kind of foods are the best for home-cooking and whatnot? I need some guidance here! Thanks!
-Alisha

healthygreek

I think you'll find what you are looking for on cookinglight.com

aml7128

Awesome! Thank you! Guess I coulda just googled! Haha.

Annie_01

Skinnytaste.com is another good site. Most of my recipes come from there. They are easy to modify depending on what you have in stock.

lemurcat12

Check out 101cookbooks too.

Also, although I know it's kind of retro, consider checking out some good basic cookbooks. I like Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything as a good starter resource, his Fish for, well, cooking fish, and Greene on Greens and Barbara Kafka's Vegetable Love as nice books about cooking veggies.

I don't cook special diet recipes at all (although I do enjoy Cooking Light from time to time and find it has good ideas). I just think in terms of creating a meal based around a protein (often a leaner protein, like fish, chicken/turkey, leaner beef, lamb, or pork cuts, but not always), lots of vegetables (I usually try to have multiple kinds, or at least a veggie and a salad), and then usually a starchy vegetable/grain, fruit, or dairy to round out the meal, but I am quite careful about my serving sizes, especially of the starches.

(This template fits something like a pasta too--the pasta is the starch, and I'll make a sauce by combining veggies and protein and then maybe add a little cheese.)

Apud85

If following a recipe seems intimidating, sometimes the more simple the meal, the better!

During the summer, my husband and I grill out a ton. He'll put some chicken breasts in an Italian dressing marinade and grill them, and we'll serve it with corn on the cob or a big salad with a whole grain roll as a side.

Also good is a turkey burger served on lettuce with some homemade bruschetta (diced tomatoes, red onion, basil, a little bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar) and melted mozzarella on top.

Pork chops in a little bit of olive oil, dried (or fresh!) rosemary, and salt and pepper grilled with a sweet potato and side salad is another easy meal.

Good luck!!

gurlofgod

I grill TONS of chicken and then cut it up and freeze it. Then I thaw and put it on salads, or mix with veggies and some kind of sauce (marinara, alfredo, teriyaki....) something like that. I try to base my meals around the protein and veggies instead of around the carb (pasta, rice, etc.) Though I wouldn't say I'm "low carb", the truth it you can get a lot more full on protein and veggies. So I usually add my carbs in the form of fruit or starchy veggies.

mistikal13

Tons of recipes/cooking tutorials online. Just do a healthy cooking search. Good luck!

ercaface

Try www.eatingwell.com too! Cooking is simple. Don't get stressed to overcomplicate things. Just follow the steps in a recipe and find out what works for you!

jgnatca

Cooking at home is almost automatically healthier, unless you plan on deep frying everything. Try roasting a chicken with baked potatoes on the side. Start with bag salad if that is easier. Simple recipes, great eating.