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shmalan

I will one day find my swolemate and she will cook for me . I ended up getting my calories by a fruit smoothie with a protein powder last night and for lunch today. I tried cooking last night and my smoke alarm went off for burning chicken. Cooking is just not my talent.

shmalan

TLentz76

good one..

babybluentexas

shmalan wrote: »

I will one day find my swolemate and she will cook for me . I ended up getting my calories by a fruit smoothie with a protein powder last night and for lunch today. I tried cooking last night and my smoke alarm went off for burning chicken. Cooking is just not my talent.

Aww.. It's so fun though. Ok I'm probably a kitchen nerd.

babybluentexas

Just get one of these...

999tigger

Quite a funny gif, but id have to kill you, Good luck though youll do fine.

RodaRose

babybluentexas wrote: »

This is what I made for dinner tonight. Hatch chili stuffed pork chops (HEB premade them), and I topped it with a quinotto with chia seeds, and made some sweet potatoes and spaghetti squash. See my diary for calories. Think you would be surprised!

That is the most amazing low calorie meal I have every seen. So beautiful.
I am curious about the quinotto.

Annaleighmarie

Hey there shmalan ,I guess you would start to feel like a bunny after eating so many salads! Maybe eat some eggs or grilled chicken..? I'm afraid ,I can't be of much help in the eating healthy area since if you want to be healthy you should probably do the opposite of what I usually do. Anyway,good luck on your weight loss journey!

sidricks

I look forward to my salad every day. Thankfully lol. Buy one of those pre cooked roasted chickens and tear it all apart and keep it in your fridge. Use on sad salads, wraps or just to snack on

firephoenix8

Ok...less cooking. We can do this!

This is one of my favorite lunches for work, especially because one prep session = 4 meals. No cooking involved. I usually add a few Kettle chips and some unsweetened tea, for about 350 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/salmon_salad_sandwiches.html

This one is technically a salad, but I've never found it very...salad-y. Also no cooking involved. I'll be real honest and say I buy lime juice in the little squeeze bottles in the produce section and leave out the cilantro. I get 231 calories, via MFP. https://www.eatthismuch.com/recipe/view/chicken-and-avocado-salad,33519/

For this one you have to boil pasta, and you probably want to add a vegetable of some kind to be really healthy. I get 201 calories per serving as written, via MFP. https://www.eatthismuch.com/recipe/view/veggie-tuna-mac,48545/

I haven't made this yet, but I'm planning on it next week. Maybe pizza would be worth a little cooking? http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/broccoli_rabe_chicken_white_pizza.html

Frozen spinach and cheese ravioli...all you do is warm the spinach with some oil in a skillet while boiling the ravioli, for 263 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/florentine_ravioli.html

If you like Mexican food, this one is nice. You mix up a filling of black beans, cheese, salsa, and avocado, put it in tortillas, and heat them in a skillet. If you want you could skip the skillet and heat them in the microwave. EatingWell says 377 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/black_bean_quesadillas.html

The other thing is if you bake chicken or white fish, you can easily add seasonings to make it a different taste on different days. I like doing a little honey with some butter, black pepper and a generous amount of cayenne pepper; or cover the filets with spinach and douse liberally with vanilla extract with a bit of salt. Spices like cayenne, garlic, black pepper, etc are basically free, so play with them. I often just smell the bottle to see whether it smells like what I'm in the mood for.

kastephens11

Another super easy method to eat healthy is freezer meals! You just throw all ingredients in a freezer bag, and when you want to eat it, unthaw in the fridge overnight and throw it in the crock pot for the day. This was my life savior during the spring when I had class all day. I would come home and food would be done. There are some super yummy recipes out there and requires little work.

whiteblossom14

firephoenix8 wrote: »

Ok...less cooking. We can do this!

This is one of my favorite lunches for work, especially because one prep session = 4 meals. No cooking involved. I usually add a few Kettle chips and some unsweetened tea, for about 350 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/salmon_salad_sandwiches.html

This one is technically a salad, but I've never found it very...salad-y. Also no cooking involved. I'll be real honest and say I buy lime juice in the little squeeze bottles in the produce section and leave out the cilantro. I get 231 calories, via MFP. https://www.eatthismuch.com/recipe/view/chicken-and-avocado-salad,33519/

For this one you have to boil pasta, and you probably want to add a vegetable of some kind to be really healthy. I get 201 calories per serving as written, via MFP. https://www.eatthismuch.com/recipe/view/veggie-tuna-mac,48545/

I haven't made this yet, but I'm planning on it next week. Maybe pizza would be worth a little cooking? http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/broccoli_rabe_chicken_white_pizza.html

Frozen spinach and cheese ravioli...all you do is warm the spinach with some oil in a skillet while boiling the ravioli, for 263 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/florentine_ravioli.html

If you like Mexican food, this one is nice. You mix up a filling of black beans, cheese, salsa, and avocado, put it in tortillas, and heat them in a skillet. If you want you could skip the skillet and heat them in the microwave. EatingWell says 377 calories. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/black_bean_quesadillas.html

The other thing is if you bake chicken or white fish, you can easily add seasonings to make it a different taste on different days. I like doing a little honey with some butter, black pepper and a generous amount of cayenne pepper; or cover the filets with spinach and douse liberally with vanilla extract with a bit of salt. Spices like cayenne, garlic, black pepper, etc are basically free, so play with them. I often just smell the bottle to see whether it smells like what I'm in the mood for.

Mmm thanks for that

babybluentexas

That is the most amazing low calorie meal I have every seen. So beautiful.
I am curious about the quinotto.[/quote]

Thanks so much! The quinotto reminds me of grits in a way, but it is quinoa and chia seed with a little cream and parm? I buy it prepackaged at the health store. Here is my dinner from tonight:
Sirloin with balsamic and Gorgonzola, roasted squash and zucchini, and a baker with a hatch chili sour cream topper that I made! 546 calories for it all!

babybluentexas

dwarfiegodsmack

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penguin13mfp

Anyone else funny can friend me too!!

shmalan

Okay okay. I do apologize for my absence this week. I have been busy... With my cooking skills. That's right. So many people have been messaging me and sending me links for cooking and now I feel like a pro. I've had posta or before heavy training days and lean proteins, plenty of delicious salads, smoothies, deserts. The MFP community is truly to kind to me. You guys are awesome and I truly am grateful for all the help. If there is anything I can help with just let me know. I'm not the most fit person I know but I've tried to keep as many people motivated daily as I can. Thank you for all the encouragement. Tomorrow is Monday I think I'm going to have some soup. Any recommendations?

editorgrrl

shmalan wrote: »

Tomorrow is Monday I think I'm going to have some soup. Any recommendations?

In this weather?! I like gazpacho with a huge dollop of guacamole (or half an avocado, diced). http://www.chow.com/recipes/29595-basic-tomato-gazpacho