A good dinner

Necas_necas

Hi, I would like to know what is a good and nutritional dinner for you. I'm sure that dinner is the meal that I make more mistakes because when I arrive home it's dinner time and I'm so hungry....so I would be very apreciated if you can tell me some tips and advices thank you,
-I

ariana_eatsandlifts

Eat whatever you like as long as it fits your calorie goal. I work long hours so I tend to cook in bulk- casseroles, chili, whole chickens... meals that can last a few days or get frozen for later.

ldrosophila

I did the best when I had a bag of raw veggies to nibble while I was prepping otherwise I'd "taste" myself into calorie oblivion. Chewing sugar free gum or drinking water/tea/wine also helped.

lemurcat12

Plan ahead, like on the weekend (or closer if you need to buy meat or take it out of the freezer), and have the food you want to eat ready to go and some meal ideas.

I tend to think of dinner as a combination of protein, vegetables, and a starch or other extra.

I have in mind what the protein will be a day or two in advance so it's ready to go (unless I use something like smoked salmon that stays good longer). I commit to working with the vegetables I have so I will use them up. I figure out if there are things that have a longer cooking time how to deal with them -- cook ahead on the weekend? slow cooker?

For most things I just cook when I get home -- lots of things are really fast. Often I just do the starch and veg as sides, but often I do a stir-fry or pasta with homemade sauce with lean meat and vegetables (or I make a vegetable-heavy meat and tomato sauce in advance). I might substitute fruit or extra veg for the starch if I'm trying to save calories.

Common dinner would be something like salmon plus sweet potatoes plus green beans, zucchini, and mushroom sautee. Substitute any meat for the salmon, potatoes or rice or corn or pasta, etc. for the sweet potatoes, any veg or combination of veg for the vegetables.

goldthistime

I agree that it needs to fit your calorie goal as well as macro/micro, and "good" is going to be pretty subjective, but I'll answer anyway. I like to have meat of some sort (usually chicken), two servings of vegetables if I can (one of which might be a salad), and a smallish serving of a starch (rice for example). I have a dinner like that once or twice a week. The rest of them are good too, in my opinion, but they are all over the map in content.

Kalikel

The easiest thing I do is to let some onion caramelize in cast iron and then add my veggies, meat and spices to that and pop the whole mess into the oven. It really doesn't get any easier. It might get yummier, but as far as I'm concerned, if onions are involved, it's yummy.

sixxpoint

One high protein component... one green veggie component... any other whole food you desire.

All with an adequate fat component or sauce.

macgurlnet

I have the same issue of coming home and just wanting to eat right away.

So, here's some thoughts:

-incorporate a small snack towards the end of your workday that will tide you over until dinner
-pre-plan dinners for the whole week
-cook extra portions on the weekend and refrigerate or freeze

I mainly do the last two. On Saturday/Sunday, I plan out what I'm going to eat each day and write it down. 2-3 days, I'm taking something out of the freezer the night before, letting it thaw, then eating it for dinner. The other days, I'll take out some meat to thaw (right now, chicken or brats), cook that up & steam or roast some veggies.

Having a plan helps a lot - and means I'm not stopping somewhere on the way home so I can have hot food.

~Lyssa

Sabine_Stroehm

Necas_necas wrote: »

Hi, I would like to know what is a good and nutritional dinner for you. I'm sure that dinner is the meal that I make more mistakes because when I arrive home it's dinner time and I'm so hungry....so I would be very apreciated if you can tell me some tips and advices thank you,
-I

Good and nutritious and tasty? Some sort of protein/fat with some sort of vegetable. Something you'd enjoy

My dinner tonight (out) will be a big caesar salad with a hunk of grilled salmon on it.
I love this dinner.

Sabine_Stroehm

Kalikel wrote: »

The easiest thing I do is to let some onion caramelize in cast iron and then add my veggies, meat and spices to that and pop the whole mess into the oven. It really doesn't get any easier. It might get yummier, but as far as I'm concerned, if onions are involved, it's yummy.

I like the way you think!

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