What's for dinner?

maryannamber

I usually start with a very healthy breakfast and a good lunch but when it comes to dinner, I dont know what to eat that I just turn to processed or unhealthy food. ( p.s Im pescetarian)

Any suggestions?

spritey86

I have brown rice/jacket potato/sweet potato/wholewheat noodles/salad with something in the evenings. Its all about the accompanying meat and sauce for me. Tonight is chicken, chorizo and red pepper kebab with brown rice. Last night was courgetti with chicken and pesto. Yummylishious. Probably not very helpful but felt compelled to answer the question since dinner tonight is going to be beautiful lol

Need2Exerc1se

Check out some lower calorie recipe sites for dishes that look for you.

skinnytaste.com, eatingwell.com, cookinglight.com are good sites. But a quick search for 'reduced calorie recipes' will get you more recipes than you could read in a day.

cwolfman13

Tonight I'm grilling some cod and we'll be having baked sweet potato with a sauteed veggie medley of zucchini, summer squash, red onion, and spinach.

VeryKatie

I'm thinking tuna casserole. And cooked carrots.

janejellyroll

Tonight I am having potato soup and kidney beans cooked with coconut milk and habanero peppers.

The potato soup is from "Appetite for Reduction" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. It's one of my favorite cookbooks -- lower calorie recipes that are all designed to be made quickly and easily. They're all free of animal products so they could easily fit into your lifestyle.

kommodevaran

maryannamber wrote: »

I usually start with a very healthy breakfast and a good lunch but when it comes to dinner, I dont know what to eat that I just turn to processed or unhealthy food. ( p.s Im pescetarian)

Any suggestions?

Plan dinner in advance! Sit down sometime when you have time and write down dinners you (and your family) like. It can be old favorites, or recipes you want to try. Also look at your schedule. Will you have time to cook every night, or are you eating out some days? Make a list of meals you can realistically see yourself making, a week's worth, or a month's, depending on how many ideas you have. Decide how often you'll want to food shop, go through the recipes you'll be using in that time frame, and write down how much of each ingredient you'll need. Look through your pantry, fridge and freezer, and find out what you already have. (Keeping a running inventory is a great idea if that's your thing.) See if something can be combined - you won't necessarily need to buy three different pasta shapes if two are enough. See if there's something that is needed in just a tiny amount, but only is sold in large packets - can it be kept without spoiling, or can you use it in another recipe soon, can it be replaced, or can it be omitted completely?

Then head to the grocery store. Try to stick to your list. After a while, you'll notice what is working and what's not. Time to tweak. You can implement strategies to add flexibility and structure, tactics to save more money, time and effort, and improve cooking skills so that you get more and more tasty meals - a great way to make cooking fun and rewarding. Taking time to prepare a good meal and sitting down to eat a home cooked meal is a good thing for your family life (if you have a family), or even yourself if you eat alone.