Healthy Meals?

brittanysmith513

I have grown up all of my life eating crap, and eating a lot of fast food. I'm 23 now and trying to eat healthy. I've been snacking on a lot of fruits. And adding veggies to my meals. But I have no idea what to make for meals that are healthy. Any simple recipes? I'm vegetarian btw so no meat recipes please.
Thank you for any suggestions!

jr235

I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).

Nimco4930

I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).

I am in love with Manjulas food, I once came across her on youtube definitely need to try some of her dishes

brittanysmith513

Thanks, I'll try those! I love Amy's, her mac & cheese especially, but it's usually every once in a while since they are so expensive.

I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).

kittykatmeow13

Try going to to foodnework's website. www.foodtv.com. They have tons of recipes which you can target chefs that only does healthy foods, like Elle Krieger.