Friends who like to cook healthy foods wanted!

GorillaNJ

I think when you add a recipe, it just calculates the calories and then treats it as one item - so you can't click on it (even in your own diary) and see the ingredients. They should change this, as I'd love to go 'Ooh, X posted this recipe, I'll click and see what's involved'.

I seem to remember from WW online that you added the ingredients and a method (this was quite time-consuming, as it often broke and you had to re-submit), but it was better in that you could see the recipe. It also had the function where, if you went into a recipe and edited it (say, increased the amount of one ingredient), the number of calories would update in your diary if you already added it, whereas here currently you have to delete and re-add the recipe.

You can go into the recipe section and re-open one. To see what is in it or make changes. For the most part I have some of my favorite things or base things like my Red Sauce that gets put into so many of my other dishes.

It would be great if there was a better recipe sharing feature on here though...

behind_blue_eyes_83

Yep, but am I right that if you say add say 'Spaghetti Bolognese' to your diary for that night, then when you are making it you change the recipe a little, and go into the recipe to edit it - it doesn't automatically update the new calorie total in your diary. You need to delete and re-enter the edited recipe, right?

Also, if you do an alternative to a regular recipe, it would be useful to copy the recipe and have two versions. So for instance I make this Asian noodle soup with Pork and Lemongrass meatballs. One night I made turkey meatballs instead - I had to change the original recipe to turkey, rather than being able to copy and have two - one pork, one turkey.

GorillaNJ

Yep, but am I right that if you say add say 'Spaghetti Bolognese' to your diary for that night, then when you are making it you change the recipe a little, and go into the recipe to edit it - it doesn't automatically update the new calorie total in your diary. You need to delete and re-enter the edited recipe, right?

Also, if you do an alternative to a regular recipe, it would be useful to copy the recipe and have two versions. So for instance I make this Asian noodle soup with Pork and Lemongrass meatballs. One night I made turkey meatballs instead - I had to change the original recipe to turkey, rather than being able to copy and have two - one pork, one turkey.

That is true, if you change the recipe it does not back change in your diary. Which is helpful if you are tracking over a long time... you would not want to change the calories you had a month ago.

Pork and Lemongrass meatballs sound great!

babynew

I'm cunfused..does this mean we can,or can not see each others recipes ? ..if so,How???
I just figured out last night,how to see MY ingredients,as oposed to just the title to do the input.geeeeze

behind_blue_eyes_83

Ah, that's true, I never thought of the historical record! Haha! Would still like to be able to copy recipes easily though - and share, as you say.

Babynew - we can't see each other's recipes. If you add a recipe, and enter it into your diary it just says 'Spanish Omelette' or whatever, with no details. How do you mean, see your ingredients?

Similarly if someone enters their spanish omelette recipe into the database, you can see the total calories, but not all the ingredients. This seems like an easy thing for them to change one day...

pdworkman

I pretty much cook everything from scratch. I am vegetarian, grain free, dairy free, lots of whole foods. I don't have a lot of recipes entered on MFP, I usually am lazy and just go with the closest thing in the MFP database. But if you see an entry in my diary that you want a recipe for, just message me.

My diary is only open to friends. Let me know who you are when you friend me.

Pam

babynew

I guess i meant I just learned as Gorilla said,to re open
My own recipe,to see my ingredients. IT WAS frustrating before, as when i clicked on it to retrieve my ingreds, all i got was my diary input,& had to go hunting for what i made up.I am a lil slow At this..regrettably so. ,but not going to give up.
Bty love to know your B. Gnochi..:flowerforyou:

behind_blue_eyes_83

Ah I see what you mean. Gnocchi are dead simple, but take a while and make a mess of your kitchen! With sweet potatoes, you boil or bake until soft, then add plain flour until you get a dough-like consistency (it's never the same amount because it depends on the size of your potato/es). You can add parmesan and a little grated nutmeg if you like. You then roll out long tubes and cut off small pieces (about 50p piece), which you squish with a fork. Then boil in a large pan of water - when they float, they're done! Toss with anything like roast veg, roast garlic, spinach, rocket, ricotta, mozzarella, goat's cheese, basil, cherry tomatoes etc etc (not ALL of these, obviously!). One potato goes really far because of the flour, but have a small portion, as they are REALLY filling.

lornabug

I love to cook, and am just starting to get back into it since I've been on MFP. I got the America's Test Kitchen Light & Healthy cookbook. It's an annual publication where they revamp some of the year's favorite recipes to be low cal but still best flavor. So far I've been thrilled with it!

I recently made a famous mac & cheese recipe with 1lb of cheese just to see if I could eat a regular sized portion and work it into my diary. It was only 500 calories a serving and totally doable! Sometimes healthy cooking boils down to just portion size I guess.

I love to get ideas from people so feel free to add me! My food diary is also public.

Crystllvlnd

HI, I am in the states but love to cook it has been challenging to find new interesting meals that are healthy so I would love to see some of your ideas, and I will put some of mine in here also. I am new so just getting the hang of MFP but I do already have one recipe that I tried and it was great. Feel free to take a look and anyone who wants to add me as a friend I need all the support I can get..
Thank you

CocoaBeautiful78

In Australia but will still be friends!

This is soooooooooo off topic but are those your lips? If so what color is that? Killer!

ShawtyLatina

I'm in the US but I do measure everything by grams if that helps. I would LOVE to see what everybody else creative brain is coming up with. I'm a french trained chef and had to un-train myself in order to lose the first 125 lbs. Now I'm toying with moving my diet first to vegetarian and then to vegan. Right now I'm probably 80%veg and 50%vegan with a sprinkle of the animal proteins here and there.

In my short time with try to make the switch, I've encountered a few challenges:

1) I'm over on fiber by 20 or so grams a day. The pregnant bloated feeling is killing me. Not sure how to change that since fiber is in all the veggies and whole grains. ugh.

2) I'm feeling a bit lethargic. I'm thinking low iron maybe?? Not sure how to up that since the iron foods also seem to be the ones high in fiber. It's a conspiracy I tell ya. lol.

3) Definitely feeling like I need a little creative kick in the patooskies.

Please feel free to add me. And for sure... If anyone has any advice on the above 3, I'm all ears.

pdworkman

Any chance you are celiac?

In my short time with try to make the switch, I've encountered a few challenges:

1) I'm over on fiber by 20 or so grams a day. The pregnant bloated feeling is killing me. Not sure how to change that since fiber is in all the veggies and whole grains. ugh.

2) I'm feeling a bit lethargic. I'm thinking low iron maybe?? Not sure how to up that since the iron foods also seem to be the ones high in fiber. It's a conspiracy I tell ya. lol.

3) Definitely feeling like I need a little creative kick in the patooskies.

Please feel free to add me. And for sure... If anyone has any advice on the above 3, I'm all ears.

ShawtyLatina

Any chance you are celiac?

In my short time with try to make the switch, I've encountered a few challenges:

1) I'm over on fiber by 20 or so grams a day. The pregnant bloated feeling is killing me. Not sure how to change that since fiber is in all the veggies and whole grains. ugh.

2) I'm feeling a bit lethargic. I'm thinking low iron maybe?? Not sure how to up that since the iron foods also seem to be the ones high in fiber. It's a conspiracy I tell ya. lol.

3) Definitely feeling like I need a little creative kick in the patooskies.

Please feel free to add me. And for sure... If anyone has any advice on the above 3, I'm all ears.

since I don't know what that is, I'm guessing not. But going to look it up... Maybe it's time I head for a doctor's check up.

pupcamper

Love to cook, from the U.K. now living in Canada with uk cookbooks - always looking for new ideas!!! :drinker:

behind_blue_eyes_83

Yay, healthy cooks! Nice to meet you all

Leamac83

Im from Scotland but live in the Netherlands. I always cook from scratch...not becasue i want to be really healthy or anything but i find it cheaper and also when i first moved to Holland ready meals as we know them (marks and spencer/tesco) were not available. The only ready meal you could get was mashed potato with a random smoked sausage stuck in it or a horrific lasagne.

Love to see what my UK friends are cooking up, nothing against you lot accross the pond but i have no idea how much is in a cup..so half the time the food i put in my diary is probably wrong!

Picola1984

Hello, I'm from England and love healthy cooking and baking. Most of the time i just make my own recipes up and always put them in the recipe calculator.

Todays lunch is left over chicken and chickpea biryani. For dinner I think ill make a creamy mushroom and buckwheat dish. Nom!

The more recipes in grams the better!

Sagefemme76

What a great idea for a thread. I love cooking too, but find that when I'm busy I tend to lack inspiration and cook the same things over and over. I'm heading back to uni next month (mature student ,working, hubby and 2 small kids...phew), so life is gonna get way busy and I'd love to pinch some of your recipe ideas when I'm too exhausted to think of my own I've got myself a weekly meal planner and am determined to be organised, stay on track and eat yummy homemade food.
I'm in Aus too....but spent 10 years living in Scotland, so happy to translate quantities/ingredients

behind_blue_eyes_83

Good luck! I plan weekly too, and am doing well at being organised - I now hate it when I have to get out of this routine! But I do cook the same meals quite frequently - but try new meals about once or twice a week. If they are really good, they make it into the regular meals!

pdworkman

Me too! I collect recipes all week long, so I am trying to cook something new twice a week to try some of them out. Any my boys don't seem to mind!

I am using BigOven for meal planning. Integrates my meal plan with the grocery list on my phone so I don't have to remember to copy from recipes to phone, except when I am using recipes that I haven't put in Big Oven. Works well for me so far. I always resisted meal planning before, but I think it is working well for me now.

Good luck! I plan weekly too, and am doing well at being organised - I now hate it when I have to get out of this routine! But I do cook the same meals quite frequently - but try new meals about once or twice a week. If they are really good, they make it into the regular meals!

Hearts_2015

I am not a big measure sort of cook... but

I shred one head of cabbage, a small head of radicchio (If I am lazy I get the Dole bag already shredded) a large carrot and two Jalapeño.

I take all the shredded veggies and add in a spoon of Mayo, just enough to moisten everything, a spoon full of white vinegar and a pinch of sugar, Salt and pepper. Sometimes I like to toast sesame seeds and put them in too.

The key is to make it a day in advance so that the peppers have a chance to spread the heat out. Sometimes I also add in a bit of diced jalapeño just before serving so you get a little fresh burst of pepper too.

I'm going to give this a try as well as some other great ideas on this thread!

Bumping so others get the benefit of this interesting thread!:happy: