What's for dinner??

You can "oven fry" chicken to lessen the fat content. Spray a baking sheet or pan with a light coat of oil and put in a moderately hot oven. Coat the chicken just as you always would, spray it with a thin coating of oil, put it on the hot pan and bake until done. It gets crispy and the thin coating of oil gives it a fried taste.

My husband was raised on unhealthy foods too. Honestly his family has the worst eating habits of anyone I know and seem to think eating healthy means eating only steamed vegetables and salads. So they stick to the processed carbs and fried foods because they "can't live on salad". Luckily he married me. He sometimes still wants the "real stuff" (as he puts it) of some favorite foods but for the most part he has learned to like my healthier versions of old favorites. And on the occasions where we splurge with the real stuff it is that much more of a treat.

I flat out refuse to prepare food that I believe will eventually lead to disease on a regular basis. I have no interest in eating that way and I will not be party to my having to grow old alone.

I have found a lot of healthy recipes my husband likes. So, we generally stick with those. However, I also have the occasional unhealthy meal--which I think is healthy for both me and him because neither of us feels deprived and neither of us has to worry about our diets.

I have a hubby and 4 kids, we're having spaghetti and meatballs cooked all day in the crockpot.

I live with my bf so I know how this can be, especially when he cooks dinner :P We typically cook pretty healthy dinners even if they aren't always calorie friendly. Anyways, I know several things I've made that my bf and I both enjoyed and it didn't take over my calories.
- homemade tortillas made into chicken enchiladas
-chicken and rice
-baked chicken and veggies
-chicken pasta salad
lots more, those are just the few i have in mind at the moment

Totally agree. Did the chicken fajitas last night.

Well I ate the leftover half of a croissant I had for a snack in the afternoon. I just added a couple of lettuce leaves, tomato slices and a tablespoon of peanut butter to it just to make it more nutritious, Then I drank Lipton's Forest Fruit tea and ate Danone's strawberry greek yogurt with pieces of yellow peach in it.

I live with extended family. One member does not wish to lose weight and should for medical reasons. Another one is trying to lose some weight (I told her about MFP). The third one is 'que sera, sera" about weight (but she is a good cook).

It's easier when everyone is on board, but that's not always possible.

I had 3 ounces of pan-fried beef liver and onions last night. Definitely too much meat.

My fiancee is 5'11" and 150 if you get him wet...and the man eats like a frat boy.

Here's what I do:

Dinner last night was Haddock, green beans and mushrooms and brown rice. I had it as is, threw some lemon pepper on the fish and garlic on the veggies. for him: made tartar sauce, added parm cheese to the rice and he ate WAY more than I did.

He eats healthier because of me, and I in turn jazz his food up. We had fajitas the other day I skipped the tortillas, cheese and sour cream and he went to town on them.

stir fries.

the fiance loves them and so do i. he gets his protein and you get your veggies and flavor. the recipes usually call for lighter ingredients for the flavoring like vinegar, soy sauce and herbs and there's rarely any dairy or anything heavy involved if you're worried about calories. if you want to keep it low carb, nix the cornstarch and you can eat the stir fry with just the meat and veggies or use shirataki rice.

Tonight, Thai basil chicken and shrimp with shirataki noodles! Easy to make and sooo good-- chicken, shrimp, lime juice, broth, fish sauce, soy sauce, basil leaves, pepper, noodles. Yum yum yum!