Need some dinner ideas

If you have a Facebook account there is a page I have liked and follow that posts wonderful healthy recipes. It is called Skinny slow cooker. The website is skinnyms.com Lots of crock-pot recipes for dinner ideas, that are easy and not so boring.

This is definitely soup/stew weather for me...so cold and rainy! Have you tried skinnytaste.com?

This week's dinners are going to be:
rice paper roll ups - grilled chicken and julienned veggies dipped in peanut satay
quinoa salad
beef stew
pan seared tilapia with veggies

Either lean beef, chicken or shrimp fajitas with lots of crisp onions, peppers and fresh pico de gallo on Mission extra thin corn tortillas (80 cals for 2) or over shredded lettuce like a salad. Yummy

Sounds yummy!

Keep in mind, salad ( no dressing ) is crucial on your diet, tons of it, they help you push the body's unneeded matter . If you made a commitment with your self to stay healthy, you will find the love on a good salad. Play with different types of green leaves to make it different and you will never be bored. Try adding grains like chick peas and such.

*Good alternatives to salad are Edamame on the pod, get it at the groceries on the frozen foods isle, you cook them on the microwave, sprinkle a bit of salt (over the pods) if desired, and they are very filling on the side of 5 to 6oz of meat, or even when you crave a snack, they taste yummy and satisfy your brain yes your brain. if you have left overs you can take them out of the pods and add them to your salad.

*Avocado is another excellent filler upper, full of great nutrition, haas are a pretty good variety I eat 1/4 to 1/2 as a filling side, slice it sprinkle salt or red pepper, save the other half for your salad the next day cut in chunks and you will be satisfied for hours. Even on the side of eggs in the morning, or any meal...Love avocado.

*From India there are MUNG BEANS... this is one of the best appetite and stomach resetters I know. Super healthy. From the grains, one of the highest in protein contents and one of the lowest in carb contents. They taste like green lentils. You can look up the nutritional value and will be amazed. Slow boil for 45 min 1cup of beans on 4 cups of water, with tumeric, mustard seeds, garlic, cumin, onions, pinch of salt, a bit of ginger, and any other spices to your like. The spices are crucial on this dish. Try eating it for 4 days for breakfast lunch and dinner, as much as you need to eat (they are very filling you will not need to eat much) and then go back to your regular diet, and to reset you can repeat after a week for 24 hours. You will not crave sweets, it is amazing how these also reset you brain. I have added these to my diet and when I feel a bit off on my eating habits I do the 4 days and it helps me a great deal.

* Sprinkle herbs and spices on your salad for added flavors, spices have many properties from curbing appetite,to anti-inflamatory look up for their individual values, there is a variety of sites that will inform you. Research is your best tool.

Happiness is a choice, but believe it or not, a big factor of your happiness is what you eat (diet, exercise, fun, love, etc).

Good luck!

CURRY! All the spices have almost no calories and its totally different! I did this one a couple of nights ago, its a little involved but it will definitely break up the monotony and you could totally leave the butter out if you are worried about it.

http://indian.food.com/recipe/beef-or-lamb-vindaloo-76372

I made this saag on the side, its like creamed spinach but spiced! You can leave the paneer out, I did because I didnt want to bother making it.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aarti-sequeira/saag-paneer-spinach-with-indian-cheese-recipe/index.html

Traditionally this is all eaten with rice and naan but I didnt bother to keep carbs down.

This is a really good soup for the crock pot. I used a spicy turkey sausage instead of the kielbasa.... They have a lot of great recipes and ideas on this site:
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2196688
Good luck