Take out help

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  • mwbulechek
    mwbulechek Posts: 162 Member
    I like the grilled chicken snack wraps at McDonalds ask for it with no dressing and its about 200 calories, also the Chicken Fresco soft tacos at Taco Bell 150 calories each!
    You say you can not cook eggs, have you tried egg beaters? They work great in the microwave! Just put a quick spray of non stick spray in a microwave safe bowl pour in 1/8 cup egg beaters and microwave for 1 min! They are perfect on a toasted light English muffin.
  • january2015
    january2015 Posts: 15
    I just got a slow cooker for Christmas. Thanks for the idea of Pintrest. I will look for some recipices. I have three kids and can't ever make anything that they all like. And I can cook decent. I just don't like to cook. Also I just tried the Apple pecan salad for Wendy's last night at work. I ate half at one bread and half at another. It was great.
  • KristenF101
    KristenF101 Posts: 100
    Ok - so you're not a culinary genius. I wasn't when I started cooking either. Also, even if you don't cook, you shouldn't avoid preparing food.

    - Get the perdue short cuts chicken and make salads for lunch instead of eating out (your wallet will thank you)
    - Look up recipes for "egg muffins". They're like little omlettes in muffin tins, and completely impossible to make inedible if you know how to set an oven tot he right temperature and use a timer
    - Start small - 1 new recipe a week, and get a recipe book for 5 ingredients and under

    Good luck!
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    No one is born with the cooking skill. It takes a lot of burned, over spiced, under cooked, bland meals to make a good cook. What it takes is a willingness to learn, a willingness to please other peole and a willingness to adjust.
  • mdyorston
    mdyorston Posts: 158
    Do you have a friend that cooks? Maybe you could buy premade meals from her. Especially if they are single. I like to cook, but since there is only me I eat the same meal for a week. I would love to have someone to split the bill with so I could cook several different things a week.

    That's a great idea
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    i'll be honest i used to be take out QUEEN. i didnt start losing weight until i stopped relying on take out. you will never now exactly how many calories you are eating unless you put it together yourself

    i'm a crappy cook. i burn 75% of what i cook, but you have to start somewhere.

    i agree with getting a slow cooker. that's how i started. it's so hard to burn anything in a slow cooker.

    easy things to make in slow cooker are chili, soups, pulled chicken, pulled pork, beans, veggies, and meatballs.

    the egg muffins are so easy a meshashesha could do it. i have yet to burn those or screw those up.


    another thing i do is go with a little fattier cut of meat like chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts. there isnt much difference calorie wise and even when you overcook the fattier cuts, they still end up being moist :laugh:

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