In need of a good website with recipes for dinner.

Tiffit4life
Tiffit4life Posts: 13
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I am having trouble thinking about what to cook for dinner for my husband and I. I need simple recipies that are easy to measure out a serving where I will know the calories. Not recipies with crazy things in it like wine and crazy spices that normal people don't keep on hand in their kitchen. PLEASE HELP MY HUSBAND IS STARVING!! lol
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  • aleyjewell
    aleyjewell Posts: 65 Member
    I will give the standard answer because it is my favorite.
    www.skinnytaste.com
    I have tried a lot of the recipes and they almost all have been awesome!
    (The one I didn't like was my fault for adding to much lime)
  • Tiffit4life
    Tiffit4life Posts: 13
    I just took a look at the website and thank you!! I like it a lot!! If you know of anymore feel free to share!! :)
  • iggyboo93
    iggyboo93 Posts: 524 Member
    Allrecipes has been my go to website for virtually everything. They have a 5 ingredient or less section:

    http://allrecipes.com/recipes/everyday-cooking/quick-and-easy/5-ingredient-recipes/
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    I second the skinny taste choice - also I use pinterest to find a ton of healthy recipes
  • AquaFan
    AquaFan Posts: 309 Member
    I adore SkinnyTaste and I have liked just about everything I have cooked from there. :)
  • aseymour13
    aseymour13 Posts: 767 Member
    I use both Skinny Taste and Allrrecipes. I tend to use my own versions and especially different things I like that may make something healthier (ie using cauliflower instead of mashed potatos)
  • Mlkmaid
    Mlkmaid Posts: 356 Member
    Cooking Light Magazine. http://www.cookinglight.com/food/recipe-finder/
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
    Sparkpeople.com is another "diet" website and they have a section with thousands of recipes that are rated by users, and have the nutritional values worked out for you. I have tried several and they were all really good.
  • SparklySarah412
    SparklySarah412 Posts: 74 Member
    I love www.bbcgoodfood.com it has loads of healthy recipes and it tells you how many calories, fat, carbs etc are in each serving so its really easy to then just add it to your food diary x
  • Jolene8992
    Jolene8992 Posts: 127 Member
    PINTEREST!
  • Tiffit4life
    Tiffit4life Posts: 13
    Thanks everyone!!
  • KML617
    KML617 Posts: 220 Member
    Since skinnytaste (one of my favorites) has already been listed... you should also check out

    www.emilybites.com
    www.preventionrd.com
    www.eat-yourself-skinny.com

    all these sites are excellent, and like skinnytaste they all give nutritional info for all the recipes. enjoy!
  • ameliaannakin
    ameliaannakin Posts: 344 Member
    I like the BBC Good Food website, gives me loads of inspiration. I also put pictures of all my meals and links to recipes on my food diary blog - ameliasfooddiary.wordpress.com. Shamless plug, I know, but it might give you some inspiration :)

    Ax
  • jabadahut
    jabadahut Posts: 16
    http://www.myrecipes.com/healthy-diet/
  • afigirl86
    afigirl86 Posts: 9 Member
    I just found this site a couple days ago. So far I love it.
    http://www.skinnykitchen.com/

    Or

    http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
    It is really simple to throw in chicken breast or lean meat in to these recipes.
  • jorge882
    jorge882 Posts: 2 Member
    I get a lot of recipes from Pinterest.... I find a lot under the "Health & Fitness" section. There are a lot of recipes in the "Food" section, but they're not all healthy, so you have to be careful if you look there.
  • MariaAkeroyd
    MariaAkeroyd Posts: 96 Member
    Try Epicurious.com
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    eatingwell.com
    skinnytaste.com
    allrecipes.com

    Never sure what is "normal" food and what is not, but there are lots of good recipes at all three of those.
  • ChasingAmyLiz
    ChasingAmyLiz Posts: 145 Member
    http://nummersbynumbers.blogspot.com/
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    bump
  • jlg6599
    jlg6599 Posts: 162 Member
    I am having trouble thinking about what to cook for dinner for my husband and I. I need simple recipies that are easy to measure out a serving where I will know the calories. Not recipies with crazy things in it like wine and crazy spices that normal people don't keep on hand in their kitchen. PLEASE HELP MY HUSBAND IS STARVING!! lol

    I had the same problem. I found about skinnytaste.com and checked it out. All of the recipes I cooked have been great.
  • ClareKaczmarek
    ClareKaczmarek Posts: 42
    Bump :smile:
  • Ashellini
    Ashellini Posts: 95 Member
    Skinnytaste! I'm having leftover Santa Fe Chicken (sooooooooooooo delicious!).
  • maduro1
    maduro1 Posts: 5
    Skinnytaste! I'm having leftover Santa Fe Chicken (sooooooooooooo delicious!).

    I made that this past weekend and it came out really soupy and bland. Going to try to salvage it but I'm wondering what I did wrong. Did yours have a lot of liquid after cooking? Thanks.
  • capnlizard
    capnlizard Posts: 73 Member
    Skinnytaste! I'm having leftover Santa Fe Chicken (sooooooooooooo delicious!).

    I made that this past weekend and it came out really soupy and bland. Going to try to salvage it but I'm wondering what I did wrong. Did yours have a lot of liquid after cooking? Thanks.

    I made her chicken curry with coconut milk last night, followed the recipe to the letter, and had the same problem. I ended up tripling the spices and adding it to the leftovers, and hopefully tonight's will be better.

    On a more helpful note, I found www.canyoustayfordinner.com and absolutely LOVE it. Blogger lost over a hundred pounds five or six years ago and has since maintained her weight loss. She posts recipes with nutritional information and is realistic about the fact that variation in one's diet is needed to prevent epic "cheat" days; she also posts a lot of musings about weight loss, weight gain, and unhealthy relationships with food that resonated pretty significantly with me. Love it!
  • fnsmithatc
    fnsmithatc Posts: 24 Member
    emilybites.com
    eat-yourself-skinny.com
    ahealthyjalapeno.com

    are also some great ones...

    EB is one of my favorites and go to for comfort food type things...

    skinnytaste is absolutely amazing... as others have said.
  • bjhumes
    bjhumes Posts: 2 Member
    I just joined www.dashingdish.com and I love what I see on her website. You can donate or pay $5 to see her recipes and you can buy her menu plans with grocery shopping list for supper only or for all 3 meals. I am thinking of trying her menu plan for supper as I get so tired of planning meals for 2 and her's are set for 2! Wait till you see her smoothie and pancake recipes at such low calories plus she had paleo friendly and gluten free too!
  • maduro1
    maduro1 Posts: 5
    Skinnytaste! I'm having leftover Santa Fe Chicken (sooooooooooooo delicious!).

    I made that this past weekend and it came out really soupy and bland. Going to try to salvage it but I'm wondering what I did wrong. Did yours have a lot of liquid after cooking? Thanks.

    I made her chicken curry with coconut milk last night, followed the recipe to the letter, and had the same problem. I ended up tripling the spices and adding it to the leftovers, and hopefully tonight's will be better.

    I was able to salvage the Santa Fe Chicken. I drained the liquid, added more salt and added some chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Just had it with some shredded monterey jack cheese and FF sour cream and it was very good.
  • Griffin220x
    Griffin220x Posts: 399
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/14-recipes
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    The Hungry Girl blog has a lot of good options.

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