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No veg or salad

laurajcrampton
laurajcrampton Posts: 71
edited January 19 in Recipes
Hi! Please help me! I need healthy food ideas for main meals... I don't like much veg and I can't stand salad leaves or anything like that (helpful for dieting... I know.)

I do like onions and peppers, sweetcorn, butternut squash and sugarsnap peas/ mangetout. And I love spices, I can't get enough of garlic, chili and ginger. I am a big meat and fish eater, and love rice, pasta and noodles. I cook most of my food from scratch (the occasional jar of something if it's cheap in Tesco!)

Any recipes you can recommend?

I am trying to stay within 1370 calories a day.

Thanks!

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  • LJSmith1989
    LJSmith1989 Posts: 650
    Lots of protein then?

    Just eat the veggies you like, stock up on those. You could get a veg list and make it a plan to try everything once to see what else you like?
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Eat the vegetables you like
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    Curries would be a good place to start if you like spices and that sort of veg. You could make a butternut squash curry:

    http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/butternut-squash-and-spinach-curry-4725

    I often make chicken jalfrezi and put loads of peppers in there for some extra veg,

    Or a briyani would be a good choice, you could cook in the rice in some chicken stock, then cook some peas, sweetcorn, onion, mushrooms (if you like them) and chicken in a pan with some tumeric, a pinch of cayenne pepper, garam masala, garlic and chilli, then just combine. One of my fave dinners.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    stir fry would be good with all those veggies you like...plus some chicken or beef.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Get a boneless and skinless salmon fillet, oven bake with some sweet chilli dipping sauce on top.
    Serve with sweetcorn and mangetout.

    Do you like lentils? A homemade dahl with all your favourite spices is hard to beat and not many calories.
    Serve with a tikka seasoned chicken breast .
  • dez_yaoichan
    dez_yaoichan Posts: 454
    http://noshandnourish.com/
  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71

    Or a briyani would be a good choice, you could cook in the rice in some chicken stock, then cook some peas, sweetcorn, onion, mushrooms (if you like them) and chicken in a pan with some tumeric, a pinch of cayenne pepper, garam masala, garlic and chilli, then just combine. One of my fave dinners.

    That sounds lovely! I might have to give that one a go! minus the peas and the mushrooms :P yum!! Thank you!! x
  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71
    Get a boneless and skinless salmon fillet, oven bake with some sweet chilli dipping sauce on top.
    Serve with sweetcorn and mangetout.

    Now we're talking!!! Thank you!
  • GuybrushThreepw00d
    GuybrushThreepw00d Posts: 784 Member
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  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71
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    EXACTLY!!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    You don't have to eat salads.. Lord knows I hardly do.. or any veg for that matter.. lol

    Like others said, make stir fry.

    Cook some meat, slice it up and put it on a sandwich with a sauce on the bread. Couple veggies/fruit on the side, and your set.
  • stepnerd
    stepnerd Posts: 57 Member
    You could try something like this: http://www.thesneakychef.com/ where you 'hide' the veggies in food so you can't taste it....
    What I did, though, was to do a juice fast to reboot your palate, so that you can learn to enjoy the more subtle flavours of veggies!
    I went from being a pizza and chips guy to a mainly vegan guy in practically no time :)
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