meal ideas?

If I go to subway I have to get a footlong and if I have sauce its just one kind the calories are huge from it....anyway there are tons of great foods to do yourself, I prepare food for myself and sometimes my mother, get some packets of quinoa, bulgar wheat and lentils, they take about 15 mins read label to boil after rinsing and you can mix with all sorts salad, veg chicken breast etc, personally prefer bulgar wheat to quinoa but it's a super food so mixed with things it isn't so bad. I love making food now knowing it's something beneficial, also with salads and things you can eat the rest the next day particularly helpful to ensure good eating at work etc. check out my diary try things like tabbouleh salad, soups, roast veg and mozzarella wraps, hummus with roast peppers on some nice granary rolls. I have also been eating fish a lot lately I look through things like low gi or diet recipes as they have the better options,

I think for long term success you'll find it will be helpful to learn to shop for/prepare/cook your own meals. If you break it down, it can be really simple. Do you have a grill or a foreman? They make it super quick and easy to cook protein. While your protein is cooking, start tossing together a salad (do the chopping on the weekend), and then microwave a steamer bag of frozen veggies. You can then experiment with different spices and seasonings to change up the flavors. Another option is to look for recipes of foods you enjoy, say enchiladas, soups, etc. Make the bigger batch, but freeze half of it when it's done cooking. After a few weeks of doing this, you'll have plenty of variety in the freezer that you can pull out each day and reheat.

If you have a freezer, you can cook any meal for One.
Soups freeze really well too

I hate to cook!! So my suggestion is invest in a steamer!!! I love mine! On the weekends I cook for the whole week for my husband and I. I steam eggs (like hard boiled), I steam chicken breast , pork and frozen veggies. I make turkey meatballs and Italian turkey patties. This way when I come home tired there is no excuse for bad eating. All I have to do is heat it up. I prepare my snacks and lunch the night before so all I have to do is toss it in my lunch bag in the morning.
Hope this helps!!!

Eat Subway. No reason to go out of your way to cook.

It's the American way.

Eat fresh!

Learn to cook some food. A salad doesn't even really count as cooking. Grocery shopping is the sucky part.

Eat Subway. No reason to go out of your way to cook.

It's the American way.

Eat fresh!

Learn to cook some food. A salad doesn't even really count as cooking. Grocery shopping is the sucky part.

But that's so hard!

have you considered the frozen dinners (lean cuisines, healthy choice, etc.) or progresso light soups? im a busy single mom with two kids, and i do cook pretty often, but some days i just don't feel like it. and those are my go-to options. also, sandwiches made at home are way cheaper than subway all the time. i like lean turkey breast, mustard, and tons of spinach on a multigrain sandwich thin.

however, cooking for yourself is a nice habit to get into. grocery stores seem like they are carrying a lot more single serving options for things....you could get the minute brown rice cups, the steam-in-bag veggies, and stuff like that. if you look around at the grocery store, there is a ton of healthy, low calorie options that are convenient. good luck to you!

Take one or two days a week and cook ahead. Grill a few chicken breasts or throw them in the oven and then divvy up a little you can pair with some teriyaki sauce and brown rice on Monday - a Caesar salad Tuesday or Wednesday - Make a healthy quiche or something and split that up over Sunday and Tuesday -- something to that effect. Grill some salmon and think of two ways you can eat it within the next 3 days. Get a rotisserie chicken from like Costco and some whole wheat bread and make your own sandwiches (cheaper and better than Subway).
Then you aren't cooking every night and you don't have a bunch of the same stuff leftover. Just cook the protein part ahead and then add the side/vegs that night.
Even if you only did that on Sundays and only made enough for 3 meals, you'd at least have 3 less trips to Subway.

I was in the same place as you in January...Cooking Light has 5 ingredient 15 minute meals that are so easy and yummy. Being single can be difficult on the buget at the store so I recommend meal planning. Many of the indgredients are presented in a different way in the recipes.

Good Luck!

I'm not super great at cooking but it is SO MUCH CHEAPER to eat at home!!! AND most meals made at home have about half the calories you would get at a restaurant.

I also hated cooking for one:

Try buying Tyson Grilled and Ready Chicken Breasts (in the freezer section) they have about 110 Calories per breast and you can cook as many or as few at a time as you would like. All this takes is a microwave (if you wish), I like to cook them in the oven. 18 minutes and they are done.

I use them in salads, pasta, on whole wheat bread, or just by themselves with a side of steam-in-a-bag veggies. (Birds Eye brand has single serve bags so you aren't wasting a ton of food).

Also, I've started eating the chopped salads at Subway - less carbs and less calories. Double meat for extra protein only adds 50 calories.

GOOD LUCK. hope this helps!

Crockpot! By the time I get home from the gym and shower, it's pushing 8:15p and I do not feel like cooking. I crockpot on the weekend and freeze 4 of the portions in single portions that are easy to reheat. A simple 5qt crockpot is $25 (is) at Walmart and you can find recipes in the forums here, on the web/pinterest, or there are cook books specifically for crockpotting.

i feel your pain im a sweets addict cookies ice cream cake etc...and i live down the street from a dairy queen and they have a new chocolat covered pretzel blizzard oh bain of my existance...but i try and do hot chocolate or frozen strawberries