Healthy Quick and Easy meals

A quick one for me is mushroom and spinach ravioli. The filling is:

1/2 cup thawed and squeezed Spinach
1 lbs chopped and sauteed Mushrooms
1 cup Ricotta Cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup Egg Beaters

Then I make ravioli out of wonton wrappers. The skins are REALLY thin, so they cook in about 5 minutes if they're frozen. I just put about a tsp of filling with some egg wash around the sides, fold over, and press. Put a whole bunch of them on a tray and freeze them. I usually do about 40 at a time. Then I put one or two servings in those individual freezer bags, then in a big freezer bag. That way I can just grab them without thawing and cook them. I toss them with some of my homemade marinara sauce and maybe some veggies and it's a great meal that you can whip up in a flash.

I've copied and pasted this a few times now. I hope that people will post if they tried it and liked it or not! :bigsmile:

I'm going to copy and paste here! This my basic sauce. I use it with meat, pasta, lasagna, veggies, cheese sticks, etc. It's a great basic sauce. I figured it out myself to keep it sweet and full of flavor without adding sugar or bacon fat (like my grandma did to hers).

2 cans whole peeled tomatoes
1 white onion
1 carrot
2 celery stalks
4 cloves garlic
1 12oz can tomato paste
2 cups chicken broth
pinch of oregano
salt and pepper

Chop up the onion, carrot, celery stalks and garlic, and put them in a caserole dish with the canned tomatoes. Cut up the tomatoes a little bit. Put in a 425 degree F oven for about an hour. Take out, put the roasted veggies and the rest of the ingredients into a large pan, blend with a stick blender (or do this in a blender before you put it in the pan) and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. I make a huge batch of this about once a month. It keeps in the freezer for up to 6 months and in the fridge for about 1 month. It's so yummy and you can turn it into cream sauce by adding yogurt (and maybe even a little vodka), meat by adding anything ground, or use it plain. It's SO versatile.

I do

A little less than a tablespoon of coconut oil
A teaspoon of minced garlic
1 can of chickpeas rinsed
400g of stir fry veges

Cook the above in a frying pan. When done add a mix of 2 tablespoons of black bean sauce and 2 tablespoons of water.

I have half for dinner one night, and half the next.

A quick one for me is mushroom and spinach ravioli. The filling is:

1/2 cup thawed and squeezed Spinach
1 lbs chopped and sauteed Mushrooms
1 cup Ricotta Cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup Egg Beaters

Then I make ravioli out of wonton wrappers. The skins are REALLY thin, so they cook in about 5 minutes if they're frozen. I just put about a tsp of filling with some egg wash around the sides, fold over, and press. Put a whole bunch of them on a tray and freeze them. I usually do about 40 at a time. Then I put one or two servings in those individual freezer bags, then in a big freezer bag. That way I can just grab them without thawing and cook them. I toss them with some of my homemade marinara sauce and maybe some veggies and it's a great meal that you can whip up in a flash.

Those sound great and healthy, I know what Im having for dinner tomorrow!

One easy meal I like to do is mix together and heat up a cup of brown rice (already cooked), a drained and rinsed can of black beans, and about 1/4 cup of salsa. Slap it on a tortilla and you're good to go in 5 minutes!

Another easy meal I make is stir frying a bag of stri fry veggies with a drained & rinsed can of chinese chop suey veggies and then adding a quick sauce: 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 T ponzu, squeeze of light agave, 1/4 tsp dried ginger and a tsp of corn starch. Whisk up the sauce, add it to the veggies and serve on rice.