Meal Plans???

Have you ever been to Mongolian Grill? Or one of those Japanese restaurants where they cook the food in front of you?

Notice they don't use water to cook vegetables. They just throw them on the heat surface.

So I pulled out my nonstick pan one day, poured a little oil in it and started chucking in vegetables. Right at the end, I added a little Mandarin Sauce. When I'm making it for my whole family, I'll put mine out before adding grilled chicken and noodles. In the Asian section of the grocery store, they have the noodles already cooked. KAME brand is what I use. Just rip open the pack and toss it in at the very end.

It doesn't take much sauce to get the flavor in there and the calories aren't horrible. Since then, I stopped using oil altogether. Don't even need it. I just start cutting my veggies up and tossing them in. I cook them between medium and high heat. They kind of steam each other themselves.

I buy a ton of vegetables and then cut them up and put them in containers when I get home. Then I'm not tempted to eat something else because I don't want to cut the veggies up. And it only takes less than 10 mins. to stir fry them. If you have a food processor, that will really save on your cutting time.

There are several Asian sauces, for example, Orange, General Tso's, Hoisin, Terriyaki.

Also, I do the same thing, but add Gnocchi or bite size pasta, and some spaghetti sauce. I take mine out again, before I put the pasta in. Or I use pesto sauce.

It's a great way to really get a lot of vegetables in, and I've been trying all kinds of vegetables. I find if I cut them up small enough, it's hard to distinguish which ones I'm eating.

Kale, Bok Choy, Spinach, Carrots, Broccoli, Tons of asparagus, red/yellow/orange/green peppers, mushrooms, onion, zucchini, squash, etc. It has so much color in the pan. And I got my kids to eat it too.

Have you ever been to Mongolian Grill? Or one of those Japanese restaurants where they cook the food in front of you?

Notice they don't use water to cook vegetables. They just throw them on the heat surface.

So I pulled out my nonstick pan one day, poured a little oil in it and started chucking in vegetables. Right at the end, I added a little Mandarin Sauce. When I'm making it for my whole family, I'll put mine out before adding grilled chicken and noodles. In the Asian section of the grocery store, they have the noodles already cooked. KAME brand is what I use. Just rip open the pack and toss it in at the very end.

It doesn't take much sauce to get the flavor in there and the calories aren't horrible. Since then, I stopped using oil altogether. Don't even need it. I just start cutting my veggies up and tossing them in. I cook them between medium and high heat. They kind of steam each other themselves.

I buy a ton of vegetables and then cut them up and put them in containers when I get home. Then I'm not tempted to eat something else because I don't want to cut the veggies up. And it only takes less than 10 mins. to stir fry them. If you have a food processor, that will really save on your cutting time.

There are several Asian sauces, for example, Orange, General Tso's, Hoisin, Terriyaki.

Also, I do the same thing, but add Gnocchi or bite size pasta, and some spaghetti sauce. I take mine out again, before I put the pasta in. Or I use pesto sauce.

It's a great way to really get a lot of vegetables in, and I've been trying all kinds of vegetables. I find if I cut them up small enough, it's hard to distinguish which ones I'm eating.

Kale, Bok Choy, Spinach, Carrots, Broccoli, Tons of asparagus, red/yellow/orange/green peppers, mushrooms, onion, zucchini, squash, etc. It has so much color in the pan. And I got my kids to eat it too.

Great suggestions - gives me ideas to try, as I'm not such a great cook.

Thanks my lovelies but what I am really looking for is some sort of printable 7 day plan with all my meals on it.....YES I know lazy!! I detest breakfast so struggle with that!! Normally end up with a sandwich at lunch (with crisps of late). The normal family dinner and then my downfall is sitting in front of the tv when the kids have gone to bed and drinking half a bottle of Shiraz and then picking at sweets and savouries!!!!

I am sorry but your being ridiculous. You can't ask someone else that knows nothing about you to put together a meal plan for you. We know nothing about your budget, your food preferences, how many people you’re feeding, what stores you have near you and a whole lot more. If you want a meal plan like that and you actually want to stick to it (which i don't agree with) then you need to put one together for yourself. Just keep in mind that you will likely not be able to stay on it forever so any weight loss will come back. Find good foods you can add to your lifestyle and make real changes you can sustain long term.

7 day meal plan? You call that lazy? That sounds like a lot of work.

That's a lot more work than having food easily available to cook up quick.