Healthy Meals?

brittanysmith513
brittanysmith513 Posts: 44 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have grown up all of my life eating crap, and eating a lot of fast food. I'm 23 now and trying to eat healthy. I've been snacking on a lot of fruits. And adding veggies to my meals. But I have no idea what to make for meals that are healthy. Any simple recipes? I'm vegetarian btw so no meat recipes please.
Thank you for any suggestions!

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  • jr235
    jr235 Posts: 201 Member
    I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

    http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
    http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
    http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
    I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
    This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

    I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).
  • Nimco4930
    Nimco4930 Posts: 58 Member
    I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

    http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
    http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
    http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
    I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
    This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

    I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).

    I am in love with Manjulas food, I once came across her on youtube definitely need to try some of her dishes :D
  • brittanysmith513
    brittanysmith513 Posts: 44 Member
    Thanks, I'll try those! I love Amy's, her mac & cheese especially, but it's usually every once in a while since they are so expensive.
    I was vegetarian for years and even now don't eat much meat. What I find most helpful in either lifestyle is to avoid packaged, processed foods, simply because they are too many calories and I find myself hungry shortly after I eat them. I'm told Amys are fine (and I think most if not all are vegetarian) but they are a bit much for my budget. Also very important is to have a stocked pantry.

    http://fatfreevegan.com/ I find her recipes to be kind of complicated, and I usually add a bit of fat to foods when I cook them, but still good
    http://vegweb.com/recipes Great resource
    http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/ If you like Indian food.
    I love love love this salad from the above: http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2008/05/12/cabbage-chana-dal-salad/
    This is my most recent fave bean salad: http://eaudespice.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/chilled-chickpea-and-fava-bean-salad/ except minus the cumin if I'm already eating cumin in another dish.

    I made a southwest omelette that took about 10 minutes this morning. I sauteed some tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, cilantro and green onion with a bit of taco seasoning and a quick spray of olive oil. I added some slightly mushed kidney beans. Beans are one of my stocked pantry basics. I make them from dried and freeze them. Easier for me because I never use a whole can and don't like to let them go to waste! Once that was done I made a plain omelette, and kept them separate so my three year old would eat them (she has a thing about her food touching).
  • kittykatmeow13
    kittykatmeow13 Posts: 1
    Try going to to foodnework's website. www.foodtv.com. They have tons of recipes which you can target chefs that only does healthy foods, like Elle Krieger.

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