I'm New! Help me out!

I'm a VERY picky eater. I know I have to change my eating habits, but it is hard when I genuinely DO NOT like veggies or most meats. I love chicken, which is good. I can eat salad if I have to. I have a really hard time saying 'no' to pizza and sweets. Now, I need to start finding alternatives to those things.

I am SO with you on this! The list of things I WON'T eat is far longer than what I WILL. Just a few of them rules out most recipes: no fish, meat on the bone, olives, broccoli, cauliflour, spinach, mushrooms....And my mouth is FULL of "sweet tooths".

So what does that leave? Grains and dairy mostly - not exactly weight loss fodder! I eat a lot of boneless skinless chicken breasts, which taste like whatever you put on them. However, because of all my food hangups, I don't really know how to cook. So 90% of what I eat comes out of a box in the freezer (Healthy Choice's meals are pretty good, and even Marie Callendar has a couple lower calorie meals) :ohwell:

So how about we share some picky-eater healthy food ideas? Maybe start a whole thread for it called the Picky Eaters Cookbook or something?

I started P90X recently and have been trying to eat a high protein diet. So, this is what my lazy, picky, butt has been doing in the mornings:

1/2 cup Egg Beaters on medium heat. Don't stir.
While that's firming up, I chop up a little bit of green onion (onion powder would probably also work fine), and a little (1/2 oz) of low fat mozzarella.
Throw the onion and cheese on top of the eggs before they're completely cooked.
Fold the eggs over the onion/cheese.
Let sit there a couple more minutes.
Voila! 5 minute healthy (180 calorie) omelet!

I'm sure people who *really* know how to make an omelet can give better instructions, but this works for me and is about as many steps as pouring a bowl of cereal. Sometimes I'll pop an English Muffin (whole wheat) into the toaster before I start cutting the onion and cheese. They finish about the same time.

I find it's easier to keep some cooked chicken either in the fridge or or cut up in the freezer (depending upon how long it will take for me to use it.) I throw the chicken in tortilla shells, and salads. I love it in salads with chopped nuts! lol I could eat that everyday.

What about making an egg casserole the night before, and you can pop it in the oven when you wake up? Then you have time to get yourself and the kids dressed and your eggs will be done. It doesn't have to be huge, just an 8x8 pan. Mix your eggs, a bit of low-fat milk, cheese, low fat sausage and whatever veggie you want to toss in. Pour it in your greased pan and then cover. Pop it in the oven and turn it on to 350 and you'll have breakfast in about 30 min. By the time the kids are dressed you'll be able to eat!

i like soft boiled eggs when im not in the mood for hard boiled .. its 9.5 min on high from the moment u put the pot on the eye of the stove on a gas stove and then into the bowl and a 1/2 tsp of light butter and salt and pepper to taste .. mmmm sounds good .. its actually what i had the kids and i for dinner last night ... (5 yo and 3yo.. )

Hi there! I'm new here too! Have you tried the Hungry girl's recipes for egg mugs?? I just discovered them this week, and they are awesome, have protein, and QUICK! The only difference is that I use a real egg as I don't like the artificial stuff of egg beaters.....All you have to do is throw your ingredients in a mug, microwave, and eat!


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