Filling Food to Fill Me Up

For a snack I love popcorn. You can either buy the low calorie popcorn or pop your own. I usually pop my own, and then use the spray butter and a little parmasean cheese.

The newest simple super healthy meal we love and could eat every day;

1 chicken breast each cooked on my Cuisinart Griddler
150g each peeled and sliced thin sweet potatoes with ½ tsp olive oil per serving, black pepper and garlic powder
2 cups broccoli each, 1 tsp olive oil per serving, black pepper, garlic powder and Red Pepper and Garlic seasoning.

* Potatoes and broccoli are baked at 400 degrees convection for about 15 minutes.

Preped and cooked in about 30 min and <400 cals.

Soup would be a good option and is filling and tastes great. I chopped up a pound of beef, cooked it up then put it in a pot. Poured 2 cans of chicken broth in a can of kidney beans a can of black beans a can of corn and sprinkled some pepper. I also melted in a tbs of peanut butter to give it a little sweetness. I know it sounds weird, but it tasted awesome lol

Anyway I made this and for me alone it lasted at least 10 servings and was verey filling each meal.

Chili is good as a make-ahead.

Red Chili: 1 mccormack chili spice pack (because I'm lazy - you could spice it yourself to taste), 1 large can crushed tomatoes, 1 smaller can diced tomatoes, 1 can yellow corn, 1 or 2 cans of kidney beans (or any beans you like), 1 or 2 green peppers, 1 jalepeno pepper, 1 onion diced. Throw all that in a big pot or slow cooker. Then brown lean hamburger meat (or use yves meatless crumbles, which taste exactly the same but are vegetarian) in a frying pan, and add it to the pot with the chili. Voila.

White Chicken Chili: 1 mccormack chili spice pack, 1 jar of salsa verde any brand, 1 yellow pepper diced, 1 onion diced, 1 can white beans, 1 can butter beans, a little vegetable or chicken stock (1 cup, but eyeball it), 1 can yellow corn, 1 jalepeno. Throw all that in big pot or slow cooker. Then grill or pan sear chicken breast (or for vegetarians, I like the gardein chi'k n breasts), pull apart once cooked, and add.

I also like anything with lentils. Lentils, brown rice, onion, loads of carrot, celery, and spices like cumin, curry, paprika, salt etc = massively yummy.

Finally, I love quinoa with crushed up pecans and then chopped up garlic kale (cook the kale first, then add some sauteed garlic and olive oil or butter, and salt and pepper to taste).

Also, mac n cheese with a bag of frozen spinach is actually really good - adds color and kids don't taste the spinach ;-)!

I'm with DSing13 - soup! Easy, healthy, freezable, low fat, endless variety and fills you up.

I make a big batch then add different things to it later like spinach which I just roughly tear and pop it in the bowl with the soup before reheating in the microwave. Or a little grated cheese on top, mint sauce or pesto, greek yogurt....

It's also a great way to eat a range of different pulses - especially good if you're vegetarian like me.

Can you tell I'm into soup at the moment :-)