Where do you get healthy meal ideas??

I would strongly suggest broadening your perspective on what is "healthy". There is more to proper nutrition than just sucking on salads and celery sticks...for one thing, dietary fat is an essential macro nutrient, not something to be avoided at all costs.

I cook most of my meals from scratch, whole ingredients...I consider it all to be pretty damned healthy in the proper context and dosage of course. Hell, even pizza can be a "healthy" meal in the proper context and dosage.

Do a little reading up on actual nutrition and you will find that there's a whole world of food out there that is "healthy" and will nourish the body. Also, start looking at your diet (noun) as a whole rather than individual food items and whatnot...you'll drown in minutia doing that....you have to look at your diet as a whole so that you can realize for example, that eating a hot dog or something on the 4th of July is pretty damned meaningless in the grand scheme of things...context and dosage...context and dosage.

*looks for lecture - doesn't see one, just some good advice*

I get my meal ideas by what sounds good and what's in season. We have a lot of farmers markets around here, and I have a garden, so I grow a lot of my own food.

I rarely eat salad, and I never ever eat rice cakes!

Summer is grilling season - last night we had grilled pork tenderloin, grilled zucchini with orange bell peppers and onion, and cous cous - yep cous cous, the packaged stuff with a seasoning pack that's ready in 5 minutes. I wanted a sweet potato, but I'm out, so we had cous cous. Oh, and sliced peaches. Snacked on grapes all day.

I grill a lot of food in summer - and tend to grill extra meat - lean beef, chicken, pork, fish, and burgers - and save the leftovers to for lunches. A burrito bowl is a favorite lunch - chopped meat, some canned black or pinto beans, salsa, cheese, sour cream or plain Greek yogurt, avocado - yummo. If I have leftover rice, I'll toss that in there too. Super tasty and filling, great protein and fiber.

Got a George Foreman Grill or something similar? You can cook up a chicken breast or fish fillet in minutes with those things - they are awesome for quick lunches. Throw some seasoning on it and pop it in the grill - a few minutes later, perfectly cooked meat/fish to put on your burrito bowl, or salad, or with other fresh or leftover sides.

Winter - same thing only I roast a lot of foods instead of grilling - roast meats, stews, pot roasts... Favorite veggies are winter squashes like acorn, butternut, or banana squash - cube them up, toss with olive oil and herbs and roast them on a baking sheet. I also roast broccoli, green beans, all sorts of root veggies - roasting brings out the sweetness and flavor.

Google.

I don't cut any foods out, but most of our food tends to be pretty healthy just by the token that I cook from scratch every night and like vegetables.

If you're new to cooking and want something geared toward being healthy/low fat/etc, look at skinnytaste.com. Her recipes tend to be really good.

I like emilybites.com ........skinnytaste.com.......canyoustayfordinner.com.....chef-in-training.com

There are a lot more veggies out there than salad and a lot more meats out there than turkey. Expanding your food choices might be a good place to start (and I don't say that in a sarcastic way).

I get recipe ideas from pinterest and I've discovered several food bloggers who cook/eat in a way similar to me so I pretty much always like their recipes. My meal planning (for lunch and dinner) is basically either: meat that I do something to plus a plain veggie OR plain meat and a veggie that I do something to OR a salad with lots of meat and veggies and stuff. Plus, maybe fruit for "dessert." Pretty simple but I rarely eat the same meal twice (unless it's something I really really like).

An other vote for skinnytaste.com

I get most of my meal ideas from the sale ads. Ground turkey and bell peppers were on sale last week, so I made chili. Scallops, pineapple, avocado, and sweet corn are on sale this week and I'm having my dad over for dinner, so I'm making seared scallops with avocado pineapple salsa (the salsa is based on something I saw on food network), steamed sweet corn, and sauteed spinach. The produce on sale will also generally be whatever is in season, so that means you're getting the stuff at the peak of ripeness.

Many times the items on sale will suggest something to me, and if I need one I'll google the recipe.. If you're a less experienced cook and need ideas of how to use what's available, allrecipes.com has an ingredient search. You just put in the ingredients you're planning to use and it will suggest a recipe.

Also, not every meal needs a recipe. Today for lunch I had carrots, bell peppers, and hummus. Eggs are very good for you and you can scramble anything into them. My current favorite is spinach and goat cheese, and it's fine for dinner as well as breakfast.

Cook what you like to eat but don't be afraid to experiment.

You can go to skinnytaste for ideas.

But what I do is buy a few meats (typically chicken breast, chicken sausage, fish, maybe some ground meat), a lot of fresh and frozen veggies, and potatoes, rice, quinoa, pasta etc. Then I pick one of each and make a meal. The chicken I grill on the foreman two breasts at a time (or 4 if it's for dinner for the whole family) and just use in salads, wraps, tortillas or just plain with veggies. I use a lot of Greek yogurt for snacks.

My diary is open if you want ideas (my goal is 1700 right now, but I typically have 200-300 calories of treats that you can skip if your goal is lower).

skinnytaste.com
cooking light.com
Hungry Girl is another one that has some great ideas sometimes
Also, there is a website that a friend of mine created called Cooking Planit.com You can find a TON of great recipes and meal ideas there just by searching for the items that you have on hand and how you want to cook them. I absolutely love this website - it is easy, has a ton of recipes and meal planning ideas.

http://engine2diet.com/recipes/favorites/

But to be honest I'm a novice cook and haven't gotten adventurous enough to put any of this together completely. I just grab ingredient and preparation info and try whipping up a simpler, less scary version.

I'm going to change my timid ways, though!

We find a lot of meal ideas on Pinterest. Even if they may be over the top with loads of butter, cheese, etc, they can almost always be modified to include a little less of those things. In fact, some of the frequently enjoyed meals in our house were just IDEAS from Pinterest pins that my husband and I made without even using the recipe but making up our own version after being inspired by a photo of some overly caloric and/or obscure recipe.

I second Pinterest. You find cool recipes there. Type in the search bar over there and the picture inspires or the recipe too.
They have good lunch ideas always.

oops - posted twice!