Chicken, Rice, Pasta, Salad, Veggies...How to mix it up?

soccerkon26
soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm getting a little bored of this :( What else do you eat?

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  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    Pork chops! I like them better than chicken, and if you buy them nice and lean they come in at about the same caloric load. I'll have a 6oz one grilled with sides, or I'll cube a few to throw on salads, or put them in the slowcooker with a nice sauce... whatever. I also like lean roasts (in the slowcooker, they come out just as tender as fatty cuts) of pork or beef, flavored tuna (pre-packaged or done at home), smoked salmon, well-seasoned quinoa, lots of different egg dishes, ground turkey and many varieties of turkey sausage, sauteed cabbage and onions, good sandwiches (I use sandwich thins instead of bread) at lunch, soups...
  • samantha1242
    samantha1242 Posts: 816 Member
    My suggestion would be to do some recipe researching online to try some different meal options. Pinterest is a good place to find recipes. Also, foodgawker.com and skinnytaste.com are two of my favourites. I recently have been making recipes from thehealthymaven.com and enjoyed them as well.

    My normal dinners are a stirfry (mostly with homemade peanut sauce), soups (carrot ginger is my current go-to), chili (turkey black bean from allrecipes.com is my favourite), casseroles (throw everything I have in), tacos or burritos, homemade burgers (chicken, veggie, beef) w/ homemade fries (yam, sweet potato, potato).
  • soccerkon26
    soccerkon26 Posts: 596 Member
    Thank you all! :)
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Whatever you want that fits within your calories. Is there a reason it sounds like the meal plan is so limited? Just change up your vegetables, proteins, and grains and they way you make things. I have a ton of recipes on my Pinterest if you would like for me to send a link. Just message me.
  • kristinkoehler
    kristinkoehler Posts: 1 Member
    Try some of the biggest loser trainers cookbooks. Dolvett and bob harper have some great tasting recipes and they are low sodium, low cal, very balanced and clean meals. I just got Bob's skinny meals cookbook and the recipes are absolutely AMAZING! Portion sizes are filling and if you follow his meal plan in the back, you can stay under 1200 calories for the day while still having decent sized meals and snacks. I was battling the same thing...baked chicken, steamed veg and WW pasta or brown rice every night and it gets boring. So many cookbooks and "healthy" recipes online are just not healthy in one form or another. These trainers obviously know what their doing though so give their books a try.
  • taraskylit
    taraskylit Posts: 48 Member
    Sounds like you need to branch out and try different things.
    Tacos, burritos, roasts, different spices/dressings, curries, stir frys, quiche.
    So many delicious options.
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    What foods did you eat before beginning MFP? Eat that, make it fit into your daily calories. :smile:
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    kristinkoehler wrote: »
    Try some of the biggest loser trainers cookbooks. Dolvett and bob harper have some great tasting recipes and they are low sodium, low cal, very balanced and clean meals. I just got Bob's skinny meals cookbook and the recipes are absolutely AMAZING! Portion sizes are filling and if you follow his meal plan in the back, you can stay under 1200 calories for the day while still having decent sized meals and snacks. I was battling the same thing...baked chicken, steamed veg and WW pasta or brown rice every night and it gets boring. So many cookbooks and "healthy" recipes online are just not healthy in one form or another. These trainers obviously know what their doing though so give their books a try.
    Awesome first post!

    Thanks!
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