Whats for breakfast,lunch and dinner,low fat diet?

karenconklin32
karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
edited November 28 in Food and Nutrition
Just need some ideas,changing my eating habits!

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  • echmain
    echmain Posts: 103 Member
    What do you mean by healthy?
  • nfpswife
    nfpswife Posts: 63 Member
    When I do my meal plan, I usually try to frame it similarly to a school lunch menu. Meals usually look like - Spaghetti (whole grain noodles) w/ meat sauce, steamed veggie (frozen) or bagged salad, and fruit or something light for dessert. I budget 400 a month for my family of 4 and can usually do that. Breakfasts are usually eggs or cereal on weekdays, and pancakes on weekends. Dinners are provided by daycare and I bring leftovers. My budget includes almond milk for my lactose intolerant toddler and 2% milk for my hubster and preschooler. We do fruit or popcorn (air popped) for snacks. We don't buy soda or prepackaged cookies. I buy crackers, but mostly for soups, etc. I make big batches of cookie dough for the freezer, so when we want snacks, we only bake a few cookies at a time.

    I hope this all makes sense. I know I ramble :)
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    www.budgetbytes.com has great recipes.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    My family has enjoyed recipes from http://www.budgetbytes.com
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    I'm used to eating whatever I want,lol,it's caught up to me,looking for what others are eating to lose weight,snacks (not chips or ice-cream),what's for dinner instead of breaded chicken ,or spaghetti,I mostly skip breakfast because I'm to busy,lunch is usually tuna on wheat or turkey,what do you have?just looking for ideas really
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    Thanks everyone:)
  • leodora1
    leodora1 Posts: 77 Member
    You know, I have been using HelloFresh lately. I get three new recipes every week. It is healthy, mixes things up, and doesn't take long.
  • Ohwhynot
    Ohwhynot Posts: 356 Member
    edited January 2016
    Edit: Since I started typing all this up, you changed the text of your post. :) This addresses the first post.

    There are lots of options. I'm a cheapskate and I eat pretty healthy. Check out my diary if you want (although not the last few days... sickness is going through my house so the diet has been wonky). Now, there is this myth that unhealthy food is so much cheaper and that's why people eat it more often. I don't think that's the case. It might be EASIER, but not cheaper.
    Ex: Hotdogs are "cheap" but if you look at Sams Club online, 3 lbs of hotdogs in my local store come out to 2.82/lb. Boneless skinless chicken breast is often on sale at my local store for 1.99/lb. A 5 lb bag of apples at my local store varies between 3.99-5.99, which is still less than hotdogs. Chips are cheap, right? A bag of chips is 8 oz for 2.69 on sale. That's even more than the hotdogs. Canned beans are on sale at my local store .49 per can (close to a lb, just under). Green bell peppers are around 1.49 lb. If you take aformentioned chicken, beans, and bell pepper, and throw it in a crock pot with some spices and a jar of cheap salsa, you've got about 8-10 servings of healthy taco filling that you can put on top of rice, or throw in a lettuce wrap or corn tortilla (for pennies if you make them yourself. )
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    edited January 2016
    OhWhyNot,thank a lot!I appreciate it and I am one of those who think tha eating healthy is to expensive,that's why I'm asking for people opinions so I can get new ideas going,like the ones you commented with,thank you so much:)
  • mjohemme
    mjohemme Posts: 356 Member
    Since I've started eating low fat, due to pancreatitis, I've discovered that it is really hard to find low-fat ideas. Most meat, except 96+% lean turkey is pretty much off the menu. Of course, I try to keep my fat intake for each meal under 6-8 grams of fat and the whole day under 30. I use a lot of fat free alternatives, such as fat free sour cream, cream cheese, milk, cottage cheese, etc. That's another thing, stores carry light sour cream and cream cheese, but a lot of stores don't carry the fat-free. :(
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    mjohemme
    mjohemme wrote: »
    Since I've started eating low fat, due to pancreatitis, I've discovered that it is really hard to find low-fat ideas. Most meat, except 96+% lean turkey is pretty much off the menu. Of course, I try to keep my fat intake for each meal under 6-8 grams of fat and the whole day under 30. I use a lot of fat free alternatives, such as fat free sour cream, cream cheese, milk, cottage cheese, etc. That's another thing, stores carry light sour cream and cream cheese, but a lot of stores don't carry the fat-free. :(

    I have a "fatty liver" and I need my gallbladder removed,after a gallbladder removal people supposed to start "low fat diet",because I won't have the bile from my gallbladder to help break down fats,thanks for the info on meats,also this is supposed to help my "fatty liver"reverse back to normal
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    leodora1 wrote: »
    You know, I have been using HelloFresh lately. I get three new recipes every week. It is healthy, mixes things up, and doesn't take long.

    Thanks,I'm gonna check it out:)
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    My family has enjoyed recipes from http://www.budgetbytes.com

    Thank you:)
  • Ohwhynot
    Ohwhynot Posts: 356 Member
    karenconklin32 wrote: »
    OhWhyNot,thank a lot!I appreciate it and I am one of those who think tha eating healthy is to expensive,that's why I'm asking for people opinions so I can get new ideas going,like the ones you commented with,thank you so much:)

    You are very welcome! Best of luck to you!
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    www.budgetbytes.com has great recipes.

    Thank you:)
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    nfpswife wrote: »
    When I do my meal plan, I usually try to frame it similarly to a school lunch menu. Meals usually look like - Spaghetti (whole grain noodles) w/ meat sauce, steamed veggie (frozen) or bagged salad, and fruit or something light for dessert. I budget 400 a month for my family of 4 and can usually do that. Breakfasts are usually eggs or cereal on weekdays, and pancakes on weekends. Dinners are provided by daycare and I bring leftovers. My budget includes almond milk for my lactose intolerant toddler and 2% milk for my hubster and preschooler. We do fruit or popcorn (air popped) for snacks. We don't buy soda or prepackaged cookies. I buy crackers, but mostly for soups, etc. I make big batches of cookie dough for the freezer, so when we want snacks, we only bake a few cookies at a time.

    I hope this all makes sense. I know I ramble :)

    I live this,thanks a lot!:)
  • karenconklin32
    karenconklin32 Posts: 22 Member
    karenconklin32 wrote: »
    nfpswife wrote: »
    When I do my meal plan, I usually try to frame it similarly to a school lunch menu. Meals usually look like - Spaghetti (whole grain noodles) w/ meat sauce, steamed veggie (frozen) or bagged salad, and fruit or something light for dessert. I budget 400 a month for my family of 4 and can usually do that. Breakfasts are usually eggs or cereal on weekdays, and pancakes on weekends. Dinners are provided by daycare and I bring leftovers. My budget includes almond milk for my lactose intolerant toddler and 2% milk for my hubster and preschooler. We do fruit or popcorn (air popped) for snacks. We don't buy soda or prepackaged cookies. I buy crackers, but mostly for soups, etc. I make big batches of cookie dough for the freezer, so when we want snacks, we only bake a few cookies at a time.

    I hope this all makes sense. I know I ramble :)

    I live this,thanks a lot!:)

    Love,not live,lol
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