Meat & Potatoes Girl

You sound like my wife. I use www.mccormick.com to find a bunch of new recipes for veggies. Even ones that my wife typically won't eat. It's all in how you prepare them. I like to try one to two new recipes a week to see if its something I would fit into my routine.


Other good snacks: greek yogurt, nuts, cheese, protein bars, and fruits. Personally, i tend to eat larger meals and don't snack as much.

I love Japanese curry,you can find it easily in Asian stores and through all your favorite veggies and your lean Protein in. Yummy

Nothing wrong with meat and potatoes as long as it is lean meat and no high calorie toppings on the potato. Eating Well has a good Sloppy Joe recipe with onion, peppers, mushrooms and lean ground beef you might like.

turnips, carrots, leafy greens, potatoes, onions, peppers and mushrooms is pretty decent variety. Do you also eat beans?

nothing wrong with meat and potatos. but it is harder to feel full on just those.

grown ups eat their vegetables. popeye eats his vegetables. be like popeye. except dont get into as many bar fights.

april1779 wrote: »

I must try this roasting you all speak of.

You will probably be surprised at the difference in taste and texture from steamed, raw or boiled.

april1779 wrote: »

I'm not a bean eater. I used to love canned beans, terrible I know, but it was another thing we grew up eating. I don't eat them anymore, holy sodium. I do like green and yellow beans, but I only like them fresh, I don't like them cooked.

Nothing wrong with sodium, unless you have hypertension. In fact, if you are active, you need more sodium than the average individual as sodium is one of the components of electrolytes. I commonly eat 5000mg a day, but I also workout hard for an hour. And considering the health benefits of beans, I wouldn't stress it.

cbelc2 wrote: »

Cut a cabbage head into I inch thick slices. Brush each side with a mixture of olive oil, salt, pepper, and smashed garlic. Line a cookie sheet with foil and then parchment. Lay the cabbage on it and roast 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Turn them over with a spatula and roast for 20 more minutes. Tastes like garlic bread. Drooling!!!

Oh don't do that. While I love roasted cabbage don't give unrealistic expectations. It will not taste like garlic bread.

Roasting veg tends to bring out the sweetness in the veg, and for many people, that is the attraction for this cooking method. I lovelovelove roasted cauliflower, butternut or acorn squash, brussel sprouts - they taste completely different from the way my mom used to make them, which was to boil the snot out of them (or into them).

I got myself an Idaho boy who lived on meat and potatoes and fast food. We've come really far!

Do you like to grill? Throw some asparagus on along with your meat. Broccolini is better than regular broccoli to both of us. Saute in a pan, add some garlic, sesame oil and seeds. Another surprising one that he likes is brussles sprouts- I cut off the bottoms, slice in half, and roast with salt pepper garlic.

Another thing you could try is spaghetti squash or zuchinni noodles. I don't usually eat them alone, but I'll take just a half portion of pasta, and mix the zuchinni noodles in. This bulks up the portion (sometimes I'm a volume eater), saves calories for other things, and gets another veggie in.