Help - lunch and side ideas (I HATE SALADS

Leftovers

Breakfast:

Maple Proats
1 scoop Iso Whey Pure Vanilla Zero Carb Protein
1 packet maple instant oatmeal
1 T. caramel or maple Walden Farms syrup

Greek yogurt (I like Chobani Flips for fun flavors)

Oh Yeah! ONE Protein Bars (My favorites are Maple Glazed Donut, Birthday Cake and Pumpkin Pie)

6 T. egg whites
1 egg
1/8 c. red onion
1/8 c. green pepper
Serve on toast (I like the 40-cal bread) with avocado, salt and season with Kernel Season's flavor of choice.

Lunch/Dinner:

Stir Fry Bowl (Makes 4 servings)
1 pkg. cauliflower rice
1 pkg. frozen stir-fry vegetables
1 pkg. Perdue Short Cuts
2 eggs
8 egg whites
Steam veggies and place in skillet with remaining ingredients and stir together until eggs scramble/cook. Top with 3/4 c. Kikkoman Teryaki Glaze.

Wrap
1 Flat Out Italian Herb Tortilla
2 oz. Cajun turkey lunch meat
1/4 c. spinach
6 T. egg whites, cooked with red onion
1/2 T. light mayo
2 strips roasted red pepper

Easy Pizza
1 Flat Out Everything Flatbread
2 T. Prego Italian Sausage Sauce
2 slices hard salami
1/4 c. shredded part-skim mozzarella
Layer on bread and top with oregano and parsley. Heat at 350^ for 10-15 minutes.

Snacks/Sides:

Cottage cheese and sliced tomato with salt

Steamed in-pod edamame topped with garlic powder and salt

Cauliflower rice topped with Kernel Season's flavor of choice

Rice cake topped with PB, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds

Hillshire Farms Snack Plates (the ones with jerky and cheese cubes, not the ones with the crisps)

Broccoli baked and topped with garlic powder and light Parmesan cheese

I also make pizza using the whole wheat pita bread. Will sometimes add turkey pepperoni and some mozarella cheese. Add some veggies and delish

Stupid question: Have you tried making a salad with only things you like? A salad can be anything you want. I refuse to put any leaves or carrots in my salad. My typical dinner salad consists of bell peppers, grape tomatoes, cucumbers and two hard boiled eggs, with balsamic vinaigrette.

Don't get me wrong. Salads are not required. Just saying, it sounds like you just hate typical "rabbit food" salads, but a salad is whatever you want it to be.

Oh, and you MUST have salad as your breakfast or your diet will fail.

I am right there with you. I dislike salads, mainly because I don't like dressings and I am much more satisfied with warm food than cold. For breakfast I typically eat leftovers or warmed oatmeal/overnight oats. Lunch my go to is soup or baked potato with various veggie toppings.

Fellow salad hater here (with few exceptions). If I can't have it drenched in creamy dressing and crispy chicken, I tend to avoid salad altogether.

I'm a big fan of soup. I love soup, and you can generally eat a lot of it for few calories if you make it yourself or do some legwork to find types you like that fit your calories. A good broth-based soup made from primarily veggies and maybe beans or meat is awesome, blossom.

Many times, my lunch is just dinner leftovers so a lean meat, roasted veggie, and something a little starchy. I also do cold cuts with laughing cow cheese and some crackers, plus a fruit and a veggie.

My diary is open. You can check it out. You can see lower calorie versions of my lunches about a month back or so. I've recently upped my calories, so not sure what your goals are.

Thank you so much everyone!! This makes me feel heaps better

I have a few lunch ideas on my website (not selling anything - personal blog) https://www.exercisenotextrafries.com

When the weather starts to turn cooler (like about now), I start making ratatouille or caponata. Easy to make enough to portion out and refrigerate, good at room temperature or warmed up, and good in omelets or on couscous. There are a bazillion recipes for both of them on the interwebz.

1. This 'salad' (if defined by ' mixture containing a specified ingredient served with a dressing. ) is really yummy, IMO. I know you said you don't like salads, but from how you spoke of it, I get the impression you are discussing lettuce salads? So this one has no lettuce, and I personally leave out the carrots, dried cranberries, and the little bit of sugar in the homemade dressing, and just double the apples and cut them smaller so they are more present throughout the entire thing. It's just this crunchy, creamy, sweet and sour veggie fest that's really yummy, IMO http://natashaskitchen.com/2010/04/12/broccoli-salad-with-apple-and-walnuts/

2. Falafel and hummus - I make my own hummus, and add roasted veggies to it for extra flavor. I also my my own falafel (it's actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it). They keep well for a few days, and the falafel freezes quite nicely as well to thaw out later. I really love to eat a falafel or two (broken in half and laid down) and hummus in a wrap along with a tomato/cucumber/lemon juice/dill mixture (chopped small). I kind of love this much more than I should.

3. roasted chickpeas

4. one thing that I've enjoyed lately is making tiny sides. I bought up some super tiny bowls that are really aimed at being for dipping sauces, usually a couple bucks to buy, maybe 2-3 inches in diameter. I meant to use them to serve tiny soups or salads to my kids, for fun, but have found that I enjoy using them for that, as well. It's helped me sometimes to use up just a tiny bit of leftovers to just add to the meal in a tiny bowl like that, like say the last 2 Tb of rice plus 2 pieces of fried tofu and a 1/4 tsp of sauce. Usually, I'd either put those foods onto my plate the day before, so I don't 'waste food,' even if I'm not hungry, or they might go to waste. But with the little bowls, it all gets eaten without my having to overeat to make that happen. :-)

5. pickled veggies that I pickle myself. Quick pickling ones you can have ready in one day, and are often quite nice.

6. Potato cakes - I make flourless ones that I mostly baked, just fried for a minute on each side first to crisp it up. They pair nicely with chopped, fresh bell pepper, if you get the bell pepper and soak it for 30 minutes or so in salty water with lemon juice added.

7. empanadas, aprepas, tamales...there are lots of yummy little hand foods from Mexico and South America

8. Rice balls - japanese treat where you have a filling inside of rice, seaweed wrapping part of it to help you hold it while you eat.

spaghetti squash + tomato sauce