Anyone have any ACTUALLY tasty but healthy recipes??
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ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
The easiest way to match your interpretation of "foods that taste good" would be to cook the things you really like,
with just one minor change:
Cut down the portion-size to mirror your remaining calorie-budget.2 -
if i want a burger ... i eat a burger. they are not unhealthy.
everything i make is healthy and good. im a damned good cook. i dont add extra butter or fats. vegetable servings are well seasoned and fill half my plate the majority of the time. i watch portion sizes.3 -
ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
Im sick of googling and asking people for healthy recipes and i get some kale salad recipe or some bland chicken with carrots on the side or some fcking cauliflower pizza(?
Maybe the problem isn't that you are getting bad recipe suggestions but that you're not specific for what kind of recipes you want. The recipes other people gave to you may be fabulous for them. They might really love that bland chicken and kale with side of cauliflower pizza. My recommendation is to look at what you already and eat and enjoy and make small changes to make them healthier or eat what you love, just eat within your calorie balance. Or...exercise enough that you can eat foods you love while still losing weight.0 -
rianneonamission wrote: »Carrot fries are carrots. Not a replacement for fries. Cauliflower rice too: it’s cauliflower, not rice.
It’s like the eejit who sliced up a whole cauliflower and called it cauliflower steak, as replacement for a juicy beef steak.
Utter madness.
this! I like cauliflower, I like carrots - but I don't want to substitute them for rice or fries3 -
Totally agree @deannalfisher
Nowt wrong with them as veg, they just aren’t substitutes for the things people claim.
Carrot fries
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debrakgoogins wrote: »ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
Im sick of googling and asking people for healthy recipes and i get some kale salad recipe or some bland chicken with carrots on the side or some fcking cauliflower pizza(?
Maybe the problem isn't that you are getting bad recipe suggestions but that you're not specific for what kind of recipes you want. The recipes other people gave to you may be fabulous for them. They might really love that bland chicken and kale with side of cauliflower pizza. My recommendation is to look at what you already and eat and enjoy and make small changes to make them healthier or eat what you love, just eat within your calorie balance. Or...exercise enough that you can eat foods you love while still losing weight.
This^
Find ways to tweak your own recipes.
Look at websites like Skinny Taste and Cooking Light. Find a favorite (like fries). Then take suggestions from that recipe.
https://www.skinnytaste.com/skinny-texas-cheese-fries/
My favorite pizza recipe (contains no cauliflower). I use a simple homemade crust (I use a recipe from Fleischmann's pizza yeast) roll it thin - slather with Pastorelli pizza sauce - add turkey pepperoni - veggies and 2% cheese. Baked on a stone, this is really delicious.1 -
Adding contrasting or complimentary seasonings can punch up any dish for almost no calories. For ease of use, you can get a good garam masala and just throw some in. Spicy is almost always low cal (either hot sauce or hot peppers). Fresh garlic, ginger, any kind of herbs (dill, thyme, sage, etc - fresh or dried) are all easy ways to completely change and enhance the flavor of whatever you’re making. When in doubt, salt and pepper are staples for a reason.
Adding a heavy dose of seasoning to even bland foods can completely change them and make them delicious. Also, if you don’t care about high sodium, fish sauce can make almost anything taste delicious.1 -
I love Skinnytaste too.
Honestly, for example, their turkey meatloaf - it's my go-to recipe now. I had some 85% ground beef the other day and put half of that in it, and it didn't add anything to the taste - just made it more calorie dense.
Same with chicken parm or whatnot... if you roll your chicken in egg then breadcrumbs, and bake it, it's still good, and really not that many more calories per serving.
Homemade fries that are baked with just a bit of oil are really tasty too - often tastier than the fried stuff for me.
For beef, buy lower fat ground beef, or trim as much fat as possible (although it's very hard to get ALL the fat out depending on the cut, so it's always a bit of a guess calorie-wise).
I only buy chicken or turkey sausage now too.
So you can make tasty meals without all the calories, it just takes some work (as opposed to take out and fast food, obviously).3 -
I have a mashed potato recipe thats lower in calories compared to the traditional milk and butter mashed potatoes.
Use chicken broth and fat free cream cheese to make them creamy. Season how you like. Salt and pepper always work and rosemary goes good with this too if you like it.
I originally started making them this way when my Dad had gallstones and was waiting on surgery to get gall bladder removed. I was looking for something that still tasted good but with low enough fat that it didn't cause him gall bladder pain. It worked! I've been making them that way ever since. I have a large family and mashed potatoes is always one of my assignments for holiday meals, and they get eaten every time.1 -
ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
Im sick of googling and asking people for healthy recipes and i get some kale salad recipe or some bland chicken with carrots on the side or some fcking cauliflower pizza(?
Yes. All of mine
have a look in the "recipe" section.
how do I get to that?0 -
Almost any food/meal, IMO, needs some punch. I'm a huge fan of garlic (I buy large jars that are "fresh" chopped garlic), garlic salt (add it to most meats and/or veggies), and have a good sized spice rack plus some spic mixes. Add onion and/or some peppers (I love poblano peppers chopped into a variety of dishes).
"Comfort" food such as pizza or a big juicy burger? Not off limits at all, just have to either a) Plan it into my day/week or b) modify - such as using ground chicken breast instead of beef.
Oh, and for that ground chicken breast burger I chop up some of that poblano and onion and add some garlic, mix it all together - nom nom nom IMO!!4 -
debrakgoogins wrote: »ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
Im sick of googling and asking people for healthy recipes and i get some kale salad recipe or some bland chicken with carrots on the side or some fcking cauliflower pizza(?
Maybe the problem isn't that you are getting bad recipe suggestions but that you're not specific for what kind of recipes you want. The recipes other people gave to you may be fabulous for them. They might really love that bland chicken and kale with side of cauliflower pizza. My recommendation is to look at what you already and eat and enjoy and make small changes to make them healthier or eat what you love, just eat within your calorie balance. Or...exercise enough that you can eat foods you love while still losing weight.
This^
Find ways to tweak your own recipes.
Look at websites like Skinny Taste and Cooking Light. Find a favorite (like fries). Then take suggestions from that recipe.
https://www.skinnytaste.com/skinny-texas-cheese-fries/
My favorite pizza recipe (contains no cauliflower). I use a simple homemade crust (I use a recipe from Fleischmann's pizza yeast) roll it thin - slather with Pastorelli pizza sauce - add turkey pepperoni - veggies and 2% cheese. Baked on a stone, this is really delicious.
Omg THISSSS is what im looking for. A calorie friendly cheese fries recipe?! Hell yesssss!!
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Thanks for all the responses!! I plan on trying alot of it!!0
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ShaeSweetness wrote: »debrakgoogins wrote: »ShaeSweetness wrote: »I mean does anyone have any foods that taste good, like really good, a lowfat version of steak and potoates or burgers or french fries??
Im sick of googling and asking people for healthy recipes and i get some kale salad recipe or some bland chicken with carrots on the side or some fcking cauliflower pizza(?
Maybe the problem isn't that you are getting bad recipe suggestions but that you're not specific for what kind of recipes you want. The recipes other people gave to you may be fabulous for them. They might really love that bland chicken and kale with side of cauliflower pizza. My recommendation is to look at what you already and eat and enjoy and make small changes to make them healthier or eat what you love, just eat within your calorie balance. Or...exercise enough that you can eat foods you love while still losing weight.
This^
Find ways to tweak your own recipes.
Look at websites like Skinny Taste and Cooking Light. Find a favorite (like fries). Then take suggestions from that recipe.
https://www.skinnytaste.com/skinny-texas-cheese-fries/
My favorite pizza recipe (contains no cauliflower). I use a simple homemade crust (I use a recipe from Fleischmann's pizza yeast) roll it thin - slather with Pastorelli pizza sauce - add turkey pepperoni - veggies and 2% cheese. Baked on a stone, this is really delicious.
Omg THISSSS is what im looking for. A calorie friendly cheese fries recipe?! Hell yesssss!!
I tried them and honestly they didn't look or taste as pretty as the picture, lol! Might be because I have yet to find some cheddar cheese that melts just right (baked homemade fries are very tasty though, even with just a bit of oil).0 -
HoneyBadger155 wrote: »Almost any food/meal, IMO, needs some punch. I'm a huge fan of garlic (I buy large jars that are "fresh" chopped garlic), garlic salt (add it to most meats and/or veggies), and have a good sized spice rack plus some spic mixes. Add onion and/or some peppers (I love poblano peppers chopped into a variety of dishes).
"Comfort" food such as pizza or a big juicy burger? Not off limits at all, just have to either a) Plan it into my day/week or b) modify - such as using ground chicken breast instead of beef.
Oh, and for that ground chicken breast burger I chop up some of that poblano and onion and add some garlic, mix it all together - nom nom nom IMO!!
You'd probably like my mom's cucumber salad if you like garlic...slice cucumbers very thin, soak in some salt to get moisture out,about 20min rinse well & squeeze out water, put in plastic container, add 1 part water to 3 parts white vinegar, add crushed garlic, salt, pepper & sour cream (you can use greek yogurt but it does lose some of the taste in this case, it's better the next day. We put a whole head of garlic in the latest batch. I used 6 cucumbers & a whole tub of sour cream0
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