*all u men out there, whats a healthy meal that you would LO

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I fool my BF with this

BUMP...same here

I'm not a man, but I do work with food!
Why not try a nice lean steak with a homemade onion gravy, salad, corn on the cob, maybe some boiled potatos (add some dill, it tastes great)?
Or make some falafels, serve with pitta, salad, humous?
Or...try grilled pepper crusted salmon on a bed of spinach with some tartar cream?
Or try making your own burgers at home?
Turkey steaks with lemon, orange and ginger sauce, served with some roasted carrots and onions (again, add some dill), and maybe a small portion of butternut squash risotto on the side?

Ribs -- any kind!
Steak
"macho" veggies (cauliflower or asparagus with spicy ranch dressing, for example)

I wish my lady would provide me an accurate calorie count in advance of whatever she prepares, and that way I could plan my day--take an extra walk at noon, eat less for lunch, etc.

Usually, though, I do the cooking

Swap out a potato for a sweet potato. Try using something like Grilled chicken breast, a sweet potato, some asparagus, with a salad.

If you want to add a drink, try a dark beer, the darker the better.

If you want to add a drink, try a dark beer, the darker the better.

With steak, yes... but not generally with chicken (though some sauces/seasonings work with darker beers).

whole wheat pasta....

i like to make my man a nice healthy, diet friendly, amazing meal. i was wondering if u men out there had any suggestions as to a recipe that would be both of those things.

thank you !!!

-ally mae

Well, Ally Mae, you asked for men's suggestions, so I'll get the obvious one out of the way: I see your photo, and if I were your man and sat down across from you to eat, I'd be smiling no matter what was on the plate -- including nothing! So there's that.

Steak is generally a winner -- trim the fat and control the size; seven or eight ounces' cooked weight of a nice sirloin. If it's lean, don't cook it too done; keep it to a medium-rare. You can serve half a cup of brown rice with that -- maybe dice up some onions to include with the rice to add flavor -- and steam some broccoli or carrots. If he eats fish, you can't go wrong just grilling up a salmon filet; like the steak, don't get it too done, either; and it also goes well with rice and vegetables, or a salad.

I have a beautiful wife who does some very nice diet-friendly things; just reviewing her "hit parade" ... there's spaghetti with ground-turkey meat balls; that's a nice thing to sit down to, with a simple salad. She made some kind of lightweighted chicken enchiladas the other day that were really tasty, but I don't know the details so that may not help you. She does a light lasagna, she does a nice chicken stir-fry, she does a "legal" beef stroganoff ... just ideas, I don't have the recipes, sorry about that.

So, back to the essential part of the recipe: just be there and give him that smile, and the meal is made.

curious, what makes a sweet potato better than a white potato?

The sweet potato is more fibrous, harder to digest.

curious, what makes a sweet potato better than a white potato?

The sweet potato is more fibrous, harder to digest.

but a white potato is higher in essential minerals, does the higher fiber content negate the higher essential mineral content of the white potato?

This thread is not about you strange ab creature.

Anything you cook (as long is it is not something you know he hates) will be great. It's flattering just to know that you did it for him, and served with that smile you can't go wrong.

the last dinner I made for someone was:
Sea Bass
Saffron Risotto
and Asparagus wrapped in turkey bacon.

I think the cheese in the Risotto was the only high fat part of the meal.

I'd say that for men who eat meat at all, nearly all of us LOVE it grilled. Same for fish.

I bought myself a Lodge cast iron grill pan, like a heavy skillet with ridges in the bottom. I let it sit on high until it starts to smoke, and the instant you drop a steak or something on it it sizzles real loud. Leaves black grill marks on the food and the edges get brown and crispy. Mmmm. Just sprinkling the meat/fish first with salt (kosher salt !) and fresh ground black pepper is pretty amazing, then you can start to experiment with other spices. The taste is so good you don't need or want any kind of sauce to cover it up !

In terms of diet/health, be sure to remember "other" meats like lamb, bison, and non-chicken birds like duck and game hen. Just about anything that isn't manufactured inside a humongous agri-factory is going to taste better and be better for you. Depending on how you cook it, duck can be really high in fat, but soooo worth it.

One dish I tried recently and loved was chickpeas (garbanzos) and ground lamb. I saw it as a tapa in Spain, but it comes from North Africa, and I think they eat that combo in India. I just googled "chickpeas lamb" and got a recipe. Lots of great spices like ginger, cinnamon, cayenne, and others I never would have thought of using together. The recipe said to serve over rice, but I skipped that part. I'm really getting into eating beans, and this was a good way to get plenty without feeling meat-deprived !

thats what i want to buy next is a skillet/grill pan thing. to cook meat.

Be sure to get a cast iron one. Lots of them are made of thin sheet metal with a non-stick coating. Don't bother with those ! You want something fairly heavy that can soak up and hold lots of heat. The non-stick ones tend to peel if you use them at high heat.

The one I got is made by Lodge. WallyWorld had it for around $18, IIRC. I think Le Creuset might make an enamel-coated one for $$$. Also, there are flat ones that you can turn over and use as a pancake griddle and there are skillet-style ones with edges and a handle. I like the skillet style better. You can use one of those anti-splatter screens with them. I'm still learning how to use mine, and, yeah, sometimes there are splatter and/or smoke issues.

Good luck.

And if this dude turns out to be a loser, send me a PM. I love good food !