bored with dinner

chicken tacos, salsa chicken, english muffin pizzas...yum yum

i am so bored with our "healthy" dinners!!
i swear its, chicken and veggies.. chicken and veggies.. chicken and veggies.
anyone have any dinners they LOVE that dont break the calorie bank??

Yea, that would drive me into a suicidal fast food binge for sure.

Maybe our diaries will give you some ldeas.

I need to eat and live well or forget it. I'd rather just be fat.

I love a big salad with some avocado, brown rice, and a good dressing. Yum!
I also recently made some delicata squash cooked with a little bit of honey and coconut/olive oil that I loved.
You can make some really good sweet potato "fries," which is actually just baked sweet potato.
You soak the cut up sweet potato in water for 30 mins, rinse, coat in whipped egg white, and bake at 425 for 40 minutes,
periodically flipping them. Really good.
Play around, see what you like!

A local grocery store here in Ohio has a product called Eggceptionals. Its 99% fat free and still real eggs, low in salt, and just has most of the fat taken out. It doesn't taste just like real eggs, but it does make a great omelette with diced veggies and cooked in a non stick pan with cooking spray. Not many calories and very filling if you put in lots of fresh veg and use low fat cheese like someone else suggested.

Salmon is also nice. Any kind of fish really. Just cook in a non stick pan with cooking spray and some seasoning. You can poach it in a little water with some herbs for a few minutes too. Baked is always an option. Roast some broccoli or cauliflower and put the fish in the oven for the last 5 or 6 minutes or less, depending on the thickness of the fish. Small servings of plain rice aren't too high in calories if you work it in to your allowance.

Get creative! I like to take unsalted cooking stock and add a ton of fresh veg and make soup. Pretty low in calories and you can add a small diced potato for some carbs if you like. Usually works out to less than 250 cals per about 2 cups.

Edit: Saw someone else suggested turkey tacos. Make your own seasoning blend so you can control the salt. The Hispanic section of the grocery stores usually have all the spices you need and much cheaper than the big name brands.

Why are you eating the same thing all the time, there are hundreds of things you can cook that are healthy and not too full of calories?
For example, for me, tonight's dinner is going to be pasta with cherry tomatoes and seafood, last night was baked chicken with a variation on salad nicoise, the night before, chicken schnitzel and salad..... all under 500 cals.
You can cook just about anything and make it more healthy - why not think about your favourite food and google "healthy recipe for xxxx" and I'm sure you'll find something good.

Do you like tuna? They have seasoned tuna that is really good, I always get the lemon and pepper. Whenever I am tired of chicken, the seasoned tuna adds so much flavor to almost anything you put it on. I eat it on brown rice, with whole wheat pasta, with veggies, or even by itself. The seasoning makes it soo good.

Two of my favorites are tuna melts and sweet and spicy salmon.

Tuna melt

1 5 oz can tuna
1.5 tbs light mayo
2 tbs reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
1 light english muffin

Preheat the oven to 350. Split the muffin in half and toast while oven preheats. Drain the tuna and stir in mayo along with salt and pepper to taste. Place half of tuna mixture on each muffin half. Sprinkle with 1 tbs cheese each and bake about 10 minutes. Comes out to roughly 330 calories for the whole thing with the muffins and cheese I use.

Sweet and spicy salmon

1 salmon filet
2 pineapple rings
.5 tbs teriyaki sauce
.5 tbs thai sweet chili sauce
dash of red pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Mix the teriyaki, chili sauce, and red pepper. Make a foil pack and place sauce and pineapple on the salmon. Seal and bake for 20 minutes. Serve over brown rice with steamed broccoli. Can be easily doubled, tripled, etc.

I have a nice go-to dinner:

Ingredients:
1 bag of romaine lettuce
Cheese tortellini
Light or Fat-Free Ceasar dressing
Light Croutons
Grated Parmesan cheese

Boil the tortellini according to the package. Mix 2 Tbsp of the dressing with 3 cups of salad salad and a hefty shake of the cheese. Put about 10 tortellini on top with a couple croutons and there you have it! According to this site, it is about 310 calories, 38 g carbs, 13 g protein, and 11 g fat. Not THE healthiest thing in the world but it is a nice take on the Caesar salad. Portion control is key with this because it can be easy to eat a ton of the tortellini, so I recommend making this when you have a friend coming over so you have someone to split them with. Enjoy!