I need help with food...new girl here...

Check out hungry-girl.com or Kraft.com, they have lots of great recipes and meal Ideas. There are also a lot of ideas here as well, try searching the forums, and check out the feeds that say "what's for Dinner" or "what's for lunch" etc for some ideas. Hope this helps.

Do you like crunchy veggies at all - like carrots, cucumbers, celery, peppers?
Cottage cheese is high in protein, as is Sargento Lite String Cheese.
Tuna is good for lunch. I use 2 oz (1/2 can) w/ 1/2 T lite mayo, celery, in 1/2 oat bran pita with lettuce. Add a side of crunchy veggies, 1/2 c. cottage cheese & 1/2 c. sugar free jello and it's lunch!
Dinner for me is usually meat of some kind... chicken, steak, fish & a ton of steamed vegetables like brocoli, cauliflower or asperagus, & maybe a small side of long grain or brown rice. If I eat bread, it's Sara Lee 45 calorie. Check out the thread - what's for dinner - to get ideas too.

start experimenting. Go into the produce section and start trying stuff. the veggies you mentioned are on the starchy side, peas are great, but the corn& potatoes are on the starchy side. which is not to say they are "bad", you should just add others so you get a lot of variety.

stuff I never ate before I started this journey, but now I love:
hummus
different kinds of mushrooms (portabella especially)
zucchini
squash
carrots
broccoli
cauliflower
asparagus
bell peppers
green onions
cuties (small tangerines)
different kinds of lettuce (butter lettuce is YUMMO)
jicama
black beans
all kinds of salsa
nectarines
plums
asian apple-pears
pears

just keep trying stuff, you'll find things you didn't know you liked:flowerforyou:

what about fish/seafood? very low in calories, and soooo good for you!

those special K bars are pretty good, I have one almost every day, but if you have too many, you'll be high in sugar.


last night, my DH made a super good dinner:
brown about 6-8 chicken breasts (just enough to hold in their juices)
lay them in a pyrex baking dish, and smother them in a sauce made of:
3 cans of cream of broccoli soup mixed with 1 can of cheddar cheese soup
bake in the oven for an hour
serve over steamed rice.
I loved it. He also makes this dish with cream of mushroom (1) and golden mushroom (3) soups.

another EASY and delicious dish is:
boil up a package of penne pasta, and when it is 2/3 done,
saute up some shrimp, like about a pound
pour in a jar of spaghetti sauce,
add three big dollops of (either) fat free sour cream OR Fage greek yogurt 0%
stir it all together, drain the penne, toss it in the creamy spag sauce. GOOD! can also be made with chicken, either together with the shrimp, or as a substitute. also we add some mushrooms sometimes.

I'm a super picky eater so I sympathize with your frustrations! Even more difficult when my husband is home is that the ONLY vegetable he will eat is corn and occasionally I can get him to eat a salad. Tonight, I whipped together a really easy dinner so I figured I would throw you the recipe:

I used an egg white and 1/4 teaspoon of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) whipped together. I also took 5 ritz crackers and two wheat thins (you can use whatever cracker you have on hand or already prepared bread crumbs) and crushed. I added some salt-free all purpose seasoning to the crushed crackers. Take whatever portion you want of Chicken Breast Tenders or Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts cut down smaller and dip into the egg white/EVOO mixture. Make sure you cover both sides. Dip into the crackers, covering both sides. Throw onto a cooking sheet (might want to spray it with some cooking spray) and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit until done! I was super short on time so I used a Betty Crocker mashed potato pouch and Green Giant frozen carrots. It took me about 20 minutes from the time I started cooking to the time I sat down at the table to eat.

When my hubby is home, since he loves fruit so much, I often make a simple fruit salad to serve either with dinner or as dessert. We love cutting up two or three types of apples, an orange, and some strawberries/grapes. If we can afford it, we get some fresh pineapple to put in there, too!!! The orange is important with cut up apples. It will help keep them from turning brown and help them to last longer.

I prefer making things fresh and from scratch but that's not always an option in this household. So, I keep frozen veggies and a few box sides around for the just in case moments!

I have to agree with stir fry! And I love any chicken/veggie/rice combo these days. Campbell's has a delicious Cheesy Chicken and Rice Recipe that's really easy to make and even though my hubby HATES casseroles, he LOVES that recipe. I think it's on their website but it's also on their Cream of Chicken Soup. Can you tell the only meat I eat is chicken? :laugh: Good luck and happy cooking!!!

Do you like Salmon?? I baked a Salmon filet 15min at 400 degrees. Sprikle some lemon pepper, salt and garlic powder ove the top and bake. I also like roasted veggies, In a baking sheet with sides place mushrooms, onions, red bell peppers and orange bell peppers, and tomatos. Drizzle with EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil), pepper and salt and place in the broiler. And in about 20 minutes you have a delicious dinner. Be careful with the EVOO, because it will bump the calories, but it is also good fat, so it is up to you. Hope you like this one, it is my fav, but DH does not care much for fish, so I make it when he is out of town!

you can give egg yolks to a dog, if you have one.
or just toss 'em.
that's where the cholesterol is located, and about 50-ish calories...

I'm a mac n cheese addict too. It's my go-to food. I've found that I can slip in some veggies in with the mac n cheese and it helps me up my veggie intake. I like peas and carrots, corn (rarely) and sometimes I'll just throw in some mixed veggies. Add some Chilli powder and it's like a cheesy enchilada with pasta. Yum!