Help bordeom is setting in!

i have found that the best thing for me is to make dinner for the family. i have a hubby and a toddler and an infant. i do not make myself a special meal. and we all eat that. i just figure out the cals before hand and measure my food. i have been looking for recipes to try new things. the cauliflower pizza crust is amazing for lunch. tonigh we are having leftovers, yesterday we had parm. crusted tilipia for dinner (with beans and corn bread) and tommarow black and blue burgers prob with a salad or something.

The internet is your friend! Try Recipe.com, Allrecipes and others. There are websites for vegans, diabetics and eating light.
Put in the search something like, chicken recipes, and you will have more ideas than you can cook in a month. My new favorite site is "Plain Chicken".
Many grocery stores have recipe sections and many food manufacturers, such as Campbell and Borden, have recipes on their sites.
Good luck and, by all means, try something New!

Carrot, Leek and Cardamom Soup

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 teaspoon of ground black cardamom

3 medium leeks, white and light green parts only, split down the centre, washed well and chopped

6 large carrots, peeled and chopped

4 cups homemade chicken stock or vegetable stock

Fine grain sea salt and freshly ground white pepper


In a medium sauce pan melt the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the cardamom and cook, stirring, for two minutes. Add the leeks, stir and cover with a lid and reduce the temperature to medium low. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until leeks are soft and fragrant. Do not brown the leeks.

Add the carrots and stock, some salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes until the carrots are tender.


Working in batches (no more than two cups at a time) purée the soup using a blender and then pour through a fine mesh sieve into a clean pot. Heat through and season with freshly ground white pepper and salt to taste.
(I use an immersion blender in stead; it saves time.)

Makes 6 cups of soup

Google 'cook yourself thin'
they have loads of recipes that have been slimmed down so you can still eat roughly what you would have eaten before. I made a chicken tikka masala the other night and I had enough calories left for a couple of poppadoms as well as a small portion of rice. Just serve up larger portions to your partner!

Hi, relatively new to this dieting game and just getting a bit fed up of eating the same things everyday...

There's only so long you can have meat and salad for dinner before you get bored.

Any one have any good supper recipes????

You gotta stop thinking this is a 'dieting game' - that mentality is part of your problem...

To be truthful, to solve your problem is very easy to do... but it requires your effort in research.

Look for recipe websites
Try recipes from other countries
Learn how to make appropriate and healthy substitutions in recipes that you would otherwise pass up....

Designate theme nights for meals.

Monday - Mexican
Tuesday-Thai
Wednesday-French
Thursday-Italian
Friday American
Saturday-Chinese
Sunday-Portuguese...

Change it up... the only limitation is you!!!!

check out skinnytaste.com

awesome recipes for everybody!!

I had the same problem when I first started eating healthy. Then I realized that I'm only limiting myself, not the food. The internet is truly your friend. All these websites are great! I also work for a healthy navigation system called Guiding Stars. On our website there are hundreds of recipes (guidingstars.com). It based on a three star system. 1 good, 2 better, 3 best. Veggies, whole grains, fruit, chicken and turkey are my new delicious friends

Skinnytaste.. my diary is full of her recipes! LOVE HER!