Looking for SIMPLE healthy dinner recipes

I have a gorgeous recipe from my weight watchers recipe book.

A piece of chicken breast
2 low fat sausages
some chopped veg such as carrots and onion
some gravy

put it all in the pot and leave to cook for around 1 hour.
Its beautiful x

I love to eat a hot soup in the evening. It is light, healthy and it fills me for 2 or 3 hours before I go to bed. I usually make it out of all sorts of veggies, my favorite is made of half of a zucchini and a big carrot which I chop in small pieces and then cook for 5 or so minutes. At the end I add a little bit of skimmed milk or a teaspoon of sour cream.
Another that tastes great is made out of a small potato and broccoli. I mix it before serving.

I don't like cooking during the week because we are always rushed.

I do breakfast burritos (but I only do them at night):
Eggbeaters or scrambled eggs in a skillet with 1 tablespoon of salsa - maybe 2 minutes to cook. You can also cook it in the microwave in a mug for about 1 minute 30 seconds.
Take 1 laughing cow light chipotle wedge, smear it on a low fat tortilla, pile on the eggs. Wrap up and eat.
It's yummy and has plenty of protein.


We also sometimes just cut up some veggies (green pepper, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes) and sliced ham, throw it in a skilled with eggbeaters or eggs, and and sprinkle low fat cheese on it to make omelets. Fast and nutritious.

I also hate to cook and quite often don't have much time to cook after work before having to run my son to some sporting event. We were looking for healty, quick recipes so my husband bought the book "Eating for Life" - it just arrived in the mail. I scanned throught it for the first time today - it has pictures of all the meals and pictures of all the ingredients. It says some of the meals can be completed in as little as 15 minutes. I actually can't wait to cook something!

I love www.tasteofhome.com. They have tons of recipes, listed by just about any category you could think of. There are pictures for most of the recipes and on the "healthy" ones nutrition information is listed. They also have several cookbooks and magazines, but I would imagine they have most of their recipes all online, too.

Personally, I love crock pot meals. So simple yet when the food comes out it seems like YOU spent all day cooking when in reality all you did was throw some food into the crock and turn it on! LOL I like "Fix it & Forget it-5 Ingredients Favorites" by Phyllis Pellman Good. There are no pics, but it's very easy to follow and there are a ton of recipes, all for the crock pot. I use it often.

If you like cooking with ground beef, consider adding or subbing beef with ground turkey. I promise you, your family won't notice the difference. There's nothing wrong with ground beef, especially if you cook with the lean kind, but turkey is so good for you and has a very mild flavor so can be used in a lot of dishes. I made a great taco soup using ground turkey and even the kids liked it. And if you like using the boxed versions of things like Hamburger Helper and Mac & Cheese, try simply using elbow mac or egg noodles with chicken broth, a little seasoning, & a little butter...much healthier and tastier, I think. Same goes for pizza. We love pizza, but the freezer section's selections are awful, terribly bad for you! Even just buying the Pillsbury thin crust pizza dough (refrigerated kind) is way better, or a Boboli pizza crust. Add tomato sauce, turkey pepperoni, shredded cheese, etc and you have yummy homemade pizza. We also like to make a chicken ranch pizza and a chicken pesto pizza where pesto replace the traditoinal tomato based sauce. It's delish.

Don't be afraid....I used to hate cooking, too, then I learned a few new recipes and found it doesn't have to be fancy...just good on the tastebuds and the waist line.