What 3 "healthy" meals do you make often?
NeuroticVirgo
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What are 3 meals you cook a few times a month?
Me -
1) Tostadas w/ homemade beans
2) Brenner (breakfast for dinner)
3) Tuna Sandwiches
Me -
1) Tostadas w/ homemade beans
2) Brenner (breakfast for dinner)
3) Tuna Sandwiches
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1) red lentil dal... It is Uh-MAZING!!! http://edenkitchen.com/red-lentil-dahl/
2) Chickpea burgers... A million times better than any veggie burger out there http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2011/10/colleens-chickpea-burgers-with-tahini-sauce.html
3) This super healthy chili http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2012/01/healthy-super-bowl-party-chili.html0 -
Pasta with Crockpot turkey sausage sauce from Gina/Skinnytaste
Chicken scallopine with roasted potatoes (my own)
Rustic Italian Tortellini soup (from Sparkspeople. You've gotta try this!)
(my 3 stand-bys)0 -
You'll see these things in my diary quite often:
1. White bean chicken chili: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/white-bean-chicken-chili/detail.aspx I usually use fresh tomatillos and cook my own beans from dry to keep the sodium down. Frozen corn is much less hassle than fresh.
2. Baked salmon with sides (often boiled potatoes and sauteed veggies). I like it coated with a "dill pesto" (fresh dill, garlic, lemon zest & juice, a bit of oil, salt & pepper), balsamic glaze (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/balsamic-glazed-salmon-fillets/detail.aspx), or if I'm tired I just dust it with garlic salt and pepper. LOL
3. Eggwich - it's my main morning thing these days. Thomas' light multi-grain English muffins have 100 calories and decent fiber. I've got it down to a science and can do it in 5 min before work - even on crutches LOL. Just fry an egg and add some egg substitute to increase the protein, toast the English muffin while the egg's cooking, smear on some flavoured (garlic & herb) light cream cheese and assemble. About 250 calories, 28g carbs, 10g fat, 18g protein, 450 mg sodium.0 -
Spinach, Mushroom and Ricotta "Risotto" using Quinoa instead of rice.
Scrambled egg whites with grated zucchini, baby spinach, mushroom, garlic and chilli.
"Satay" stirfy - Tofu, Miracle Noodles, Carrot, Capsicum, Snow Peas, Broccoli with Almond Spread/Lime Juice0 -
stir fry
veggie sandwiches
protein packed omlets0 -
1. Vegetable Crepes
2. Tuna Cakes
3. Elk steak fajitas0 -
cilantro lime chicken
three bean chili turkey
pot roast0 -
1. Some sort of lentil and vegetable curry
2. Tofu stirfry with basil and chilli
3. Cajun chicken and spinach salad
I actually make these things at least once a week... Here's to the basil tofu stirfry kick never ending.0 -
1. Baked chicken breasts seasoned with onion, cayenne, and garlic powder. Side of broccoli, spinach, green beans, or peas (or a mix).
2. Baked chicken breasts marinated in sweet chili sauce (called mae ploy or something like that). Same sides
3. Tuna patties, open faced, on those thin sandwhich whole wheat bread disc things. Flavored with chipotle salsa, mustard, banana peppers, and diced jalapeno. Side of cottage cheese and veggies.
My fridge, freezer, and pantry are basically only filled with the stuff to make these 3 things, along with some skim milk for my whey shakes0 -
1. Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts/thighs w/ steamed vegetables
2. Tuna fish mixed with baby spinach-(just a big salad lol)
3. salmon patties0 -
bump really want to get some ideas from this but need to log off got to go out.0
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Omlette (http://beingmotivated.tumblr.com/post/27399626560/thefitty-how-to-make-an-omlette-great-as-a - my blog for losing weight)
Usual salads and fruit
Can't really think of a third one since I don't have a lot of variety in foods.0 -
1. Spinach Salad (loaded with all kinds of goodies)
2. Scrambled Eggs with Cheese in a Wheat Pita Pocket (add picante sauce)
3. Tuna Melt (sometimes with 1 wheat bread and sometimes without bread at all)
4. Quinoa Tabbouli (had to add this 4th one because it is my newest favorite)0 -
ground turkey tacos made with whole wheat tortilla (soft), no cheese
ground turkey spaghetti made with whole wheat spaghetti-noodles, no cheese
chicken stir fry0 -
1) Bobby flay grilled chicken cordon bleu with fresh lemon juice.
2) Arugula Chicken salad with fresh beans, egg whites, etc.
3) Snack: Greek yogurt, with fresh vegies like carrots and brocoli! My junk food snack. LOL0 -
stir frys
chicken roast dinner(no spuds or dry roasted)
chicken or turkey soups/stews0 -
1. Baked chicken breasts seasoned with onion, cayenne, and garlic powder. Side of broccoli, spinach, green beans, or peas (or a mix).
2. Baked chicken breasts marinated in sweet chili sauce (called mae ploy or something like that). Same sides
3. Tuna patties, open faced, on those thin sandwhich whole wheat bread disc things. Flavored with chipotle salsa, mustard, banana peppers, and diced jalapeno. Side of cottage cheese and veggies.
My fridge, freezer, and pantry are basically only filled with the stuff to make these 3 things, along with some skim milk for my whey shakes
i'm coming round yours later... yummy my sort food!0 -
Since moving to the UK I really don't cook much as there are so many excellent and cheap 'ready to cook' meals available. Even when I do cook it's mostly assembling things i.e. they have precut mixed stir fry veges which you can just dump in the the wok.
So my most often used low cal dinners are...
*Chicken stir fry
* Oven baked fish and chips with veges
* Some kind of baked chicken with mashed potatoes and heaps of kale0 -
1. Homemade Diet coke chicken
2. Homemade tandoori chicken with rice
3. Homemade burgers with salad and potato wedges
4. Homemade enchilladas
As you can see I cook pretty much all my meals from scratch. That way I know what's going into them and can reduce oil and salt, and can substitute fatty ingredients for leaner ingredients.
The recipes for these dishes are on my losing weight blog: http://losingweightisnopieceofcake.blogspot.co.uk/
(Except diet coke chicken and enchilladas - I'll put them up soon though).
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Stir fry
Pita pizza
George foremaned chicken on anything0 -
1. Homemade Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce with Fine egg Noodles
2. Chicken Enchillades - Chicken/veg wrapped in hovis square wrap, chopped tomatoes over top
3. Chicken Breast, Jacket potato, philly garlic and herb, vegetables0 -
bump these meals sound amazing0
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Mushroomy Turkey Burgers (no bun) with a large spinach salad
Quinoa/Turkey loaf with Baked Grains or African Beans and Potatoes on the side
Egg Cup0 -
bump for ideas0
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salad with tuna, salmon or chicken
rice
jacket potato and beans0 -
scallops with a sesame ginger sauce (also I add lots of spinach)-YUM and only 136 calories
panko crusted chicken with arugula (Bobby Flay's recipe)
zucchini pizza (which I just have one slice and give my husband the majority of the pizza)
Also any recipe I find on skinnytaste.com is usually DELICIOUS!0 -
1.) Rotisserie Chicken Salad....Spring mix lettuce, rotisserie chicken breast, a couple croutons, carrots, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and cucumber....YUM!!! (I am happily surprised to find myself LOVING salads lately!)
2.) Vegetable Beef Soup, with Lean Ground Beef.... Only 1/2 lb beef, and TONS of veggies!
3.) Eatingwell Mini Meatloaf....Again, lean ground beef, onions, red bell pepper, and panko bread crumbs, put into muffin pans to make sure to portion control this yummy dish, each one has only 184 calories!!!0 -
Chicken pasta in tomato sauce
Steak
Omelette consisting of 4 eggs and 2 chopped up big chicken breasts0 -
bump.0
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1) red lentil dal... It is Uh-MAZING!!! http://edenkitchen.com/red-lentil-dahl/
2) Chickpea burgers... A million times better than any veggie burger out there http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2011/10/colleens-chickpea-burgers-with-tahini-sauce.html
3) This super healthy chili http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2012/01/healthy-super-bowl-party-chili.html
YUMM!! .. My kind of Yummies! thankyou!0
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