Dinner for family is NOT what I should be eating. Help!
Sharlene113
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I make dinner for my family almost every night but it's usually a meat (chicken, fish, steak, pork chops), a canned vegetable, salad, and maybe bread or pre-packaged noodles, etc. This is sometimes followed by dessert. This is where it goes all wrong. I LOVE cooking and making dinner for my family but I feel I need to make a separate dinner for myself.....any suggestions? Cookbook? I would prefer making one dinner!
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for me I cook most of are meal ( one meal a week we eat out) we eat like you meat, veggie and a carb. I dont know about the separate or you may be making a meal each person. for me it has been all about portion control.0
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Portion control is something I have a hard time with. I have to force myself to eat breakfast and I usually eat a huge lunch because I'm starving by then. Quick breakfast ideas?0
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I often skip the carb and double the veggies at dinner. I RARELY eat breakfast at home, usually in the car on my commute to work. protein bars (Cliff bars are rgeat and come inyummy breakfast flavors!) , piece of fruit, smoothies (made ahead of time and put in fridge in separate grab and go travel mugs). Another idea (again, made ahead of time), in a bowl mix up ingredients for an omlette (veggies, cheese, eggs/egg whites) and cook in a muffin pan. You then have individual servings that you can grab and go from the frigde and eat on the run
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What is it about your family dinners that you think aren't good for your diet? Meat, veggie/salad and carb sound OK. I agree its about keeping it in resonable portions and also finding healthier ways to prepare the food (less butter, dressings, salt, etc). Otherwise, I think you're probably ok enjoying the same meal as your family. Plus you can already forsee what a hassle it would be to try and make a seperate meal for yourself, its more expensive to get the extra groceries plus it takes more time to prep/cook - all in all it seems like that would be a more difficult option.0
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I cook just like you do. I fix a lean meat and either bake or grill it. then I add veggies and a starch for husband and daughter. I just eat the lean meat and veggies most of the time. Just make it a healthy meat and eat double the veggies or veggies plus a salad with your meat and occasionally eat a small serving of the starch.
This works for about everything. Even if I fix tacos for them, I make myself a taco salad (no shell) and use salsa only no sour cream to dress it. If you have pizza, just have a big salad to fill you up along with a slice or two of the pizza (unless you are doing low carb then you may need to do something else for pizza night).
It's more about portion control then fixing separate meals. If you normally serve dessert, then you may want to opt out or opt for fruit instead.0 -
For the most part, I eat whatever they are eating. I skinny up the pasta sauce by using more veggies and lean ground beef, turkey, or meat substitute, or some combo, and more veggies to the sauce. They don't even notice. I double the veggies for myself and often serve a salad with dinner. Even my little one (3 years old) gets a bit of salad. I also bake everything these days, so nobody gets fried meat or fries! My kids have gotten so used of fresh, oven baked french fries that they will barely deem to eat the frozen kind. If we do tacos, I just do one shell, cut in half to make a Mexican pizza, with a small bit of meat, extra black beans, and a ton of veggies and salsa. The kids get actual tacos, but the cooking is EXACTLY the same.
The big success for me has been meal planning. I decide once a week on suppers, including one that will have enough to freeze the leftovers for a busier week or for lunches (like a roast or chicken and salsa in a crockpot). We eat leftovers with a salad or fresh fruit for lunch.
Breakfast is usually light, toast or something, but I do a lot of egg white omelets with whatever veggies I happen to have!0 -
Hey Momma--
If you think that the dinner isn't healthy enough for you, it may not be healthy enough for your family. What is it about the dinner that you think you're missing?
How would you like to change your diet (that's a good place to start)?0 -
Hey Momma--
If you think that the dinner isn't healthy enough for you, it may not be healthy enough for your family.
agree^
I make one meal pretty much. I usually don't take larger portions of carbs or starch and stick to seconds of veggies only.
breakfasts are yogurt and fruit, Kefir smoothies, or spanish omellets/greek scrambled eggs.0 -
I see nothing wrong with your family dinners. That's pretty much what I do. I just cook everything in the most healthy way possible and double p on the veggies0
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Great ideas! Thanks! Hadn't thought about some stuff you mentioned. Really appreciate the help!0
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Also, most times, frozen veggies contain more nutrients than canned.
Good luck!0 -
Make a healthier dinner for your family. None (aside from meat) of the food you listed have a solid nutritional basis and are teaching your kids to eat poorly. I'm a vegetarian ds is allergic to eggs and everyone else meat. Our meal look like this
Veggie kabobs
Corn on the cob
Fresh wheat bread
Desert watermelon
Meat* grilled chicken0 -
Looking at what OP posted, you can probably do 2 things to improve:
Cut the non-lean meats--no steak. Pork chops are ok, but not as good as chicken and fish.
Have vegetarian meals a couple night a week.
Replace noodles and bread with rice or quinoa.0 -
If you're worried about portion control try using a saucer instead of a dinner plate. It really helps me keep my portions in control.0
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