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Salad - ingredient/veggies combination ideas + dressings
Hi everyone, For lunch I'm eating salad and enjoying it, but also wanted to find some other combinations of ingredients/veggies so I can change things up a bit each week for a salad. I'm also very interested in a salad with maybe not tons of lettuce, but a combination of many different vegetables. I found some no salt…
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Protein - it's working :) and ideas
Hi everyone, Over the last few months I've been trying to get back to my comfortable weight and I was just hanging right around the weight that was about 5-6 lbs heavier than I want to be. Side note-I actually like getting even 2-3 lbs below that so I can eat more freely on the weekends - gain the 2-3 lbs from that, then…
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300-400 calorie tasty small meals/snacks (higher protein, lower carb, lower fat)
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some new food ideas (either small meal or snack type food) in the 300-400 calorie range with higher protein, lower carb and lower fat. Also, if you could please provide the cal, protein, carb, fat numbers for any foods you might suggest-that would be wonderful. TIA I'm not too picky in what I…
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40:30:30 or higher protein/lower carb-snack/meal ideas
I am looking for different snack ideas and breakfast/lunch ideas that get close to the 40% carb/30% protein/30% fat numbers. I think for snacks - probably around 200-300 calories. And maybe a little higher for meals - 400-500 calories. I have blood sugar issue so I would like to try to eat smaller snacks/meals more often…
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Meal/snack combinations/1200 cal diary
Hi everyone, I'm searching for new food ideas since I've sort of lost my way. I was doing well a few months ago, but got burned out on what I was eating, so I gained back some weight. I'm really ready to start back with logging my food, etc., but I'm having a difficult time with knowing what to pair together for…
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Roasting vegetable-extra virgin olive oil
I've just started roasting vegetables and wow they are delicious. My question - how much evoo do you log into mfp? If I use say 2 Tbs or even more if doing a big batch - by the time I roast/eat them - some of that is left on the pan - I'm wondering if some evaporates during the roasting process - so I don't know if I'd…
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Overnight Oats - recipes and lower sugar
I would like to try some overnight oats. I'm looking at different recipes and the sugar grams seem to be rather high on the recipes I've looked at so far. How many sugar grams does a typical overnight oats recipe have? What are some overnight oats recipes that have a low amount of sugar? Or what is a good way to avoid…
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Vegetable Lunches/Snacks easy to make/take on the Go
Hi everyone, I would like to find some vegetable type snacks and lunches that are easy to make and easy to take to work. I'm hoping to find some interesting ideas outside of raw veggies and dip or salads. However, if you have a really healthy, tasty/interesting salad recipe please let me know. I'm wanting to increase my…
