Healthy meal ideas

[rugbysecondrow]

when planning my meals for the week, I found that I am in a rut. Frankly, it was a busy fall and winter with a home remodel and the holidays so I have been in a rut for a while and just didn't know it.

What are some of your favorite recipes, looking for healthy but am down for others as well.

Also, do any of you all make recovery shakes at home? What do you all use?

Thanks!

[54ny77]

Lunch for the little people.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/21/obama-gut-busting-lunch-menu-tops-3000-calories/

[Jawn P]

http://theveganstoner.blogspot.com/ for quick and dirty eats, healthy too :banana:.

[goonster]

Homemade hummus: easy to prepare several meals in advance, fine-tune your preferred flavor, excellent source of protein and fiber, does an outstanding job of suppressing appetite. (requires food processor)

Baked squash: Slice butternut or acorn squash in half, scrape out cavity, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt, fill cavity with berries and nuts, bake in oven at 400 deg F or until tender.

Kale and beans: Sample recipe here. (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/bean-and-kale-ragu/) There are a lot of possible variations, so keep it simple with the spices to begin with. Delicious with cooked, crumbled sausage if you choose to add meat.

[giverdada]

i blame my wife (with all due respect and adoration) for my current eating habits that keep me trim and regular and almost fast enough to keep up with her on a bike. if she cooked all the time, though, i'd be in the dish pit all the time. thus, my preferred methods usually involve stuff on rice and a max of two pots other than the rice cooker. lots of vegetarian things. add enough honey and liquid soy and ginger, and anything tastes good on rice. bbq-ing is also pretty fantastic, especially this time of year.

anyway, quick and dirty:

tofasoy - variation on filipino bas oy - just crumble firm tofu instead of ground beef, sautee with onions and garlic and a bunch of olive oil. salt and pepper to taste. add a can of diced tomatoes. simmer for 10 min. add sliced zucchini on top. serve when zucchini is transparent. be sure to stir often and maybe add 1/4 cup of water or less as needed to prevent from scorching. lid on for zucchini steaming. serve on brown rice. additional add-ins: thyme, vinegar. give'r.

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[dsimon]

Hearty Beef Stew

[AngryScientist]

i was in the same boat not long ago, check out some of the good ideas i got here:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=122742

[Louis]

http://theveganstoner.blogspot.com/ for quick and dirty eats, healthy too :banana:.

+1

My own variations on the "Hobo Stew" are my most common meals.

[AngryScientist]

and this site was particularly good, especially the "one pot meals". IMO

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus

[Cat3roadracer]

I have been into quinoa, kale, red peppers, grilled chicken, tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette. Keeps me full longer into the afternoon.

Good luck, keep posting ideas. All are helpful as we want to drop a few pounds of junk before the spring series starts.

[Louis]

I have been into quinoa, kale, red peppers, grilled chicken, tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette.

I've been thinking of adding kale to my "pot of stuff" recipe, but fresh requires a bit too much coordination and planing, so I think I'm going to go with frozen. I believe Trader Joe's has some.

[Cat3roadracer]

I've also been told that Chia seeds need to be in the mix. Anyone have experience with these guys?

[patstar]

these are all really great ideas. I really need to stick to my resolutions this year

[nighthawk]

I find by limiting my shopping to the produce dept, the bulk bins, and the meat and fish counters, I usually end up with a pretty healthy meal. Lots of quinoa or rice, sautéed veggies (kale! sweet potatoes, mushrooms, onions, winter squash), occasional fish or chicken.

I actually eat quinoa, kale, and a fried egg for breakfast many mornings. Lotsa hot sauce!

Eating healthy is pretty easy for me because I genuinely prefer healthier food... My problem is I also genuinely prefer delicious beers, too. The high calorie dark beers... But unless I start having those for breakfast, I won't consider it a problem.

[monkeybanana86]

I really like soup with either beans, lentils, split peas, or a combination or them. A pressure cooker makes life easy for me. And my new thing is to add orzo pasta in it. It feels good reaching for that instead of some greasy or sugary snack.

[keevon]

I find by limiting my shopping to the produce dept, the bulk bins, and the meat and fish counters, I usually end up with a pretty healthy meal.

This is key. Stick to the perimeter of your supermarket... that's where the healthy stuff tends to live.

[William]

Did you ever try this one?
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showpost.php?p=812263&postcount=15





William

[oldpotatoe]

when planning my meals for the week, I found that I am in a rut. Frankly, it was a busy fall and winter with a home remodel and the holidays so I have been in a rut for a while and just didn't know it.

What are some of your favorite recipes, looking for healthy but am down for others as well.

Also, do any of you all make recovery shakes at home? What do you all use?

Thanks!

Tee hee, when I first rear the title, thought it said 'Happy Meal ideas'...

We eat a lot of fish..grilled outside, Salmon, Grouper, Talapia,

[Climb01742]

for the nights you're too busy or tired to cook, if there's a chipotle near you, give it a try. it's very easy to order a healthy and very tasty meal there. and it'll be very affordable too. it's our go-to healthy take-out place.

[elronino]

Depending on your taste budz..."The Feed Zone Cookbook (http://feedzonecookbook.com)" has a ton delicious recipes... anything from one potter's to incredible rice cakes....

I can vouch for the rice cakes and spaghetti and meatballs. Recipes are simple, clean and the book actually provides some good analysis on when to eat certain types of food and why.

[Brucer]

Feel free to sneak a cookie into the mix. Maybe some black licorice.

Otherwise . . .

[CNY rider]

Get acquainted with the dry beans section of your market, and learn how to use them.
They form the basis for incredibly healthy meals at a very low cost.
You just need to learn the cooking techniques and plan ahead so you can soak overnight.

[hockeybike]

Lentils! Lentil soup is an excellent base--filling, tasty, healthy, full of protein. Super simple to make, too.

1 lb bag of lentils, two cups of chicken broth, whole chopped onion, some garlic and hten spice however you want (I'm a fan of hot paprika and tumeric). Sweat the onions, then add the rest of your ingredients, get the whole mixture to a boil and let it simmer for 40 minutes. Then, get out a stick blender and puree. Pretty awesome.

Or, tomato soup--no cream needed, just go with whole peeled tomatoes, as much chicken broth as you want (1.5 cups leaves you with a decently thick soup) and spice however you like--again, I like it spicy, so paprika and tumeric make the grade.

I think the former is an Alton brown recipe, and the latter is one I found on footnetwork or something. That said, hard to really patent lentils/tomatoes+stock+spices+blender. Main point: Get a stick blender!