Healthy meal Ideas???

i need ideas for lunch, dinner and snack

i have to go grocery shopping and want to shop heathy!

please post ideas!

breakfast- I usually do cereal & fruit- sorry nothing inventive here

lunch- i do different wraps- usually based on dinner the night before- we had chicken last night, so I put some wing sauce & light blue cheese with the chicken and had a side salad

i also do crust-less quiche and make it with egg beaters and usually buy the progressive 1 point soup

dinners- meatloaf with fake mashed potatoes (I steam cauliflower & mash it)

last night- I made chicken with garlic sauce & served it over spinach for myself & over pasta for DH (he's skinny & eats like a horse )

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Posted by futuremrsfab

breakfast- I usually do cereal & fruit- sorry nothing inventive here

lunch- i do different wraps- usually based on dinner the night before- we had chicken last night, so I put some wing sauce & light blue cheese with the chicken and had a side salad

i also do crust-less quiche and make it with egg beaters and usually buy the progressive 1 point soup

dinners- meatloaf with fake mashed potatoes (I steam cauliflower & mash it)

last night- I made chicken with garlic sauce & served it over spinach for myself & over pasta for DH (he's skinny & eats like a horse )

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That all sounded so freaking good! lol

My DH East NOOOOO veggies!!!

i want to cook big meals and save for the week since i'll be starting school and trying to loose weight! lol

I love this health food place in the city called The Pump Energy food. Check out their website for ideas.

www.thepumpenergyfood.com

with the exception of the last couple of weeks, i've been following a pretty easy plan (from a book i read) to eat healthy and i actually like the food! some of the things i like best are:

breakfast:
protein shake (this usually consists of fruit, protein, almonds, agave nectar)
omlette with low fat cheese and fruit on the side
canadian bacon with eggs and grapefruit

lunch:
caesar salad with homemade dressing and grilled chicken
cottage cheese and fruit
egg salad
chef's salad and fruit
chicken salad and fruit

dinner:
chili
chicken and veggie kabobs (this is my fav)
pork chops
grilled burger made with extra lean beef and pearl barley

most of these things are out of the book i am following. if you want more info, feel free to FM. the concept is to eat a fat, carb and protein at every meal. HTH!

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Posted by Browneyesncute

My DH East NOOOOO veggies!!!

i want to cook big meals and save for the week since i'll be starting school and trying to loose weight! lol

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we do this! we try to prepare most of our meals on sunday so we don't have to cook so much during the week.

I think I may have posted this one before:

take around 1lb of thin cut chicken breasts and sprinkle with salt, pepper, basil and oregano. Put them in a 9x13 pyrex. take a can of diced tomatoes and drain a can of olives dump both on top of the chicken. Sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on top. Bake in a 350 preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is done

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Posted by MikeandJess

I think I may have posted this one before:

take around 1lb of thin cut chicken breasts and sprinkle with salt, pepper, basil and oregano. Put them in a 9x13 pyrex. take a can of diced tomatoes and drain a can of olives dump both on top of the chicken. Sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on top. Bake in a 350 preheated oven for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is done

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HMMM good except dh doesn't eat tomatoes and i dont eat olives lol

its very hard to cook for him and me, i love veggies!!!

i like this salad:

romaine lettuce & cucmber (and anything else you like) with a scoop of tuna fish and low fat/lite raspberry dressing

Chicken salad
100 calorie packs (but check labels..some are deceiving as to which are healthy)
Turkey
Tuna
whole wheat breads, cereals, and english muffins
SMART BALANCE! great for people who can't give up butter
Low fat yogurt
fruit
special k bars

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Posted by Browneyesncute

My DH East NOOOOO veggies!!!

i want to cook big meals and save for the week since i'll be starting school and trying to loose weight! lol

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I usually won't eat veggies either. I've discovered a way of masking them. I melt butter in a frying pan, add olive oil and garlic. Then I put bread crumbs in the pan and brown them a little. Add the veggis (asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, greenbeans) and cover and let the food steam.

As far as food you can eat while you're in school. Chicken cutlets in bulk, veggie lasagna, whole wheat ziti, turkey burgers, turkey meatloaf.

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Posted by Browneyesncute

My DH East NOOOOO veggies!!!

i want to cook big meals and save for the week since i'll be starting school and trying to loose weight! lol

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There's a healthy cook on food network that sometimes will sneak veggies into her meal and supposedly you can't even tell the difference. She made a mac and cheese dish that looked delicious but it had 2 whole servings of squash in it. You could get sneaky

be careful with alot of things that say fat free or any of those substitute type things. They can just end up being worse for you. In order for it to be fat free they have to put more chemicals so thats not good, and not only that but your body does not know how to break these things down so youre better off eating the real thing in almost every case

some healthy meals i used to make, should start again lol

grilled salmon, or you can even bake or broil it. Salmon is great for you and you can do it with veggies, either steamed or sauteed. You can always squeeze some lemon and put pepper on the veggies for flavor, even throw in some garlic. But most grilled fish would be good not just salmon. You can even do grilled shrimp, or do shrimp skewers.

I also like chicken skewers.

You can also eat a grilled steak. You should have a combo of things and certain percentage of protein, starch, veggies. So do just grilled steak with veggies.

Do like chicken fajitas, you can buy the whole wheat bread for it and grill the chicken and add tomatoes, lettuce, green and red peppers and a little bit of cheese is good for you, and throw some salsa on there

I love turkey burgers, they even have turkey cutlets.

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Posted by Espo22

be careful with alot of things that say fat free or any of those substitute type things. They can just end up being worse for you. In order for it to be fat free they have to put more chemicals so thats not good, and not only that but your body does not know how to break these things down so youre better off eating the real thing in almost every case

some healthy meals i used to make, should start again lol

grilled salmon, or you can even bake or broil it. Salmon is great for you and you can do it with veggies, either steamed or sauteed. You can always squeeze some lemon and put pepper on the veggies for flavor, even throw in some garlic. But most grilled fish would be good not just salmon. You can even do grilled shrimp, or do shrimp skewers.

I also like chicken skewers.

You can also eat a grilled steak. You should have a combo of things and certain percentage of protein, starch, veggies. So do just grilled steak with veggies.

Do like chicken fajitas, you can buy the whole wheat bread for it and grill the chicken and add tomatoes, lettuce, green and red peppers and a little bit of cheese is good for you, and throw some salsa on there

I love turkey burgers, they even have turkey cutlets.

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looveee fajitas! i was thinking of grilling a big thing up and keeping that in the fridge with grilled peppers and onions

fish, i can make for myself dh will no eat! ugh! lol

chicken burgers are good too!

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Posted by Browneyesncute

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Posted by Espo22

be careful with alot of things that say fat free or any of those substitute type things. They can just end up being worse for you. In order for it to be fat free they have to put more chemicals so thats not good, and not only that but your body does not know how to break these things down so youre better off eating the real thing in almost every case

some healthy meals i used to make, should start again lol

grilled salmon, or you can even bake or broil it. Salmon is great for you and you can do it with veggies, either steamed or sauteed. You can always squeeze some lemon and put pepper on the veggies for flavor, even throw in some garlic. But most grilled fish would be good not just salmon. You can even do grilled shrimp, or do shrimp skewers.

I also like chicken skewers.

You can also eat a grilled steak. You should have a combo of things and certain percentage of protein, starch, veggies. So do just grilled steak with veggies.

Do like chicken fajitas, you can buy the whole wheat bread for it and grill the chicken and add tomatoes, lettuce, green and red peppers and a little bit of cheese is good for you, and throw some salsa on there

I love turkey burgers, they even have turkey cutlets.

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looveee fajitas! i was thinking of grilling a big thing up and keeping that in the fridge with grilled peppers and onions

fish, i can make for myself dh will no eat! ugh! lol

chicken burgers are good too!

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sounds like a good idea.

Oh he doesnt eat any seafood huh. What about buyin chicken and baking it. You can buy cornish hens, and you can make cooked carrots and stuff with it, well dh loves cooked carrots but you can make it with whatever you two like. But if you want to eat fish make yourself the fish and make your Dh like steak or pork chops with the same veggies

oh i think i did have chicken burgers before, they were good.