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anyone have a list of good healthy foods that are alternatives to some of the most common popular foods?
some of the foods i like are
pizza
burgers
meatloaf
baked potato (loaded)
pastas
burritos
chili
etc.
Answer
PIZZA:
Buy small frozen "individual" pizza's by health brand's such as: Kashi, Amy's, Weight Watcher's Smart One's, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, etc.
Or ..
Order a pizza (consume 1/2 small pizza, 2-3 slices medium and 2 slices large/ extra large). Order thin crust or wholewheat crust with basic tomato sauce and "light ammount of cheese". Order with a variaty of vegetables/ fruits (pineapple/ tomato/ peppers/ onion/ spinach/ zuchinni/ broccoli/ etc) with optional lean meat on pizza (ham/ sliced chicken breast/ anchovies- fish or extra lean ground beef- lean ground turkey).
Dip crust/ pizza in a marinara sauce or light creamy salad dressing (light ranch salad dressing)
BURGERS:
- Try ordering "veggie" burger's at fast- food joints or a kid's single patty burger (no cheese).
Also try turkey burger's/ grilled chicken burgers (no mayonaise).
Or .. Make you're own with extra lean ground meat/ lean ground turkey or purchase a Boca Burger and consume on a wholewheat bun/ pocket with ketchup/ mustard/ relish and vegetable toppings with optional slice of light cheese- light shredded cheese and optional avacado/ guacamolie/ light creamy salad dressing- vinagrette (eg: light ranch salad dressing)
Consume with crunchy vegetables and hummus- cottage cheese, cooked vegetables in olive oil or side salad with light dressing/ vinagrete with optional baked potato wedges/ baked yam wedges.
MEATLOAF (Make with extra lean ground beef- lean ground turkey, basic tomato soup, diced vegetables, ground bran cereal and a egg. Check "google" for hearty meatloaf recipes).
Use tomato sauce as a gravy or onion soup.
Baked potato with a small ammount of either; 1% cottage cheese or light sour cream with chives and herbs/ spice's. Add TBSP ketchup/ tomato sauce/ chili sauce for added flavour.
Pastas (use a wholewheat pasta and with a tomato sauce or drizzeled with olive oil, diced vegetables and herbs. Add optional light laughing cow wedge in pasta or 1-2TBSP grated cheese. Add optional lean protein- turkey meatballs/ meatless meatballs, sliced chicken breast, lean ground beef- lean ground turkey- ground soy crumbs, diced tofu, shrimp, scallops, salmon, tuna, prawns, etc)
Burrito (use a wholewheat flour tortilla, ~ two 6' tortillas), use salsa instead of sour cream, lightly shredded cheese, variaty of cubed vegetables (peppers/ onion/ tomato/ lettuce/ etc) with spices/ herbs and either baked beans in tomato sauce- spices, lowfat refried beans, fajita steak sliced, fajita chicken sliced or salmon/ trout sliced or sliced tofu)
Consume with side salad and light dressing/ vinagrette or cooked vegetables in olive oil with optional brown- long grain rice.
Chili (buy canned vegetarian/ turkey chili).
PIZZA:
Buy small frozen "individual" pizza's by health brand's such as: Kashi, Amy's, Weight Watcher's Smart One's, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, etc.
Or ..
Order a pizza (consume 1/2 small pizza, 2-3 slices medium and 2 slices large/ extra large). Order thin crust or wholewheat crust with basic tomato sauce and "light ammount of cheese". Order with a variaty of vegetables/ fruits (pineapple/ tomato/ peppers/ onion/ spinach/ zuchinni/ broccoli/ etc) with optional lean meat on pizza (ham/ sliced chicken breast/ anchovies- fish or extra lean ground beef- lean ground turkey).
Dip crust/ pizza in a marinara sauce or light creamy salad dressing (light ranch salad dressing)
BURGERS:
- Try ordering "veggie" burger's at fast- food joints or a kid's single patty burger (no cheese).
Also try turkey burger's/ grilled chicken burgers (no mayonaise).
Or .. Make you're own with extra lean ground meat/ lean ground turkey or purchase a Boca Burger and consume on a wholewheat bun/ pocket with ketchup/ mustard/ relish and vegetable toppings with optional slice of light cheese- light shredded cheese and optional avacado/ guacamolie/ light creamy salad dressing- vinagrette (eg: light ranch salad dressing)
Consume with crunchy vegetables and hummus- cottage cheese, cooked vegetables in olive oil or side salad with light dressing/ vinagrete with optional baked potato wedges/ baked yam wedges.
MEATLOAF (Make with extra lean ground beef- lean ground turkey, basic tomato soup, diced vegetables, ground bran cereal and a egg. Check "google" for hearty meatloaf recipes).
Use tomato sauce as a gravy or onion soup.
Baked potato with a small ammount of either; 1% cottage cheese or light sour cream with chives and herbs/ spice's. Add TBSP ketchup/ tomato sauce/ chili sauce for added flavour.
Pastas (use a wholewheat pasta and with a tomato sauce or drizzeled with olive oil, diced vegetables and herbs. Add optional light laughing cow wedge in pasta or 1-2TBSP grated cheese. Add optional lean protein- turkey meatballs/ meatless meatballs, sliced chicken breast, lean ground beef- lean ground turkey- ground soy crumbs, diced tofu, shrimp, scallops, salmon, tuna, prawns, etc)
Burrito (use a wholewheat flour tortilla, ~ two 6' tortillas), use salsa instead of sour cream, lightly shredded cheese, variaty of cubed vegetables (peppers/ onion/ tomato/ lettuce/ etc) with spices/ herbs and either baked beans in tomato sauce- spices, lowfat refried beans, fajita steak sliced, fajita chicken sliced or salmon/ trout sliced or sliced tofu)
Consume with side salad and light dressing/ vinagrette or cooked vegetables in olive oil with optional brown- long grain rice.
Chili (buy canned vegetarian/ turkey chili).
Parents- I need ideas for make ahead food?
Mom to 2 b
I will be having a c-section in a few weeks and my husband will not be able to stay home and help as long as he did last time. He will only be able to take off work maybe 3-4 days. So I plan to make some casseroles and what not to put in the freezer so I don't have to worry about cooking. I would like recipes for things I can make ahead. I found a couple recipes I plan to use and I was thinking of making a big pot of veggie soup and putting it in multiple bowls in the freezer. What are some other things I can do so we're not eating the same thing every day and I don't have much to do other than heating the food? Thanks in advance!
I love crepes! I had no idea that those froze well.
Answer
I highly recommend a crock pot. You can make a beef roast with carrots, potatoes in the crock pot one morning, you won't have to do anything but put it in the crock pot, and then eat a freshly prepared meal later that evening. Keep your leftovers for roast beef sandwiches, hash and making beef vegetable soup.
You can do a lot of different meats and even vegetarian meals in the crock pot.
Baked spaghetti: make it now, layer it, freeze it and then reheat. The best thing is you can add extra veggies in the sauce or you can even make it meatless if that is your thing.
Lasagna: Buy the Stouffers frozen lasagna it is really a lot cheaper than making your own and it is really pretty good.
Broccoli casserole with ham: make your broccoli casserole as you normally would, add ham for a complete meal... freeze and reheat
frozen pizza-- or delivery!
I don't make a lot of stuff ahead of time, but here are some easy ideas:
baked potatoes (have the stuff for topping it on hand) and you can make bacon to top if your husband has to have a meat
meatloaf-- you can freeze a meatloaf, you mix the ingredients form the loaf, but do not cook it.. then freeze and you can bake when you are ready. look up the basic meatloaf by paula deen super easy and about the best meatloaf I have had
chili (can be frozen too): have chili tonight, and chili dogs tomorrow night
potato soup ( yep it can be frozen too)
cook a small ham (yep it can be frozen!). I prefer to buy a small boneless ham from the Honeybaked Ham shoppe... separate into meal servings and freeze. use the ham as toppings for salads, additions to soups, potatoes, to make sandwiches, or fry up and have ham and eggs for a meal.
I highly recommend a crock pot. You can make a beef roast with carrots, potatoes in the crock pot one morning, you won't have to do anything but put it in the crock pot, and then eat a freshly prepared meal later that evening. Keep your leftovers for roast beef sandwiches, hash and making beef vegetable soup.
You can do a lot of different meats and even vegetarian meals in the crock pot.
Baked spaghetti: make it now, layer it, freeze it and then reheat. The best thing is you can add extra veggies in the sauce or you can even make it meatless if that is your thing.
Lasagna: Buy the Stouffers frozen lasagna it is really a lot cheaper than making your own and it is really pretty good.
Broccoli casserole with ham: make your broccoli casserole as you normally would, add ham for a complete meal... freeze and reheat
frozen pizza-- or delivery!
I don't make a lot of stuff ahead of time, but here are some easy ideas:
baked potatoes (have the stuff for topping it on hand) and you can make bacon to top if your husband has to have a meat
meatloaf-- you can freeze a meatloaf, you mix the ingredients form the loaf, but do not cook it.. then freeze and you can bake when you are ready. look up the basic meatloaf by paula deen super easy and about the best meatloaf I have had
chili (can be frozen too): have chili tonight, and chili dogs tomorrow night
potato soup ( yep it can be frozen too)
cook a small ham (yep it can be frozen!). I prefer to buy a small boneless ham from the Honeybaked Ham shoppe... separate into meal servings and freeze. use the ham as toppings for salads, additions to soups, potatoes, to make sandwiches, or fry up and have ham and eggs for a meal.
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