Culinary school is making me gain a few extra pounds; so in addition to my normal workout routine, I'm balancing out my meals like I learned to do in nutrition. I noticed that the people at school use a hella lot of salt in most of their dishes. So I'm going to try out this 6 small portioned meals a day with my normal workouts to see if I get any results in 1 month. The thing is, I need some ideas on what to prepare. They have to be a small quantity, low-fat/low-sodium/low-sugar sort of things. So far I have my snacks throughout the day down (fruits & veggies with water only for these). I need to throw in my: Meats, Milk, Breads, etc, the rest of the day. I was thinking something like.. (each thing listed is a different meal)
Breakfast:
- Whole wheat toast with some sort of spread (cream cheese? ...Is that even healthy >.> and a small bowl of cereal. With a glass of fresh OJ
- Scrambled eggs with fresh tomatoes, peppers, and herbs for taste W/ OJ
- ???
Lunch:
-(Mon thru Thurs) Whatever I get that day at school. They are already small portions W/an Arnold Palmer or water
- (fri - sun) Plain Yogurt and granola with berries thrown in
- ???
Dinner:
- Grilled, skinless chicken with veggies on the side
- ???
Yea, I'm just lost on new recipe ideas. I want things that taste good, and are good for you. Please list a few for each so I can mix it up during the weeks.
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- 04 Sep. 2010 05:25pm #1
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Healthy dishes?
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- 04 Sep. 2010 06:54pm #2
With my dad being Diabetic, my mom and I had trk on a bunch of healthy meals to keep my dad's health in check. Try some of these:
Toasted Multigrain flatbread (pepperidge farm has some really healthy and tasty flatbreads. ^^ Try their 7-grain flatbread) with scrambled egg whites and half a banana for breakfast
For Lunch, try a turkey sandwich (go with the Smart Option brand) with a tomato slice and fresh lettuce (No Mayo) on Multigrain bread, peeled carrot sticks with a little dipping cup (you can buy the little portion/restaraunt style cups with lids at the supermarket) of ranch dressing (I recommend trying the Bolthouse Farms brand Yogurt Ranch Dressing, it needs to be refrigerated so its not on the shelf with the other dressings, its with the salad fixings in the produce isle. Its healthier too because its made with yogurt and not oil, and theres no preservatives.. ^^ Hannaford | Dressings & Dips | Bolthouse Farms Creamy Yogurt Ranch Salad Dressing )
For Dinner, try Morning Star Farms brand Meatless (veggie) Burger grillers (heres the link so you know what to look for: Hannaford | Meat | Morning Star Farms Grillers) on multigrain bread, and steamed veggies (Asparagus/brussel sprouts/carrots are good, ^^)
For dessert, try a cup of sherbert instead of ice cream. ^_^
All of these taste really good too, and they're good for you. Also, if you're wanting recipes, go to foodnetwork.com, they have really good healthy meal recipes.
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Mmm I have my text book with recipes that I can alter, I'm just hoping for some of the out of the ordinary healthy foods. Normal lean meats and what not I can do; I'm more or less looking for healthy ways to twist it up a bit.
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