Tired Of Eating The Same Ole Thing..... - Weight Loss Message Board

BECKYAO · 11-02-2005, 06:45 PM

Sandwhichs,salads,grilled Chicken,oatmeal,yogurt,ect...
Can Anyone Please Enlighten Me With Yalls Favorite Meals/snacks. Im Tired Of Eating The Same Ole Thing Over And Over. Need Some Suggestions Anyone? Thanks In Advance.

pipermac · 11-03-2005, 07:58 AM

Dried Apricots are Great. Each apricot half is only about 10 calories. I like to put about 10 in a small baggie and then put a bit of splenda in the bag and shake it around. Tastes Great and very good for you.

StenoLady1 · 11-03-2005, 10:02 AM

Hi, Becky

I was so tired of my menus, too. Plus, usually when you think of "diet food", you think oatmeal, grilled chicken, salads, celery and carrot sticks. Very boring after a while

What I did was invest in some new cookbooks. I also did some recipe hunting online, but I found that to be too time consuming, often with bad results, too. I was able to find two great cookbooks at a garage sale that were $0.25 each, one was a fat-free cooking cookbook and the other is a vegatarian cookbook. I'm not a vegatarian, but I was able to get some really neat, new recipes out of it, especially nice soups and snack foods.

Check out your local library or a bookstore. This has helped us a lot. I took my time and really leafed through and found a few books that looked appetizing to us. My hubby decided on a grilling cookbook, since we were kind of lacking in that area. I love the Weight Watchers cookbooks. I don't think it matters what "diet" you're on, either. All recipes can be modified and certain things can be substituted to fit your individual needs.

You can also check out a website like Amazon and look up different types of cookbooks. I like this because it has reader reviews and samples if you don't have a lot of time to spend in a bookstore or library.

I personally don't think I would be successful with weight loss if I didn't invest some time and a few bucks on some new cookbooks to fit my needs.

Good luck!

Lysne

P.S. We've been exchanging a few recipes in the French Diet thread. Olive chicken is my new fav, which I posted how to make it, but there's a chili recipe that looks good, too.

Moxie75 · 11-03-2005, 10:59 AM

You really have to like cooking to do what I do. I love to cook so for me it's easy. I cook alot of stuff on Sunday for my snacks and lunches and dinners for the week. I mostly make vegetable chilis, soups and turkey meatballs with whole grain pasta and marinara sauce with capers and calamata olives and hot pepper. Lynse's ideas about a cook books are great. In fact I took her white lightening chili and modified it to make a white bean soup with organic turkey sausauge. At least I think it was her chili..yummo..Lisa

StenoLady1 · 11-03-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Moxie75

Lynse's ideas about a cook books are great. In fact I took her white lightening chili and modified it to make a white bean soup with organic turkey sausauge. At least I think it was her chili..yummo..Lisa

Thanks for the compliment, Mox

The white chili recipe was CAD's, but it does sound way, way good. I was hoping to try it this week, but it may have to wait until Sunday. Like you, I make a lot of recipes on the weekend and freeze/store them for individual meals during the week. I've got so much in the fridge/freezer right now, we need to make some room for more by eating what we've got.

Glad to know the chili's a hit elsewhere, too! That lime element sounds incredible. Whodathunk to incorporate that into chili?

Lysne