The Diet Logs

Hungry but tired and not in the mood for serious cooking?   Here are some quick meal ideas that should satify your appetite, and keep your cooking to a minimum. The key is to have certain ingredients in your kitchen, ready to go when needed.  Things like veggies precut, salad pre-packaged ( or cut and washed in a baggie), frozen chicken strips, healthy frozen entrees, fresh fruits, cans of soup (try and stay away from the creamy soups) and lowfat milk.  Having healthy  items available  that you an serve up quickly can help prevent you from wolfing down any fatty snack or high calorie food you find hidden in kitchen cupboards!
Mix a smoothie made with fat-free milk, frozen fruit, and wheat germ.

Drive thru meal:  The smallest fast-food burger (with mustard and ketchup, not mayo) and a no-cal beverage. Then at home, have an apple or baby carrots.
A peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with a glass of 1 percent milk and an apple.

Precooked chicken strips and microwaved frozen broccoli topped with Parmesan cheese.

A healthy frozen entree with a salad and a glass of 1 percent milk.

Scramble eggs in a nonstick skillet. Pop some asparagus in the microwave, and add whole wheat toast. If your cholesterol levels are normal, you can have seven eggs a week!
A bag of frozen vegetables heated in the microwave, topped with 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons of chopped nuts.

Prebagged salad topped with canned tuna, grape tomatoes, shredded reduced-fat cheese, and low-cal Italian dressing.

Keep lean sandwich fixings on hand: whole wheat bread, sliced turkey, reduced-fat cheese, tomatoes, mustard with horseradish.

Heat up a can of good soup.

Cereal, fruit, and fat-free milk makes a good meal anytime.

Try a veggie sandwich from Subway.
Pre-cut fruit for a salad and add yogurt.

Irene Bellamy wrote this on April 25th, 2008 and filed it under Diet Logs |