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| SYSTEM-J |
| Yeah, pasta is the way to go for simple meals. If you buy pre-prepared sauces you can make something inside 20 minutes. Same with curry sauces. |
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| Guest |
I really enjoy my avocado sandwich and a soup for a quick dinner.
Fills me up and tastes really good.
Bread, mustard, some cheese if I have it, two slices of whatever cuts of meat I have in my fridge, avocado, and a can of soup. |
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| Silky Johnson |
We buy Costco packs of chicken breasts. I portion and season them all ahead of time, then thaw whatever I need as needed. HUGE time saver.
Eating well IS simple. Salads and steamed veggies only take minutes. Salad + steamed veg + a protein and you're golden. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jon_Snow
It's no wonder ppl are fat and unhealthy.
My stand by is saute kale, onions, broth, chicken with either quinoa or pasta.
Salads are good too. |
my diet is bland as but there is no sugar or carbs. Well the carbs that give your a soft behind. Learn to like greens. Although food doesn't really do much for me.
i think its the irish way of cooking. boil veg, cook meat, well they would add spuds i guess. the concept of like seasoning did not occur to my family. silly irish. |
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| Silky Johnson |
One of my favorite healthy meals is a quinoa/kale/sweet potato dish.
In a deep pot, sautee half a sliced red onion in some olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. In the meantime, have your quinoa going on another burner - I prefer to cook mine in chicken stock.
Once the onions are soft, add in one or two diced sweet potatoes (depends on how much you want to make, but a good rule of thumb to follow when cooking is "Cook once, eat twice"). Cover and cook until sweet potatoes are soft and the edges are browned.
Once the sweet potatoes are browned and soft, add in your kale - again, it depends how much you want to make - but one to two bunches should be enough. Trim off the stalks and whatnot, obviously. Cover and cook until the leaves are slightly wilted.
Once done you can either top the quinoa with the kale and sweet potato, or mix it all together. I like it mixed.
Top the whole thing with a handful of crushed walnuts and a dob or two of pesto.
Very yummy!!! |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Get one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beac...rds=slow+cooker
You can do so, so many cheap, easy, low-ingredient, and sustainable meals out of a slow cooker. A whole chicken, pork, or beef roast can last one person 3-4 days, easily. And you can often repurpose part of it for stock, or even other dishes (think using your slow cooked chicken for a pasta sauce).
I make a great (3 INGREDIENT) kalua pork:
-4-6lb Pork roast (Boston, rump, etc. typically like $15)
-a handful of coarse sea salt (we prefer to use a red Hawaiian salt for a more authentic flavour, but you can use regular sea or kosher salt)
-3,4,5,9 garlic cloves? however much garlic you prefer, it's up to taste
1. Trim any egregious portions of fat off your roast (don't trim too much, but ensure there aren't any huge globs of it)
2. Rinse your roast lightly with your hands, splashing tiny amounts of water on the outside and then patting it dry with a paper towel.
3. Chop your cloves of garlic very coarsely, stuff them inside of the roast (cut a cavity if you must)
4. Liberally apply your sea salt to the outside of the roast with your hands, really rub the salt in to as many facets as you can.
5. Stick in slow cooker for 12-16 hours on Low. No additional liquid or oil necessary.
6. Remove from cooker immediately when it is done; don't allow it to sit in the juice at the bottom or it will become overly salty. Dispose of the juice left in the cooker, or save it in a mason jar for making... soup? Broth? Whatever you like that can use a salty base.
You can shred it extremely easily with a fork at this point, and use it for all sorts of things: tacos, quesadillas, pork sandwiches, or just eat it on its own with vegetables.
You can also do very similar things with beef roast (shoulder is cheap and fatty, good for roasting) or whole chickens. Just be sure to remove from liquid when it's done so it doesn't get soggy. And like with most meats, allow them to sit on their own for 15-20 minutes before eating so that the juices will contract. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
take a pot, boil water, add frozen veggies. Take a pan, heat it up, throw streak or fish. under 10 minutes. |
This, too: quick, easy, cheap, and absolutely delicious/healthy for you.
Even in Colorado, I can buy wild-caught salmon planks (frozen, individually wrapped) for like $2 apiece. They also sell vegetables in microwave steamer bags, if you don't even want to bother with that whole pot and water thing.
Salmon + Broccoli is absolutely one of the best ways to eat cheaply and get plenty of protein, iron, fats, and vitamins.
I prefer to bake my salmon in the oven at about 350F: set each plank/steak on a piece of parchment paper (very cheap, available next to your aluminum foil at the grocer, most likely), dash in olive oil or butter, coat with salt/pepper/lemon/paprika/whatever, seal each piece in its paper (like a sloppy envelope kinda?) and place in the oven for 30 minutes. Voila. |
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| enydo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay
Eat a dick. |
BB, you're trying too hard. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by enydo
BB, you're trying too hard. |
I thought he was talking about Dick's Drive In... I had some Dick's yesterday. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay
Eat a dick. |
Boil up some veggies, |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
It's even microwaveable!
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