Your Best Healthy Recipe

Kerry - Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that it tastes much better than it looks.  Good idea to add carrots.

bumping up as I think this is an awesome thread for ideas!

Oh...Kerry, I think this is going to be supper tonight!  Have you ever tried it with egg substitute?

Bugs - I am sure egg substitue would work....

Mary - it is firmer than a quiche

No, it is moist but not 'hard" - if I use lots of "wet" veges like mushrooms and Zucchini, it is moister than if i use broccoli and corn, say.

Good to hear you liked it! I have a great "Meals without Meat" cookbook, I will post a few more that I make regularly. 

Yeah, my kids wouldn't touch it! I was asking my daugher last night what she wanted with her sausages (ie pasta or mashed potatoes...) She said meatballs!! I've got myself a bit of a carnivore there!

Do you know of a good vegetarian cookbook?  I'll look up Meals without Meat.  Part of my problem is  that it's just been standard to have a meat dish for supper that I don't have ideas on what TO make

Does anyone have any good crook pot recipes with chicken?

I have my eye on the cookbook "The kind life" by Alicia Silverstone - vegetarian

kerry - please translate, I have no idea how much is 200 grams of mushrooms - can you tell me in cups?

I add salsa to everything - it is an old weight watchers trick.  baked potatoes, eggs, as salad dressing, with rice - yum

newmans has a great mango salsa that is good with chips !

This dish takes a while but it's really delish, freezes well, and has large portions for the calories. 

8 oz ground lean beef or turkey (I use turkey)
1/2 cu chopped onion (I sometimes use frozen chopped to save time)
2 tsp prepared mustard (I use Grey Poupon)
1/8 tsp lemon pepper
2 cups coarsely chopped cabbage (can buy pre chopped in bag)
2/3 cup (2 oz) uncooked white rice (regular, not minute rice)
2 tablespoons Brown Sugar Twin or equivalent brown sugar
28 oz can tomatoes, chopped with juice (small dice works best)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large skillet coated with butter flavored cooking spray (I use  olive oil), brown meat (could add a little garlic if desired). Spray an 8 X 8 in baking dish with butter flavored spray (I use olive oil or canola PAM). Layer cabbage in bottom of dish. Cover with onion, browned meat and rice. In small bowl combine chopped tomatoes with juice, mustard, Brown Sugar Twin, and lemon pepper. Pour tomato mixture over rice. Cover and bake 1.5 hours. Uncover and bake 10 more minutes.

4 servings, 193 calories, 5 g fat, 3 g fiber

I tried to make this with brown rice but could never get the liquid amount or cooking time down. You could make this veggie by leaving out the turkey. I noted my tweaks on the basic recipe. Also I always use a 1 lb package of turkey and double the recipe and freeze half. We eat half for dinner and bring the leftovers for lunch during the week.

Annie 

This is more of a tip than a recipe.

I cook a pot of steel cut oats at the beginning of the week and store in fridge in single serving portions. I add some walnuts, dried fruit (sometimes), a little almond milk and cinnamon and heat in microwave. If no dried fruit I add fresh. Sometimes I treat myself to 1/2 a tbspn of brown sugar or real maple syrup. I use Blue diamond unsweetened vanilla almond milk. 

 Steel cut oats are tastier than rolled but take so long to cook. When I'm running late I even bring the container to work. 

Annie 

Easy, Healthy Hummus:

14 oz can of chickpeas

14 oz artichokes in a jar in oil

3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil

1 garlic, crushed, minced

2 Tbsp lemon juice

-  Drain Chick peas, add 1-2 Tsp olive oil, garlic and 1 Tbsp lemon juice.

-- Put in Food Processor and blend for a couple of minutes.   You may need to add more olive oil as it should not be so thick it sticks to the blades.  

--- When it is mostly smooth, a few lumps are ok - Add the DRAINED artichokes. There will be some oil that helps smooth out this mixture.  

- Continue to process until smooth and creamy, but not runny.   Add bit of oil and/or lemon juice to taste.

NOTE:  If you like lots of garlic, add more.   I never use tahini.   Some of the oil from the artichokes can also be added for consistency.  It takes a while to get it all smooth, just keep pulsing and then put in glass container or dish, cover with lid and can keep in fridge for couple of days.   

Serve with melba toast rounds, pita bread, and/or fresh cut carrots, celery, zucchini (both yellow and green, with skin on - the smaller the better, fewer seeds), raw sweet potato (peeled),  broccoli, cauliflower, and/or cherry tomatoes.  

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I am allergic to egg whites, but can eat the yolks.  Not a severe allergy, but there are lots hidden in foods.  Example is the glaze on pretzels is usually egg whites.    This means no omelets or egg dishes for me unless I want to have a close encounter with the toilet...   

My son would not eat anything green when he was young, so I got him to eat green rice, after reading Green Eggs and Ham.   Add frozen chopped spinach to rice, brown or white.   It is also more eye appealing than a blob of grain.      

I took this for Thanksgiving dinner and it was a major hit.