Nutrition/Recipe's

[WaterRat]

With us getting a lot of people on board with wanting to get healthy, some people may need advice on nutrition or helpful recipe's. Post them here and keep it healthy.

I'll start.

Snack:
Light fat free yogurt with a cup of Kashi Go Lean cereal. This provides a balance of protein and carbs with high fiber. Great mid morning snack.

Ron

[the gooch]

Watch the fat free yogurt as they are usually loaded with sugar. I always try to incorporate a serving of almonds as a snack or have a couple of pieces of turkey rolled up with low fat cheese.

[WaterRat]

Originally Posted by the gooch

Watch the fat free yogurt as they are usually loaded with sugar. I always try to incorporate a serving of almonds as a snack or have a couple of pieces of turkey rolled up with low fat cheese.

Yup, that's why I said the "light" version. That ones usually sweetened with artificial sweetener.

Almonds are great. Make sure to get the unsalted version.

Ron

[TxScubaBear]

Almonds = great heart food too! (so says my cardiologist)

[Disneymom]

The yogurt and Kashi combination looks really good - I'm going to have to try that for breakfasts. I don't get enough calcium as it is...

Almonds are good! Isn't red wine good for the heart (but maybe not the diet) too?

I'm trying to change my snacking to a little baggie of Total cereal when I get the munchies here at work, as opposed to crackers. I'm a carb nut - but I'm trying to refrain from using bread, buns and that kind of thing. I'll probably switch pastas to whole wheat pasta. Don't know what I'm going to do about pancakes..... I love pancakes. Another thing I've done is changed my family over from ground beef to ground turkey - works just as well for burgers and such. Bison is low fat, as well.

[TxScubaBear]

Red wine (unofficially he tells me) YES; as is soy milk (chocolate is great!)

[WaterRat]

Beef jerky is another lean highprotein snack. Just watch the sodium, it usually has a lot.

Ron

[torrey]

You want a recipe? I got you a meal here...not necessarily appealing in summer but awesome in fall/winter:

Healthy Chili

2 lbs extra lean ground beef
2 cans 15.5 oz kidney beans (I sub. black beans for 1 can)
1 large onion (I used 2 small)
1 large tomato (I used 2 small)
1/2 lb carrots, peeled and sliced
2 bell peppers
3 cloves garlic
1 jug Spicy V-8 46 fluid oz
Cashew meal (I used flaxseed meal)
2 tbs chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp ground pepper
salt and red pepper to taste

To make cashew meal, process cashews in a blender in short bursts. I usually use about 1/2 cup cashew meal, but got flaxseed meal this time since I have a Sprouts nearby and have always read of its health benefits (not to mention it didn't stink like I expected something healthy would smell). Anyway, chop the garlic and chop up the onions into big pieces. Cook these together with the beef until done. Drain the meat, then transfer back to your pan, mix in all of your spices, and cook a couple of minutes more. Chop up the rest of your vegetables, then put the meat, beans and vegetables into a large pot (at least 6 quart). Pour in the V-8 juice and heat to boiling. Add your cashew meal for thickening and stir. Reduce the heat, cover with a lid, and simmer for 30 minutes. This will make 5 pretty decent-sized bowls, each being around 500 calories. I put mine in tupperware and eat it all week, but I'm crazy like that. You should be able to freeze this and eat when you want. I don't have the nutritional breakdown, but it comes out to be somewhere around 20% fat, 30% carbs, and around 50% protein with pretty much all of the carbs being low-glycemic.

[Black-Gorrilla]

http://www.mypyramid.gov/
hit "my pyramid plan"
and then look at recipes...

[thor]

I prefer the bucket of KFC for a light pre-dive snack.


No actually I like Cliff Bars