What are some healthy meals\snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I can make at home?

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What are some healthy, easy meals\snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I can make at home?
10 points for the most ideas for all the meals\snacks!

Answer
Breakfast:

- Egg whites (better for you than the whole egg) with a little salt and pepper, maybe some cheese to add flavor, on wheat toast.
- Grapefruit (it's sooo healthy for you, it can be a snack too)
- Cottage Cheese Pancakes: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/351
- Oatmeal
- All fruit smoothie. Have non frozen fruit and add ice or use frozen fruit and add a little 100% fruit juice. You can make it a *healthy* milk shake by using low fat milk instead of juice and adding a little sugar (sugar isn't unhealthy in small amounts, but fake sugar like sweet and low and equal are bad for you)

Lunch/Dinner:

- Chicken breast with lemon pepper or other seasonings
- A spinach tortilla with chicken cooked in some bbq sauce. Add lots of lettuce and a little bit of light ranch (like a teaspoon, if even that).
- Salad- there are thousands of possible salads you can make but what I love doing is a bunch of lettuce, some spinach if you like that, salt, pepper, garlic (powder and only a small amount) and vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, or even carrots and peppers
- Taco Salad: brown some lean beef, drain any fat, add seasonings (McCormick has a taco seasoning packet for 50 cents). Make a bowl full of lettuce, tomatoes if you want, some beef, some cheese if you want, and tortilla chips if you want (less healthy version).
- Chicken in a bag- McCormick's has these awesome chicken bag seasonings where you throw chicken in the bag (they provide) with some carrots, potatoes, whatever you want, add the seasoning and bake for about an hour. One of my husbands favorites!
- Costco sells individual salmon fillets. Take one out of the fridge/freezer, season to your liking, throw on a pan, the grill, or in the oven and cook.
- a sandwich- between whole wheat bread slices, pita style, or wrapped up (spinach wraps are really delicious, or whole wheat wraps which I'm not a huge fan of).
- Make some quinoa or brown rice in a rice cooker or in a pot if you don't have one. Add some black beans, salt and pepper, and some mozzarella if it's still to bland. I like to add some sriracha (chili hot sauce) into the rice as it cooks and some garlic seasoning. It adds some kick and makes it taste really good without adding the sodium from cheese.

Snacks:
- peppers
- celery. If you hate it alone add some organic peanut butter (no preservatives) you can even go to many stores and grind your own peanuts into peanut butter.
- peas, green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, other vegetables but not potatoes or corn.
- apples, pears, bananas, berries, grapefruit, and other fruits.
- some nuts or a homemade trail mix (raisins, peanuts, almonds, some dark chocolate chips, whatever else you want)


Dessert
- a small amount of dark chocolate is actually really good for you. The higher the cocoa content the better :) But only a small amount.


Those are my favorites but check out this site: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/over-100-quick-and-easy-healthy-foods.html

for more options. There are an unlimited amount of healthy foods out there you just have to find what you like and stick with it :)

What are healthy dishes I can bring camping to share with a group?

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I am going car camping & RVing a few times this summer with family and friends. We always have plenty of tasty and unhealthy food, but and I would like to bring some healthier options. I’m kind of stumped for ideas of food that travels well and is healthy and can be made for a group. I am open to side dishes, snacks, desserts, or any other ideas. We will have limited refrigeration capabilities. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!

Answer
Here are some healthy ideas :)

~ Homemade trail mix: nuts, seeds, dried cherries or blueberries, dark chocolate chips

~ Fruit/berries

~ Apple slices with almond butter or peanut butter

~ Veggies & hummus

~ All natural sweet potato chips, popcorn, pita chips

~ Tortilla chips & salsa

~ Chewy chocolate cherry bars:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/800


~ Greek yogurt/yogurt, cottage cheese (if you can keep it cool)

~ Healthy cereal (such as Kashi or Nature's Path Organic cereals - high fiber, not high sugar)

~ Whole wheat pitas, with hummus, veggies

~ Kashi granola bars, Lara bars, Kind fruit & nut bars

~ Homemade muffins with whole grain flour, like raisin or apple bran, carrot, berry, etc.
- Whole grain morning glory muffins:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1470

~ Whole grain pancakes or waffles
- Whole wheat pear pancakes:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2833

~ Fruit salad; try different combinations like:
- Strawberries, kiwi
- Watermelon, grapes, strawberries
- Banana, mango, pineapple
- Watermelon, honey dew melon, pineapple
- Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries

~ Sandwiches on whole grain bread like: multigrain, ezekiel, rye, whole wheat pita, whole grain tortilla, etc.
Filling ideas:
- Pesto, tomato, baby spinach & mozzarella
- Falafel & hummus in whole wheat pitas
- Tuna or Egg salad
- Almond or Peanut butter & jam - nut butter, without added sugar
- Cheese & tomato
- Chickpea wrap (with things like grated carrot, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, mixed baby greens, salad dressing, etc.)
- Black bean wrap with salsa & some cheese in a whole grain tortilla
- Veggie burger
- Hummus, lettuce, grated carrot, sliced cherry tomatoes in pita halves

~ Salad made with romaine, baby romaine, mixed baby greens or Italian salad mix with things like cherry tomatoes/tomato, cucumber, low-fat salad dressing, red onion, dried cranberries, goat or feta crumbles, walnut crumbles, almond slithers, grated carrot, etc.
- For more protein, you could add chickpeas to the salad or make a bean salad.

~ Whole grain pasta salad with basil pesto, olive oil, or salad dressing; with things like cherry tomatoes, baby spinach, goat cheese or mozzarella, broccoli, kale, etc.

~ Grilled vegetables, steamed vegetables, vegetables stir fried in olive oil (for example: broccoli, carrot, yellow & green zucchini, red onion, mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus, etc.)

~ Wild/brown rice with balsamic vinaigrette dressing

~ Quiche

~ Mediterranean crunch salad
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2935

~ Pasta salad with grilled vegetables & mozzarella
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1920

~ Spinach & strawberry salad
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/696

~ Homemade black bean burgers
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/2565

For desserts:

~ Dark chocolate cherry brownies (or any brownies, ideally whole grain for baked goods)
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/dark-chocolate-cherry-brownies-10000001835270/

~ Cupcakes

~ Pie, like apple, cherry, blueberry, berry, etc. with whole grain crust

~ Cookies
- Chocolate cherry cookies:
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/764


Here is a website with great healthy recipes, meal ideas, snack ideas, etc.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/


I hope this helps :)

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