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Any ideas for some tasty healthy recipes that won't leave me in the kitchen forever and won't cause me to have to buy super expensive ingredients I'll only use once?
Please only include ones you have personally tried. My husband and I are trying to choose healthier fare. However, I was raised cooking southern comfort food so my list for healthy things to cook is kind of limited to salads, roast, and oatmeal (blech I know).
Thanks!
I work long hours and have a long commute and don't always want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
Answer
Here are some simple and healthy recipe ideas =)
~ Spinach & cheese omelet (eggs, baby spinach, cheese of your choice) served with a salad or veggies + some healthy multigrain toast if you'd like.
- For salad try using mixed baby greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumber & low-fat salad dressing. You can also add things like nuts, goat cheese or feta cheese crumbles, and dried cranberries. Try using organic ingredients if you can.
~ Vegan chili =) It's an easy, great recipe. It serves 6 - 8 people.
- 1 tbsp safflower or olive oil
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped
- 1 jar mild salsa
- 1 jar fire-roasted tomato sauce
- 1 can red kidney beans
- 1 package Yves veggie ground round
* Add oil & onion, cook on medium heat until the onion appears to be clear colored.
* Add sauce, salsa, beans - cook
* Add ground round & cook for at least 15 - 20 minutes.
- Serve with corn bread, multigrain bread, wild/brown rice or a whole grain tortilla + salad or veggies.
* Roasted salmon, sweet potato or wild/brown rice + steamed veggies or salad.
Roasted salmon recipe - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RE00145
Maple-glazed roasted salmon - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00431
For the sweet potatoes - to cook them just brush them with olive oil, sprinkle them with salt, peppers & basil and bake.
* Smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels with a side salad.
* Mozzarella, pesto & tomato sandwich (you can try using goat cheese to) + salad
- Toast the bread, spread with pesto, add mozzarella & tomato slices.
- You can also try spreading the bread with pesto, adding cheese & tomato and putting it inside a sandwich press or waffle maker to heat up.
* Grilled vegetable & goat cheese wraps or whole wheat pitas filled with hummus & veggies & a salad.
* Whole grain pasta with tomato sauce & steamed baby spinach with goat cheese mixed into sauce. Served with a salad or steamed vegetables.
* Pasta salad with tuna or chickpeas. (whole grain or brown rice pasta, cherry tomatoes, red onion, cheese if you want, cucumber, peppers chopped, etc..with low-fat salad dressing) Served with salad or vegetables.
Hope this helps! :)
Here are some simple and healthy recipe ideas =)
~ Spinach & cheese omelet (eggs, baby spinach, cheese of your choice) served with a salad or veggies + some healthy multigrain toast if you'd like.
- For salad try using mixed baby greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumber & low-fat salad dressing. You can also add things like nuts, goat cheese or feta cheese crumbles, and dried cranberries. Try using organic ingredients if you can.
~ Vegan chili =) It's an easy, great recipe. It serves 6 - 8 people.
- 1 tbsp safflower or olive oil
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped
- 1 jar mild salsa
- 1 jar fire-roasted tomato sauce
- 1 can red kidney beans
- 1 package Yves veggie ground round
* Add oil & onion, cook on medium heat until the onion appears to be clear colored.
* Add sauce, salsa, beans - cook
* Add ground round & cook for at least 15 - 20 minutes.
- Serve with corn bread, multigrain bread, wild/brown rice or a whole grain tortilla + salad or veggies.
* Roasted salmon, sweet potato or wild/brown rice + steamed veggies or salad.
Roasted salmon recipe - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RE00145
Maple-glazed roasted salmon - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00431
For the sweet potatoes - to cook them just brush them with olive oil, sprinkle them with salt, peppers & basil and bake.
* Smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels with a side salad.
* Mozzarella, pesto & tomato sandwich (you can try using goat cheese to) + salad
- Toast the bread, spread with pesto, add mozzarella & tomato slices.
- You can also try spreading the bread with pesto, adding cheese & tomato and putting it inside a sandwich press or waffle maker to heat up.
* Grilled vegetable & goat cheese wraps or whole wheat pitas filled with hummus & veggies & a salad.
* Whole grain pasta with tomato sauce & steamed baby spinach with goat cheese mixed into sauce. Served with a salad or steamed vegetables.
* Pasta salad with tuna or chickpeas. (whole grain or brown rice pasta, cherry tomatoes, red onion, cheese if you want, cucumber, peppers chopped, etc..with low-fat salad dressing) Served with salad or vegetables.
Hope this helps! :)
any Sandwich recipes!?!?
Ashley
or any recipes for lunch to make?
I'm only 14 and i need to make lunch soo i'm making sandwiches any recipes that are easy for a 14 yea old to make? and not to many ingerdients and has to be simple
dont say grilled cheese or peanut butter and jelly just something tasty
Answer
Roast Beef Wrap
1 large flour tortilla
3-4 thin slices roast beef
Cream cheese
Lettuce
On the large tortilla spread cream cheese. Next put roast beef slices on the tortilla. Then put the lettuce on top of the roast beef. Roll up your wrap. Cut it in half. Put in a baggy for lunch for your kid to enjoy.
Recipe submitted by Jill, age 16.
Sunshine Basil Wraps
6-8 pieces turkey or chicken
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup lettuce
Ranch dressing
Tomato-basil tortilla bread
First lay tortilla bread flat. Put slices of turkey or chicken and then cheese on top. Cook in microwave until cheese is melted (about 1 minute on high). Add lettuce, then spread Ranch dressing on top. Roll up your wrap and eat as a quick and healthy lunch.
This recipe was submitted by Maggie, age 14.
Grilled Bullseye
2 eggs
2 pieces of bread
1 slice cheese
Butter
Cut a hole in the center of each piece of bread using a glass, glass jar, or cookie cutter. Butter the pan. Turn stove on Low at first then move to Medium once eggs are in.
Place both pieces of bread on the pan. Crack each egg and drop one into each hole in the center of the bread. Cook egg to your liking, take two pieces of bread off pan and let cool. Put cheese slice in-between slices of bread. Place in microwave for 30 seconds or under the grill to melt cheese.
This recipe was sent in by Nic.
Robin Hood Wrap
1 package tortillas
Cold cuts, sliced from the deli (ham and turkey)
American cheese
Swiss cheese
Chopped veggies (lettuce, cucumbers, pickles, olives)
Mustard and mayonnaise
Lay a tortilla out flat and spread with mayonnaise, then mustard. Then layer with a slice of ham and a slice of turkey. Next add a slice of American cheese and a slice of Swiss cheese. Add lettuce, olives, cucumbers, and pickles. Roll up your wrap and cut into round bite-sized pieces. Pack in an airtight container. Simple to make and great for school lunches!
Recipe sent in by Chelsey F.
Mashed Hot 'Tater Dog
1 hot dog bun per person, toasted
1 hot dog per person, heated
prepared instant mashed potatoes
1 package frozen peas and carrots, cooked
salt and pepper to taste
Toast buns, heat hot dogs, and cover hot dog with mashed potatoes, peas and carrots. Add ketchup if you like. A healthy twist to the old hot dog.
Recipe submitted by Kristina.
California Roll Up
1 whole wheat flour tortilla
4 slices deli shaved turkey breast
1 slice mozzarella cheese
4 thin slices cucumber
4 slices avocado
alfalfa sprouts
Layer tortilla with turkey breast, cheese, cucumber and avocado slices, and a handful of sprouts. Roll it up and slice in half. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Perfect for school lunches.
Tofu Burgers
1/2 block firm tofu
2 cups oats
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons oil
whole wheat buns
Cut up 1/2 tofu block into small cubes. Then mash the tofu with your hands and place in a large bowl. Add oats and soy sauce. Mix together well using your hands. Make tofu burger patties with your hands. Fry in oil until golden and crispy.
Drain on paper towels. Serve on a whole wheat bun with ketchup, lettuce, and any other burger toppings you like. Kids will love these healthy burgers.
Serves 4.
Hamburger with the Works
1 pound ground beef
1/2 onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 eggs
4 slices American cheese
hamburger buns
In a bowl mix together ground beef, onion, garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Make patties, fry, and drain on paper towel. Fry eggs. Top burger with fried egg, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and your favorite burger toppings.
Serves 4.
Tuna Tacos
1 large can of tuna
2 tablespoons coleslaw dressing
1 package coleslaw mix
12 flour tortillas
In a medium bowl mix the tuna, coleslaw mix and coleslaw dressing. Spoon into flour tortillas. Serve with corn chips and salsa.
Crispy Bacon Tortilla
one tortilla
4 pieces of bacon
4 slices of American cheese
Cook 4 pieces of bacon in microwave (or in fry pan - kids, have parents fry for you). Put the tortilla on a plate and add cheese. Put in microwave for 20 seconds to melt. Then put bacon on the cheese and roll your tortilla up. Add salsa, avocado, or sour cream.
Click here for some quick and easy sandwich recipes.
If you've got your own unique and cool burger recipes, sandwich recipes, or any other easy lunch recipes,
then please send them in.
Roast Beef Wrap
1 large flour tortilla
3-4 thin slices roast beef
Cream cheese
Lettuce
On the large tortilla spread cream cheese. Next put roast beef slices on the tortilla. Then put the lettuce on top of the roast beef. Roll up your wrap. Cut it in half. Put in a baggy for lunch for your kid to enjoy.
Recipe submitted by Jill, age 16.
Sunshine Basil Wraps
6-8 pieces turkey or chicken
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup lettuce
Ranch dressing
Tomato-basil tortilla bread
First lay tortilla bread flat. Put slices of turkey or chicken and then cheese on top. Cook in microwave until cheese is melted (about 1 minute on high). Add lettuce, then spread Ranch dressing on top. Roll up your wrap and eat as a quick and healthy lunch.
This recipe was submitted by Maggie, age 14.
Grilled Bullseye
2 eggs
2 pieces of bread
1 slice cheese
Butter
Cut a hole in the center of each piece of bread using a glass, glass jar, or cookie cutter. Butter the pan. Turn stove on Low at first then move to Medium once eggs are in.
Place both pieces of bread on the pan. Crack each egg and drop one into each hole in the center of the bread. Cook egg to your liking, take two pieces of bread off pan and let cool. Put cheese slice in-between slices of bread. Place in microwave for 30 seconds or under the grill to melt cheese.
This recipe was sent in by Nic.
Robin Hood Wrap
1 package tortillas
Cold cuts, sliced from the deli (ham and turkey)
American cheese
Swiss cheese
Chopped veggies (lettuce, cucumbers, pickles, olives)
Mustard and mayonnaise
Lay a tortilla out flat and spread with mayonnaise, then mustard. Then layer with a slice of ham and a slice of turkey. Next add a slice of American cheese and a slice of Swiss cheese. Add lettuce, olives, cucumbers, and pickles. Roll up your wrap and cut into round bite-sized pieces. Pack in an airtight container. Simple to make and great for school lunches!
Recipe sent in by Chelsey F.
Mashed Hot 'Tater Dog
1 hot dog bun per person, toasted
1 hot dog per person, heated
prepared instant mashed potatoes
1 package frozen peas and carrots, cooked
salt and pepper to taste
Toast buns, heat hot dogs, and cover hot dog with mashed potatoes, peas and carrots. Add ketchup if you like. A healthy twist to the old hot dog.
Recipe submitted by Kristina.
California Roll Up
1 whole wheat flour tortilla
4 slices deli shaved turkey breast
1 slice mozzarella cheese
4 thin slices cucumber
4 slices avocado
alfalfa sprouts
Layer tortilla with turkey breast, cheese, cucumber and avocado slices, and a handful of sprouts. Roll it up and slice in half. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Perfect for school lunches.
Tofu Burgers
1/2 block firm tofu
2 cups oats
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons oil
whole wheat buns
Cut up 1/2 tofu block into small cubes. Then mash the tofu with your hands and place in a large bowl. Add oats and soy sauce. Mix together well using your hands. Make tofu burger patties with your hands. Fry in oil until golden and crispy.
Drain on paper towels. Serve on a whole wheat bun with ketchup, lettuce, and any other burger toppings you like. Kids will love these healthy burgers.
Serves 4.
Hamburger with the Works
1 pound ground beef
1/2 onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 eggs
4 slices American cheese
hamburger buns
In a bowl mix together ground beef, onion, garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Make patties, fry, and drain on paper towel. Fry eggs. Top burger with fried egg, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and your favorite burger toppings.
Serves 4.
Tuna Tacos
1 large can of tuna
2 tablespoons coleslaw dressing
1 package coleslaw mix
12 flour tortillas
In a medium bowl mix the tuna, coleslaw mix and coleslaw dressing. Spoon into flour tortillas. Serve with corn chips and salsa.
Crispy Bacon Tortilla
one tortilla
4 pieces of bacon
4 slices of American cheese
Cook 4 pieces of bacon in microwave (or in fry pan - kids, have parents fry for you). Put the tortilla on a plate and add cheese. Put in microwave for 20 seconds to melt. Then put bacon on the cheese and roll your tortilla up. Add salsa, avocado, or sour cream.
Click here for some quick and easy sandwich recipes.
If you've got your own unique and cool burger recipes, sandwich recipes, or any other easy lunch recipes,
then please send them in.
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