Angela
I am trying to compile healthy recipes for my mother for Christmas. One problem she has with eating healthy is she feels it takes too long (not saying I agree with her). She has health problems which have definitely been worsened by her diet. I really love her and have been trying to get her to eat healthy for years.
Another thing I am going to include is a list of foods that I can cook before she gets home, so that she doesn't have to worry about time.
She wants to eat healthy, but she just doesn't know how.
Does anyone have any ideas on fast meals that are also healthy? Some ideas I had were tuna sandwiches, soup, canned vegetables, baked potatoes, tacos, mashed potatoes, and fruit salad. I also included snacks, such as yogurt, bananas, apples, and carrots.
If anyone has any ideas or knows where I could find some recipes, I would be very happy to know.
Thanks, foodieNY, those are wonderful ideas :).
Human:
Are you saying salad, tuna sandwiches, baked potatoes, soup, and canned vegetables cannot make healthy meals?
Are you also saying that those three-minute, processed "diet" meals are actually healthy?
Kiwi:
Yes, I realize that preparation is very important to making foods healthy. I am thinking of also including some tips on how to make them healthier.
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To be honest, even if she eats these foods in the less-healthy way, it would be better than the stuff she eats now.
And no, I do not mean just "low-fat."
Been There:
Thank you so much. Your answer is very useful.
I forgot about the lost vitamins thing. I think I will write a note about that.
Answer
Tuna sandwiches: are moderately healthy, especially if you use low-fat or non-fat mayonnaise and if you put lettuce on them. Don't eat tuna too often, not more than once a week, because of the high Mercury content.
Soup, if made from scratch is very healthy. If canned, most of the vitamins have been destroyed by the canning process. Same with eating canned vegetables. The healthiest way to eat vegetables is to eat them fresh and raw. Second healthiest is steaming fresh vegetables or cooking up frozen vegetables.
The healthy part of potatoes is the part right up against the outside skin. Most of the rest of the potato is quickly-digested starch. While it has some vitamins in it, the speed with which the starch goes into our bloodstream can be bad for our pancreas. Mashed potatoes, unless cook and mashed WITH the skin left on, are not very healthy at all.
Fruit is good, but canned fruit salad - like vegetables - has lost most of its vitamins.
Tacoes are relatively healthy, especially if packed with lettuce and tomato, and you go easy on the cheese (which is high in fat and salt).
Good 5-minute meals:
1. Microwaved instant oatmeal, with fresh berries and vanilla yogurt.
2. Whole wheat pita, sliced in half and opened into a pocket, stuffed with sliced chicken breast, sliced green pepper, sliced cucumber, sliced lettuce, and just a bit of low-fat Ranch salad dressing. Served with a cup of milk.
3. Scrambled eggs, buttered whole wheat toast, fresh sliced tomato, glass of milk. But don't eat eggs more than twice a week.
Generally, healthy eating should have daily portions of:
1. Protein: chicken, fish, peanut butter.
2. Oils and healthy fats. Cook with olive oil. Margarine. You don't need much of these, but you do need a bit every day. 10 almonds a day provide both oils and some protein. Raw walnuts have Omega 3 in them.
3. Whole grains: Brown bread, brown rice, brown basmati rice
4. Vegetables: raw fruit is the best.
5 Fruit. Not too much, it's high in sugar.
6. Milk and yogurt.
Stirfry is an excellent way to get good nutrition. I add chicken or shrimp for protein, although sometimes I will make a beef stir fry. I add whatever veggies I have on hand: broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper, carrot, celery, bok choy, cabbage, bean sprouts, garlic, onion, zucchini, mushrooms. And I serve it over brown rice. Sometimes I cook up rice noodles instead. Or both rice and rice noodles.
Your mother is an adult.
She needs to do what she needs to do .. this is how adults behave.
If she needs to eat properly, and if that takes more than 5 minutes to prepare, then she needs to take more than 5 minutes to make her meals.
This is not optional.
If she cannot or will not take care of herself, then she can no longer remain within her home and will have to go into assisted living.
The choice is hers.
Tuna sandwiches: are moderately healthy, especially if you use low-fat or non-fat mayonnaise and if you put lettuce on them. Don't eat tuna too often, not more than once a week, because of the high Mercury content.
Soup, if made from scratch is very healthy. If canned, most of the vitamins have been destroyed by the canning process. Same with eating canned vegetables. The healthiest way to eat vegetables is to eat them fresh and raw. Second healthiest is steaming fresh vegetables or cooking up frozen vegetables.
The healthy part of potatoes is the part right up against the outside skin. Most of the rest of the potato is quickly-digested starch. While it has some vitamins in it, the speed with which the starch goes into our bloodstream can be bad for our pancreas. Mashed potatoes, unless cook and mashed WITH the skin left on, are not very healthy at all.
Fruit is good, but canned fruit salad - like vegetables - has lost most of its vitamins.
Tacoes are relatively healthy, especially if packed with lettuce and tomato, and you go easy on the cheese (which is high in fat and salt).
Good 5-minute meals:
1. Microwaved instant oatmeal, with fresh berries and vanilla yogurt.
2. Whole wheat pita, sliced in half and opened into a pocket, stuffed with sliced chicken breast, sliced green pepper, sliced cucumber, sliced lettuce, and just a bit of low-fat Ranch salad dressing. Served with a cup of milk.
3. Scrambled eggs, buttered whole wheat toast, fresh sliced tomato, glass of milk. But don't eat eggs more than twice a week.
Generally, healthy eating should have daily portions of:
1. Protein: chicken, fish, peanut butter.
2. Oils and healthy fats. Cook with olive oil. Margarine. You don't need much of these, but you do need a bit every day. 10 almonds a day provide both oils and some protein. Raw walnuts have Omega 3 in them.
3. Whole grains: Brown bread, brown rice, brown basmati rice
4. Vegetables: raw fruit is the best.
5 Fruit. Not too much, it's high in sugar.
6. Milk and yogurt.
Stirfry is an excellent way to get good nutrition. I add chicken or shrimp for protein, although sometimes I will make a beef stir fry. I add whatever veggies I have on hand: broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper, carrot, celery, bok choy, cabbage, bean sprouts, garlic, onion, zucchini, mushrooms. And I serve it over brown rice. Sometimes I cook up rice noodles instead. Or both rice and rice noodles.
Your mother is an adult.
She needs to do what she needs to do .. this is how adults behave.
If she needs to eat properly, and if that takes more than 5 minutes to prepare, then she needs to take more than 5 minutes to make her meals.
This is not optional.
If she cannot or will not take care of herself, then she can no longer remain within her home and will have to go into assisted living.
The choice is hers.
Healthy FAT FREE or VERY LOW FAT Crock Pot Recipes?
Anne C
I need some good crock pot recipes because I have a newborn and teach piano in the evenings so cooking dinner has been a little tricky. My husband and I are VERY healthy eaters, so I am looking for FAT FREE or VERY, VERY, VERY low-fat recipes to use in our crock pot. I've searched online a bit, but so many have a LOT of fat! Do you have any good ideas? Thanks for passing along the recipes, everyone!
Happy New Year.
Answer
this isnt really a recipe.. but I cook a whole bunch of chicken breast in my crock pot once a week and use a bunch of different ways for the rest of the week. Put your crock pot on an 8 hour setting, and put as many boneless skinless chicken breasts in there that will fit, then fill the crock pot with sodium free fat free chicken broth. Always make sure to check the internal temp of the chicken to be sure it cooked all the way.. it should come out very tender, and should pull apart and shred really easy! I put it in ziplock baggies and freeze them, then to thaw just pop it in the microwave for a minute or so, or leave it in the fridge for about an hour to two hours.. and use it on whatever you want!
We use it in everything from whole wheat wraps.. to pita sandwiches.. to enchiladas.. I even came up with a cashew chicken salad sandwich, using yogurt.. that is so good I could eat it every day. you can also make quick chicken soup with it with some fresh veggies, also!
If you want, you can send me a message on here and I will Email you any of the recipes you would like :)
this isnt really a recipe.. but I cook a whole bunch of chicken breast in my crock pot once a week and use a bunch of different ways for the rest of the week. Put your crock pot on an 8 hour setting, and put as many boneless skinless chicken breasts in there that will fit, then fill the crock pot with sodium free fat free chicken broth. Always make sure to check the internal temp of the chicken to be sure it cooked all the way.. it should come out very tender, and should pull apart and shred really easy! I put it in ziplock baggies and freeze them, then to thaw just pop it in the microwave for a minute or so, or leave it in the fridge for about an hour to two hours.. and use it on whatever you want!
We use it in everything from whole wheat wraps.. to pita sandwiches.. to enchiladas.. I even came up with a cashew chicken salad sandwich, using yogurt.. that is so good I could eat it every day. you can also make quick chicken soup with it with some fresh veggies, also!
If you want, you can send me a message on here and I will Email you any of the recipes you would like :)
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