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| My husband and I are trying to eat better. Any good, practical, easy cookbook suggestions? I know there are millions of free online recipes but I need to be able to open a book fast. Spending hours online looking for recipes is not my idea of fun.
I'm looking for "normal" meal ideas. We aren't seafood eaters and I don't want to have to find a berry only grown in Russia for the recipes.
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Location: Arkansas | roanrider - 2017-04-30 11:31 AM
My husband and I are trying to eat better. Any good, practical, easy cookbook suggestions? I know there are millions of free online recipes but I need to be able to open a book fast. Spending hours online looking for recipes is not my idea of fun.
I'm looking for "normal" meal ideas. We aren't seafood eaters and I don't want to have to find a berry only grown in Russia for the recipes.
Ideas?
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| The problem with many "healthy" cookbooks is that they have so many recipes for foods that I do not eat and I eat nearly anything. Point is, I am not going to spend time cooking something that I don't really like. Southern living used to put out a cookbook called COOKING LIGHT that had more normal recipes in it. You can probably find them on Amazon. I am diabetic and the rules for us really apply for everyone. Here are some suggestions. When you cook, leave out the sugar. People in the South put sugar in everything-cornbread, vegetables, most things. We seem to like that stuff. Stay away from anything white except cauliflower. Avoid fried foods. Don't overuse things like salad dressings that have hidden sugar. Small portions of everything especially animal fats like cheeses, butter, and milk. |
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Location: sunny california | You can go to panda express if you do not get the rice nor noodles. mixed veggies and teriaki chicken with no sauce. I am losing weight and go there when ever I pass one. I feel tons better not eating regular
bread. If I have to have a slice of bread for a half turkey sandwhich I use sprouted grain bread. it is low on glycemic index and diabetic freindly if you only eat one slice. |
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Location: USA | The Shredded Chef by Michael Matthews is good.
Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fork in the Road.
Now Eat This! By Rocco Dispirito
Cooking Light has cookbooks and their magazines have some good recipes.
Not all of these recipes will appeal to you, however, you can always be inspired to recreate something that's more to your liking. |
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Location: sunny california | hubby and I have changed our eating. it wasn't that bad but for health reasons I needed to be very strict. I started with one recipe that we ate every week. the next week I added another recipe and that continued then next week so we have three recipes that we really like and is very healthy, so eat them every week. the others get rotated around or leftovers. I have found the less variety the better for most nights. I eat less that way. have one night that we eat a new meal and might splurge a little on carbs/calories |
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Location: WI | If it is just you and your husband, I HIGHLY recommend Home Chef. It is a little spendy @ $20/meal for two people, but it is so nice to have the food delivered and recipes are super easy to follow. It's cheaper (and healthier) than eating out, and I don't waste food. i.e I made a corn chowder with cod last week. Homemade croutons from a small baguette (no box in my cupboard a year later), they sent me 1 stalk of celery (no bag of limp celery a week later), and the exact amount of corn (no bag in the freezer months later). Plus, I don't have to search through a ton of recipes, then try to find what sides will go with it.
Check out the website www.homechef.com
I can get you coupon codes, too.
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Location: Arkansas | linds - 2017-04-30 8:43 PM
If it is just you and your husband, I HIGHLY recommend Home Chef. It is a little spendy @ $20/meal for two people, but it is so nice to have the food delivered and recipes are super easy to follow. It's cheaper (and healthier) than eating out, and I don't waste food. i.e I made a corn chowder with cod last week. Homemade croutons from a small baguette (no box in my cupboard a year later), they sent me 1 stalk of celery (no bag of limp celery a week later), and the exact amount of corn (no bag in the freezer months later). Plus, I don't have to search through a ton of recipes, then try to find what sides will go with it.
Check out the website www.homechef.com
I can get you coupon codes, too.
Are they fairly fast to cook? Sometimes we don't get home from the office til 6 or 7 and I just do not want to get in the kitchen and cook a lengthy meal!! It's just Sean and I, so we usually just grab whatever is handy. I need to drop some pounds tho before I go for my new prosthesis, so I figure I better get started. |
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Location: WI | Chandler's Mom - 2017-05-01 12:20 AM linds - 2017-04-30 8:43 PM If it is just you and your husband, I HIGHLY recommend Home Chef. It is a little spendy @ $20/meal for two people, but it is so nice to have the food delivered and recipes are super easy to follow. It's cheaper (and healthier) than eating out, and I don't waste food. i.e I made a corn chowder with cod last week. Homemade croutons from a small baguette (no box in my cupboard a year later), they sent me 1 stalk of celery (no bag of limp celery a week later), and the exact amount of corn (no bag in the freezer months later). Plus, I don't have to search through a ton of recipes, then try to find what sides will go with it.
Check out the website www.homechef.com
I can get you coupon codes, too. Are they fairly fast to cook? Sometimes we don't get home from the office til 6 or 7 and I just do not want to get in the kitchen and cook a lengthy meal!! It's just Sean and I, so we usually just grab whatever is handy. I need to drop some pounds tho before I go for my new prosthesis, so I figure I better get started.
They take anywhere from 25-45 minutes, they list it on each recipe card along with difficulty level :). Most of them are really easy. |
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| linds - 2017-05-01 8:40 AM Chandler's Mom - 2017-05-01 12:20 AM linds - 2017-04-30 8:43 PM If it is just you and your husband, I HIGHLY recommend Home Chef. It is a little spendy @ $20/meal for two people, but it is so nice to have the food delivered and recipes are super easy to follow. It's cheaper (and healthier) than eating out, and I don't waste food. i.e I made a corn chowder with cod last week. Homemade croutons from a small baguette (no box in my cupboard a year later), they sent me 1 stalk of celery (no bag of limp celery a week later), and the exact amount of corn (no bag in the freezer months later). Plus, I don't have to search through a ton of recipes, then try to find what sides will go with it.
Check out the website www.homechef.com
I can get you coupon codes, too. Are they fairly fast to cook? Sometimes we don't get home from the office til 6 or 7 and I just do not want to get in the kitchen and cook a lengthy meal!! It's just Sean and I, so we usually just grab whatever is handy. I need to drop some pounds tho before I go for my new prosthesis, so I figure I better get started.
I 100x agree with this - Home Chef is amazing! My husband and I have been getting it for a month or two now. They take about 30ish minutes to cook, but it is active cooking. The meals have all been delicious though. Once we get about 10 recipes that we really love we're going to cut back to maybe getting it once/month. We were in a serious rut with recipes and were spending a ton of money eating out. I tried several of the home delivery options and Home Chef is by far my favorite. I feel like they're all things that we would eat, but they incorporate new flavors and sides that aren't too "out there." |
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