Healthy Recipes/Mixes v."yes, i did make that up myself ;P "

[SangerRainsford]

~ apple sauce + juice + ice = instant smoothie

~ (yogurt + nutella + peanut butter) + 45min in the freezer = super-nomz

~ unsalted corn + cheeeze (healthy enough for skinny guys like me!)

i'm dying for new meal/snack ideas, and touring the grocers isn't helping

 

[amapola]

I made something called Apple Nachos once.
-nacho chips=apple slices
-salsa=mango puree
-hot sauce=maple syrup
-cheese=cheese *heat added to melt it all here
-sour cream=vanilla yogurt
-guacamole=lime sorbet

 

[SangerRainsford]

that's awesome!!
the maple syrup addition just reminded me of something - this isn't healthy and it's not really a recipe lol, but i'll use sugar:maple-syrup at like 3:1 or 5:1 in place of pure sugar for: coffee, vanilla protein shakes, vanilla yogurt, etc etc. I MapleSyrup, wish i could still get canadian maple syrup ;(

 

[amapola]

Yeah I'm not a fan of sweet stuff at all but if something really calls for it I'll use maple syrup or honey depending on how subtle it needs to be.

I don't have any recipes though for my other lunch salads (bean, potato, tuna, couscous,) as they are all made on the fly with what I happen to have. Yesterday I made a kidney bean, corn nibs, black olives, red onion, and pine nuts thing that was spectacular.

 

[attempt4]

~ apple sauce + juice + ice = instant smoothie

~ (yogurt + nutella + peanut butter) + 45min in the freezer = super-nomz

~ unsalted corn + cheeeze (healthy enough for skinny guys like me!)

i'm dying for new meal/snack ideas, and touring the grocers isn't helping

This is the Healthy Living forum my man! Nutella and P&B is full of sugar and other shit like soy lecithin and shit that they dont even put on the label! Juice is massively sugarry aswell as yoghurt (unless it's natural of course)
Apple sauce is basically just sugar and high fructose corn syrup (disgustingly bad stuff)! Whatever slight nutritional benefit of the minimal amount of apples is negated by the additional shit in it!

:D

One of my favourite quick snack things I make is:

Attempt4's Fast Food Perfect Peppery Pitta:
Chop up red,green and yellow peppers.
Chop spring onion and red onion.
Dice 2 cloves of garlic.
Slice a tomato or two.
Slice up some courgette.
Chuck it on a baking tra and season with olive oil, bit of honey, balsamic vinegar, pepper, diced chilli's/chilli powder and other herbs/spices of your choice.

Grill this until the veg is slightly charred looking and that BEAUTIFUL aroma of cooked peppers fills the air!

Shove it all on a couple of wholemeal pitta breads.

Seriously, try it!
For an added twist, decarboxylate .5-1g of Cannabis (shove it in the oven at 350f for 25 minutes or more) then add it to 2 tablespoons of olive oil and lightly simmer for 15-25 mins. Strain it and use this oil for your pitta breads.
Tasty and intoxicating all in one!
The decarboxylation is absolutely essential to get the most out of your edible weed. When the carboxyl-group containing cannabinoids in weed lose their carboxyl rings these substances become psychoactive. Cannabis contains many health benefits (though for maximum benefit, don't decarb your cannabis - this is suited towards those looking for better psychoactive effect instead of health benefit)
I digress though...the main point is that grilled peppers is one of the earth's sweetest smells.

 

[SangerRainsford]

This is the Healthy Living forum my man! Nutella and P&B is full of sugar and other shit like soy lecithin and shit that they dont even put on the label! Juice is massively sugarry aswell as yoghurt (unless it's natural of course)
Apple sauce is basically just sugar and high fructose corn syrup (disgustingly bad stuff)! Whatever slight nutritional benefit of the minimal amount of apples is negated by the additional shit in it!

i guess it comes down to the degrees of healthiness, doesn't it?
-yogurt gives me nutes + acidophilus (+other probiotics?)
pb is healthy, unsure what kind of additives are in junk-brands, but regular PB is healthy
-sugar isn't inherently bad
-i don't get stuff with high fructose corn syrup, uggh
-my apple sauce lists: apples, water, <some preservative> = healthy

and your reco sounds DELICIOUS!! gonna have to grab some 'gredients ;P

 

[addictivepersona]

One of my favourite quick snack things I make is:

Attempt4's Fast Food Perfect Peppery Pitta:
Chop up red,green and yellow peppers.
Chop spring onion and red onion.
Dice 2 cloves of garlic.
Slice a tomato or two.
Slice up some courgette.
Chuck it on a baking tra and season with olive oil, bit of honey, balsamic vinegar, pepper, diced chilli's/chilli powder and other herbs/spices of your choice.

Grill this until the veg is slightly charred looking and that BEAUTIFUL aroma of cooked peppers fills the air!

Shove it all on a couple of wholemeal pitta breads.

That sounds SO amazing. *Drool*

i guess it comes down to the degrees of healthiness, doesn't it?
-yogurt gives me nutes + acidophilus (+other probiotics?)
pb is healthy, unsure what kind of additives are in junk-brands, but regular PB is healthy
-sugar isn't inherently bad
-i don't get stuff with high fructose corn syrup, uggh
-my apple sauce lists: apples, water, <some preservative> = healthy

Yes, it does depend on the degree of healthiness. Nutella is certainly a lot better than, say, a Hot Pocket, but is Nutella healthy? Probably not.

Natural peanut butter is as healthy for you as peanuts are: As long as there isn't a ton of salt, there's nothing too wrong with it.

Also, again with the "degree of healthy," are preservatives healthy? Not in my book.

 

[tiggerific]

aubergines sliced and shallow fried, put one slice down put on thinly sliced red pepper, thinly sliced mushroom a slice of mozzerella cheese top of with another slice of aubergine and pop in the oven for about 15 minutes.
I normally serve this with a sauce, fry a small onion, 1 clove garlic, tsp oregano, 1tsp basil, 2 peppers diced add in 1 tin of chopped tomatoes and half the tin again with water and simmer till aubergine sandwiches are ready. makes a nice tasty and healthy lunch :D loving the ideas here gives me something to try :D

 

[SangerRainsford]

i had to look that up to see it was eggplant ;PP

that sounds awesome, i actually need to grab veggies today so think that my be dinner
/i'll pretend i don't carmelize my onions like 100% of the time when frying them....

 

[attempt4]

I love aubergine man....especially Musakka

 

[tiggerific]

I love aubergine/eggplant lol but that quick easy and tasty dish is my favourite with them. I do love moussaka as well, not had that in a while.
another quick and tasty one is pasta boiled and drained tossed in olive oil and crushed garlic with a handful of mussels, a spring onion and sliced courgette its another quick easy and relatively healthy

 

[rm-rf]

cashews, almonds, sesame seeds, and flax flour, liquefied in a processor and dabbed onto a disk of broccoli stalk.

 

[euphoria]

ok i just whipped this up because I had leftover coconut milk in the fridge. its amazing.


~1 cup of frozen mango chunks
~1 1/2 cup light coconut milk
1 tsp stevia crystals
blend in blender until smooth



the consistency is that of frozen yogurt and the taste is not too sweet, but just sweet enough. now im gonna try and do this with other flavors too.

 

[max_]

For BREAKFAST:
1) Real Fruit-Flavoured Yoghurt (~350 Calories)

-1 or 2 fruits cut into small pieces (banana slices, apple peach pineapple cubes)
-1 Natural flavour yoghurt
-1/2 serving size of you favourite cereal (I'll recommend All Bran for better enjoyment of tastes, sugar-O's are too sweet)
mix and enjoy.

For TEA TIME:
2) Frozen Banana W White Cheese (~140 calories)

-Cut 1 banana into slices and freeze
-Add 1 serving size of white cheese

 

[euphoria]

^cool. what's white cheese? like cream cheese?

 

[max_]

I don't know what you call that cheese, the one that's for spreading, usually used for cooking, it also makes a great dip. Also I wanted to add that the yoghurt should be unflavoured, or natural flavour? I'm not sure how to say that in english :/ but it makes all the difference! No vanilla strawberry or that kind of thing! I'm not sure if it's much healthier, but it's certainly a lot tastier without the flavouring!

For DINNER:
STUFFED PUMPKINS for 2: (~90 calories each half)
-2 small round pumpkins (use any kind of fist-size pumpkin you like)
-1 small onion
-1/2 red bell pepper
-1 egg
-1 handful grated bread

Cut the pumpkins in halves. Empty them. Cut the onion pepper and the inside of the pumkins into small cubes. Depending on the kind of pumpkin they can be mashed. Mix onion, pepper, the inside of pumpkins, the egg and the grated bread in a bowl. Salt, pepper, oregano, whatever at taste. Fill up the pumpkins and put in the oven at 200 degrees for about 20 mins. (time and temperature I'm not totally sure of!)


Since I began dieting (plus became a 5-days-a-week-vegetarian) my cooking has been really creative. I'm loving it!

 

[euphoria]

that stuffed pumpkins recipe sounds goooooood. i think i'll try to make that.

 

[slimvictor]

I grate raw ginger root into a bowl.
Cover with honey.
Pour cashews and walnuts in.
Mix.

Yummmmmm!

 

[max_]

^^ OMG isn't ginger like super spicy? I have to try this.

Okay get ready for this one..

HUMMUS:

-Boil 200grs of chickpeas for about 25 mins.
-Let simmer until cooled.
-Put the chickpeas in a food processor (or mash really good, I mashed 'em-- it's good therapy)
-Add cooking water until you get the texture you wish (you want it to be a little softer than what you like)
-Condiment at taste. Be really careful with strong spices since the chickpea hummus taste gets lost quite easily.

EDIT:
_Try the peas as you cook them and turn the fire off when they're tender enough for mashing.
_Wash the peas real good before starting.
_Do not add salt until the paste is done.

 

[addictivepersona]

I grate raw ginger root into a bowl.
Cover with honey.
Pour cashews and walnuts in.
Mix.

Yummmmmm!

Ginger is one food I don't know if I will ever be able to enjoy since I used to have quite the suboxone habit and ginger resembles the smell/taste of subox--Makes me want to vomit almost instantly. If I ever get to the point where I can have ginger, I am DEFINITELY trying this since it sounds so good!

Okay get ready for this one..

HUMMUS:

-Boil 200grs of chickpeas for about 25 mins.
-Let simmer until cooled.
-Put the chickpeas in a food processor (or mash really good, I mashed 'em-- it's good therapy)
-Add cooking water until you get the texture you wish (you want it to be a little softer than what you like)
-Condiment at taste. Be really careful with strong spices since the chickpea hummus taste gets lost quite easily.

EDIT:
_Try the peas as you cook them and turn the fire off when they're tender enough for mashing.
_Wash the peas real good before starting.
_Do not add salt until the paste is done.

That sounds SO good and super easy, though are you sure it's only 25 minutes? I've cooked chickpeas many times and it typically takes 40 minutes for them to even start to become soft. When I've made hummus once before, I cooked 'em for almost 75 minutes.

Or are you talking about letting them boil for 25, then simmer for the rest of the time? I add the dried beans to cold/room temperature water, bring both to a boil and reduce to heat to a simmer quickly.

Sorry about the confusion over what is probably very apparent! I just want to make sure because every time I've made hummus, it has turned out horribly wrong in some way. *Mutters something about not knowing the difference between a "clove" and a "bulb/head" of garlic.* LOL