Anyone have any easy, uncomplicated healthy recipes to share?!
for someone whos not very good in the kitchen!. simple ingredients etcWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
It doesn't get much simpler than this !.!.!.
GARLIC & OIL PASTA (AGLIO E OLIO)
Per Person
INGREDIENTS
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of olive oil
125ml of water
? of a teaspoon of salt
100g of spaghetti
Ground pepper to taste
METHOD
Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces!.
Put the oil into a frying pan on a moderate heat!. Add the garlic!. Fry the garlic for about 5 minutes until it is brown, stirring to stop it sticking!.
Put the water and salt into a saucepan and bring to the boil!. Put the pasta into the water!. Stir it to stop it sticking to the bottom of the pan!. Bring back to the boil and continue to cook, stirring to stop it sticking!.
Begin testing it about 2 minutes before the packet instructions say it should be done!. The best way to judge if pasta is cooked is to bite it!. This is tricky, because if you fish out a bit and stick in your mouth you may burn your mouth on the boiling water!. Wait a bit and blow on it, then bite it!. If it is hard it needs longer!. If it is chewy (or al dente, Italian for "to the teeth") it is ready!. If it is soft it is overcooked!.
Drain the pasta in a sieve or colander!. Season with the pepper!.
Always “take the pasta to the sauce”!. Put the pasta in the pan with the sauce and stir until thoroughly coated!.
ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES
Use any other long thin plain pasta, like linguine (thin and flat), tagliolini (very thin and flat) or spaghettini (very thin and round), instead of spaghetti!.
TIPS
If you use enough water, add the pasta when the water is boiling, stir the pasta and don’t wander off (“Gli spaghetti amano la compagnia” or “Spaghetti loves company”) and don’t overcook it, adding olive oil to the water to stop it sticking is totally unnecessary!.
PS!. I have seen this dish on a restaurant menu for ￡8!.50!Www@FoodAQ@Com
GARLIC & OIL PASTA (AGLIO E OLIO)
Per Person
INGREDIENTS
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of olive oil
125ml of water
? of a teaspoon of salt
100g of spaghetti
Ground pepper to taste
METHOD
Peel the garlic and chop it into tiny pieces!.
Put the oil into a frying pan on a moderate heat!. Add the garlic!. Fry the garlic for about 5 minutes until it is brown, stirring to stop it sticking!.
Put the water and salt into a saucepan and bring to the boil!. Put the pasta into the water!. Stir it to stop it sticking to the bottom of the pan!. Bring back to the boil and continue to cook, stirring to stop it sticking!.
Begin testing it about 2 minutes before the packet instructions say it should be done!. The best way to judge if pasta is cooked is to bite it!. This is tricky, because if you fish out a bit and stick in your mouth you may burn your mouth on the boiling water!. Wait a bit and blow on it, then bite it!. If it is hard it needs longer!. If it is chewy (or al dente, Italian for "to the teeth") it is ready!. If it is soft it is overcooked!.
Drain the pasta in a sieve or colander!. Season with the pepper!.
Always “take the pasta to the sauce”!. Put the pasta in the pan with the sauce and stir until thoroughly coated!.
ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES
Use any other long thin plain pasta, like linguine (thin and flat), tagliolini (very thin and flat) or spaghettini (very thin and round), instead of spaghetti!.
TIPS
If you use enough water, add the pasta when the water is boiling, stir the pasta and don’t wander off (“Gli spaghetti amano la compagnia” or “Spaghetti loves company”) and don’t overcook it, adding olive oil to the water to stop it sticking is totally unnecessary!.
PS!. I have seen this dish on a restaurant menu for ￡8!.50!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Good food is not complicated recipes it is sourcing truly good food, grown on organic earth, or naturally reared meat, not killed until it is mature and fed on real pasture!. This means you'll not find healthy food in Supermarkets!. You must find where you can get live fresh fish, game that has been shot on a hunt, or meat reared on small old-time farms, and vegetables grown by a old time guy on a couple of acres!.
Try driving around country area and watch out for way-side signs, try the local Press, perhaps you have a local growers market!.!.!.it's quite possible and your food will change radically without any exotic combinations!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Try driving around country area and watch out for way-side signs, try the local Press, perhaps you have a local growers market!.!.!.it's quite possible and your food will change radically without any exotic combinations!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Super Easy Chana Masala
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 large clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon curry
1 tablespoon tomato paste
15 oz can of chick peas drained, reserving 3 tablespoon liquid
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
fresh black pepper
crushe'd red pepper, optional to taste
1 tablespoon margarine
Directions:
Heat oil on medium high heat!. Fry onions until slightly browned!. Reduce heat to medium!. Add garlic, curry, and paste!. Stir and simmer about 2 minutes!. Add chick peas, liquid, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper!. Simmer 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally!. Add red pepper to taste!. Add margarine, stirring through to melt it!. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes more or until peas are softened and dish is hot!. Serve over rice!.
I made this last week, super easy and delicious!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 large clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon curry
1 tablespoon tomato paste
15 oz can of chick peas drained, reserving 3 tablespoon liquid
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
fresh black pepper
crushe'd red pepper, optional to taste
1 tablespoon margarine
Directions:
Heat oil on medium high heat!. Fry onions until slightly browned!. Reduce heat to medium!. Add garlic, curry, and paste!. Stir and simmer about 2 minutes!. Add chick peas, liquid, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper!. Simmer 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally!. Add red pepper to taste!. Add margarine, stirring through to melt it!. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes more or until peas are softened and dish is hot!. Serve over rice!.
I made this last week, super easy and delicious!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A great and quick snack:
Chop carrots, cucumber, celery, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower into finger food, and serve with a simple tzaziki sauce!. Tzaziki is basically yoghurt (you can use lowfat if you like) with chopped fresh garlic and parsley mixed in!.
You could also use the same vegetables cubed and simply stir-fry them in a wok with a little sunflower oil (never put olive oil in an iron wok!), after about 5 minutes when they're soft add a cup of water, a block of straight to the wok noodles (made from rice or egg noodles if you're not doing meat), add a dash of soy sauce, a shake of dried coriander, a spoonful of chili paste (go easy on this if you're not used to it, but it can add a wonderful zing to a dish), and maybe some a dash of ground lemongrass or lemon juice for flavour!. If you have unwaxed oranges, you could get a zest grater and just run that on the outside of the orange to get an orange flavour from the outside of the skin into your dish!.
Cooking is basically very easy, the most important thing to do is to turn down the heat under a pot as soon as things start to boil, then they just simmer until they're done!. Plus, you don't need to make Weightwatchers any more money than they already have, they do provide pretty good recipes in their guide books!.
The trick is to know how long things need to cook - pasta takes 9 minutes generally, but the time on the packaging is usually the best thing to go by!. The cooking time of potatoes is greatly reduced by peeling and halving them before putting them on to cook, saving you time and electricity (or gas)!. Rice is an absolute doddle - short-grain brown rice should be two cups of liquid to one cup of rice, all other rices (except risotto) are one and a half cups of liquid to one cup of water, add a dash of salt and cover!. Put it on a high heat, when it starts to boil turn the heat right down, don't let it boil over, and just let it cook /steam/simmer over the low heat, it's done in 20 minutes!. You can cook bulgur wheat, quinoa and millet the same way (again 1:1 and a half)!. Couscous is deceptively simple, I haven't quite got the knack, I just bung a cup of couscous in with a cup of hot chicken stock and cover it for a few minutes, it's not as dry as I would like but I will keep asking until I find the right way of doing it!.
You say you lose interest very quickly, I wonder - do you think that trying these out will help you stay on the right track!? I became interested in food because I was developing an eating disorder and needed to learn what was good for me, how to prepare it, and how to appreciate it!. Prior to taking my health into my own hands, I could burn water (!.!.!.and frequently did!!!! I was terrible in the kitchen)!. I don't bake cakes, because if I did I would do it more than I should, and then eat the evidence !.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chop carrots, cucumber, celery, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower into finger food, and serve with a simple tzaziki sauce!. Tzaziki is basically yoghurt (you can use lowfat if you like) with chopped fresh garlic and parsley mixed in!.
You could also use the same vegetables cubed and simply stir-fry them in a wok with a little sunflower oil (never put olive oil in an iron wok!), after about 5 minutes when they're soft add a cup of water, a block of straight to the wok noodles (made from rice or egg noodles if you're not doing meat), add a dash of soy sauce, a shake of dried coriander, a spoonful of chili paste (go easy on this if you're not used to it, but it can add a wonderful zing to a dish), and maybe some a dash of ground lemongrass or lemon juice for flavour!. If you have unwaxed oranges, you could get a zest grater and just run that on the outside of the orange to get an orange flavour from the outside of the skin into your dish!.
Cooking is basically very easy, the most important thing to do is to turn down the heat under a pot as soon as things start to boil, then they just simmer until they're done!. Plus, you don't need to make Weightwatchers any more money than they already have, they do provide pretty good recipes in their guide books!.
The trick is to know how long things need to cook - pasta takes 9 minutes generally, but the time on the packaging is usually the best thing to go by!. The cooking time of potatoes is greatly reduced by peeling and halving them before putting them on to cook, saving you time and electricity (or gas)!. Rice is an absolute doddle - short-grain brown rice should be two cups of liquid to one cup of rice, all other rices (except risotto) are one and a half cups of liquid to one cup of water, add a dash of salt and cover!. Put it on a high heat, when it starts to boil turn the heat right down, don't let it boil over, and just let it cook /steam/simmer over the low heat, it's done in 20 minutes!. You can cook bulgur wheat, quinoa and millet the same way (again 1:1 and a half)!. Couscous is deceptively simple, I haven't quite got the knack, I just bung a cup of couscous in with a cup of hot chicken stock and cover it for a few minutes, it's not as dry as I would like but I will keep asking until I find the right way of doing it!.
You say you lose interest very quickly, I wonder - do you think that trying these out will help you stay on the right track!? I became interested in food because I was developing an eating disorder and needed to learn what was good for me, how to prepare it, and how to appreciate it!. Prior to taking my health into my own hands, I could burn water (!.!.!.and frequently did!!!! I was terrible in the kitchen)!. I don't bake cakes, because if I did I would do it more than I should, and then eat the evidence !.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
you can make a strawberry smothie
the way that i do it is
you get a personal size blender
then you need
1 cup of ice cream or
1 cup of yogurt
which ever one you prefer
1/2 cup of strawberries
1/4 cup of milk
1/3 cup of ice
now blend it all together and theres
your strawberry smoothieWww@FoodAQ@Com
the way that i do it is
you get a personal size blender
then you need
1 cup of ice cream or
1 cup of yogurt
which ever one you prefer
1/2 cup of strawberries
1/4 cup of milk
1/3 cup of ice
now blend it all together and theres
your strawberry smoothieWww@FoodAQ@Com
My husband and I are working on eating more healthy foods!.
Two weeks ago I made salmon for the first time!. I go the recipe from someone on here and it was VERY easy and yummy!
http://www!.recipezaar!.com/28199
We also marinate the large portobello mushrooms in balsamic vingearette then grill them and top them with a slice of low fat cheese like provolone!.
Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Two weeks ago I made salmon for the first time!. I go the recipe from someone on here and it was VERY easy and yummy!
http://www!.recipezaar!.com/28199
We also marinate the large portobello mushrooms in balsamic vingearette then grill them and top them with a slice of low fat cheese like provolone!.
Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Omelette's are so easy and you can use up most things in the fridge!. Add some olive oil to a hot frying pan, fry some onions and tomato's until soft, add some ham at the last minute before putting in 2/3 whisked eggs!. Once the bottom of the omelet is cooked then add grated cheese to the top and then put under a grill until the top is done!. Easy! xWww@FoodAQ@Com
Chilli channa
ingedients
Chick peas - i can
red onion -1 medium
soy sauce - 1tsp
tomato ketchup-1tsp
chilli garlic sauce - 1 tsp
olive oil - 1 tsp
Method
Rinse channa ,
thinly slice onion
add oil to pan and fsaute onion then
add channa and all the sauces!.
Enjoy ! with green saladWww@FoodAQ@Com
ingedients
Chick peas - i can
red onion -1 medium
soy sauce - 1tsp
tomato ketchup-1tsp
chilli garlic sauce - 1 tsp
olive oil - 1 tsp
Method
Rinse channa ,
thinly slice onion
add oil to pan and fsaute onion then
add channa and all the sauces!.
Enjoy ! with green saladWww@FoodAQ@Com
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You can find the healthy or the easy recipesWww@FoodAQ@Com
You can find the healthy or the easy recipesWww@FoodAQ@Com
Onion Bap, no butter!.
Get a bap, slice in half, add an onion, onion bap, no butter!.
Add some butter for a tastier but less healthy portion!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Get a bap, slice in half, add an onion, onion bap, no butter!.
Add some butter for a tastier but less healthy portion!.Www@FoodAQ@Com