Any ideas incorporating low fat and healthier lifestyle menus ( ie lots of fruits and veggies)?!
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Autaum Pumpkin Rissotto
2 Tbs olive oil
1 to 2 cups finely chopped pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Dash vegan white wine (optional)
2 cups pearled barley, soaked for at least one hour
pinch dried thyme
pinch sugar
6 cups boiling water
2 Tbs Massel stock powder
Either half bunch basil, NOT chopped
or
6 to 8 leaves sage
Squeeze of lemom (optional)
Instructions Heat the olive oil in a large casserole pan or a wok; add onions and pumpkin and fry until everything is getting brown!.
Add the garlic, salt and pepper, sugar, thyme and sage leaves, if using!.
Fry til all is nicely browned and caramelised!.
Add the drained barley and the white wine, and stir until the wine is evaporated!.
Add the water and the stock powder!.
Add whole leaves of basil!.
Simmer with lid, if possible, for an hour, checking water level; it should be a little wet but not a soup; like risotto made with rice!.
Sprinkle with a touch lemon juice, if you like a little sharpness with the dish (optional)!.
Serve, with slow oven roasted tomatoes (done by cutting a few tomatoes in half, sprinkling with a little salt and sugar and garam masala, then spraying with olive oil spray and roasting in an oven with pilot light on for 8 hours) and fried garlic mushrooms!.
Pumpkin ans bean cannoloni
2 Cups of grated butternut Pumpkin
- 2 Cups chopped Spinach
- 2 Cups diced Tomatoes
- 1 Cup Corn Kernels
- 2 Large flat Mushrooms - sliced
- Handful of Fresh basil & oregano - shredded
- 1 Tsp Ground pepper
- 1 Tsp Minced chili
- 1 Tsp Garlic powder
- 1 Tsp Celery salt
- Half a White Onion - chopped finely
- Half cup chopped Sun dried Tomatoes
- 2 Tblsp Canola margarine
- 2 Tblsp sliced black Olives
- 1 Cup of Homemade Tomato Sauce
- 1 Cup Creamed Corn
- 1 Tblsp dried mixed Herbs
- 250 grams Cannelloni tubes
Instructions Fry for 1 minute on a very hot pan:
- Mushrooms
- Basil & oregano
- Pepper
- Chili
- Garlic powder
- Celery salt
- Onion
- Sun dried Tomatoes
- Canola margarine
- Black Olives
Add to the Pan and cook on medium heat for five minutes:
- Pumpkin
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
- Corn Kernels
Remove mixture from the pan and use it to stuff the cannelloni tubes!.
Lay them out neatly in a casserole dish and cover evenly with a mixture of:
- Homemade Tomato Sauce
- Creamed Corn
Then top with the dried mixed Herbs!.
For a fan forced oven:
Bake at 200 degrees for half an hour then 140 degrees until golden brown!.
For a standard oven:
Bake at 210 degrees for 40 minutes then 150 degrees until golden brown!.
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2 Tbs olive oil
1 to 2 cups finely chopped pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Dash vegan white wine (optional)
2 cups pearled barley, soaked for at least one hour
pinch dried thyme
pinch sugar
6 cups boiling water
2 Tbs Massel stock powder
Either half bunch basil, NOT chopped
or
6 to 8 leaves sage
Squeeze of lemom (optional)
Instructions Heat the olive oil in a large casserole pan or a wok; add onions and pumpkin and fry until everything is getting brown!.
Add the garlic, salt and pepper, sugar, thyme and sage leaves, if using!.
Fry til all is nicely browned and caramelised!.
Add the drained barley and the white wine, and stir until the wine is evaporated!.
Add the water and the stock powder!.
Add whole leaves of basil!.
Simmer with lid, if possible, for an hour, checking water level; it should be a little wet but not a soup; like risotto made with rice!.
Sprinkle with a touch lemon juice, if you like a little sharpness with the dish (optional)!.
Serve, with slow oven roasted tomatoes (done by cutting a few tomatoes in half, sprinkling with a little salt and sugar and garam masala, then spraying with olive oil spray and roasting in an oven with pilot light on for 8 hours) and fried garlic mushrooms!.
Pumpkin ans bean cannoloni
2 Cups of grated butternut Pumpkin
- 2 Cups chopped Spinach
- 2 Cups diced Tomatoes
- 1 Cup Corn Kernels
- 2 Large flat Mushrooms - sliced
- Handful of Fresh basil & oregano - shredded
- 1 Tsp Ground pepper
- 1 Tsp Minced chili
- 1 Tsp Garlic powder
- 1 Tsp Celery salt
- Half a White Onion - chopped finely
- Half cup chopped Sun dried Tomatoes
- 2 Tblsp Canola margarine
- 2 Tblsp sliced black Olives
- 1 Cup of Homemade Tomato Sauce
- 1 Cup Creamed Corn
- 1 Tblsp dried mixed Herbs
- 250 grams Cannelloni tubes
Instructions Fry for 1 minute on a very hot pan:
- Mushrooms
- Basil & oregano
- Pepper
- Chili
- Garlic powder
- Celery salt
- Onion
- Sun dried Tomatoes
- Canola margarine
- Black Olives
Add to the Pan and cook on medium heat for five minutes:
- Pumpkin
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
- Corn Kernels
Remove mixture from the pan and use it to stuff the cannelloni tubes!.
Lay them out neatly in a casserole dish and cover evenly with a mixture of:
- Homemade Tomato Sauce
- Creamed Corn
Then top with the dried mixed Herbs!.
For a fan forced oven:
Bake at 200 degrees for half an hour then 140 degrees until golden brown!.
For a standard oven:
Bake at 210 degrees for 40 minutes then 150 degrees until golden brown!.
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Replace eating ice cream with eating yogurt, preferably the really good organic low fat kind with seasonal fruits!.
Cook in a non-stick pan to avoid adding cooking oil!. Remember that when you do use oil to use one that can handle any high temperatures you might be using since they will hydrogenate (ie, turn into trans fat) when they begin to smoke!. Grapeseed oil can be used in high temperature situation!.
Use leaner meats!.
Eat whole wheat pasta and rice instead of the regular stuff!.
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Lighten potatoes with pureed cauliflower
Change the bowl you eat cereal in to a smaller one so you can eat from a full bowl, but be eating less!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Cook in a non-stick pan to avoid adding cooking oil!. Remember that when you do use oil to use one that can handle any high temperatures you might be using since they will hydrogenate (ie, turn into trans fat) when they begin to smoke!. Grapeseed oil can be used in high temperature situation!.
Use leaner meats!.
Eat whole wheat pasta and rice instead of the regular stuff!.
ummmmmmmmmmmm
Lighten potatoes with pureed cauliflower
Change the bowl you eat cereal in to a smaller one so you can eat from a full bowl, but be eating less!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
For me, incorporating a lifestyle change in your healthier eating habits should start slowly at first!. Thinner slices of bread, low fat dairy and cheeses, smaller portions for proteins and starches, smaller meals several times a day and always having healthy snacks readily available to eat!. Microwave foods are quick, easy and full of fat, so we need to replace them with some healthy alternatives, but they have to be handy and already prepared!. We are very busy people these days and the quickest way to eat healthy is to slow down and cook fresh, but if that can't happen, then we have to change our lifestyle habits as well!. Don't buy that bag of chips, have a bowl of apples, oranges, bananas sitting there, you will eat what you have available!. Have a produce bin with cut up carrot and celery sticks instead of Microwavable pizza roll ups!. Have recyclable water bottles filled with juice and water instead of Pop and high sugar drinks!. Yes, your family, work colleagues might fight at first and this will shock you as well, but if it's all you have, they will eat it!. I actually have done this to myself and yes, I've gotten a little mad that I didn't have that big slice of Potato Bread in my house and only had that tortilla wrap, but I got used to it and now, look forward to it! Instead of starches at night, I only have veggies and salads with dinner and a couple of times a week, I have starches with dinner and even then, it's only in a small amount or thrown right into the main dish, to control the amount I consumme!. Well, I could rammble on for hours on this, but Kudo's to you for starting!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.and my Best of Luck to you and your family to start eating healthier! Www@FoodAQ@Com
eat lots of fruits and veggies-including peelings (roughage)!.
eat lots of whole grains!. did you know that popcorn is a whole grain!?
eat small amounts of "healthy" fats
eat homemade, non processed foods
read labels and be informed about what they really mean
best liquid to drink is water
exercise-will reduce need for so much food
keep a list of what you eat for one week!. evaluate your diet!.
avoid high fructose corn syrup (i know it's in everything)
avoid fake sugars-splenda, equal etc!.
avoid empty calories-pop, alcohol, sugar
avoid salt
don't over eat or eat out of boredom
i know this is not a menu as such, but it is a good lifestyle if you want to eat healthierWww@FoodAQ@Com
eat lots of whole grains!. did you know that popcorn is a whole grain!?
eat small amounts of "healthy" fats
eat homemade, non processed foods
read labels and be informed about what they really mean
best liquid to drink is water
exercise-will reduce need for so much food
keep a list of what you eat for one week!. evaluate your diet!.
avoid high fructose corn syrup (i know it's in everything)
avoid fake sugars-splenda, equal etc!.
avoid empty calories-pop, alcohol, sugar
avoid salt
don't over eat or eat out of boredom
i know this is not a menu as such, but it is a good lifestyle if you want to eat healthierWww@FoodAQ@Com