are any of these unhealthy?!
to make spaghetti with whole grain noodles, chicken, tomato sauce, onion, and fat free cheese
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Depends on what your outlook of healthy is. To most people they would say healthy because that is how they were raised. But the reality is those foods don't have any advanced nutrients except onions and I doubt you use a whole onion in spaghetti.
Things like wheat products, cheese and meat only make you feel full while not actually providing nutrients necessary to restore your body. Food companies have to add nutrients to those foods I mentioned because of their lack of nutrients and still they lack not to mention it is not the same quality of nutrients.
Brown rice is very healthy but I would ditch the mushroom soup, rather use homemade vegetable broth for flavor. Cream of mushroom soup (canned or packets) are normally loaded with additives & extra unwanted calories.
Wholegrain noodles (and brown rice) are packed with fibre which is great. Use chicken without the skin. If your tomato sauce is homemade even better. For me all your choice are healthy excepting the mushroom soup
Healthy: brown rice, whole grain noodles, tomato sauce (if not overly processed), and onion.
Unhealthy: cream of mushroom soup and the fat-free cheese (both are processed and saturated with sodium.)
I'd also put the chicken in the "unhealthy" category, since I'm a vegetarian. But, I guess it depends on the portion and how it's prepared.
No
Brown rice is healthy, so adding with cream of mushroom soup would be fine, it needs the flavor.
The spaghetti sounds really tasty and would be healthy
You could use Quorn mince which is a really healthy low fat substitute to beef or chicken mince. It would be vegetarian, much healthier and it tastes as good as either one of those.
I'm wary of fat free anything. Fat is a vital nutrient; unless your weight poses a serious risk to your health, you should definitely not eat foods that have been specially manufactured to be fat free.
Aside from that little bit, all seems well here. :). Thanks for an idea on how to use my can of cream of mushroom soup. I was a little lost with that.
It sounds to me like there's a high level of ulfites in everything you like to make. You souls be careful, you can develop a sensitivity if you keep over doing it.
Cream of mushroom soup (or anything described as 'cream of') tends to lack cream.
Tends to be a lot of salt in soup.
Saute some mushrooms in garlic and put that on top of your rice instead.
The spaghetti sounds fairly healthy.
The brown rice doesn't because cream of mushroom soup. Cream of anything usually isn't very good for you. :)
chicken is not vegetarian
None of them
None.