Healthy foods, what do you love?

[chrisw87]

Hey peeps!

My question for you all, what healthy food do you love/like. Not what is just good for you, but you salivate over the thought of eating it.

My recipe is called (named by my colleagues who tried it) the bowel-ripper or ring-burner. Oh such a smooth bunch they are hah.

1kg of chickpeas (I use canned, rinsed well)
2-3 red or brown onions
two carrots
two sticks of celery
1-2 good sized chillis of your preference (I prefer birdseye or habanero)
chicken stock
2 cloves of garlic
sour cream (reduced fat)

Sweat off the mixed veggies in some oil, then add the chickpeas and stock, simmering away until the veggies are tender and the chickpeas are cooked (takes about 30mins with canned for me, longer for dried).

blend up the mix to your desired consistancy, I like a really thick soup, one that clings to the spoon like a watery mashed potato. Swirl in some sour cream and eat with some crusty bread.

Cheap as heck (costs me $10 to make enough to feed me for 2-3 days).

One word of warning though, this contains some SERIOUS fibre, your stomach will be entertained and your bowels scared. A small bowl is enough to fill me right up and stay full for hours.

 

[SexyGuy]

I love the idea of this recipe, however, I have to ask what the measurements are for the chicken stock, i.e., 2 cups? 2 quarts? Just wondering because this sounds like something I could make for my bf and I (starving grad students...)

 

[chrisw87]

I love the idea of this recipe, however, I have to ask what the measurements are for the chicken stock, i.e., 2 cups? 2 quarts? Just wondering because this sounds like something I could make for my bf and I (starving grad students...)

I usually just use a small (500-1000ml) bottle of stock, or 2-3 level teaspoons of vegeta stock. If you are a poor student, Vegeta stock is a diamond in the rough, use it for everything.

This is my preference merely because I don't want to add too much salt, but give it a go, most of the flavor comes from the chickpeas/chilli/garlic/onion/celery anyways.

It really is trial and error, if you want to give it some alterations, try sprinkling some chopped bacon ontop once its done. Oh and make sure to cleanup everything afterwords, this stuff isn't pretty if its left in a stereotypical students sink for more than 2 days hah.

 

[chrisw87]

this is one of my favs!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/out-of-this-world-turkey-brine/detail.aspx

I will have to try that for chicken before putting in our woodfired oven, turkey isn't common or cheap round here but you can get whole frozen or fresh chickens for a cheap price.

 

[zoltanspawn]

We're enjoying a sweet kimchi trend right now.

Really good fresh, small batch kimchi, not the tired supermarket stuff.

I can eat a lot of it.

 

[Ram]

Coconut oil. Eggs. Tomatoes.

Heaven.

 

[530stud]

3 days ago i went Vegan. My go to meal so far is Peanut Butter rice. OMG OMG OMG i am starting to salivate now just thinking about it. Its neyond delicious and its rice AND peanut butter, plenty of protein. This is important for me because i am going Vegan like i said, and i work out every day. I need protein. Anyway. There are two versions. Depending on what you want or what youve already eaten that day. The better more main course version is Brown Mahathmata Rice. This is long grain brown rice, not the fluffy or husky brown rice most people know. Then you simply add broccoli and baby bella mushrooms. Top it off with a healthy amount of Thai Peanut sauce. Thai peanut sauce is 1 cup PB 2 tablespoons margarine 1TBL soy sauce 1TBL fish oil 1/3cup coconut milk some garlic and some hot chili paste. All to taste really, you cant screw it up.

Second version. SO SIMPLE. White long grain rice, peanut butter, margarine or butter if you're not Vegan. Try it guys, its delicious and if you are Vegan or vegetarian it provides much needed protein starch carbs and fat. I love it. And in 3 days i have lost 4 pounds and 2 inches around my belly.



Another one i CANNOT get enough of is weight Watchers Turkey Taco Chili. Google it. BEST CHILLI I HAVE EVER HAD and its something like 140 calories for 2 whole cups of it! Incredible flavor completely hardy and comfort.

If you want to be healthy but get a sweet craving there are 2 desserts i make

1) Black Bean Brownies. Simply puree a can of black beans in the juice, and add to a brownie mix. The beans stand in place of ALL the fat and oil and eggs, and the brownies are actually much more dense and moist. taste is a little different, but just as good. You wont miss anything

2)Red Velvet cup cakes. Add a can of diet dr pepper to red velvet cake mix and thats it. Divide into cupcake pan. When it comes out, take a container of fat free sugar free cool whip, and add a packet of cream cheese jello pudding mix. The end result is a bit crumbly, i am going to try to add a banana because to make Vegan cake you substitue the banana for eggs, and an eggs job is to keep the batter together so i am hoping that this will fix the crumblies. But if not, grab a fork. And only put one or two in front of you because you wont stop eating them! And each one only has like 65 calories.

Sorry for errors, using my phone while working out haha

 

[chrisw87]

Good luck to you with the new-found veganism! if you can balance your nutrition there is nothing wrong with it, just remember that big portions aren't a problem if its the right food. With lacto-ovo vegetarian style foods I can eat around half a kilo of veggies and still lose weight while being fairly sedentary.

I love meat still but I balance it out, lately I have been working out a fair bit to increase my muscle tone and mass, so I have been eating plenty of fish and meat to go with my veggo diet, tasty and nutritious. Frankly giving up snack foods and sodas has been the biggest source of benefits.

I can't deny a love for cheesecake though! might have to try some 'healthy' cheesecake options though, I've seen some interesting recipes all from ricotta to tofu.

HOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

3 days ago i went Vegan. My go to meal so far is Peanut Butter rice. OMG OMG OMG i am starting to salivate now just thinking about it. Its neyond delicious and its rice AND peanut butter, plenty of protein. This is important for me because i am going Vegan like i said, and i work out every day. I need protein. Anyway. There are two versions. Depending on what you want or what youve already eaten that day. The better more main course version is Brown Mahathmata Rice. This is long grain brown rice, not the fluffy or husky brown rice most people know. Then you simply add broccoli and baby bella mushrooms. Top it off with a healthy amount of Thai Peanut sauce. Thai peanut sauce is 1 cup PB 2 tablespoons margarine 1TBL soy sauce 1TBL fish oil 1/3cup coconut milk some garlic and some hot chili paste. All to taste really, you cant screw it up.

Second version. SO SIMPLE. White long grain rice, peanut butter, margarine or butter if you're not Vegan. Try it guys, its delicious and if you are Vegan or vegetarian it provides much needed protein starch carbs and fat. I love it. And in 3 days i have lost 4 pounds and 2 inches around my belly.



Another one i CANNOT get enough of is weight Watchers Turkey Taco Chili. Google it. BEST CHILLI I HAVE EVER HAD and its something like 140 calories for 2 whole cups of it! Incredible flavor completely hardy and comfort.

If you want to be healthy but get a sweet craving there are 2 desserts i make

1) Black Bean Brownies. Simply puree a can of black beans in the juice, and add to a brownie mix. The beans stand in place of ALL the fat and oil and eggs, and the brownies are actually much more dense and moist. taste is a little different, but just as good. You wont miss anything

2)Red Velvet cup cakes. Add a can of diet dr pepper to red velvet cake mix and thats it. Divide into cupcake pan. When it comes out, take a container of fat free sugar free cool whip, and add a packet of cream cheese jello pudding mix. The end result is a bit crumbly, i am going to try to add a banana because to make Vegan cake you substitue the banana for eggs, and an eggs job is to keep the batter together so i am hoping that this will fix the crumblies. But if not, grab a fork. And only put one or two in front of you because you wont stop eating them! And each one only has like 65 calories.

Sorry for errors, using my phone while working out haha

 

[bw92116]

Nuts, baby, nuts!