Mardathas meal planning thread

ubamother

Following on from meritaten's point about raw foods, lots of salad items make great hot or cold soups. I'm sure I once saw something on a food programme that if you eat a tiny bit of something you don't like everyday for 14 days you will lose your aversion to it - so if you persevere with a bit of salad every day you may get there!

rachbc

mardatha wrote: »

Must lose weight !! Need to lose a stone. Want to live on salads - lettuce & greens from the garden because I have tons all coming at once.
I dont LIKE salads. Can anybody please jazz it up for me so that I will eat the bloody things ?

If you don't like salads why grow em??

You don't have to east salad to loose weight....

mardatha

Ubamother I would willingly die rather than eat broccoli every day Re salads, I want to like them because its healthy and its free... !

greenbee

mardatha wrote: »

Ubamother I would willingly die rather than eat broccoli every day Re salads, I want to like them because its healthy and its free... !

Pity, because broccoli is a fantastic superfood and a godsend when trying to lose weight

ubamother

Salads on their own might be healthy, but I personally don't find them filling so would probably end up eating something else later! Once you've added your Caesar dressing, bacon bits, croutons, cheese I might have to question if that counts as 'healthy'!! I do like the Caesar yoghurt based dressing given above - will be trying that one.

mardatha

...Ok, got a plan ! If I fill the house with broccoli and nothing but broccoli, then I wont eat it, and get THIN. whooohoo!

Norman_Bean

I like toasted sesame seeds or pine nuts in salad - don't forget boiled potatoes and green beans and capers or chopped cornichons - yum.

My fave dressing is olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, and dijon mustard - shake it all together - yum again

not much time but hope that helps a bit x x

mardatha

thanks for that - thanks everybody. I will be thin if it kills me !!! Got a stone to lose...:)

lilian1977

My salad today is lovely, and incredibly healthy.

It contains:

Leaves from the garden
Sprouted mung beans
Chick peas
Avocado
Tomato
Peas
Sweetcorn
Grated carrot
Olive oil
Lemon juice
Black pepper


YUM x

mardatha

I'm trying my first real, proper, serious menu plan. I am sitting here with big notepad, a pencil, a list of what's in my freezer, and I'm stuck !:rotfl:
Here is what I have in the freezer, meat only cos I can work out the veg meself LOL...
Lots of lamb mince
Lots of chicken thighs
Lots of posh sausages
Could we start with a week or is it easier to do a fortnight? Only two of us and we eat very very plain food. (OH diabetic and fussy, and I'm a rubbish cook )
No pasta
No rice
No curry
Just old fashioned food. Does anybody think they can help?