What are some easy tasty and healthy meals?

Islandmaid

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Words completely fail me.

That,ll be a first

I,m a bit of a cheese monster, but do agree if you do want to cut down on fat, Don,t cut flavour, use a good aged Parmesan, you only need a bit, but the taste is SO good :j

cashmonger

suki1964 wrote: »

Hope they aren't English dumplings made with suet with your aversion to saturated fat :eek:

Well I never make them myself or eat them at all really but I recall my mum made them for me recently and when I visit her I dont mind having such exceptions. But she showed me she used vegetable suet if I recall correctly; no idea how that works edit i see it is from vegetable oils.

My dad being jamaican also used to make them but he made them different. Just used flour and water I think and they weighed a ton

cashmonger

Islandmaid wrote: »

This is very simple, but tasty.

Boil spaghetti to your liking, whilst this is cooking fry some garlic, breadcrumbs in olive oil, add a bit of chilli if you like a kick and some salt and pepper then drain the spaghetti and toss in the olive oil mix.

The mix of the crispy breadcrumbs, the flavoured oil and the soft pasta is really savoury, quick and tasty

Just tried this.

Worked nicely

Cheers.

Nargleblast

You can make dumplings without fat - self raising flour, salt, pepper, herbs, water. Make into dryish balls and put in your stew. I think they're called Norfolk dumplings.

Islandmaid

cashmonger wrote: »

Just tried this.

Worked nicely

Cheers.

Glad you liked it - it's a great, cheap, cupboard standby that can be dressed up to look a lot better than it is

Lizling

For vegetable stews, try adding a 3 or 4 tablespoons of lemon juice as well as plenty of herbs to the stock. It works really well with basic vegetables like carrots and potatoes.

I admit I also add a huge knob of butter, though, because I have no problem with eating saturated fats (but I do try to limit vegetable oil.) I think you really need some sort of fat in there to make it work.

sweetilemon

I love chicken fajitas or chicken wraps. I use onion, pepper, mushrooms, garlic and sometimes chilli, ginger, whatever I've got really. The fajita spice mix is lovely but I only use it if it's on offer. All in a wrap, it's especially nice toastied or just served with salad.

sootypea

Maitane wrote: »

Do you like soups? There's a great store cupboard minestrone recipe that I can post if that's the kind of thing you're looking for.

I would be interested in the recipe Thanks

Maitane

Hi Sootypea,

You need:

• Oil for the pan
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 2 tins of tomatoes
• Stock cube (or whatever you use)
• 1 tablespoon pesto
• 50g (or so) broken pasta or soup pasta
• Can of pulses (any you like)
• 200g green veg (like frozen green beans, etc)

Cook the onion in the oil until soft. Add the canned tomatoes and four cans of water. Add in your stock cube and pesto then season.
Bring to the boil then add the pasta and simmer for 10 minutes (or until the pasta is cooked). Add the pulses and vegetables and bring back to the boil. Simmer for ten minutes then taste for seasoning. You can serve it with some extra pesto or cheese.

rockm87

courguette fritters...delicious!

sweet potato and lentil curry.

try to cut out processed food (ready made anything), cook from scratch, use butter instead of margarine, and fry with only a little oil.

The hairy dieters book is fab, and they have some free recipes available online.