Low calorie/nutritious meals for a non foodie

[fuzzylegs33]

Help!

Really looking to eat better in the new year. Currently live on convenience food, packaged sandwiches, crisps, biscuits and snacks. Do have Gousto meals three times a week to mix it up a bit but overall I'm a pretty unadventurous eater!

I really need some inspiration on easy, relatively nutritious meals ideally that I can meal prep for lunches as that's my main issue. I dont mind salads but don't really like fish, pulses, lentils any of that sort of stuff. Pasta is good, anything wrap/sandwich like. Eggs I can do. Leftovers sometimes are ok but I don't have anywhere to reheat at work.

I'm thinking of swapping out rice for cauliflower rice and trying to up my fruit intake but overall I'm at a loss as I've ever been a good cook and I just don't know where to begin.

I think the Fast 800 cookbooks are a really good place to start and cheaper than paying for membership. .

Get a food thermos and heat things up before you leave the house. Make some soups (roast whatever veg and stick it in a blender with some stock).

Jacket potato wrapped in foil should stay warm a while. Toppings can be stored in a thermos (will keep baked beans warm or cottage cheese cold).

Wholemeal/brown rice, pasta, wraps are a good start.

I like doing a chicken tray bake, chicken breasts, peppers, sweetcorn, onion, etc, chopped tomatoes and herbs chucked in the oven. Can't mess it up really.

Do you like cous cous? Love doing tabbouleh- cous cous, olive oil, parsley, lemon juice, salt, mint, cucumber, tomato, pomegranate seeds.

Sweet potatoes count as 5 a day and wedges are nice cold dipped in nandos perinaise and seeds. I now have a massive pregnancy craving for this but don't have any seeds!

Others will have better advice, I'm sure. But if it were me I would do a middle ground, I think. e.g. make your own sandwich with bread from a bakery and take it in, then swap either the crisps or the snack bar for chopped cucumber or some fruit. If it goes well then swap the other as well.

I don't hugely like soup or salads and I know I just wouldn't stick to a radical change. I'd also concentrate on having a good breakfast and dinner with as little UPFs as possible.

If you don’t cook, or the idea is putting you off, you could start with some easy sides/meals from the shop - lentil soup, steamer bowls of vegetables, rotisserie chicken, bagged salad, precooked salmon or prawns, instant quinoa.

Then graduate to quick things like prawn/chicken/tofu stir fries, baked chicken with rice and vegetables, roasted aubergine with chickpeas, etc.

Jamie Oliver’s ‘Five ingredient’ book is quite good, with not to complicated recipes.