Low fat, healthy meal ideas

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I thought it may be a good idea to try to get together a list of healthy meals that we can all refer to. DD1 is classed as obese and is only 9 years old so I really need to try and find ideas that we wont get bored with.

Heres one I may try

Mexican enchiladas

INGREDIENTS:

1 410g tin of red kidney beans, drained
1 400g tin of chopped peeled plum tomatoes, drained
1 198g tin of sweetcorn, drained
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 finely chopped red onion
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp Tabasco
Large bunch coriander, finely chopped
150g low-fat cream cheese
8 flour tortillas

PREPARATION:

1. Place the olive oil and the red onion in a warm pan and allow the onion to soften for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and red kidney beans and stir together. Allow to cook for 1-2 mintues.

1. Add the tomatoes, sweetcorn and Tabasco and continue stirring. Allow to cook for a further 3 minutes. Finally, add the coriander and leave to cook for another minute.

1. While the ingredients cook, take the tortillas and place them under a hot grill for a minute to warm. When ready, spread some cream cheese on each of the tortillas.

1. Spoon the bean mixture into the middle of each tortilla and fold to eat.

And another

Ingredients:
?2 cloves garlic, crushed
?1/4 cup minced shallots
?1 large celery stalk
?8 ounces baby carrots
?4 ounces mushrooms, chopped
?1/2 large green pepper, chopped
?1/4 cup flour
?1 tsp dry thyme
?1 tsp dried oregano
?Freshly ground black pepper
?1 pound skinless chicken breasts, cut into pieces
?1 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
?1 cup white wine
?1/2 cup dried lentils, picked through

Preparation:
Heat oil on medium heat in a large pot or Dutch oven. Sauté garlic, shallots, celery, carrots, mushrooms and green peppers for 5 minutes. Combine flour, thyme, oregano and a few twists of freshly ground black pepper on a large plate or bowl. Toss chicken pieces in flour mixture. Add chicken to pot and cook until browned. Add chicken broth, wine and dried lentils. Bring to a boil, then lower heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, until lentils are tender.

Serves 4

Per Serving: Calories 306, Calories from Fat 20, total Fat 2.2g (sat 0.5g), Cholesterol 65mg, Sodium 130mg, Carbohydrate 35.9g, Fiber 10.2g, Protein 35.5g

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Aww you're talking to yourself here.

How about -

Lentil soup;
Omelette with homemade wedges and salad;
Thai style noodles;
A baked, non-creamy risotto;
Homemade bean burgers in wholemeal buns with salad;
vegetable and barley soup;
Baked sweet potatoes with corn on the cob and veggie sausages;
quorn fajitas with peppers, mushrooms etc and not much cheese.

Aww Thanks jan

I'm used to it

will give some of them a try too

stir fry with noddles, I use a mix of vegtables that is liked and chinese 5 spice and a little soy sauce, I ise olive oil to start and then keep adding a little boiling water to stop the veg sticking - I cook the noddles for 3 mns in the saucepan next to the fry pan so the water is there to use.

a plain omeltte as janeite suggests, it is a good source of protien and I usually do them with out chees and add some tomato and mushrooms to mine.

pasta with homemade tomato sauce and some fresh basil and olives - just a little parmesan over the top.

Ratatouille, lots of roasted vegtables - get a spray oil which will coat better with less oil

steak and vegtables, or lamb chops, pork chops and vegtables with new posts

here are a few ideas

Thank you IvyKaty44, I do have a spray oil but it broke the other day so will need to get a new one. Lot's of idea's to keep me going

I think the other thing is you don't always need a full cooked meal in the evening.

beans on toast without spread/butter and put a few frozen sweetcorn and cherry tomms in with the baked beans.

Tow of my fav quick meals are fish, either smoked haddock - you can cook in the oven for 25 imutes while the new pots are cooking and serve with salad or peas and broc, or salmon cooked the same and served with salad and new pots. You can cook both in the microwave if just having vegtables or salad - cover with cling film and put a couple of holes in the cling film.

fish is very good for you and you should have three servings a week (salmon though not more than three times)

Sunday tea time we used to have sardines in tomato sauce on toast for tea - a really good source of omega 3 and the tomato counts as a vegtable

It's difficult to do fish as DD1 boalks at it, it is the only thing that she struggles to eat though and will eat cod in batter, fish fingers etc just not fish pie or sardines/tuna. Will have to have a play around and see if I can come up with a compromise.

You can make your own baked beans, which are much healthier and edible, unlike tinned ones! I fry a finely chopped onion with some crushed garlic then add some grain mustard, honey, paprika and black pepper and a carton of passata. Cook a bit then add a couple of drained tins of cannelini or haricot beans and cook a bit more. You can add a tiny bit of brown sugar if it needs it.

What about home made fish cakes with tinned salmon? Perhaps put more mash potato and increase the amount of salmon each time?

my dd will not eat salmon, though loves smoked haddock - I started by giving her kedgree though with smoked haddock as it was just a flavouring of fish rather than lots of fish in one block.

No she wont eat salmon, nothing too fishy. She will eat cod,prawns etc so I can experiment with blander fish maybe.

Very impressed with you making your own beans jan! We don't very often have them as I'm not keen so will have a look at making my own of them too