Food Ideas Please!

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My go to snacks at work are Light and Fit and PB2, cottage cheese or deli meat and cheese roll ups (I'm on a turkey kick lately).  If im good and plan ahead I'll make a curried chicken salad and take 2 oz for a snack.  When I want some crunch I'll eat moon cheese, which is high in protein/low in carb.  I recently found the pepper jack flavor and it's pretty good.

As for meals, I'm all in favor of quick and easy.  I made a beef tri tip on sunday and it's provided a few good meals.  Yesterday combined with a few snap peas and today with some broccoli slaw.  I made zucchini boats the other night with ground turkey.  Again, easy and lasted 3-4 meals.  I usually eat my leftovers for lunch, so these are all office friendly.  I'll be watching this thread since I feel I'm in a rut lately with menu planning.

Hi Nikki, sometimes we just get into a rut, I totally get it. Here are some of my daily eats and my go to snacks:

• Krave Jerky
• celery sticks with laughing cow cheese
• apple slices with peanut butter
• canned solid white tuna with balsamic salad dressing over it
• Baby bel cheese
• home made baked chicken fingers (I cut up chicken breast, use Shake & Bake and bake on a rack) I dip them in ketchup or plum sauce
• SHRIMP, I can't tell you how much shrimp I eat.  I buy frozen cooked tail on shrimp weekly and eat 8 with tangy ****tail sauce for breakfast every. single. day  I am a total weirdo
• Protein Hot Chocolate (gets in the protein and "water" in one) I buy mine from Nashua Nutrition
• Steak!!! I eat a lot of steak. We buy 12 Angus steaks every Sunday (yes really), I eat one for dinner every day, no joke
• Italian meat balls with spicy red pepper spaghetti sauce and tons of parmesean
• East Indian Dal (Lentils)
• East Indian Channa (Chickpeas)
• East Indian Tandoori chicken (there is a wicked awesome Indian restaurant that just opened up around the corner from us, amazing home cooked food and I love supporting local businesses that are just starting out)
• Bell pepper strips and hummus
• Deli meat (my choice is salami) and stick of marble cheese, rolled up with spicy mustard
• Egg bites (I use World According to Eggface egg bite recipes all the time)
• Greek yogurt
• Eggs, I love eggs, my fave way is hard boiled and eaten as is or made into egg salad or deviled eggs
• Ham cracker dip (its my mom's recipe from wayyyyy back).  Its got canned ham, sour cream, mayo, green onions & parsley, I don't eat it with crackers I eat it with chopped veggies but my Mom uses Ritz crackers, let me know if you want the recipe
• Greek chicken skewers (I make my own and will chop up tomato and red onion and give hubby a pita and I eat mine open face)
• Meatloaf or Salisbury steak with tons of mushroom gravy
• Turkey!  I have a Stuffed Butterball Turkey in my freezer I bought on sale after xmas.  I can eat turkey for days and days.
• Chilli, I make crock pot spicy chili all the time, its so great this time of year
• Sloppy Joes!  I eat open face, sometimes just a bottom bun or no bun
• Shepherd's pie with no potato topping (I am allergic to potatoes)
• Swiss Steak (again Mom's old way back recipe)  

Well I hope that helps!  

Good Luck, keep me posted okay!

Daze

I have gone on shrimp eating ruts. I think steak is the best too. I buy the best because I don't eat that much.

Please post the ham cracker dip recipe.  That sounds good.

Hi Gina,

Here is the ham cracker dip recipe:

1 can of flaked ham, drained

3/4 cup of sour cream

3/4 cup of mayo

1 tbsp of dried parsley flakes or fresh if you prefer

3 chopped green onions

Mix all ingredients together. My Mom's "tip" make a day ahead before taking to a party for the flavours to meld.  Serve with Ritz crackers (I use celery sticks, bell pepper strips, carrots etc instead of crackers)

ENJOY!

daisy

If you don't have a fridge here's some storebought ones I use for traveling... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/246642517070046153/ 

or roasted chickpeas are a fav: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/246642517066756793/ 

How can I add to the wonderful lists above?  But I will:  I love Fage brand plain yogurt.  It is very filling, high protein, and not as sour as many yogurts.  I usually buy the 2% or full fat version.  I eat it with a T of low sugar jam, sometimes with berries or apple pieces.

A couple of snack ideas that are portable/quick and easy and my favorite. 

Nuts

Low Fat String Cheese - Crisped up in the microwave and place into a baggie.   These give you that crunch you might be craving, but is all protein. 

Roasted chickpeas.  

Hummus and bell peppers

Turkey Pepperoni - again, you can crisp these in the microwave as well

Boiled eggs.  

Nik

Love, love, LOVE the turkey pepperoni nuked for a few seconds in the microwave. I use low-sugar marinara as a dipper!

Another good thing to do is to wrap that around a little chunk of string cheese. LOOOOOOOOOVE that.