The Health Food Thread

[catcake]

They're okay regarding the price when deep frozen, and if it says "fresh from the field" on the package, they really have a nice taste, too!"

I try to avoid frozen berries because there have been some cases here where people got really sick and even died because of frozen berries from some foreign countries. And if they're grown here they're expensive even if frozen Fruits are a bit better, oranges are usually cheap and I love kiwi.

One thing I really want to get one day is a little garden in the balcony! Herbs, chili, stuff like that. Can't have many plants indoors because of cat so balcony is the green area.

 

[VoidGear.]

I try to avoid frozen berries because there have been some cases here where people got really sick and even died because of frozen berries from some foreign countries. And if they're grown here they're expensive even if frozen Fruits are a bit better, oranges are usually cheap and I love kiwi.

One thing I really want to get one day is a little garden in the balcony! Herbs, chili, stuff like that. Can't have many plants indoors because of cat so balcony is the green area.

Holy damn, where do you import that shit from? D: Stuff is perfect over here, gotta buy it in Germany!!
Kiwi is bae.

Balcony is great for some small stuff like herbs definitely <3

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

Smoothies are great but fruits and berries are expensive :l

I usually just go with the V8 Smoothies, which has differing flavors. I've found two: one is a mix of strawberries and bananas and I forget the other.

 

[takeoutbag]

A healthy thing i like to snack on is a can of sweet peas or chickpeas.

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

A healthy thing i like to snack on is a can of sweet peas or chickpeas.

How do you get them served out of the can or dried?

 

[Tyrant Raver]

Trail mix..... always. And somehow those dried cranberries. I snack on them like raisins.

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

Trail mix..... always. And somehow those dried cranberries. I snack on them like raisins.

I don't like the nuts in trail mix.

 

[Grono]

Anyone like honey nut almond cereal? I don't know why, but nut-based cereal is my jam. I can have like 5 bowls and not be tired of it.

 

[VoidGear.]

Lmao 5 bowls dont go in health food anymore tho!
I bought some spelt almond cranberry linseed cereal the other day and it was really good.

 

[Grono]

I've been getting into a lot of fast food lately, but I want to start cooking at home more and learning to make healthy meals for my day. Anyone have any suggestions for healthy meals that'd be easy to make for a beginner level chef?

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

I've been getting into a lot of fast food lately, but I want to start cooking at home more and learning to make healthy meals for my day. Anyone have any suggestions for healthy meals that'd be easy to make for a beginner level chef?

You could get one of those hamburger helpers from Walmart and add a whole bunch of vegetables to it. You could also get some prepared salads.

 

[Noir]

Out of curiosity, does anyone have any recommendations for healthy meals to create for someone that sucks at cooking. Something that won't be too long to make. I feel that a lot of these foods I buy are just packaged foods from supermarkets that are merely stuck in the oven and done. However, speaking with my father, he was telling me that he makes his own food from scratch and its much healthier, and he has certainly lost a considerable amount of weight (with no exercise, incidentally). I was wondering if anyone had their own recommendations?

 

[Deleted member 36435]

Most style of cooking eggs are really easy and tend to be healthy

Grilled chicken is like the ultimate go-to for healthy food, that's easy to prep. 21 Grilled Chicken Recipes for Your Memorial Day Grill | Serious Eats - I haven't vetted all of these, but it's pretty hard to make grilled chicken unhealthy and aside from under/over cooking it's hard to diddly up.

This one specifically is super easy and good: The Best Juicy Grilled Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts Recipe | Serious Eats - fuck around with the spices too if you want

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

Does anyone like dried fruit? They can be delicious.

 

[VoidGear.]

I like dried apples sometimes. Overall not big on dried fruits tho.

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

I like dried apples sometimes. Overall not big on dried fruits tho.

That's all right! I think I might want to try some figs, I am not so positive about dates. It's really sad that Persian Melons aren't in season yet.

 

[catcake]

Dried banana is alright sometimes I guess.

 

[VoidGear.]

Banana is tolerable, too.

About the beginner's food: It kinda depends on what you have home and especially what you like in food, but as I'm a lazy yet constantly hungry fuck I usually go with very simple but effective recipes.

 

[Dreaded_Desire62]

Lucky for me, there is an organic market place just across the street from me.

 

[moonstar_xo]

My go-to quick and healthy meal is veggie pasta. I just season and cook some veggies (usually broccoli, asparagus, peppers, and peas) and then cook some pasta (generally whole wheat penne) and then mix it all together with some olive oil. It's pretty easy and only takes about 20 minutes to make.

I moved back home about a year ago after graduating college, and it has been SO difficult to eat healthy. My family have never been super into healthy eating and don't really cook healthy meals super often, nor do they really have healthy snacks lying around. It's definitely been the worst part about living at home again. I'll sometimes cook something for myself, but I always feel kind of weird about it because it always seems to annoy my parents when I don't eat what the rest of my family is eating. I have at least been able to buy healthier snacks like fruits, and some of my other siblings are eating them too, so they're not going to waste.