veggie-packed meal ideas

I hesitate to post this, because then people will ask for recipes, and those
take a lot longer to post... most of these you could probably find by
googling old posts of this group.

Anyway, I eat a lot of veggies. During times when I have had my best weight
losses, it has been when I was eating more veggies. I generally cook big
quantities, and then take leftovers from dinner for my lunch the next day or
3 to work. I find it's easier to get my veggies in if I can prepare meals
around the veggies. Here are some of my favorite things to cook:

Szechuan chicken & broccoli
Pepper Steak
Veggie stir fry w/ chicken/shrimp/steak
Lasagna made w/ strips of baked zucchini slices in place of the noodles
Shephard's Pie w/ smashed cauliflower in place of mashed potatoes
Pot Roast made in slow cooker with lots of veggies added
Zucchini Pasta - served w/ sausage or pasta toppings (Slice zucchini finely
using a vegetable peeler, saute in oil... use as pasta)
Egg Drop Soup
Antipasto Salad w/ lettuces, salami, olives, etc.
steamed veggies topped w/ cheese & grilled chicken strips
Eggs Foo Young (chinese-type stirfry w/ lots of cabbage, cooked in scrambled
eggs)
I also like the cauliflower pizza crust (w/ toppings) that was recently
posted here.



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"Sprgtime" wrote in message
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Shephard's Pie w/ smashed cauliflower in place of mashed potatoes

I have been thinking about doing this for a long time.. but was scared it
wouldnt come out the way I want it to.

In article ,
"Sprgtime" wrote:

I hesitate to post this, because then people will ask for recipes, and those
take a lot longer to post... most of these you could probably find by
googling old posts of this group.

Anyway, I eat a lot of veggies. During times when I have had my best weight
losses, it has been when I was eating more veggies. I generally cook big
quantities, and then take leftovers from dinner for my lunch the next day or
3 to work. I find it's easier to get my veggies in if I can prepare meals
around the veggies. Here are some of my favorite things to cook:

Szechuan chicken & broccoli
Pepper Steak
Veggie stir fry w/ chicken/shrimp/steak

I'm a bit lazy about cooking. Sam's Club sells this big bag of oriental
stir-fry, I forget the brand and I'm out of it right now, but it's in a
black bag and I think it has "Gourmet" somewhere in the name. Anyway, for
frozen stuff it's really good and saves all the chopping. I throw out the
carby sauce packets that come with it, and I have three main different ways
to prepare it:

Oriental: Cooked in oil and soy sauce (a bit carby but a little goes a long
way, imo) add steak, chicken, or shrimp

Creamy: Butter and cream cheese (melts together into a creamy sauce) add
chicken (didn't like it so much with steak)

Pizza: Low-carb pasta sauce (not the kind marketed as low-carb, just the
lowest carb variety I can find from reading labels), mozzerella, parmesan,
and pepperoni.

The last two sound like kinda weird ways, but I like them and so did my
best friend when I experimented on him.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

In article ,
"Sprgtime" wrote:

I hesitate to post this, because then people will ask for recipes, and those
take a lot longer to post... most of these you could probably find by
googling old posts of this group.

Anyway, I eat a lot of veggies. During times when I have had my best weight
losses, it has been when I was eating more veggies. I generally cook big
quantities, and then take leftovers from dinner for my lunch the next day or
3 to work. I find it's easier to get my veggies in if I can prepare meals
around the veggies. Here are some of my favorite things to cook:

Szechuan chicken & broccoli
Pepper Steak
Veggie stir fry w/ chicken/shrimp/steak

I'm a bit lazy about cooking. Sam's Club sells this big bag of oriental
stir-fry, I forget the brand and I'm out of it right now, but it's in a
black bag and I think it has "Gourmet" somewhere in the name. Anyway, for
frozen stuff it's really good and saves all the chopping. I throw out the
carby sauce packets that come with it, and I have three main different ways
to prepare it:

Oriental: Cooked in oil and soy sauce (a bit carby but a little goes a long
way, imo) add steak, chicken, or shrimp

Creamy: Butter and cream cheese (melts together into a creamy sauce) add
chicken (didn't like it so much with steak)

Pizza: Low-carb pasta sauce (not the kind marketed as low-carb, just the
lowest carb variety I can find from reading labels), mozzerella, parmesan,
and pepperoni.

The last two sound like kinda weird ways, but I like them and so did my
best friend when I experimented on him.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

"Sprgtime" wrote in message
...
I hesitate to post this, because then people will ask for recipes, and
those take a lot longer to post... most of these you could probably find by
googling old posts of this group.

Anyway, I eat a lot of veggies. During times when I have had my best
weight losses, it has been when I was eating more veggies. I generally
cook big quantities, and then take leftovers from dinner for my lunch the
next day or 3 to work. I find it's easier to get my veggies in if I can
prepare meals around the veggies. Here are some of my favorite things to
cook:

Szechuan chicken & broccoli
Pepper Steak
Veggie stir fry w/ chicken/shrimp/steak
Lasagna made w/ strips of baked zucchini slices in place of the noodles
Shephard's Pie w/ smashed cauliflower in place of mashed potatoes
Pot Roast made in slow cooker with lots of veggies added
Zucchini Pasta - served w/ sausage or pasta toppings (Slice zucchini
finely using a vegetable peeler, saute in oil... use as pasta)
Egg Drop Soup
Antipasto Salad w/ lettuces, salami, olives, etc.
steamed veggies topped w/ cheese & grilled chicken strips
Eggs Foo Young (chinese-type stirfry w/ lots of cabbage, cooked in
scrambled eggs)
I also like the cauliflower pizza crust (w/ toppings) that was recently
posted here.



--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/200/170

"Before" & "current" pics at link below:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph



thanks for posting - I was one that asked about it

"Sprgtime" wrote in message
...
I hesitate to post this, because then people will ask for recipes, and
those take a lot longer to post... most of these you could probably find by
googling old posts of this group.

Anyway, I eat a lot of veggies. During times when I have had my best
weight losses, it has been when I was eating more veggies. I generally
cook big quantities, and then take leftovers from dinner for my lunch the
next day or 3 to work. I find it's easier to get my veggies in if I can
prepare meals around the veggies. Here are some of my favorite things to
cook:

Szechuan chicken & broccoli
Pepper Steak
Veggie stir fry w/ chicken/shrimp/steak
Lasagna made w/ strips of baked zucchini slices in place of the noodles
Shephard's Pie w/ smashed cauliflower in place of mashed potatoes
Pot Roast made in slow cooker with lots of veggies added
Zucchini Pasta - served w/ sausage or pasta toppings (Slice zucchini
finely using a vegetable peeler, saute in oil... use as pasta)
Egg Drop Soup
Antipasto Salad w/ lettuces, salami, olives, etc.
steamed veggies topped w/ cheese & grilled chicken strips
Eggs Foo Young (chinese-type stirfry w/ lots of cabbage, cooked in
scrambled eggs)
I also like the cauliflower pizza crust (w/ toppings) that was recently
posted here.



--
Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/200/170

"Before" & "current" pics at link below:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spr...=/55b8&.src=ph



thanks for posting - I was one that asked about it