What is your favorite low calorie/diet meal? Recipes please...

[jade408]

Originally Posted by StrkAliteN

My go to healthy diet meals are salads

Learn to like raw baby spinach ( iceberg lettuce and romaine lettuce are nice as partial adds - but they add near zero nutritional content )

I hate raw spinach. It coats your mouth with something weird. I don't particularly like spinach. Give me arugula any day. I like all of the bitter greens and lettuces: frisee, radicchio, endives. I also like watercress, pea shoots, mizen, and tatsoi. Kale is not my favorite raw - it needs to be massaged. And I should not have raw kale often due to thyroid issues anyway.

Romaine actually has decent nutrition, and should be subbed for romaine 9/10.

I also like cabbages in salads for extra nutrition. Napa cabbage is a great lettuce substitute. But it is also on my list to limit in raw preparations.

Darker greens are better. In lettuce and cooked preparations. You also absorb the nutrients better with both vitamin C and fats, so pair your greens with both for the best nutrition. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and citrusy dressing are all good ideas.

I tend to prefer my greens cooked and load up on cooked kale, chard, broccoli raab. I also like stir-fried cabbage and asian greens.

[StrkAliteN]

Originally Posted by jade408

I hate raw spinach. It coats your mouth with something weird. I don't particularly like spinach. Give me arugula any day. I like all of the bitter greens and lettuces: frisee, radicchio, endives. I also like watercress, pea shoots, mizen, and tatsoi. Kale is not my favorite raw - it needs to be massaged. And I should not have raw kale often due to thyroid issues anyway.

Romaine actually has decent nutrition, and should be subbed for romaine 9/10.

I also like cabbages in salads for extra nutrition. Napa cabbage is a great lettuce substitute. But it is also on my list to limit in raw preparations.

Darker greens are better. In lettuce and cooked preparations. You also absorb the nutrients better with both vitamin C and fats, so pair your greens with both for the best nutrition. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and citrusy dressing are all good ideas.

I tend to prefer my greens cooked and load up on cooked kale, chard, broccoli raab. I also like stir-fried cabbage and asian greens.

Make sure you are trying 'baby' spinach leaves

There is a HUGE difference in taste between the small baby leaves of the spinach plant and the larger bitter / tart tasting mature leaves.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by StrkAliteN

Make sure you are trying 'baby' spinach leaves

There is a HUGE difference in taste between the small baby leaves of the spinach plant and the larger bitter / tart tasting mature leaves.

Yup, I eat baby spinach. Still don't like it. A few leaves are fine. A whole bowl is not. I'd prefer it cooked.

I like bitter greens, but something about spinach leaves a weird film in my mouth!