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I believe that when you get away from the unhealthy foods, like fast foods and deep fried foods, your taste buds will change and you learn to like the healthier options and won't crave the unhealthy so much. Pre-packaged foods are always full of sodium including the low fat packaged foods (along with sugar).
We hate to eat out as well and prefer to cook because we know exactly what is in it.
Wild Alaskan salmon on the grill is the bomb. We roasted a bunch of red bell peppers on the BBQ last night and made THE BEST soup with chicken stock I made from street-side roasted chickens. Very healthy. Also made homemade cream of mushroom soup that was fabulous. We don't eat anything processed at all, and everything tastes good.
I am sorry you are having a bad experience! If you are buying packaged labeled "health foods" though, I can see why. Much better to make your own stuff from scratch. Very tasty, and no added ingredients/filler.
Wild Alaskan salmon on the grill is the bomb. We roasted a bunch of red bell peppers on the BBQ last night and made THE BEST soup with chicken stock I made from street-side roasted chickens. Very healthy. Also made homemade cream of mushroom soup that was fabulous. We don't eat anything processed at all, and everything tastes good.
I am sorry you are having a bad experience! If you are buying packaged labeled "health foods" though, I can see why. Much better to make your own stuff from scratch. Very tasty, and no added ingredients/filler.
My grandmother used to make chicken stock with the leftover chicken bones from a whole-chicken dinner. It was delicious! You can give your crockpot-cooked chicken, or store-bought rotisserie chicken a second life, by using the leftovers as soup stock.
I can never stick to just boring foods. Any advice on eating healthy if you're not a good cook?
Look at some of your favorite restaurant's menus, make a list, and look up recipes for the right cook times and amounts of ingredients.
If you're a self-professed carnivore, you'll never be happy living off salads. Don't lie to yourself, but also make sure you're not eating twice the sugar or twice the salt you're supposed to consume in a day. Bad things happen.
Some of it you can offset with exercise, but there are also people drinking a 2 liter of soda every day or 3 venti Starbucks lattes (I'm not kidding). These people DO have diet issues that need to be changed before they can expect to see results.
I believe that when you get away from the unhealthy foods, like fast foods and deep fried foods, your taste buds will change and you learn to like the healthier options and won't crave the unhealthy so much. Pre-packaged foods are always full of sodium including the low fat packaged foods (along with sugar).
Bingo!
Your taste buds need retraining. Before you know it old foods will taste too sweet or too salty and the natural flavor of what you are eating will shine through and will be satisfying.
Sugar and salt are nearly like drugs in the sense that once your body is accustomed to them you build up a sort of tolerance and can't enjoy food without them. But this can be reversed. You just have to practice for a while until you get there.
I also allow myself to have a break from my healthier eating habits so I don't feel deprived. But over time I've discovered what I used to think of as "treats" now aren't as enjoyable to me anymore because my taste buds have adjusted. It's just automatic to me to choose healthier foods because they taste better to me.
Also buy whole foods. Just stay away from anything marked low sugar, salt or fat. You don't need the assortment of chemicals required to make these things palatable. And you don't need the extra expense in your shopping list.
All that's needed is some self-education about how to do this and with the internet it's easy.
I can never stick to just boring foods. Any advice on eating healthy if you're not a good cook?
Well, here's where we differ. I love fruits and vegetable. I actually crave them. I hate really greasy foods.
I crave salads, roasted vegetables, sweet potatoes, winter squash, lightly sauteed green vegetables like kale. I also enjoy legumes of all kinds, salmon, nuts, grains and other healthy foods.
My weaknesses are cheese and dairy. I don't cut them out. I just eat cheese very moderately. As a condiment if you will.
I love cooking and I enjoy food and cooking and I frequently contribute to the food forum. Occasionally I eat deserts. Just not every day. And a small amount.
I tried some foods over the past few years that I never thought I'd eat--avocados, hummus, olives, and I'm not a spring chicken. Now I eat all of those things regularly. You CAN learn to like different things.
Another helpful thing is start planning your meal around a vegetable dish instead of deciding on a hunk of meat and then plotting everything else from there. Decide first on a couple of vegetables and make the meat and/or cheese the side dish.
well I happen to enjoy fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, & a plain roast chicken. And they can make a nice low calorie meal.
If you like spicy or herby foods, experiment with some small side dishes. It can be fun as well as tasty,
I love roast chicken but i cant cook it at all
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