Fav Healthy dish made by you

[shootingstar]

What would you make for yourself easily..your fav healthy dish?

For me, it's probably steamed fish with ginger root, onion, etc...in all honesty, a steamed meat dish is a comfort dish to me...evokes childhood traditional Chinese home cooking.

When I was exhausted from studying at university, or if I've been travelling and eating for several weeks, I would as for therapy, to "treat" myself, prepare a steamed meat dish. Can be done with slice chicken breast.

Psychoologically it's like finding myself all over again..at home. In my heart.

And yes, it is healthy style of cooking. Steamed fish fillet is pretty fast. For 1 person under 15 min. With rice or noodles on the side.

[Zen]

broiled salmon filet stuffed with crabmeat covered with flax seed.
a pat of butter on the crabmeat , a side of fresh asparagus and I'm happy

[KnottedYet]

Steamed vege pig-out: all the veges I can think to steam, then served in a huge pile piping hot with shredded cheese (which melts and gets all gooooooooey!)

I suppose the cheese kinda negates some of the healthful purity of the veges, but it tastes so GOOD!

[Flybye]

One of my favorites is banana bread without the bread!

It looks absolutely disgusting and slimy, but tastes great:

1-2 Pretty ripe bananas
Honey to taste
Walnuts or pecans, chopped
Coconut- optional
Vanilla - optional

Mash and mix. Fry in a pan with 1 T of olive oil and eat with a spoon.

No sugar, no flour. Heart healthy oils.


I also LOVE air popped popcorn with olive oil instead of butter. It is a staple food, in my book.

[Blueberry]

I also LOVE air popped popcorn with olive oil instead of butter. It is a staple food, in my book.

Now I'm going to have to try that Do you just pour and toss, or use the spray on stuff?

CA

[Blueberry]

Hmmm...favorite healthy dishes:

Homemade Veggie Chili (onion, tvp, tomatoes, lots of kinds of beans, corn)

Pumpkin Soup

DH's Leeky Fish

Shootingstar - Could you share your steaming techniques?? I really don't know where to start, but it sounds yummy

[Flybye]

Now I'm going to have to try that Do you just pour and toss, or use the spray on stuff?

CA

Just pour it on, mmmmmmmmm!!! I imagine that it would be healthier if you sprayed it on, though. I never thought to do that.

[luv'nAustin]

This is not low in calories...but oh, so good!

Take a fresh (the soft kind, and in my case, from whole foods) wheat bun and spread a generous amount of some fresh ground honey roasted peanut butter (also from whole foods) on both the top and bottom and neatly cover the bottom piece with fresh blueberries before putting the two pieces of bun back together. Yum, yum, yum! Each bite is bursting with the sweet goodness of the fresh blueberries.

[roadie gal]

Chicken breast cut up into about 1" cubes, saute in a small amount of olive oil with the veges of your choice. (I use broccoli and carrots.) Season with pepper, garlic, and Mrs. Dash or other non-salt seasoning. Serve over pasta with some parmesan cheese. I don't miss having sauce. The spices make it flavorful enough.

[shootingstar]

Other fav dishes:

Stir-fried butternut squash =very easy. hardest part is probably cutting up the squash. With onions, garlic and ginger root. Can put in red pepper pieces too and mushrooms. Yummers. Jot of soy sauce accentuates the natural squash sweetness. No sugar nor honey required at all.

I make a focaccia from scratch half way baked with smoke salmon on top, onions, capers, dill, and Dijon mustard.

And make enough dough to make a healthy dessert foccacia at same time: fresh seedless grapes pressed into rolled out dough sprinkled with aniseed, honey, cardamon, cinnamon, ginger root (or ground ginger) and nutmeg. Can sprinkle on goat cheese or crumbled blue cheese near end. Any, some or all of these spices. Take out of oven and lovely to eat within next 1/2 hr.

[letsride89]

mmhmm.


take bread. toast it. slap on PB and it melts perfectly onto the hot toast. slice a banana. put the naner on the bread. EAT.

my mouth is watering.

[tc1]

Chicken quesadilla. From the store bought roasted chicken I always have in the fridge, put a handful of meat on a tortilla, shredded cheese, sriracha hot sauce, olives if I have them, microwave for 30-45 seconds. Yum! Balanced, too.

[limewave]

Chicken quesadilla. From the store bought roasted chicken I always have in the fridge, put a handful of meat on a tortilla, shredded cheese, sriracha hot sauce, olives if I have them, microwave for 30-45 seconds. Yum! Balanced, too.

We make chicken fajitas/quesadillas all the time. I saute a bunch of peppers (all colors), onions and cook up some chicken with fajita mix. Then I keep it all in the fridge until the mood strikes. DH can easily make his own quesadilla with as much or little cheese as he likes and we dip them in fresh salsa. Lots of chicken, lots of veggies. Sometimes I add black beans too. It's so yummy.

[firenze11]

It's not much of a recipe or dish but I've been really loving plain yogurt (homemade if I have the time) and stewed prunes for breakfast.

The only downside is the syrup in the prunes. But mmmmm I love the sour, creamy yogurt and sweet prunes.

Kind of reminds me of the Fig and Yogurt gelato I had once. Mmm gelato.

[snapdragen]

My standard take-to-work breakfast is one apple, chopped into bite sizes, plain yogurt, and granola sprinkled over the top. If I have other fresh fruit I add it too (like blueberries!)