What are your healthy staple foods?

[KnottedYet]

Miso (red miso is my favorite)
Chili sauce (love Sriracha)
Green leafy things (like kale and chard)


It is so very easy to make a hearty satisfying soup of miso, chili sauce, green things, and maybe some rice noodles and a whipped egg.

Miso is also good spread on crackers or toast, kind of like Vegemite.

Miso makes a great broth, and a great base for just about any stew or pot roast.

(and it keeps for about 3 years in the fridge, though a jar never lasts me that long)

Not sure if it's really "healthful" or not, but it adds a world of taste to many things!

[KnottedYet]

Eggey-bits http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Egg_Yolk.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(fo...ritional_value

My doctor had me start eating 1-2 whole eggs a day.

My total cholesterol DROPPED. My good cholesterol got HIGHER than it had been.

Niiiiice...

[emily_in_nc]

Eggey-bits http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Egg_Yolk.html

My doctor had me start eating 1-2 whole eggs a day.

My total cholesterol DROPPED. My good cholesterol got HIGHER than it had been.

Niiiiice...

Yep. My DH eats a fair number of whole eggs. Just got his cholesterol counts done: Total chol = 187, HDL = 100...Now that's a great ratio! Also his triglycerides were only 23. Wow. Whatta guy!

[KnottedYet]

Yep. My DH eats a fair number of whole eggs. Just got his cholesterol counts done: Total chol = 187, HDL = 100...Now that's a great ratio! Also his triglycerides were only 23. Wow. Whatta guy!

My cholesterol changes were better than what would have been expected with a statin drug.

I'd much rather eat an egg or two than take a statin!

[shootingstar]

The yolks are where the cholesterol and fat are found, egg whites have lots of protein and few carbs. It is a great low-fat protein source. I do consume quite a lot of these, with the occasional whole egg.

I'm like Catrin....I will eat the whole egg occasionally at restaurants. Let's see we buy half dz. eggs once a year...it's for baking or he wants to prepare a special dish that requires whole eggs.

I don't see miso much of a health food. It's not something I would recommend having much several times per week, unless it's tiny amounts: it's high in salt. Like soy sauce. It horrifies me to see recipes that require alot of it.

I repeat soy sauce, unless you buy the low-sodium, is high in salt. My mother has been instructed (by her Chinese speaking doctor, Western trained) to avoid high sodium soy sauce. She has hypertension, high blood pressure.

So she cooks Chinese style dishes with very little soy sauce or none. It is possible...it's technique and how you combine other ingredients.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I seldom have days where I eat only healthy food. Usually it's a mixed bag.

But now that I'm getting fresh lettuce, radishes, spinach, scallions, kale, and bok choy from my veg garden again, at least I can have fresh greens at some point every day.
Tonight we had a big salad from the garden for dinner, with crusty bread, chevre cheese, and fruit juice.
And I just ate some chocolate Rollos as a late night snack.
So I'd have to say my healthiest staple foods during Spring-Fall tend to be greens from the garden mostly.

[jessmarimba]

I could happily eat salsa or pico de gallo on almost anything. I love it on eggs/omelets, baked potatoes, meats, etc...Quick way to add mixed veggies.

[tulip]

So I'd have to say my healthiest staple foods during Spring-Fall tend to be greens from the garden mostly.

Same here. Right now I'm eating alot of salads and kale. Pretty soon, peas, beans, and tomatoes. I'm behind on planting my zucchinis!

(I wish they made Rollos with dark chocolate!)

[Pedal Wench]

To get veggies into breakfast, I love putting spinach and mushrooms in a bowl, cover with a mix of eggwhites and whole eggs (or a mix of egg-beaters and an egg) and microwave it all. Sometimes a little turkey sausage for flavor.

Another thing I just discovered are little packages of roasted seaweed sheets. Crunchy, slightly salty and just a bit of fat from sesame oil. Gets me through a chips craving.

[GLC1968]

I've gotten into the habit of buying multiple bags of frozen organic veggies during the off-garden-season. It makes eating them super quick and easy and they never spoil if I can't get to them in a couple of days!

We eat a LOT of eggs. We've currently got upwards of 7 dozen in our fridge! Fresh, free-range...and WAY tastier than store bought eggs. I find myself altering 'healthy' recipes that call for only egg whites so that I can add the yolks. I just cannot toss away dark orange yolks! Both my husband and I passed our life insurance physical with flying colors. I've always had low cholesterol, but his has traditionally been borderline and his numbers were really good.

Other staples for us: tons of fruit, cabot 75% cheddar cheese, almonds, homemade granola, steel cut oats, our crockpot and our grill.

[Poleride]

These are my healthy Staple foods
Grapes,
bananas,
blueberries
Almonds
Chicken breast
Peanut butter
Whole Wheat Bread
asparagus
brocolli
red onions
eggs
chicken
natural nut butters

[aquamoose32]

Looks like the tread of this is...fresh food, not packaged food. Pretty simple to eat healthy when its not processed.