Or more aptly, more stuff my mama never taught me...

Now that camp is over, I once again have full control over my own diet. I lost weight and gained some muscle over the summer and I would like to continue on that trend. I've been looking through the forum and through google, but all the information on google is either vague or contradictory. Here I've found lotsa info for what to eat *while* riding and right before and after (my tummy thanks you all greatly for it too!), but now I'd like to fill in the gaps.

I've mostly been trying to eat what I consider to be "whole" foods. My definition includes eggs, veggies, fruit, cheese, yogurt...pretty much just non-convenience items. I've been experimentling with "healthy" foods like hummus (yum!) and kefir (lil sketchy on that one) and I've even learned how to make my own pita crisps, but I'm a little stuck. I'm scared of things that are too spendy or sound too complicated and I have absolutely no clue about portion control. For a while before camp I had been simply giving myself half my normal portion and filling the rest of my plate with fruits and veggies, but I'm sure there are better methods than that.

I'm not into cottage cheese or salad (unless it's fruit salad), but I'm quite happy to munch on all the "traditional" veggies and fruits and I like to cook as long as it doesn't take *too* long...

Anyone have any website, book, etc recommendations for places to get menus or meals from? I'm good at ferreting out recipes on places like allrecipes and Recipe Source but I'm bad at evaluating healthfulness and combining things into meals or into a daily allotment.

TIA!