Hi, and welcome! I'm also a NOLA native--and as far as I'm concerned, the food here is so good that the real mystery is why everyone in the city
isn't overweight.
I cook a lot of Indian-inspired food as it tends to be a pretty quick, easy one-pot meal that's heavy on veggies and light on more caloric elements. Plus, all that flavor keeps my mouth from being bored. Red beans are actually a pretty good bet--IF you go light on the sausage and the rice, heavier on the beans.
Of course, that's not exactly quick, but once you make a big pot, they last a while.
In fact, that's been a big help to me--I fix stuff in large amounts so I can have it later. I make pizza dough in a big bunch, then portion it out into personal-pizza amounts; when I'm hungry, I'm only ten/fifteen minutes away from pizza. I also make the most of roast turkey and chicken; what doesn't get eaten immediately becomes a topping for salads or filling for wraps later.
As for feeling hungry not long after eating, I've kind of solved that by eating more little meals rather than one or two huge ones like I used to do. Ialso live by a rule I picked up here on 3FC: if my meal doesn't contain a fruit or vegetable, it isn't a meal. Adding the veggie bulk helps.
On an entirely different note...OMG, were you as nervous as I was during that Thanksgiving Saints/Cowboys game!? I lit a candle for Malcolm Jenkins this week and I'm not even Catholic.
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thanks
to 3FC!
