Well, the SB chicks are right in that homemade foods are the most nutritional and much better for you. Still, while you are learning to cook
you have to eat. If you are going to eat prepared foods, become a label reader. Check out fats, sodium, sugars, carbs to see if they are reasonable. Try to avoid products with a huge list of ingredients that you can't even pronounce.
Some suggestions:
- Healthy Choice new All-Natural line. (I just LOVE the pumpkin squash ravioli and have it occasionally for a treat)
- Check out the produce section of the grocery. Pick up bag lettuce mixes, cut up veggies, baby carrots, etc.
- The grocery salad bar also has a lot of good options for portion controlled veggies & fruit. Add some LF bottled dressing.
- Buy a few cans of Goya beans (try some different types). Rinse well & put some (1/3 - 1/2 c.) in your salads.
- Canned no salt added veggies such as green/yellow beans are quick & easy. They're also good cold in your salads.
- Bagged, cooked chicken breast such as Purdue Short Cuts are a quick protein & tasty in salads. Get the natural/original flavor.
- Original/traditional flavor store rotisserie chicken...get rid of the skin. These do contain more sodium & fat than if you baked a chicken yourself though.
- Frozen veggies. Lots of different kinds & combos available. Get the kind without sauces/butter.
While these things are good in a pinch, a diet based solely on these things will get old & boring fast. I would suggest checking out the recipes here. Also, the SBD Quick & Easy Cookbook has recipes that are simple to prepare with few ingredients. Good luck!