having to fix something seperate for the rest of your family?? I've tried fixing things that everyone can eat by using low fat/fat free stuff and dh SAYS he can tell a differance.
Hmm personally I'd tell them to eat up or fix their own. That being said there are plenty of healthy AND delicious dishes you'll discover as you stick with healthy eating.
Also trying looking on the recipe section here it is great and I have tried a lot of them and the family thinks I am just experimenting and find they really like it
You should be able to eat what they eat, by watching your portion sizes. Also, instead of making big changes all at once, make little changes to get them used to healthier foods. Sometimes ff foods have added sugar, so be careful with those. Good luck!
Over the weekend I tried a WW recipe and my family loved it! You take 4 chicken breast and 1 c. ketchup and 1 can of diet coke and boil it for 45 min. I got the recipe off of this site. It sounds really wierd but is really good. I fixed a bunch of veggies with it and it was a great meal! There are a lot of recipes that are healthy and taste great you just have to experiment.
I second the ketchup/diet cola barbecue chicken. In addition to simmering it on the stove, you can also crockpot it or bake it in the oven (but you cut back on the cola to 1 cup, and in the crockpot the sauce doesn't thicken as much).
There are some wonderful WW recipes (in the newer and in the older books), and online. There are tons of recipes that are family and weight loss friendly.
The magazine Taste of Home's Cooking Light is great for family friendly recipes. The good news is that many cookbooks, not just diet ones, give nutritional information so you can calculate the points. You also might involve the family in choosing which recipes to try.
If you're using low fat products (like fat free dressings, sour cream, cheeses...) in your recipes, you might consider using less of the "real" thing. Even among dieters, there are people who can't stand the fat-free stuff (I can't), so you might instead try recipes that don't use them.
And there is always the option of fend-for-yourselfers, if not always then there are some assemble-your-own meals like tacos, taco salads, fajitas, any tortilla wraps.... whereas the family shares the main component, but customizes their own dish (kids love that).
Really great info...and the chicken recipe sounds really good. Do you know how many points because I'm thinking maybe pulled (like barbecue) on a bun(if points for the day allow) with some vinegar slaw. MMMMMMMMM
1/4 ketchup is 1 point, and the chicken breasts, it would depend on how large they were. 4 ounce (raw) boneless breasts, usually cook down to 3 ounce cooked (3 points), but large chicken breasts can be as much as 5 points.
So basically the points in the chicken breast plus 1 for 1/4 of the sauce.
Yeah definitely look at recipes around here. I love the pita pizza recipe, so does DH. We do whole wheat pita (2pts), sauce (0pts), low fat WW cheese (2pts), and reduced fat pepperoni (I refuse to do the Turkey crap!! and you can only fit a 1/2 serving on the pita, so that ends up only being 1pt)...
I don't do ff stuff, especially dairy products! FF cheese is terrible! There's no point in eating it.. LOL.. but that's just my taste and DH's. And sometimes FF isn't always better. We need some fat, even dressings should be lowfat because our bodies absorb more nutrients from veggies with a little bit of fat in the mix.
There are really great ways to make things healthy and tasty! I make macaroni cheese with 1%milk and less low fat margarine than it calls for, for a quick meal and it ends up being about 6-8pts, not too bad!
It takes a while, but you'll get used to it and so will your family!
I also have an Alfredo sauce recipe that uses fat free milk, fat free cream cheese, some parmisean cheese and a touch of garlic that comes out to 1 pt I think---put that over some whole wheat pasta and steamed broccoli ....oh my
Sometimes its just the seasonings/or good old butter that they miss tasting. Perhaps if you tried pulling out your portion, and then adding in the butter/etc...he would be content?
I pretty much eat the same foods I always ate, but I just eat smaller portions and have a side of veggies/fruit or a small salad with it. For example, tonight I am making chicken fajitas. We have these a lot and I used to eat two of them, but now I'll just have one and then I'm going to have a mango with it.
i have changed the way my family eats a LOT to healthy food and they generally don't complain too much. i give them the food they love too though- if i am going to make chicken fried steak i just skip it and eat a giat delicious salad. or if i have them eat fish and steamed veggies i make them stuff they like too like cheesy rice or whatever fatty-ish thing theywant and i just pass on it.
How do you avoid
There are a lot of recipes that are healthy and taste great you just have to experiment.
