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I thought of posting this as a comment, but I know people are always looking for new foods to put in their diets, so I figured, what the hell, I'll post it for everyone.
hmm i have a bunch of staples, probably most of all you lovely and healthy girls already know about, but if you dont, here's a tip!
1. pico de gallo (recipe: http://www.mex-recipes.com/pico-de-gallo-recipes.html) i like this because it makes it easy to spice up anything. i usually add it on top of salad or on a sandwich to give it some flavor and spice. the recipe i posted adds salt, but i don't and it tastes fine, the onions, garlic and cilantro really give it great taste.
2. strawberries, a must. cantaloupe too. make great snacks, additions to meals or desserts.
3. sugar free jello with fat free cool-whip...makes that dessert craving much easier
4. lean sliced turkey or chicken, especially good to eat before working out. i use it for a snack most of the time, because it's easy and guiltless. i also chop it up and add it to salads.
5. light yoplait vanilla yogurt with bran cereal sprinkled. it has more sugar than a lot of yogurts, but it's only 110 kcals plus however much cereal or topping is added. i like it because it is sweet, this is also a perfect snack for after medium to heavy exercise. make sure if you buy this, it is "light" not any of the others because regular or any other variety of yoplait yogurt has a lot of sugar/kcals otherwise.
6. egg whites with spinach and tomato, great for breakfast. sometimes, when i'm really hungry i'll add a pepperidge farm cinnamon raisin bagel (270cals), which keeps me full till lunch and tastes great, perfect size too.
7. protein shake: 1 scoop designer whey (90kcal), 1 cup skim milk (80kcal), 5-7 strawberries depending on size, 2 equal or splenda. tastes like heaven, great if you're in a rush in the morning, or any other meal. also good for people like me, who are always on the run and forget to consume the right amount of kcals in one day.
8. nutragrain bars: 140kcal, tastes good for a snack and is filling enough to get by for several hours. i like it because it's easy to carry around, tastes good enough, but not too good to binge on. they are especially good if put in the fridge or freezer. also, it's pretty low calorie compared to a lot of the other bars.
9. my favorite dinner: grilled chicken with a slight sprinkling of shreaded mozzerella over a bed of spinach and 1/4 cup aunt millies red sauce mixed with some red wine vinegar or balsamic. the mixing thing is definitely to taste, some people like it different ways...it's also good if you nix the red sauce and balsamic and add some white wine to the chicken and a small amount of garlic, lemon and olive oil. again, this is to taste. sometimes i add pasta on the side, but usually corn. adding some boiled clams really spices this dish up. this is really easy to do, boil the water and add the clams for about 7-9 minutes or until the clams are opened.
10. which brings me to another staple: corn, spinach and black beans. 3 staples I cannot live without.
11. lastly is salmon, it's so so healthy.
sorry for the long post! hope that this helps change up diets for the fall.
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