Healthy Foods

In previous chapters I told you I'd give you some more info on Healthy Foods that are reasonably easy and fast to prepare. I will list what I like, and what I feel many people would in a typical North American Diet but please note that there are endless combinations of foods that are both good for you and easy to make.

BREAKFAST - Cereal with milk, toast with 1 egg, cream of wheat, yogurt with fruit, healthy rice pudding....Here is what I have for breakfast each and every morning.

Oatmeal: 1/3 cup quaker 'quick' oats with 2/3 cup of milk. Put them in a bowl, microwave on medium for 5 minutes and voila! A healthy 5 minute breakfast. For taste I add raisins and cimnnamon and/or berries.
**By the way, while the oatmeal is cooking I do other things to get ready in the morning so it really doesn't even cost me 5 minutes but more like 2. This is something EVERYONE can do.

LUNCH - Sandwiches with any type of whole wheat bread(s); tuna, salmon, chicken, beef, cheese, eggs. I won't go further because sandwich possibilities in North America are endless! You get the picture though. A good quality whole grain bread, quality protein such as chicken or tuna, add lettuce, tomato mustard even some butter. YES even butter! Don't worry about such small details as long as you are not over-doing it. Worry instead about the big picture which is to eat quality foods all day and every day etc...
**Always use foods that are closest to thier natural forms with the least amount of processing. Ex: Margarine is cheaper and lower in fat but is also loaded with poly-unsaturated fats which contribute to heart disease and inflammation in the body.

For lunch it is also good to have some fruit and maybe even a salad.

DINNER - Dinner usually takes a bit longer to prepare but it still does not have to take too long and the trick here is to cook in quantity; ex: Let's say you are preparing chicken. In this case you would prepare enough for 3 suppers and have chicken on Mon-Wed-Fri which would leave you 2 days with an already made supper.

Good dinner foods are: Turkey, Chicken, Lean Beef, Fish, rice, potatoes, pastas, salads, vegetables, etc... I believe you to be intelligent enough to know what would fall into that category and what wouldn't (ex:prepared dinners do NOT).

DESSERTS AND SNACKS - My Favorite!

Here are some great ideas that work for me as snacks and desserts - Sugar-free jello and/or pudding, zero fat flavoured yogurt, air-popped popcorn with some seasoning, rice-pudding made naturally.

As I think of more (or if you write in and suggest) I will add them to this page. Remember:

In order for a DIET to work in the LONG-RUN it MUST satisfy 2 criteria:

1- It must be a diet that is healthy for you.