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bdasko · 06-16-2009, 05:13 PM

Hi Everyone! First post

Hubby and I have finally joined a gym and are going to work out TOGETHER (instead of me at home and him at school). We've decided to work together, him with NROL and me with NROLFW. So now we're "in it together."

SO ANYWAY... here's the dilemma. Both of us still have too much bodyfat so we really need to focus on diet. I do OK on my own, he's less concerned but now that he's "on board" I'd like to tighten our family meals up. Problem is, I work late shifts and so he (the non-cook) is who makes dinner. It ends up being mac & cheese with sausage, cheese quesadillas, tortellini with sauce from a jar, etc. He does have to wrangle our 2 young kids (2 1/2 and 10 mos) while he's making dinner so I don't blame him for taking the quick shortcut routes.

We've both agreed we need to cook healthier meals, though we aren't going to deprive ourselves... but I think it shouldn't be a big deal for him to cut the sour cream on his bean burritos back from the quarter cup he uses now

I just can't figure out, though anything that I can think of (besides bean burritos) that are quick and pretty healthy that he can cook and we'd both like. I love chicken, he hates the stuff. He's not a big meat eater, but likes tofu. I'm allergic to soy, so tofu is out for me. Neither of us likes greens or salads though we do like veggies. He loves cottage cheese, I don't really though I'm willing to try to acquire a taste for it (I did this with v-8 juice and am working on sweet potatoes right now).

I have no clue where to go on this. He'll be able to put together meals if I play sous chef, and so I think for the sake of eating more "clean" I'd be willing to do that but I don't even know where to start. I just feel like we'd be working against ourselves if we don't try to eliminate the "Mac & cheese" based meals from our diets. I've tried crockpot meals but they always end up overcooked by the time he gets the girls home... anything in the crockpot would have to be able to survive for about 9 hours minimum, and I haven't found anything that isn't mush by then. Problem is, I also realistically know that anything that requires more than 15 mins isn't going to get done.

06-16-2009, 05:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
bdasko Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 47	healthy meals that are FAST? Hi Everyone! First post Hubby and I have finally joined a gym and are going to work out TOGETHER (instead of me at home and him at school). We've decided to work together, him with NROL and me with NROLFW. So now we're "in it together." SO ANYWAY... here's the dilemma. Both of us still have too much bodyfat so we really need to focus on diet. I do OK on my own, he's less concerned but now that he's "on board" I'd like to tighten our family meals up. Problem is, I work late shifts and so he (the non-cook) is who makes dinner. It ends up being mac & cheese with sausage, cheese quesadillas, tortellini with sauce from a jar, etc. He does have to wrangle our 2 young kids (2 1/2 and 10 mos) while he's making dinner so I don't blame him for taking the quick shortcut routes. We've both agreed we need to cook healthier meals, though we aren't going to deprive ourselves... but I think it shouldn't be a big deal for him to cut the sour cream on his bean burritos back from the quarter cup he uses now I just can't figure out, though anything that I can think of (besides bean burritos) that are quick and pretty healthy that he can cook and we'd both like. I love chicken, he hates the stuff. He's not a big meat eater, but likes tofu. I'm allergic to soy, so tofu is out for me. Neither of us likes greens or salads though we do like veggies. He loves cottage cheese, I don't really though I'm willing to try to acquire a taste for it (I did this with v-8 juice and am working on sweet potatoes right now). I have no clue where to go on this. He'll be able to put together meals if I play sous chef, and so I think for the sake of eating more "clean" I'd be willing to do that but I don't even know where to start. I just feel like we'd be working against ourselves if we don't try to eliminate the "Mac & cheese" based meals from our diets. I've tried crockpot meals but they always end up overcooked by the time he gets the girls home... anything in the crockpot would have to be able to survive for about 9 hours minimum, and I haven't found anything that isn't mush by then. Problem is, I also realistically know that anything that requires more than 15 mins isn't going to get done.