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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 489237" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>UAN, The meal sounds quite good, but most of us would prefer some protein in it. </p><p></p><p>Janet, this does sound rather Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to me. It is hard, but moderation in ALL things is what I try to strive for. I don't think serving a 3 course meal each day is required. There is a reason that one pot meal cookbooks are so popular - it is because MOST people don't eat complicated dinners each day. My family wouldn't know how to cope if I did that!! </p><p></p><p>Perfection is not just impossible. It is UNHEALTHY. Has this been a lifelong way of thinking or something that has crept up the last few years? What can you do to fight the perfectionism? I struggle with it also.</p><p></p><p>As for meals, I posted a while back about trying the new Philadelphia stuff for meals. It is sold by the cream cheese in the dairy section in a little tub. Now it is in 2 sizes and they have 4 flavors I think. We really liked it and then promptly forgot about it. I got a tub the other day and it was as good as we remembered. It is like a flavored cream cheese - we had the italian flavor. I am going to try to DIY it with cream cheese and italian seasoning, garlic and parmesan. UAN is right about parmesan - a little bit packs a BIG flavor punch. We used the large size tub of flavored stuff, a pound of chicken breasts cut into small pieces, a pkg of california mix frozen veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and carrots) and a bag of chopped broccoli. I wish we had added pasta to it but we didn't think of it. I don't think it was low fat, but it got more veggies into thank you than any meal I can think of ever has so we will do it again for sure!</p><p></p><p>I often toss the frozen veggies into the pasta water if I am doing a pasta salad or pasta dish. I used to keep a container in the fridge and would toss the leftover water from cooking pasta into it then I would use that water when I went to make some kind of soup. The starch from boiling the pasta helps to thicken the soup and if you cooked veggies in that water some nutrients would be in the water and you get that too.</p><p></p><p>A GREAT way to up the nutrient value of your meals is to toss in pureed veggies. You can even buy baby food to do this if you do't want to puree them yourself. I saw a recipe the other day wehre they added a cup of pureed butternut squash or sweet potato to tomato soup (canned) and then used half water and half light cream (half and half) for the water to make the soup. You could use milk and lower the fat but it would still make the soup creamier. The squash or sweet potato adds a TON of vitamins and wouldn't change the taste that much. Just be aware that sweet potatoes give you gas so use beano and/or gas ex if that is a problem for you.</p><p></p><p>You could also get the sweet potato fries and have them instead of french fries to help make a meal more healthy. Or make your own sweet potato fries by slicing a sweet potato, spraying it with PAM and baking like fries.</p><p></p><p>Also try adding veggies to pizza. Even add them to frozen pizzas - they add flavor and nutrients and you don't feel deprived because you still get pizza.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 489237, member: 1233"] UAN, The meal sounds quite good, but most of us would prefer some protein in it. Janet, this does sound rather Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to me. It is hard, but moderation in ALL things is what I try to strive for. I don't think serving a 3 course meal each day is required. There is a reason that one pot meal cookbooks are so popular - it is because MOST people don't eat complicated dinners each day. My family wouldn't know how to cope if I did that!! Perfection is not just impossible. It is UNHEALTHY. Has this been a lifelong way of thinking or something that has crept up the last few years? What can you do to fight the perfectionism? I struggle with it also. As for meals, I posted a while back about trying the new Philadelphia stuff for meals. It is sold by the cream cheese in the dairy section in a little tub. Now it is in 2 sizes and they have 4 flavors I think. We really liked it and then promptly forgot about it. I got a tub the other day and it was as good as we remembered. It is like a flavored cream cheese - we had the italian flavor. I am going to try to DIY it with cream cheese and italian seasoning, garlic and parmesan. UAN is right about parmesan - a little bit packs a BIG flavor punch. We used the large size tub of flavored stuff, a pound of chicken breasts cut into small pieces, a pkg of california mix frozen veggies (broccoli, cauliflower and carrots) and a bag of chopped broccoli. I wish we had added pasta to it but we didn't think of it. I don't think it was low fat, but it got more veggies into thank you than any meal I can think of ever has so we will do it again for sure! I often toss the frozen veggies into the pasta water if I am doing a pasta salad or pasta dish. I used to keep a container in the fridge and would toss the leftover water from cooking pasta into it then I would use that water when I went to make some kind of soup. The starch from boiling the pasta helps to thicken the soup and if you cooked veggies in that water some nutrients would be in the water and you get that too. A GREAT way to up the nutrient value of your meals is to toss in pureed veggies. You can even buy baby food to do this if you do't want to puree them yourself. I saw a recipe the other day wehre they added a cup of pureed butternut squash or sweet potato to tomato soup (canned) and then used half water and half light cream (half and half) for the water to make the soup. You could use milk and lower the fat but it would still make the soup creamier. The squash or sweet potato adds a TON of vitamins and wouldn't change the taste that much. Just be aware that sweet potatoes give you gas so use beano and/or gas ex if that is a problem for you. You could also get the sweet potato fries and have them instead of french fries to help make a meal more healthy. Or make your own sweet potato fries by slicing a sweet potato, spraying it with PAM and baking like fries. Also try adding veggies to pizza. Even add them to frozen pizzas - they add flavor and nutrients and you don't feel deprived because you still get pizza. [/QUOTE]
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