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zestfive ([personal profile] zestfive) wrote2011-07-25 01:36 pm
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What's your favorite cheap, healthy and quick meal that you make yourself?

[identity profile] raencloud.livejournal.com 2011-07-25 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Quinoa salad! Quinoa cooks up quickly in the microwave, then I toss it with chopped up protein and veggies of choice (whatever is in the house/fridge) and some dressing that complements it, usually oil and vinegar and spices. Quick, filling and delicious.

If I don't have quinoa, I'll use cous cous about the same, too.

[identity profile] zestfive.livejournal.com 2011-07-25 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, thanks! I bought some quinoa but haven't figured out how to make it into anything...even though it sounds pretty easy! I'm going to try that tonight when I get home.

[identity profile] cheshire23.livejournal.com 2011-07-26 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
My personal breakfast of champions, that I ate just about every morning while dealing with gestational diabetes:

Two eggs, omelette-style. (If cholesterol is a major concern, either or both eggs may be replaced with twice the egg whites.)

A serving of fruit of choice.

Hot chocolate: one cup low fat milk, one heaping tablespoon cocoa, 2-3 teaspoons sugar. Heat milk, add other ingredients, stir well.

This one is fairly personal to my own body chemistry, which is not that reactive insulin-wise to sugar or fruit in any reasonable quantity but is reactive as all heck to white flour. My post-meal numbers were generally around 100-110 after eating this, well below the limits of my care team.