Good Healthy Ideas!!

YOu could try out sparkpeople.com, I have been on the site for about 4 months and I have lost almost 20 pounds. It is a great site for more than just recipes.

Hi A.,

I ran across this website when I was doing LA weight loss, dont let the name scare you away. I have found a few recipes that were really good and my husband enjoyed. My girls are to picky to eat what we are eating half the time. Good luck to you and your mother in law. I know how hard it is to get started.
www.3fatchicks.com

this is a great food blog: http://pccuisine.wordpress.com/

Food network might have some great recipes too..
Hope that helps!

C.
www.AHomeCareer.com

Cookinglight.com has great lower-fat, healthier recipes. I love the magazine and the website, too!

www.kraftfoods.com I love this website and you can sign up for a free magazine that comes a few times a year with tons of recipes. Most items in the recipes are kraft brand but you can substitute for a generic brand. The recipes are simple and most ingredients are things you would carry in your kitchen anyway. I think most of them are fairly healthy but you can alter them to make them healthier.
I hope you love it like I do. It helps me get out of the taco, spaghetti rut.
Good Luck.
L. P.

Since it is now summer....a quick way to eat cheap and healthy is to buy large packs of meats (chicken, pork, and beef) and divide them up into meals. You can do quick marinades with a little bit of olive oil and flavored vinegars.

Then the key is to BBQ! All the fat drips off the meat and you have a very clean, healthy main dish. Then for side dishes lose the starchy items and introduce vegetables that you can cook on the grill or steam in the house.

This is a quick and easy way to eat healthier without all the mess in your kitchen.

Good luck

My friend, Jane Colby, is a natural health consultant.
Go to http://realpeople-realhealth.com
Also, Sunset Magazine has a website with recipes. You can search healthy recipes, too.
Groceries are really expensive these days, so it's tough.
Do you have a deep freeze? Generally speaking --- I recommend buying stuff when it's on sale and freezing it. For example --- meat and frozen fruits or vegies or bread. If you get canned goods make sure it's low or no sodium and that there isn't any kind of syrup in it. Actually, that's a good rule for any kind of prepackaged food. Get whole grain products and avoid white flour products. Try to avoid products that have sugar in it. Limit or eliminate pop, chips, crackers, sweets. I'm on a low sodium/low carb diet for health reasons. I let myself cheat on the weekends as a reward for being good during the week. And don't forget to exercise. Good luck. Good for you!

Hi A.,
I've gotten some pretty good ideas off of Urban Homemaker's website. Marilyn Mohl operates the Urban Homemaker and she is very much into healthy eating/healthy lifestyles. God Bless!

I know for a fact when you start eating healthier it can be more expensive, but there are lots of tricks you can do with food. We follow the basic meals at www.bodyforlife.com . You don't have to do everything that is offered there, but there is a list of FOODS that are considered CLEAN and a list of foods to stay away from. Dig around in the site, and you would be amazed at what is there. It can also be very motivating!! My hubby is a personal trainer and has 99 percent of his clients follow this meal plan, and they get awesome results from it. If some of the menus look intimidating,(or expensive) come up with your own style! When you know what to "stay away from" you would be surprised at what you can come up with! Combined with excersise (any activity every day!) your results will amaze you. Good luck to you!!
Lisa :)

These may help! Good luck.

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Most recipes can be made healthier. I suggest you read "YOU On a Diet". replace white flour with whole wheat flour, use a minimum of the 'healthy' oils, less saturated fat, etc. It's a great book!
K.

I found a great website that talks all about wellness and what we should be eating. wellnesstips.ca/eat.htm

A really good book to read if you are really interested in eating better is-- Nourishing Traditions By: Sally Fallon. I love this book. Its a cookbook/info book.

The main thing to remember is to stick to eating whole foods and stay away from processed foods. The Body For Life stuff is ok, but be careful of a few things. Never use egg sub. and the whole egg is much healthier than using egg whites. Stay away from canned soups and most protien drinks.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=THEBLONDEDRAGON

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

I wasen't sure if these links would work so I put both on. On leads to my personal page and the other to the general web site.

It is called sparkpeople and it is totally free. It was a bit difficult for me to manuver through at first but I got the hang of it really quick. This is the kind of stuff people pay big bucks for. There is also the recipes. Give it a shot.

There is a book called Shopper's Guide to Healthy Living. It has recipes for how to make regular recipes into healthy recipes. It also has many of its own healthy recipes and contains money saving tips on how to shop and eat healthier. There are tear-out shopping lists and easy explanations on why to eliminate poisons.

Go to www.ShoppersGuideToHealthyLiving.com

A. - You might want to check out www.savingdinner.com You can get a very inexpensive online subscription and they have different menus to choose from - regular, heart healthy, low carb, etc. They also have "frugal" menus. Good luck!