danmac75
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These recipes are straight from Men's Fitness.
Sloppy Joe:
Make meat sauce as normal, then add a can of Black beans, lentils, or small white beans. You judge quantity.. Or use portobello mushrooms instead, finely chopped. The mushrooms and beans have meaty textures and should blend right in, cutting the calorie count on each serving and adding vitamin, minerals, and fiber.
Meat Loaf:
Not my favorite but here it is -
try a 50/50 mixture ground round and ground turkey in your recipe. Soak 1/2 cup of oat meal in 1/2 cup of milk and add it to the meat mixture - this keeps the turkey from making it too dry. You could also opt to omit the egg yolk from your recipe.
Hamburger:
Buy the leanest beef available, add diced onion, 1 packet of ranch dressing mix, and 1 cup of fat free shredded cheddar cheese (adds juiciness).
Bean Dip:
Instead of refried beans for nachos, use Black beats and mash them with a fork. Add olive oil, water, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. No specified measurements.
Mac and Cheese:
Use the Kraft blue box, but cut butter from the recipe (yikes!). Use skim milk instead of regular milk. Add broccoli if you like, which will add C, folate, potassium, and FIBER.
I am not sure, but I'd say that the macaroni here is just as bad as the butter. You might be able to bring the glycemic index of this cheater meal down even more by adding a fiber supplement to the mix, or taking some Fiber Choice tablets before eating, to stem the expected onslaught of insulin after eating these over processed carbs.
Still better than eating a Big Mac, though, especially if you add the Broccoli.
Canned Tomato Soup:
Make it with milk instead of water. Add chicken or turkey. Add spinach, broccoli, or mixed vegetables. Add shredded low fat cheese.
Ice Cream Sundae:
Choose a good ice cream - there are dozens on the market. Don't be fooled by fat free, as sugar is just as bad. Opt for something low in both, and for toppings go with Kashi GoLean Crunch (very tasty) instead of nuts. Add a banana or berries, and Hershey's chocolate free syrup.
Can't wait to try it Tuna Casserole:
Pasta, tuna, and cream of mushroom soup. Use whole-wheat pasta (Barilla Plus). Can of tuna in water (drained), can of low fat cream of mushroom soup. Add either fresh string beans or frozen pease. Basically, look up a more precise recipe, cut out any bad ingredients, and switch to whole wheat pasta and add the veggies.
Grilled Cheese:
Make it with high fiber bread, butter flavored spray, and Kraft Fat Free singles. Regular american has 100 calories per slice, whereas fat free has 30 kcal. Add tomatoes(absolutely delicious, but make sure u grill them, too, so they're good and steamin').
Chili:
Add flavor and fiber to any chili by adding black or pinto beans. Toss in a cup of corn as well, and when serving top with low fat shredded cheese, diced onion, and fat free sour cream.
Ok my thoughts - many people need to cheat. When friday rolls around, and I've got all weekend to sit around and be bored, I really want to eat a pizza or something horrible. It's a combination of bad habits from the past, and having a lot more free time.
If you eat right 90% of the time, having 1 bad meal isn't too bad on the weekends. But also, if you go and get McDonald's or something fast, it's filled with simple carbs that will make you feel even hungrier once you're through.
I have decided that instead of just tryin to deprive myself, I sure as hell will eat some bullshit meals occasionally. However, I'll be sure to watch my caloric intake for that day, and basically plan ahead of time. I'll try to eat every couple of hours, but will cut the calories on those snacks because I know I'm going to have something a little heavier than usual that night.
This is in no way healthy food, lol. However, it is LESS UNHEALTHY cheater foods. I don't promote cheating or eating badly, but everyone's human.
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