Honestly, my default easy meal is pasta, too. Except I use the whole wheat pasta for more fiber and stick to the serving size. I also measure the amount of sauce I use carefully (especially if it's a white sauce), and I totally veg it up by cooking up some broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, carrots, squash or whatever else I have on hand to toss with it.
Going by the serving size of the pasta doesn't seem like there's much too it, but when you add all the veggies to it (I typically have a bit more veggies in mine that noodles), you still get full, and it's a lot healthier that way! :D
i love pasta. i've never been big on the whole wheat business because i loathe the texture, but the other night i came to the conclusion that if i boiled the hell out of whole wheat rotini, it wasn't quite as chewy and more palatable for my snobby white pasta lovin' self.
as for sauce, i've replaced spaghetti sauce with a can of diced italian tomatoes added to a pan of sauteed onions, green peppers and garlic. top that with a little fresh basil...yummy!
stir frys are always easy, have some rice ready, throw some veggies in a skillet and sautee.
enchiladas are one of my favorites. attack (chop up really small) some chicken, poursauce over it, let it cook, put in a corn tortilla, make some rice and beans.
fajitas! little bell pepper, some onion, chicken, seasoning packet, throw in some warm tortillas with sour cream and cheese optional.
the fajita chicken is also WONDERFUL in quesadillas.
with left over rice and beans, have a nacho night. let everyone put whatever they want on there. rice, beans, left over chicken (rotisseries from the market are GREAT on nachos), cheese, a little sour cream, even a little warm enchilada sauce makes it wonderful.
my easy meal is anything that can be wrapped in a foil pouch (lightly spritzed with nonstick cooking spray) and popped on the grill (or in the oven) for 15-20 minutes. i usually start with a veggie (green pepper, cauliflower, brocoli, tomato, etc.) and a starch (brown rice or thinly sliced or cubed potato) with some sort of meat on top(fish, scallops, shrimp, thin strips of chicken or beef) and top the meat with something that'll bring some flavor to the party (garlic, onion, pepper, basil, oregano, cilantro or...whatever seasoning/herb you like) then a few splashes of liquid for added flavor and to make sure nothing sticks to the foil or burns (lime juice, lemon juice, chicken stock, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, etc.)
so easy/fast to prepare and pretty much fool proof.
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Going by the serving size of the pasta doesn't seem like there's much too it, but when you add all the veggies to it (I typically have a bit more veggies in mine that noodles), you still get full, and it's a lot healthier that way! :D
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as for sauce, i've replaced spaghetti sauce with a can of diced italian tomatoes added to a pan of sauteed onions, green peppers and garlic. top that with a little fresh basil...yummy!
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enchiladas are one of my favorites. attack (chop up really small) some chicken, poursauce over it, let it cook, put in a corn tortilla, make some rice and beans.
fajitas! little bell pepper, some onion, chicken, seasoning packet, throw in some warm tortillas with sour cream and cheese optional.
the fajita chicken is also WONDERFUL in quesadillas.
with left over rice and beans, have a nacho night. let everyone put whatever they want on there. rice, beans, left over chicken (rotisseries from the market are GREAT on nachos), cheese, a little sour cream, even a little warm enchilada sauce makes it wonderful.
i just like everything wrapped up in a tortilla.
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so easy/fast to prepare and pretty much fool proof.
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