Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Sounds like you have a job like mine. Throw in a boss that¹s always trying to feed you and torpedo your progress and you¹re me. I travel from office to office, do some outside sales and meet with vendors all day long. Rarely can I predict how my day¹s going to go. Sometimes I¹m at construction sites for weeks at a time. Things that work for me include a super dooper Igloo I keep in my trunk. I keep a plastic fork and spoon in case I¹m not in an office and need to eat. I will pull over and sit on a park bench between stops and eat if I have to. I try not to have to eat and drive, but sometimes I do that too. I use one ice thing in the winter and three in the summer. Quick easy meals include: Apple and string cheese 1/2 roast beef or turkey or lean ham sandwich on ww bread Cottage cheese and fruit Ricotta cheese and berries Flank steak wrap (ww tortilla) Myoplex RTD¹s and bars help, I keep a case of bars in the file cabinet behind my desk. Want to cook more? Try e-diets, they have a lot of good ideas. On 1/7/06 8:06 PM, " miataedoga " <miata@...> wrote: > I am getting ready to start the Challenge. My biggest concern is that I have > an > extremely hectic work schedule (I tend to be running to meetings constantly). > Also, I am not an experienced cook - in fact - frozen meals and the microwave > have been best friends. I know this needs to change but I am wondering if > anyone has any suggestions for finding quick and easy but appropriate > recipes. I don't need there to be huge amounts of variety - especially in the > first 12 weeks - but I do need some help with meal suggestions that I can pull > off with my schedule so I don't cheat (or just end up skipping meals). > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I also have a crazy schedule and no cooking skills. My menu rescue might help you out: http://www.skwigg.com/id33.html You definitely need a cooler. I take little tupperwares of things like cottage cheese and berries or pasta salad w/chicken and veggies. Also, string cheese, bags of grapes, cold turkey slices, dried apricots, hardboiled eggs. If I need to eat in front of people and don't want to whip out my weird food, ready-to-drink shakes in the little cans or juice boxes are handy, so are bars. There are also quite a few perfectly acceptable Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine, and South Beach meals. Look for ones with at least 20g of protein and no more than 35 or so grams of carbs. If you find ones that are just protein and vegetables and very low carb, you can balance them by adding an a piece of fruit. Home-cooked recipes are going to have less sodium, but frozen meals can totally work when things are hectic. The Eating for Life book also has some great meals for busy people who are cooking impaired. It's easy to understand, includes pictures of the ingredients most of the time, and none of the meals are very complicated or time-consuming: http://eatingforlife.com/recipes/ On 1/7/06, miataedoga <miata@...> wrote: > I am getting ready to start the Challenge. My biggest concern is that I have an > extremely hectic work schedule (I tend to be running to meetings constantly). > Also, I am not an experienced cook - in fact - frozen meals and the microwave > have been best friends. I know this needs to change but I am wondering if > anyone has any suggestions for finding quick and easy but appropriate > recipes. I don't need there to be huge amounts of variety - especially in the > first 12 weeks - but I do need some help with meal suggestions that I can pull > off with my schedule so I don't cheat (or just end up skipping meals). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I am always pressed for time. I usually just have to squeeze 5 minutes out of the morning and afternoon to eat. Here's what I've had lately. Apple & 2 string cheese sticks Yogurt w/protein powder mixed SF,FF pudding w/protein powder mixed Lean protein and leafy veggies on whole wheat bread lean protein and leafy veggies on a whole wheat wrap Whole wheat tabouleh with lean protein mixed in it. Lean protein and any fruit (Yeah I just eat with my fingers) EFL chicken pot pie (mixed veggies, chicken, reduced fat cream of chicken soup, stir, bake, eat) South Beach Bar Protein Shake You could also do cottage cheese with a fruit Deb > > I am getting ready to start the Challenge. My biggest concern is that I have an > extremely hectic work schedule (I tend to be running to meetings constantly). > Also, I am not an experienced cook - in fact - frozen meals and the microwave > have been best friends. I know this needs to change but I am wondering if > anyone has any suggestions for finding quick and easy but appropriate > recipes. I don't need there to be huge amounts of variety - especially in the > first 12 weeks - but I do need some help with meal suggestions that I can pull > off with my schedule so I don't cheat (or just end up skipping meals). Thanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I strongly recommend that you take a couple of hours, or even a day, and do some advance cooking. For many things, you don't need to be experienced. - I buy 20-30# of chicken breasts (the ones that are flash-frozen in a big bag are good since they're the right size probably, and cleaned). Sprinkle a seasoning mix on them, and bake for 25-30 minutes. Freeze them individually, and you'll be set for days - fish can be cooked in 3-4 minutes - place in a microwave dish with a bit of water or lemon/water; add seasoning on top. If you want, put a bed of cut up carrots & zucchini underneath. Microwave 2 portions at once, and use the leftover on salad - make a batch of brown rice or other grain, and freeze in portions - the beef barley and sloppy joe recipes in EFL are very easy, and freeze perfectly (email me offlist if you need the recipe and think you would really make it). I quadrupled the sloppy joe, and froze individual portions - cottage cheese and any fruit, vegetables, or with a nuked potato, or with tuna, or lite ff yogurt is super-easy - hard boil eggs (eat the whites, and one yolk); great with healthy crackers, sliced cuke - reduced fat string cheese with an apple - the egg/ham casserole from EFL can be eaten at room temperature; in fact, I'm 99% sure I froze individual portions of it and reheated as necessary (I used salmon instead of ham) - clean lettuce and use as needed; or, use the bagged lettuce - tuna on salad - whatever you have for dinner can also be the following day's M3 - H has a muffin recipe that some of us seem to love (and others don't!); if I were on a hectic schedule, I'd make up muffin kits and use as needed; 4.5 Tbsp protein powder, 4.5 Tbsp oats, 1/4 tsp baking soda, splenda, 1/3-1/2 cup water plus add-ins such as cocoa, couple of drops of vanilla, fruit, grated carrot, minor amount of chopped nuts; nuke in GLASS cooking container such as 2-cup Pyrex for 2 minutes; make a simple one first to learn your cooking time; I use eggwhites instead of water to make it cook better and not be runny; if you like it, mix the dry in advance and then just add the eggwhites/water before cooking HTH - n T. C2-W6-D7 At 04:47 AM 1/8/2006, you wrote: ><SNIP> but I do need some help with meal suggestions that I can pull >off with my schedule so I don't cheat (or just end up skipping >meals). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 n, I would love to have that recipe. You can send it to me at sivulka@... . Thank you very much, For mortgage financing, go to: www.lou-can-do.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 - I named three recipes - which do you think you would make? 1. beef barley 2. turkey sloppy joe recipes 3. egg/ham casserole At 11:45 AM 1/8/2006, you wrote: >n, > >I would love to have that recipe. You can send it to me at >sivulka@... . >Thank you very much, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I would like to try the sloppy joes for sure. then I will try the egg/ham casserole. Thanks. - I named three recipes - which do you think you would make? 1. beef barley 2. turkey sloppy joe recipes 3. egg/ham casserole At 11:45 AM 1/8/2006, you wrote: >n, > >I would love to have that recipe. You can send it to me at >sivulka@... . >Thank you very much, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 One of each, please, n. They all sound great. Thank you, M. > > - > I named three recipes - which do you think you would make? > > 1. beef barley > 2. turkey sloppy joe recipes > 3. egg/ham casserole > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I would like the beef barley recipe. rai_d@... > > >n, > > > >I would love to have that recipe. You can send it to me at > >sivulka@n... . > >Thank you very much, > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Thank you for the recipes, n. I think the Barley Soup and egg casserole will become favorites with future houseguests as well. They all look yummy. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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