[robthemilt]

Vietnamese Fresh Springrolls. (proportion however you want)

Rice paper (ask the lady at the market)
Shredded lettuce
Julliened cucumber
Some fresh mint, other herbs work too
Shrimp and/or any kind of meat cooked any way you want
Get some rice vermicelli (ask the lady at the market) boil it until its soft (won't take long)

Put a little of everything along one part of the rice paper and roll. Fold the sides of the rice paper over the stuffings so that you almost have a rectangle, and roll it like you would roll a ... anythign else. It'll look a lot like a white eggroll. (1,000,000,000 times healthier and better tasting) AND if you tend to have decent vegetables in the house anyway, the asian stuff shouldn't cost you more than 6 dollars. and it will last forever, and feed people multiple times.

Those of you worried about sugar and stuff don't worry about the sauce, just get some of the asian garlic chilli stuff. Its red with a green top and a chicken on the front. Those of you who don't mind a little cheating should add a sweet sauce called Hoisin Sauce. It has a lot of sodium and sugar, but its made from sweet potatoe (which is supposed to have a shitload of its own benefits) crush a bunch of unsalted peanuts and add it to the mix. And use this as a dip.

For an easy cheaper way to try it.....No respectable Vietnamese restaurant will not have these for less than a dollar each. but don't use their sauce. (everyone does it differently) they'll usually have everything i just told you to get right on the side of the table where you can mix it yourself.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW Vietnamese food in general is almost always all natural, fresh, light and healthy.

[Oblivian]

Chicken Stir Fry (very easy)
Always marinate your chicken. I would personally do it for this dish in a lot of Worstershire and a little bit of Teriyaki. I chop the chicken before I marinate with this as well. Season the chicken with seasoned salt, pepper, and a small dash of cayenne pepper. Begin cooking the chicken over medium on the stove (use large/deep pan) with olive oil. Begin chopping what veggies you will use. I personally use onion, red peppers, green peppers, mushrooms, carrots, and brocolli. At this time I also begin cooking the brown rice. Add the veggies to the pan when the chicken is close to done. I add a bit more olive oil at this point. Mix with the brown rice and you are good.
The prep takes about 5 minutes, the cooking about 20. Easy, quick meal. Save leftovers for lunch (don't eat fast food).

[Oblivian]

Tuna Burger (one of my favorites to make at the restaurant I work at)
Most will buy canned tuna I'd assume, so I will do it with that. Try to by albacore in oil for taste reasons. I would use at least 2 cans. Begin by chopping up onion, garlic (unless you already by minced), ginger (if you have it, I know it's not common for some people), red and green peppers (I use them in this minimally for this dish). Mix all of this with the tuna along with one egg white, bread crumbs, worstershire sauce or soy sauce, and whatever seasonings (I use black pepper, season salt, and a little Montreal Steak seasoning). Make into a patty or patties if making more than one. You can either grill out with these or use a skillet. Due to the weather here now, I use a skillet at home. I cook them at high heat with the skillet glazed with olive oil. I get another pan going with mushrooms and olive oil. I cook mushrooms (I prefer portabello) for around 5 minutes. I never add salt with mushrooms because they suck out the water leaving a bad texture, but some do. You be the judge on that one. I also prefer to toast the bun. As far as the tuna burger, around 2 minutes each side should be enough. (I know stoves vary, so just make sure it is cooked long enough to stay in one piece). Serve on bun (whole wheat) topped with the mushrooms. I don't add anything else but many order it with the normal stuff. Honestly, the mix of tuna and veggies topped with mushrooms has plenty of taste. A good thing I've tried thoguh is topping with black olives as well. Serve with whatever you want (avoid the french fries!) and you are good.

[wvboy]

My Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pudding Recipe

This recipe is great to use for a pumpkin pie filling or just eating straight out of the bowl.

1 Can Pure Pumpkin (not the pie filling)
2 Boxes Sugarfree, Fat free vanilla pudding
3 Cups Skim milk
pumpkin spice to taste
Refrigerate for an hour then enjoy

This tastes great and is healthy. I'm sure you could add unflavored protein powder to make this a healthier food.

[Snot_Rocket]

I'm dating a chick who runs marathons and she made this last night. Really simple but pretty damn good.

Ingredients
3-4 chicken breasts
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp pepper
1 large sweet potato cut into chunks
1 lb cherry tomatoes cut in half (we didn't cut them in half and they gave up their juices just fine)
2 oz feta cheese (the cheese is what makes the dish so I'd be a little more genereous

preheat oven to 400
mix lemon juice, pepper, oregano, and 2tbsp water
put chunked sweet potato and tomatoes in a casserole dish (we did 9x13) glass. sprinkle half of mixture evenly over sweet potato chunks and tomatoes
place chicken directly on top of swet potato chunks and tomatoes and sprinkle remaining mixture over chicken
cover with foil and bake for 45 min. Every 15 min spoon mixture over chicken and recover.
After 45 min uncover and bake an additional 15-20 min until chicken is cooked.
sprinkle the crumbled feta cheese evenly over the top and cook an additional 3 min until cheese is melted.

It was yummy, then we made sexy time. that was fun

[Peredhil]

Originally Posted by robthemilt

Vietnamese Fresh Springrolls. (proportion however you want)

Rice paper (ask the lady at the market)
Shredded lettuce
Julliened cucumber
Some fresh mint, other herbs work too
Shrimp and/or any kind of meat cooked any way you want
Get some rice vermicelli (ask the lady at the market) boil it until its soft (won't take long)

Put a little of everything along one part of the rice paper and roll. Fold the sides of the rice paper over the stuffings so that you almost have a rectangle, and roll it like you would roll a ... anythign else. It'll look a lot like a white eggroll. (1,000,000,000 times healthier and better tasting) AND if you tend to have decent vegetables in the house anyway, the asian stuff shouldn't cost you more than 6 dollars. and it will last forever, and feed people multiple times.

Those of you worried about sugar and stuff don't worry about the sauce, just get some of the asian garlic chilli stuff. Its red with a green top and a chicken on the front. Those of you who don't mind a little cheating should add a sweet sauce called Hoisin Sauce. It has a lot of sodium and sugar, but its made from sweet potatoe (which is supposed to have a shitload of its own benefits) crush a bunch of unsalted peanuts and add it to the mix. And use this as a dip.

For an easy cheaper way to try it.....No respectable Vietnamese restaurant will not have these for less than a dollar each. but don't use their sauce. (everyone does it differently) they'll usually have everything i just told you to get right on the side of the table where you can mix it yourself.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW Vietnamese food in general is almost always all natural, fresh, light and healthy.

First, I was wondering if you could/should bake the rice paper after rolling. I am a fan of the crispy-ness.

Second, you may want to watch out for some vietnamese food. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head, but some of it contains a LOT of sodium.

[BackBrainKick]

Originally Posted by Peredhil

First, I was wondering if you could/should bake the rice paper after rolling. I am a fan of the crispy-ness.

Second, you may want to watch out for some vietnamese food. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head, but some of it contains a LOT of sodium.

sodium schmodium...if you're drinking at least 1/2 - 1 gallon of pure h20 a day, you should be just fine...

[Coldfire]

Coldfire's Stirfry

Okay mine is only a little different from Oblivion's, but it's still very cheap, quick and easy.

Ingrediants

* Meat (I usually use chicken breast but beef, lamb and pork can be used)
* Veges (I usually use mushrooms, snowpeas, onion, broccoli, peppers and carrots)
* 1 Tblspn of soy sauce
* 1 Tblspn of oyster sauce
* 1 Tblspn of flour

- Dice meat and begin to fry in a little olive oil, when meat is just starting to brown all over throw in the onion.

- When the meat and onion are done turn the heat down and add soy and oyster sauce, stir for a couple of minutes.

- Add in flour, stir making sure there are no lumps, add the rest of the veges and then pour enough boiling water from the kettle to just cover the veges. Turn heat back up, bring to boil, cover and let simmer for about 10 mins. Make sure to taste the sauce, add salt if needed, add more water to thin sauce, mix a little flour with cold water and add that to thicken it.

- At this stage it's pretty much done, you can add a pack of Hokkien (sp?) Noodles and cover and leave for anouther five minutes. I usually just cook some rice with peas and corn and serve atop of that.

Enjoy.

[Oblivian]

This is a delicious Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Pineapple Curry. Chop up one onion and cook in olive oil and/or butter until soft. Sprinkle in 1/3 cup of flour, season salt (to taste), and curry powder (to taste). Add 4 cups of turkey broth or chicken broth, cook over low heat. Add turkey cut into cubes and pineapple can or fresh pineapple cut into squares. Heat until warm. Serve over brown rice seasoned with cayenne pepper and curry powder.

[Woob]

pita bread. cut in half. spread avacado on both parts of insie. cover one side with chicken bits. put slices of cheese on. put on the lid (other half of pita) cook on george foreman grill. yum