I've been having health problems, as of late, and know that eating healthier will help me. So I'm cutting out all fast food, red meat, and pork (really because I don't like pork). What else do you suggest? What are some links to tasty and cheap health recipes? I eventually want to make the move to vegan, so any advice there would be most appreciated. Thank you for your answers. Let me know if you have any other questions.What are some recipes that are healthy and affordable recipes on a college student's budget.?
Make chili with ground turkey. Here's how I make it.
Ingredients
1 lg. can crushed tomato
2-3 cans dark rd kidney beans
1 med. onion (chopped)
1/4-1/2 cup green pepper (chopped)
2 cloves fresh, crushed garlic
1 tbsp. cumin
chili powder (3-4 tbsp)
cayenne pepper (to taste)
1 lb gr. turkey
canola or olive oil
Be generous with the chili powder.
Brown ground turkey in a fry pan with a few tablespoons of oil
In a large pot mix all ingredients and the browned ground turkey. Add water if necessary. Cover and simmer for about 1-1/2 - 2 hours. This works very well in a slow cooker. If using a slow cooker, cook for 3-4 hours.
Another VERY simple, easy %26amp; healthy recipe is a chicken breast dish with zucchini, peppers %26amp; onions with salsa. It's about as simple as it gets. It's for 2 meals.
2 boneless chicken breasts
1 jar of your favorite salsa
1 zucchini (sliced and quartered)
green pepper strips
1 med. sliced onion
In a small baking dish, place the chicken breasts. Then add the zucchini, onions %26amp; peppers and salsa. Bake at 350 deg. F. until chicken is tender (about 45 mins.)
Shrimp with whole wheat angel hair pasta in a garlic sauce. Another easy dish.
- Shrimp (I usually buy the raw frozen easy-peel shrimp)
- fresh crushed garlic (about 2 cloves)
- white wine (I love dry vermouth for this dish and many fish dishes)
- tarragon and your choice of other dried herbs)
- fresh lemon wedges
- whole wheat (not whole wheat blend) angel hair pasta
- olive oils
- good quality fresh romano or parmesan (never in those cardboard containers!!!)
In a large fry pan, saute shrimp with olive oil and herb.. not too long. Add fresh garlic and about 1/4 cup white wine and simmer another 30 seconds or so, and remove from heat.
Best when serve with freshly grated Romano or parmesan cheese.
Cook pasta. Put pan with shrimp back on med-med/low heat. Add pasta and toss well. Add a little more olive oil if necessary.
- Mac %26amp; cheese is not a healthy dish... delicious, but definitely very few health benefits. There are healthier way to get dairy.
- Unless you're making the soup yourself, most soups are VERY high in sodium and contain other preservatives %26amp; chemicals we can do without.What are some recipes that are healthy and affordable recipes on a college student's budget.?
soups are really cheap %26amp; nutritious - also you can make loads and freeze portions
stir fry is very quick, cheap %26amp; easy to make
- you can get bags of stir fry veg from your supermarket - all you need to do is cook it off with your meat (or tofu if veggie) and sauce. Cook the rice seperately as per instructions on the bag (brown rice is healthiest)
pasta is also very cheap (I use wholewheat pasta - much nicer in my opinion %26amp; healthier too) - maybe you could look up somerecipes for veggie pasta bakes?
....have to say, I love roasted med. veg served with couscous - throw in some chickpeas for extra nutrition
Happy cooking :)
here are some really nice veggie foods that are easy and relativly cheap to make
just scroll down the page and they have soups/pastas/pastry/tofu/mexian stuff and more
all are low fat and most i think tell you the nutritional info for each portion
these recipies are really nice, i have made some of the soups and pastas they turn out really nice and some are quite easy
Website:http://www.lowfatveggiefood.co.uk/recipe鈥?/a>
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Get a George Forman grill at Walmart for like $20. I had one in college and you can make chicken breasts, burgers (turkey or salmon burgers if you're trying to be healthy), steak (if you decide to eat red meat again). i used to make a bunch of chicken breasts then put them in the fridge and throw them on salads all week. Also cereal for meals is a good alternative to meat.
I want to be a vegan but my wife won't let me the ';Beeatch';.
Anyway you can still eat healthily whilst enjoying meat, red %26amp; white. eat plenty of fresh fish too. Chicken is versatile and depending on what part you favor, i.e breast(white meat) or the leg and thigh (brown meat). the later carries more calories mind. don't know where you are but just type in cheap recipies in Google there are loads of sites. too many to list here.
Good luck
i would start with spaghetti and add extra veggies to your sauce, vegiie sandwiches, baked potatoes, rice with veggies.. stuff like that. check www.allrecipes.com too, someone gave me that website and i have found some cool stuff, there is a link to veg/vegan meals too! good luck and much good health! :)
This site is about easy, inexpensive and healthy cooking, eating and entertaining for new brides, but works well for college kids, empty nesters and really anyone too:
http://www.abridescookbook.com
Pasta with a tomato based sauce is really nice and can be heated up. jacket potatoes with various fillings are also a real winter warmer and full of fibre Try to make sure you have plenty of fruit and veg to build up your health!
If you search for
healthy budget cookbook
at http://www.google.com/products
you'll find a bunch of cookbooks. Among them is:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q鈥?/a>
Whole wheat pasta and chunky veggie sauce
Rice and beans
Root vegetable stew (Can you have a crockpot?)
Hardy soups
3 Bean Chili
Pasta Salad (lasts for days)
Teriyaki Stir fry
Marinated veggie sandwich
instant noodles=))
mac n cheese
mac n cheese i lived on it in college
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