Imagine's Creamy Sweet Corn Soup is always in my pantry for a healthy last minute meal.  It has 120 calories per serving with 3 grams of fat and 3 grams of fiber.  You can add chicken and canned or frozen corn and garnish with baked or regular tortilla chips, low fat shredded cheese and a big scoop of salsa for a yummy dinner.  My kids like the idea of being able to add the things they like to their soup.  Though I first found it at Whole Foods, regular grocery stores also carry this brand.  Sweet potato, squash and tomato soup are also tastey, but less popular with my kids.

I keep frozen bags of boneless skinless chicken breast in the house, defrost that in the microwave and grill it real quick with a salad and a veggie, and all's well in the world.  I also have unsweetned applesauce in the house DD loves it, it's a ton healther than the sweetened kind when I can't make it myself.

I'm a huge fan of soups. They are so quick and easy to make. You just need stock and the veggies/ingredients of your choice. When I'm in a pinch I get some canned meat (there's a farm close to us in Indiana that cans their own chicken and beef) get some stock going (maybe some bullion), cook the meat in it... maybe cook some noodles... add a bag of mixed frozen veggies and there's a yummy soup in maybe half an hour. If you want it quicker just leave out the noodles and add some cabbage. SO GOOD.

If you get tired of stock soups you can easily use V8 or some organic canned tomatos and make something like Chicken Catccetori, it's really easy, tasty and filling.

Melons of every kind are delicious!  The honeydew melon is the lowest in calories and higher in fiber, top with 1% cottage cheese and 10 almonds for a great lunch,  240 calories total, room for an additional 4 oz. serving of baked chicken.  Life is simple and healthy.

Canned foods are not just as nutritious as fresh!! Untrue. However, it is shown that many frozen foods nowadays, due to the excellent methods, actually maintain more of their nutrient than "fresh" fruits and veges that are shipped over ridiculous distances.

I am a huge fan of the crockpot.  I find recipes all over the place and I make up my own.  It is so easy.  For tonight I put in a flank steak, can of diced tomatoes, an onion, green pepper, 2 cups of water, and chili powder.  In 5 hours we are having steak fajitas.

I absolutely love squash - all kinds.  At the beginning of the week I roast both spaghetti squash and acorn squash.  I use the spaghetti squash in place of pasta and top with any type of sauce and I use the acorn squash in place of mashed potatoes or starch.  Yum!

easy meal and healthy.....defrose from the previous night fille of sole in the fridge of course....next day you just mix 1 squized lemon juice, mustard , olive oil a fresh onions and cappers , litle salt and pepper put in in the oven  for 20 minutes ........with any salad while it is cooking you have ready meal and ...........easy

I tried this last night and it wasn't too bad...could have used a little more flavor with the fish though.  I might try some lemon next time.  We are sick of chicken and are committing to eating fish more often.

Tilapia fillets (light salt, pepper, chilli powder) pan fried in 1 tsp olive oil

Asparagus (boil water, drop bite size pieces in for 3 minutes) Drain.  After fish is cooked through, plate.  Then place asparagus in the fish pan and saute for 3 minutes.

White Rice (basil 1/2 tsp, tyme 1/4 tsp, parmesan cheese 1/4 Cup) Serves 4

Really cheap and easy meals.

Mushroom, Carrot & Sultana Rice

Get 1 cup of white rice, 2 chicken stock cubes, 2 cups of water, 2 mushrooms, 1 carrot and half a cup of sultanas.  Throw them all into a pot, bring it to the boil and then simmer it for about 15 minutes on a low heat until the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.  About 280 calories and it does a big dish for one very hungry person or 2 dishes for 2 not as hungry people.  You can add points if you want with some shaved parmesan on top.

Thai Chicken Parcels

Get a large piece of tin foil and double it over to give you a rectangle of about 30cm by 25cm.

On the foil put some ready to add stirfry noodles, then a piece of chicken or pork, then sprinkle some chilli powder, put some quartered mushrooms, sultanas, diced carrot (about 1cm chunks), sunflower seeds.  You can add cashews or onion depending on your preference.

In a small bowl or cup, put in 1 finely sliced chilli, 1 teaspoon of crushed ginger, 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, 1 teaspoon of finely chopped coriander, 1 teaspoon of light soya sauce and squeeze in half a lime per person.

Pour this onto the parcel/s, this amount normally does 2 parcels.

Bring the sides up and roll them down to seal the parcel, then roll up the sides so the parcel is fully sealed.

Bake in oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees.  Yummy, fresh and zingy.

Tilapia fillets

take two fillets and put onion and lemon slices, and minced garlic inbetween the fillets

grill in a george forman grill or wrap in tinfoil and bake in the oven

*my favorite way to eat fish*