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I really want to eat more healthfully...ie less processed foods, chemicals, etc.  BUT, I truly do not like to cook.  Any suggestions for quick-fix foods that are healthful?  I know that I can't expect perfection and that the only way to really get a good healthy meal is to make it myself with fresh foods, but I'm looking for a compromise. Smile

Edited Apr 26 2008 15:34 by mcderin
Reason: Moved to Food forum - more appropriate. Thanks!
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Amy's has a line of really good frozen meals and they're so great- most of them get an A or A-.  I think they're organic, too. You should try them! 

i LOVE the kashi frozen dinners - they're high in fiber and delicious!
AMY'S... hands down best (&expensive) tv dinners. I'm currently on a quest of trying them all... I had the spinach feta pocket sandwich the other day and I must say it was BEYOND amazing. The teryaki bowl is still my favorite though.
the other day i made my own frozen dinner. it was so good my boyfriend even ate it (ALL), hehe.

 i made grilled chicken strips, like the kind in the frozen food section that come in a bag. to go with it i made uncle ben's 90 second rice, and some asian style vegetables made by birdseye, also from the frozen food section. it was a really easy meal for two considering both the rice and the vegetable came two servings to a package (i.e. no measuring). the only thing i had to measure out was the chicken.

i think the whole thing took me around 10 minutes to fix, it filled a whole dinner plate, it looked delicious (i'm a firm believer food should look good) and it was filling.

we're planning on switching out the veggies, meat, and rice over the next few days for variety.

hope this helps.

Amy's is the best you can get, Kashi runs a close second.
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gi-jane:
Microwaves are a little limited.  They're good at steaming foods like fish and vegetables and possibly chicken.  I have tried following recipes in microwave cook-books but there always seems to beso much time wasted taking things out and putting them back in again that I tend to find it quicker to cook things conventionally.

Truth is that healthy, unprocessed foods worth eating need a little preparation and cooking.  You can cheat with ready sliced vegetables, canned goods and some ready-made sauces are reasonably close to home-made.  Salads only need 'assembling' rather than cooking.... A drained can of tuna, a drained can of kidney beans, some olives, a little parsley, a few chopped tomatoes, a bag of salad leaves... 

Really quick cook... How about  a stir-fry?  A little oil in the bottom of a wok, some shredded vegetables with meat/fish and a few noodles.... takes about 3 minutes start to finish.  It's not really cooking, just warming things up in a pan!

At Costco you can get Cedarlane brand  Bean, rice and cheese burritos.  They are very tasty, take 2 minutes to cook and have 260 calories.  They are organic, low fat with no trans fat and you can pronounce every word in the ingredient list.  I love to cook but sometimes I don't have the time or am too hungry to wait. 

I'm addicted to the morningstar line. The ginger teriyaki veggie cakes are to die for! I love the black bean veggie burgers too. I like Kashi black bean too. It is really hard to find a frozen meal that doesn't have tons of sodium though.

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