What are your staples?

I've been eating the same things for sooo long! for breakfast every day i have oats with a tblsp of peanut butter and some protien powder. for lunch i usually have a big healthy salad with chicken beans and fat free cheese. after a workout i have a smoothie with fruit and protien. and dinner i almost always have stirfry or some good chunk of meat with veggies... mayeb pasta or something different if the bf is gonna be there.

its getting so old! what things do you guys have every day that are quick easy and healthy?

My staple EVERY DAY breakfast is one package of quaker instant plain oatmeal, reconstituted with water, and for sweetness I had 1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce (the size of the prepackaged individual portions) and I add a good teaspoon of cinnamon. It's still a good thick consistency but it doubles the size of your oatmeal. It's yummy and nutritious so it makes for a great snack too. It runs you 175 cals, cinnamon included!

I don't think I would want to live in a world where this didn't exist. I don't even care if it's low cal or healthy. Sooooooo yummy and comforting!

first, a disclaimer: i don't really do low-fat or diet food.

my breakfasts vary.  some examples:

• kashi golean crunch with ground flaxseed and skim milk
• reduced-sugar instant oatmeal with ground flaxseed (if i do this, i'll have to eat again soon)
• 1/2 bagel with herbed lemon cream cheese and lox
• 2-egg omelette with cheese
• toast with peanut butter and/or honey

sometimes--not often--i'll do the whole egg-hashbrowns-sausage breakfast.  yum!

Almost every day, I have plain yogurt & honey with a little granola & seeds with cereal, toast or some sort of grain.

Before a workout, I eat 1/2 a whole grain bagel with 1 tbsp peanut butter.

After a workout, I drink 1 cup of chocolate soy milk.

Lunch & dinner varies... gotta have variety!

Spinach salads, oatmeal, pasta salads, frozen raspberries, popcorn, salmon and raw veggies of all kinds. For desserts I freeze my own popsicles of yogourt or orange juice.

Eggs on English muffins with cheese (I use low fat cheese and light English muffins).

Sandwiches of all sorts on Nature's Own light bread (usually honey wheat).

Tyson Honey Battered Chicken Tenders (processed and frozen, I know).

I am always buying bread and milk! I eat toast with peanut butter every morning before the gym and I have cereal every night as a snack.

Breakfast:

Double fiber wheat English muffin with 1 tblspoon Reduced fat PB

or yogurt or oatmeal.

Lunch:

Usually I make cabbage soup or veggie soup and freeze individual postions and take with a spinch salad toped with reduced fat blue cheese and some light dressing.

or

Healthy weight frozen veggies from Green giant (veggie freezer section yummo)

Dinner

Chicken tacos and black beans

Turkey Tatar Tot Cassarole (DD loves it)

Grilled chicken pasta (by the prefrozen strips super easy)

Subway

Jenni-O premade turkey burgers on a wheat bun toped with reduced fat blue cheese or fat free sharpo cheddar and mushrooms.

Breakfast: Egg whites with veggies and cheese, either scrambled with a Morningstar black bean burger or as an omelet.

Snacks: Pop secret 100 calorie kettle corn, Quaker reduced sugar oatmeal (I have these every single day at work, I'm sure my coworkers think I'm weird)

Lunch: A frozen entree and either homemade soup or a salad

Wheat flakes cereal, cheerios, sweet potatoes, tuna and salmon, cottage cheese, pizza, buckwheat pancakes, salad, hot peppers, eggs and toast, egg beaters, brown rick with chicken, pork or beef and veggies, naturally more peanut butter, whole wheat pasta and marinara sauce with veggies, coffee, green tea, tons of water.

Brown or wild rice, whole wheat high-fiber pasta, pesto, walnut oil, Ezekiel bread, hemp protein bagels, Quorn cutlets, fresh made hummus, tilapia filets, bananas, broccoli, frozen grapes, grapefruits, cottage cheese, 2 percent cheddar, neufchatel, kashi oatmeal, PB2, Greek marinade/dressing, cashews or almonds, tuna, reduced sugar ketchup, mayo, salad, grilled shrimp, salmon, skim milk.

Brown rice, ww pasta, ww English muffins, several varieties of cereal, oatmeal, basa & halibut, canned tuna, ff mayo, sugar free jams, buffalo, elk, caribou, moose, turkey, chicken, eggs, skim milk, spinach, Asian greens, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, celery, at least 6 varieties of fruit at any time, canned tomatoes, canned beans (several varieties), hummus, coffee, tea, cheese, flour, ground flax seed, sugar, margarine, garlic, ginger & at least a dozen other spices.

Breakfast (it varies only slightly in amounts each morning)

- 1/2 cup steel cut oats prepared with 1/3 cup boiled water

- one-two tbsp of all natural nuts/nut butters (walnuts, almonds, almond butter,pb)

- a serving of fruit (raisins, blueberries, banana, clementines)

- a cup of skim milk on the side

Lunch (never changes!)

-two slices sesame ezekial bread

-two ounces of turkey

-a slice of soy cheese

- three ounces of baby carrots

Snack (Pre Workout)

-a cup of skim milk

-a piece of fruit (apple, orange, grapefruit etc)

Dinner( varies the most) but always includes:

grain/starch- brown rice, whole wheat pasta, two slices ezekial, whole wheat english muffins, sweet potatoes, white potatoes

protein- egg whites, egg, chicken, veggie burger, salmon, white fish, chicken sausage

fat- avocado or olive oil

veggies- red bell pepper, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, snap peas, green beans, bnut squash, asparagous....yummm

I like routine! Keeps me organized.

I vary my foods pretty much on a daily basis trying different veggies, fruits, and recipes. There are a few things that I HAVE to have. Peanut butter, bananas, salsa, Eggbeaters, protein shake (different recipe each day), cod or tuna, almond milk, Boca burger, and either a high fiber snack bar or some cereal. Usually after I have most of my everyday foods, I go on a search for new recipes to finish out the day.

I eat Almost every day the same menu

Breakfast: Oatmeal whit 1/2 cup of fat free milk

sanck: Fat free and sugar free gelatin + apple

Lunch:Tuna salad whit cucumbers and veggies

       &nb sp;   2 slices of light Sara Lee Bread

       &nb sp;   Fruit salad 200gr peach + 200 gr strawberries

Snack: banana and orange

Dinner: Chicken whit cucumbers and veggies

       &nb sp;    2 slices of bread

       &nb sp;    Fat free and sugar free gelatin

Some days I change the tuna salad for Tilapia and change the fruits or add some nuts

oh goodness....

individualy frozen salmon

boiled eggs

corn tortillas

canned black beans

frozen veggies

instant brown rice

red potatoes

fresh fruit

chicken breast (I buy about 5lbs at a time and cut and freeze into 3 oz portions)

lentils

2 other things I have just found that I really like are couscous and spaghetti squash. Also bought some PB2. Very yummy.

I think my biggest diet staple is a large variety of mixed frozen vegetables for general throwing into recipes, adding to soups, adding to casserole, adding to pasta- whatever. I basically "cut" everything I make with lots and lots of frozen veg. They're also my "safe" food.  If I feel like eating and I'm almost out of calories, a big bowl of green beans or brocooli, or mixed veg or something will give me something fast, warm and juicy to snack on, with big volume.

Other good things I try to have around are: squash, eggplant, and berries (when I can afford them), fresh pineapple (great sweet flavor, low calories), light broths and soups- you can find a lot of very low cal soups out there, sugar free cocoa, skim milk, green tea, and canned sardines and tuna. Oh and eggs! Don't forget eggs! I like to make scrambled eggs using two whites and one whole egg.

I eat the same things all the time... but I never get sick of them, love it!

egg whites

whole wheat english muffins

non fat greek yogurt

frozen fruit

kashi go lean

think thin protien bars 

whey protein 

brown rice california rules

tofu 

black beans

sweet potatoes

spaghetti squash 

broccoli 

I eat the same thing every single day! ha ha! Sometimes I feel as if I am in a rut and other days I really enjoy what I have which includes: (I rotate these things during the week)

- Spinach, Green Beans, Eggplant, Onions, Zucchini, Spaghetti Squash, Brussels Sprouts, Bell Peppers, Portobello & Button Mushrooms, Cabbage (& sometimes asparagus, leeks & broccoli)

- Salmon, Sablefish, Eel, Hamachi Collar (Tuna Collar) & Sashimi (bought from Whole Foods or a sushi place)

- Grass-fed Beef, Bison, Elk, Venison, Ostrich, Lamb & Goat 

- Canned Chicken, Sardines, Salmon, Tuna & Anchovies (on weekends I have egg whites for lunch/breakfast because I have more time to make them) 

• Bagels
• Bread
• Peanut butter and jelly sammie
• Soup
• Nuts (Brazil nuts currently)
• Milk, Milk substitutes
• Oatmeal
• Pancakes w/ maple syrup
• Acai berry juice