Healthy meal idea for someone who doesnt like veg?

[aymi]

Hi
Me and my partner have decided to eat a bit healthier, i love veg and salad, my partner on the other hand doesnt eat it apart from potatoes and the odd carrot, any ideas what i could do for him? ive made him chicken stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon he loved it also he likes bbq sauce if anyone knows what i could do with that as a healthy option?
thnx in advance

[nickmo]

Hi A - don't think you can really make cheese stuffed bacon wrapped chicken the most healthy of meals even with bbq sauce - but start with the best quality of chicken, not the cheapest watery stuff, use a first class cheese, and a dry cure bacon, then bake not fry and that would be a start..

Serve with rice boiled in veg stock for extra flavour, and add some peas to the rice at the end to add colour and some veg too. Chick peas, chopped broccoli, carrot or beetroot can all be added as well - this is a bit like a suggestion to get kids interested in better food!

Make your own sauce too - shop bought is stuffed with sweetners and colourings etc...

Have a look at the info on: http://whfoods.org - site for the worlds healiest foods - scroll down the list of contents for some ideas.

Hope this of some help, and perservere with getting the veg intake up as it will only help a better diet.

Don't forget that a lot of quick cook Chinese meals have veg as a base, so maybe try the wok approach too - e.g. stir fry bbq chicken with diced bacon and Chinese veg??

[BBWCHATT]

Aymi - I just watched the Oprah show - she had Jerry Seinfelds wife on it and she has written a book about that very thing - pureeing vegetables and hiding them in foods for her children. They served samples to Oprah and the audience and they LOVED them.

I didn't catch the name of the book, but you might find it on the Oprah website.


BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

[nickmo]

A - link to the book BBWC mentions is: http://www.deceptivelydelicious.com

Try an online search if you want the book - just been released so probably not on the cheapest lists yet?...and you don't jhave to have kids to give the recipes a go of course!

[aymi]

thanx for the replys all were helpful, im all for hiding veggies in food if we have bolognaise i finely chop mushrooms and onion so he doesnt know its there haha, my 10month old eats better than him
x

[VillageVicar]

I use the following site almost exclusively:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Healthy-Living/M ain.aspx

My daughter often browses through it in the mornings and offers me suggestions for dinner.

I wish you the very best

Fr Bill

[WeAreBongo]

It is a well documented fact that everyone loves a good curry. Simply smother the offending vegetables in a curry sauce. Voila!