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Healthy Eating and Recipes

ThornPixie

Hi

I am trying to lose weight, but I struggle with it because of my sensory issues when it comes to food. A lot of recipes I find need a lot of ingredients, which I don't have the patience to work with, or I don't want to eat them. I don't like onions, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms... anything that can be considered slimy. I can eat chicken but I'm really fussy with it. Sometimes I can just look at a piece of chicken and be sick in my mouth at the thought of eating it, which is super helpful when trying to lose weight! But other times I will be fine. I tend to prefer a whole cooked chicken where I can pick the whitest pieces off, as opposed to prepped chicken breast.

ANYWAY does anyone have any meals they can recommend? Minus all the gross stuff. If there are too many steps to the recipe, my husband will make it, but I definitely prefer the simpler ones.

Thanks in advance :) 

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  • I understand what you mean by "slimy" when it comes to, say, roasted peppers and onions, etc. There are other ways of cooking them, though. 

    This soup recipe was recommended to me and I really like it. (I'm salivating at the thought already.) It's quick to make and contains most of your "favourites" (not). There is absolutely nothing "slimy" about it though, so give it a go. The flavour is not at all what you might expect. It is very light and probably has about 1 calorie per bucketful (very approx.). I normally make a double batch.

    Red Pepper Soup

    Ingredients

    • 1 small onion (chopped)
    • 1 clove of garlic (chopped)
    • ½ head of celery (chopped)
    • 1 red pepper (deseeded & chopped)
    • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
    • 600 ml chicken or vegetable stock
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • ¼ tsp oregano
    • ¼ tsp chilli flakes (or one fresh red chilli, chopped)
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • salt (to taste)
    • freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

    Method

    1. Don't worry too much about the chopping, you'll be blending this anyway.
    2. Fry the onion and garlic in the oil until soft.
    3. Add the chopped celery, red pepper and fresh chilli (if using) and fry for a few minutes.
    4. Add your herbs, spices, sugar, chopped tomatoes and stock.
    5. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.
    6. Blend as smooth as you like it.
    7. Check your seasoning.
    8. Enjoy.
  • in reply to Damojo
    Damojo said:
    1 calorie per bucketful (very approx.)

    I can just imagine this written on the back of a can of soup lol

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