Beat you both. Have at it!

I'd love to get some ideas for meals in this thread.

 

One of my favorite snacks to make:

 

English muffin pizzas

 

Take halves of whole wheat english muffins, put on pizza sauce (store or homemade), sprinkle mozzarella/romano, and add some form of protein (grilled chicken, turkey pepperoni, or turkey italian sausage). Bake in over/toaster over until golden brown.

 

Usually about 100 calories per muffin half, tastes really good (if spiced right), satisfies cravings and is decently filling for a snack.

 

I'd much rather eat something like this compared to a near 200 calorie granola bar.

I'd love to get some ideas for meals in this thread.

 

One of my favorite snacks to make:

 

English muffin pizzas

 

Take halves of whole wheat english muffins, put on pizza sauce (store or homemade), sprinkle mozzarella/romano, and add some form of protein (grilled chicken, turkey pepperoni, or turkey italian sausage). Bake in over/toaster over until golden brown.

 

Usually about 100 calories per muffin half, tastes really good (if spiced right), satisfies cravings and is decently filling for a snack.

 

I'd much rather eat something like this compared to a near 200 calorie granola bar.

 

Granola bars are one of the biggest lies ever sold to people as health food. Even intelligent and otherwise healthy people never bother to look at the fact that most granola bars are about equal to eating a snickers bar in terms of calories, fat and sugar.

Granola bars are one of the biggest lies ever sold to people as health food. Even intelligent and otherwise healthy people never bother to look at the fact that most granola bars are about equal to eating a snickers bar in terms of calories, fat and sugar.

 

But iron and fiber!

But iron and fiber!

 

Lick a rusty pipe and eat a twig with that snickers.

Granola bars are one of the biggest lies ever sold to people as health food. Even intelligent and otherwise healthy people never bother to look at the fact that most granola bars are about equal to eating a snickers bar in terms of calories, fat and sugar.

Yea it's ridiculous, the only bars I eat now are the high fiber ones, and I only have those rarely (for more than just nutrition reasons).

 

 

When it comes to eating pre-packaged bars like that, the only ones I will eat are Cliff Bars. There's a bit of a cardboard taste, but they aren't bad and are generally pretty good for you (though they do consist of a lot of sugar all the same)

All natural peanut butter straight out of the jar for breakfast, lunch and dinner!!!!!!

When it comes to eating pre-packaged bars like that, the only ones I will eat are Cliff Bars. There's a bit of a cardboard taste, but they aren't bad and are generally pretty good for you (though they do consist of a lot of sugar all the same)

I eat those occasionally for a quick breakfast, they at least have a decent amount of protein in them.

 

I've been trying to cook breakfast the night before so I can just grab it and eat at work. I typically have some variation of this:

Oatmeal or Whole Wheat English Muffin

2 eggs, 1 egg white (fried but just with cooking spray).

2 slices turkey bacon

Sriracha

 

 

I've been trying to think of some healthy meals that I can bring to work, I used to bring brown rice and grilled chicken and would add something like zero calorie buffalo sauce and black pepper, but it got boring. I don't feel like spending the money on soup and salad at the cafeteria anymore, so any suggestions are welcome.

This morning I hit up Burger King for breakfast. They now serve cheesy tots.

Clif Builder Bar Choco Mint is delicious

Clif Builder Bar Choco Mint is delicious

 

These are my go-to bars when I go hiking. I always carry some of them.

Granola bars are one of the biggest lies ever sold to people as health food. Even intelligent and otherwise healthy people never bother to look at the fact that most granola bars are about equal to eating a snickers bar in terms of calories, fat and sugar.

Anyone with half a brain knows to shop protein bars!

When it comes to eating pre-packaged bars like that, the only ones I will eat are Cliff Bars. There's a bit of a cardboard taste, but they aren't bad and are generally pretty good for you (though they do consist of a lot of sugar all the same)

Balance bars or CLIF Builders bars have better stats - more protein, fewer calories, less bulls***. The regular CLIF bars are actually kinda s***ty (but obviously better than say a granola or a useless Fiber One bar).

Granola bars are one of the biggest lies ever sold to people as health food. Even intelligent and otherwise healthy people never bother to look at the fact that most granola bars are about equal to eating a snickers bar in terms of calories, fat and sugar.

so... while you're right and mass-market granola bars are awful, that pizza muffin thing ain't too great either.

 

but at least that way you KNOW what you're eating vs the lies on the granola bar wrappers. haha

Clif Builder Bar Choco Mint is delicious

SO much sugar. I've stopped eating them for that reason. 20g a pop? When your daily max should be something like 55? Yikes

 

There are these new ones called Good N' Natural that you can find basically anywhere, which are all whole foods smashed together. 235 cal and only 12g of sugar. Just 10g of protein, but if you can't make up for that elsewhere you've got bigger problems.

Y'all do realize I'ma take over this thread right?

 

so... while you're right and mass-market granola bars are awful, that pizza muffin thing ain't too great either.

 

but at least that way you KNOW what you're eating vs the lies on the granola bar wrappers. haha

 

But when looking to satisfy a craving for pizza, that's about the healthiest I've seen.

But when looking to satisfy a craving for pizza, that's about the healthiest I've seen.

 

haha truth.

So I've been doing this experiment the last couple days - sprouting some chickpeas - and this morning after soaking for about 18 hours there were little sprouts coming out of the beans. I subsequently turned them into a bunch of hummus and falafel batter, both of which taste awesome - no cooking required. Just the sprouting, then plopping everything in a food processor.

 

Yes it takes longer, but it saves you time, AND by sprouting the beans, you bring out more nutrients than they'd otherwise contain, and don't destroy any of them by cooking.

 

Pretty flippin' sweet.

haha truth.

Obviously it isn't the real thing, but it actually tastes a lot better than you would think, especially if you spice it right (oregano, red pepper, and garlic powder). This was actually a recipe I tweaked from the Insanity recipe book.

So I've been doing this experiment the last couple days - sprouting some chickpeas - and this morning after soaking for about 18 hours there were little sprouts coming out of the beans. I subsequently turned them into a bunch of hummus and falafel batter, both of which taste awesome - no cooking required. Just the sprouting, then plopping everything in a food processor.

 

Yes it takes longer, but it saves you time, AND by sprouting the beans, you bring out more nutrients than they'd otherwise contain, and don't destroy any of them by cooking.

 

Pretty flippin' sweet.

I need to get a food processor to make homemade hummus, it's one of my favorite foods.

 

What do you eat it with? Veggies or pita bread? When I can find it, I buy Flatout bread as a Pita replacement.

Hummus might be the greatest thing in the world

All natural peanut butter straight out of the jar for breakfast, lunch and dinner!!!!!!

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BTW, love getting Clif bars for dirt cheap working for REI. I buy cases of the mojo bars and I know they're not good for you. Anyone try the mojo bar with coconut? My god it's straight from heaven.