My boyfriend and I want to change our diet. We eat noodles ALL THE TIME and i'm sick of it and I think that's why we stay fat. I'm making a grocery list. PLEASE help me. Tell me what I should buy and how I should prepare it. (i'd rather not go expensive)
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Well I'm not Rachel Ray, but I'll tell you one of my favorite simple meals to make for myself. I call it "Taco salad", but that's stretching the phrase a bit. Basically, there's 3 layers: on the bottom, you have refried beans and cheese. Microwave it for 60 seconds to make it warm and smooth, mix it up a little. Then you toss some Fritos corn chips on top of that, then you get the salad-in-a-bag they sell in the produce section, and dump some of that on top. With the right salad dressing, you have all the food groups and a delicious meal in a few minutes. I do a lot of variations on this theme, substituting rice for beans sometimes, or throwing in some sausage pieces, or adding enchilada sauce or chipotle sauce to the lower layer. A tip: get one of the new can openers... the kind that cut around the outer edge of the lid rather than the inner edge. Then you can slap the lid back on a can you've opened, stick it in the refrigerator, and it still has a bit of a seal that will keep it fresh for a while. Works great with things like canned beans and vegetables.
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Swap noodles for rice.
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This site has one example of a decent diet plan: http://www.everydiet.org/diet/5-factor-diet You need to cut way down on sugar, high fructose corn sweetener and white flour(think noodles!) Fruits and veggies as much as possible, lean meat, chicken, fish prepared without a lot of(any?) added fat. Healthy fats like olive oil and canola oil. Whole grain breads and pastas. Brown rice instead of white.
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Chocolate cake, ice cream, hot fudge, candy bars, beer
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