# Healthy meals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-meals/789614>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-meals/789614 "2017-06-22T16:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-meals/789614/1 "2017-06-22T16:53:29Z")

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Mrs. L.A. was told to avoid fats after having been in the hospital. Coincidentally, I had been trying to ‘cook healthy’ for a few weeks before she got sick. I think everyone who reads my posts knows that I like nice greasy pork, bacon, roasts, etc. And then there are the freshly-grated hashbrowns with over-easy eggs every Saturday, as apparently stipulated in a prenuptial agreement I’ve never seen. (The rule has been suspended bending Mrs. L.A.'s complete recovery.) So I need some ideas on things that I can make that are ‘healthy’, and not too fussy. Here are some things I make now:  
[ul][li]Seared ahi tuna with rice and green beans;[/li][li]Seared ahi tuna tacos;[/li][li]Cajun salmon with mac’n’cheese and broccoli. OK, mac’n’cheese isn’t ‘healthy’, but I believe ‘bad’ things are OK in moderation. (Right now, Mrs. L.A. can’t eat mac’n’cheese, and probably not the Cajun rub anyway.);[/li][li]Greek-style poached cod;[/li][li]Shaved beef salad – only two thin slices of roast beef, and it doesn’t need much of the mayo-based dressing;[/li][li]Caprese salad (Eventually – I don’t think she can take the olive oil or the cheese yet.).[/ul][/li]I got some roasted turkey breast sliced at the deli counter, and I made some tuna salad. The tuna salad has mayo in it, and turkey sandwiches get mayo, but those are healthier than, say, BBQ ribs.

So I’m looking for things I can make that are A) Flavourful, like the things in the list; and B) Not ‘fussy’ – i.e., something that doesn’t have to be ‘crafted’ from items you can only get at the Food Co-Op.

ETA: We’re also eating fresh watermelon, fresh pineapple, avocados, tomatoes, bananas, apples, and sometime mangos.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-meals/789614/2 "2017-06-22T16:58:28Z")

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I like a nice seafood salad made with poached shrimp or calamari rings. You can either do it Japanese-style, with a dressing made of citrus, soy, and sugar, or something more Mediterranean. Surely you can add just a small dash of olive oil? Then lots of Italian parsley and red onion slivers and halved cherry tomatoes.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthy-meals/789614/3 "2017-06-22T17:13:15Z")

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Oh – Balsamic chicken thighs are fairly healthy, and quite tasty.

I can also make baked salmon seasoned with a little kosher salt and dill weed, with lemon-dill Béchamel sauce – only without the sauce for a while.