https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 04:20:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-eat-1#post-2821204 Tue, 08 May 2018 16:35:36 +0000 Mrs D 2821204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I prep a lot of different foods on Sunday, we all eat difference versions of it throughout the week. Makes supplementing or swapping an item from one of my "planned meals" easy.</p> <p>Example:</p> <p>-Two kinds of protein (usually chicken and a fish)<br /> -Starches (potatoes baked, rice cooked, quinoa cooked)<br /> -Lots of roasted veggies, simple with olive oil and sea salt.</p> <p>Lots of high flavor low calorie add ons, herbs, salsas, etc.</p> <p>Avocado and fresh ground nut butters (our store has grinders) are my go to's for good fats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-eat-1#post-2821202 Tue, 08 May 2018 16:27:14 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2821202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Big salads and you can choose your own options?</p> <p>Lots of leafy greens and other veg. Plus chicken, hard boiled eggs, nuts, cheese. Can eat like that or on a wrap. I love this meal and my kids do too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-eat-1#post-2821195 Tue, 08 May 2018 16:08:10 +0000 gingerbebe 2821195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, DH has a bunch of dietary intolerances (dairy, crucifers, dark greens, mushrooms) that limit the universe of foods he can eat. He also needs to lose some weight, so he's watching his carbs, so that limits his universe even more. I then have two toddlers who are 2 and 3.5, and I am personally on a low-carb, high fat diet. I am the only cook in the house so I totally feel you. </p> <p>I've shared this several times on the board now, but it really has saved my sanity the last month or so. I bought a chip and dip platter that has 5 sections in it and I fill it with different foods for kids every day. 2 sections have different kinds of cut fruit, 1 section has raw or steamed veggies, another has proteins like hard boiled eggs, cubes of cooked meat, salami, pepperoni, string cheese, and nuts. The center well is usually something crunchy, like chips or pretzels, kale chips, pork rinds, etc. Whatever the entree is, they get what they get and then they are welcome to serve themselves out of whatever I put in the platter that night. My platter has a lid so I can do it ahead of time or put it back in the fridge after a meal and since its just assembling, it doesn't take much time. DH will often eat out of the platter too.</p> <p>When we do taco night, I will eat taco salads with meat and cheese and salsa and guac. DH will eat the same, but perhaps with black beans added. The boys will have cheese quesadillas and will dip chips into salsa and serve themselves out of their platter, which will include some of the chicken or steak I've made cubed up. For your vegetarian son, I imagine this could be beans.</p> <p>For pasta night, we might serve sauce over zoodles for me and DH, pasta for the kids. For your case, I'd do a low-sugar marinara and then add frozen meatballs or sliced sausage on the side.</p> <p>In warm weather, we do a lot of entree salads. Greek, Taco/Fajita salads, Cobbs, etc. I just put the components in the tray for the kids, they might get some pitas or chips to dip in salsa/hummus/yogurt dip, and let everyone have at it. </p> <p>We eat curries a lot. Thai or Indian coconut curries with paste, a can of coconut milk, a bag of stirfry veggies can easily have a piece of rotisserie chicken added on the side or some chickpeas tossed in at the last second. DH and I might eat the curries with some salad on the side and the kids get a steamer bag of rice.</p> <p>Basically, I cook a cut of meat, make sure there's a ton of fruits and veggies on the table for the kids, and then make a small of low-effort starch (bread, rice I've already made in the rice cooker or from a steamer bag, crackers, chips) and call it good. If I had to factor a vegetarian, I would focus on a vegetable based sauce/stew/curry and then just batch cook a lot of meat and keep canned beans, tofu, and cheese on hand to augment someone's meal on a given night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-eat-1#post-2821192 Tue, 08 May 2018 15:52:41 +0000 gotkimchi 2821192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aim to eat keto/low carb and I keeps carbs on hand for the kids. So we would make tacos, hub and I eat no shells - kids get shells or rice. Basically repeat this for every meal. We eat meat and veg, kids get potatoes, rice or noodles. Breakfast we have eggs, kids add hash browns. So those are our general guidelines </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-to-eat-1#post-2821188 Tue, 08 May 2018 15:46:14 +0000 Eminthevalley 2821188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd like to lose some weight. In the past, this has not been so hard for me, but I'm in a place right now where I can't figure out what to cook. Hubby has Type 2 diabetes but is really skinny, so can't eat a lot of carbs but needs a high amount of fat and protein so he doesn't lose weight; he's tall, too, and needs around 3500 calories per day to just not lose weight. Twin boys who are 5. One is a vegetarian and hasn't eaten meat since he was a year old. Don't ask me why or how. WHAT DO I COOK? So that I can lose weight, hubby can maintain/gain and twin boys, rapidly growing, don't starve? I'm looking for any suggestions, not limited to cooking. Is there a meal plan website that would be helpful? Weight watchers? I don't want to do something totally separate for myself. One meal for everyone is my goal. </p>