Kari Suttle
Well-Known Member
The title says it all. I'm trying to improve not only myself as a person - i want to be a happier, more independent person in general - but I also want to work on my eating habits. Drink less soda, drink more water. Eat healthier meals. But since infancy i've had food issues. Picky eating and food texture issues. The texture of most cooked raw meat - be it grilled or from the crockpot - bothers me. Only once has dad grilled chicken and i had no issues with it and he grills a lot in the summer time.
I try to get protein through other sources like milk, cheese, and eggs. I have the same texture issue with fruit and vegetables. Fruit i generally only willingly consume in smoothie form, veggies are a hit or miss...when my mom makes chicken and dumpling using progresso's canned chicken noodle soup i'll tolerate it, and possibly if its blended with enough of something i do like such as potatoes. I'm more of a pasta person than a rice person but as a once in a while thing, i dont mind rice.
I can't cook much, either. My cooking abilities is limited to pasta, grilled cheese, pigs in a blanket, and scrambled eggs. I need everything to be cheap, too, cause i'm paying for my own schooling at the moment. And even after i can get student loans, i'd like to only accept the amount i need. And with mom and dad heading for divorce, i might need to help mom with bills which means i really can't be spending more than necessary on food. I love love love Amy's beans rice and cheese burritos but to buy a week's worth is expensive. If anyone has a recipe for them that tastes comparable to Amy's i'd love to try it.
Does anyone have any simple, tolerable ideas? I have a full schedule between school and work and mom has clients over throughout the morning till noon so that really limits it as well, and i work in the afternoons through after my sister goes to bed. I need healthy food ideas that are cheap and don't require much cooking ability or time. I have my mom or dad to help me learn how to cook things, dad's really good at it. I just don't know where to start, which is pretty sad seeing as I work as a cashier. I want to learn how to make a variety of healthy, inexpensive, filling meals that i don't have to force myself to eat. Preferably with some source of protein included, cause i dont eat much meat - eggs, cheese, beans, etc. I'm gonna look on google too i just wanted to post this freakishly long thing here where there's people that will probably understand my odd aversion to a variety of food based on texture alone.
I try to get protein through other sources like milk, cheese, and eggs. I have the same texture issue with fruit and vegetables. Fruit i generally only willingly consume in smoothie form, veggies are a hit or miss...when my mom makes chicken and dumpling using progresso's canned chicken noodle soup i'll tolerate it, and possibly if its blended with enough of something i do like such as potatoes. I'm more of a pasta person than a rice person but as a once in a while thing, i dont mind rice.
I can't cook much, either. My cooking abilities is limited to pasta, grilled cheese, pigs in a blanket, and scrambled eggs. I need everything to be cheap, too, cause i'm paying for my own schooling at the moment. And even after i can get student loans, i'd like to only accept the amount i need. And with mom and dad heading for divorce, i might need to help mom with bills which means i really can't be spending more than necessary on food. I love love love Amy's beans rice and cheese burritos but to buy a week's worth is expensive. If anyone has a recipe for them that tastes comparable to Amy's i'd love to try it.
Does anyone have any simple, tolerable ideas? I have a full schedule between school and work and mom has clients over throughout the morning till noon so that really limits it as well, and i work in the afternoons through after my sister goes to bed. I need healthy food ideas that are cheap and don't require much cooking ability or time. I have my mom or dad to help me learn how to cook things, dad's really good at it. I just don't know where to start, which is pretty sad seeing as I work as a cashier. I want to learn how to make a variety of healthy, inexpensive, filling meals that i don't have to force myself to eat. Preferably with some source of protein included, cause i dont eat much meat - eggs, cheese, beans, etc. I'm gonna look on google too i just wanted to post this freakishly long thing here where there's people that will probably understand my odd aversion to a variety of food based on texture alone.