Healthy meals without potato?

[LisaB]

Hey guys
So I'm going on a no bread and potato diet for a few weeks, I never realised how much I eat them both so I'm going on strike to force myself into trying some new things.

I've been looking online and found some great recipes that I will be trying!

Just wondering if someone could recommend some also?
The only meat I eat is fish :)

[ChrisG]

I eat a brown rice instead of potato a lot of the time. It is less likely to cause weight gain than white rice and doesnt deplete the body of B vitamins. It is also pretty filling, so you dont need a lot of it and it makes a welcome addition to stir fries and the like. I also use barley, which contains soluble fibre (like oats) which is excellent for the bowel and speeds up waste transit.

[Benny&Co]

That's broadly what I've been doing Lisa and it's worked for me - though I haven't cut them out completely

Baked fish, with roast veggies
Courgette, squash, peppers, red onions, mushrooms at the last minute - whatever you've got in, with a bit of garlic/olive oil/herbs/S&P.
Bake the fish in foil parcels with a bit of lemon, S&P, or some cheese, or your seasoning of choice, yum yum yum.

Spicy fish/seafood stew
Fry off onions in oil and add some peppers, add some Thai curry paste and a tin of tomatoes. Put in some chunks of butternut squash and courgette and add your fish/seafood of choice. Let it all simmer along nicely till the veggies and fish are cooked yum yum yum.

I know you don't eat meat Lisa, but an alternative to the Thai is Spanish style with chorizo sausage and nice herbs yum yum.

Omlette
Good old omlette - you can make with anything, onions, peppers, chili, courgette, squash, cheese.

Salads
Greek - feta, cucumber, toms, red onions, olives if you like. I mix all together with some fresh basil, fresh mint a squeeze of lemon/lime juice (whichever I've got in), S&P and olive oil. Yum yum.

Green - shred and wash some crispy lettuce, add some S&P, lemon juice and a squidge of olive oil. I like it with some fresh chives and mint added too. You could have a nice boiled and sliced egg on the side too, or some tuna/mackerel/sardine.

Prawn/fish kebabs
Marinate your fish/prawns/seafood in lemon, S&P, garlic, then put onto wooden skewers. If you use fish choose one that's quite meaty and won't break up. Bake on a tray in the oven or BBQ. Have with roast veggies, or salad.

Are you going to have rice at all? If so I read that brown rice is better for you so we've switched to wholemeal pasta/rice

I'm sure there's more we have Lisa, I'll add when I remember I'm feeling all hungry now

[LisaB]

Thank you very much :D

I'm gonna have salmon and roasted veggies tonight

I think curry would be really good - I love just a bowl of curry without rice or anything, but most have a tbsp of coconut milk in - is that really fattening or would a tbsp be okay?
I really love sag aloo (spinach and potato) so I'm going to try that with squash instead


-I don't eat prawns, crab etc etc - just fish.
-I may have a little brown rice, but I wont be having much.

[ChrisG]

As far as i am aware, coconut milk is not very fattening and certainly not in the quantity you mention.

[LisaB]

Ohhh, I thought coconut milk (or is it coconut cream?) was the thing that made curries really fattening?

[Benny&Co]

OOoh yum yum yum I absolutely love sag aloo and all the Indian vegetable dishes too

I use coconut milk all the time and there is a reduced fat one too but don't think it's that unhealthy is it?

Just thinking the fish/Thai dish I mentioned, you can replace the toms with coconut milk if you fancy.

Here's some more things I make....

Baked mushrooms
Get some of those large mushrooms and 'stuff' with a mixture of cream cheese, garlic and herbs, S&P wrap in tin foil or greaseproof and bake in oven. You can have with salad yum yum

Asparagus
Steam and have with some shavings of parmesan cheese.

Cauliflower cheese
I steam a full cauli and whilst that's going I make my cheese sauce with a nice pinch of nutmeg. Then I bake in the oven. Yum yum - divide up portions, put in plastic boxes and freeze.

[LisaB]

Ahhh, I should be okay then

Ohhhh baked mushrooms is something I've always wanted to try so I will get on that! Although - I'm trying to keep away from cheese, is there anything else I could use?

I also despise cauliflower

[Benny&Co]

Golly-gee you don't like Cauli Lisa??

It's one of my absolute favourites

Instead of cheese, you could use quark - I think that's very low in fat, or else low fat cream cheese, or reduced fat creme fraiche

[LisaB]

Golly-gee you don't like Cauli Lisa??

It's one of my absolute favourites

Instead of cheese, you could use quark - I think that's very low in fat, or else low fat cream cheese, or reduced fat creme fraiche

Nooooooo! My mum loves it, I don't know how
I've never heard of quark? :O

[Benny&Co]

Hehehe your mum's got good taste Lisa, cauli rocks

Quark is sold in tubs in the fridge section, it's a low fat soft cheese, here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(cheese)

[LisaB]

Ohhh I may have to try some.
Does it taste like cheese (well, duh ) or have that kind of bitter taste?

[Benny&Co]

It doesn't taste of much to me Lisa, but you can flavour it up - sweet or savoury.

I really must buy some again come to think of it

[LittleBrownFrog]

I make white sauce with skimmed milk & cornflour, a tub of very low fat fromage frais & a tablespoon of parmesan, with a bit of either mustard or paprika. I find that works for me instead of a normal cheese sauce.
You can use sweet potatoes instead of normal potatoes.

[Benny&Co]

Oooh thats a good idea LBF, cheers

Reminded me too - if you use a stronger tasting cheese, you only need a little bit of it