my meals

When I’m eating at home I typically do not follow recipes, so I wanted to show you what I eat and how simple my meals usually are. Hopefully these photos of some of my past meals will give you a few good ideas. You’ll see from the photos that you don’t need meat or fish to be the centerpiece of a meal. For me it’s usually potatoes, rice, soup, stew, or a big salad. You’ll also see that I tend to eat many of the same things over and over, like taco salads, corn on the cob, rice, steamed veggies, and potatoes, and that sometimes I have a few different items and other times, just one. A meal can look any way you like as long as it’s comprised of plenty of nutrient-rich whole foods to fill you up. When you find a handful of dishes that you like, just rotate them and you’ll be set!

Mashed potatoes with steamed chard, yellow zucchini and tomatoes, avocado

Baked yams, steamed Brussels sprouts, salad

Veggie marinara sauce over whole grain spaghetti noodles

Taco salad (with toasted and cut up corn tortilla)

Corn tortillas, salad, steamed veggies. Sometimes I just toast a corn tortilla and eat it on the side.

Brown rice, baked delicata squash (you can eat the skins on these), sliced peppers, steamed green veggies, tomatoes

Potatoes, steamed broccoli, zucchini and Romano green beans. Oh and of course, some avocado.

Baked yams, corn on the cob, salad

Steamed veggies and baked yam, with fresh veggies cut up. This looks like food for two, but this is how much I eat by myself for one meal since this food is all so low-calorie and delish!

Taco salad. Sometimes I like to make tacos, but other times I just want to put all the taco fixin's in a big bowl; and it's less messy.

Black bean tacos on corn tortillas

Corn, baked sweet potatoes, red beets

Green beans, mashed potatoes, salad with chickpeas and cabbage. You don't need lettuce to make a good salad. Mashed potatoes just have a bit of soy milk, garlic powder and cooking water added during mashing.

Baked potatoes topped with corn, tomatoes, cilantro, pumpkin seeds, avocado.

Steamed corn with zucchini and cole slaw (with chickpeas); pinto beans and brown rice on the side with diced avocado.

Steamed potatoes with sauted mushrooms, onion and zucchini, diced avocado on top. I love avocados with most everything, but if you're watching your fat intake and calories, just leave them off.