Healthy meal ideas

Happy Friday to everyone, I hope you have a nice healthy weekend planned !
Today I am going to talk a bit about healthy eating and how to make your meals healthy, but still as tasty !
Spaghetti Bolognaise is always a favourite in our house, it is always a guaranteed hit with the kids. And for those of you with kids, you know how fussy they can be !
If you make spaghetti bolognaise, chances are you use a jar for the sauce. There is no need to use a jar as they are full of sugar. Why don't you make your own sauce? There are so many recipes online and it is so easy to make. It's just tomatoes, herbs, onions and garlic.
Another meal we make is curry. Again, don't be tempted to use a jar of sauce, there are so many recipes out there which result in delicious curries ! Just give yourself an extra twenty minutes in the prep work. I actually saw a gorgeous looking curry today on The Today Show on RTE, look up the recipe on rte.ie/food.

Here are other ways to make your meals healthy:

1. Add spices and herbs to make healthy food interesting and tasty, healthy food does not have to be boring !
2. If frying your food, use a small amount of coconut oil, make sure it is non processed, pure, coconut oil.
3. Swop white potatoe for sweet potatoe.
4. Use a food weighing scales, and don't go over on your portions. Know what a portion of pasta, protein, etc should look like. Even if you are eating healthily, you have to still watch your portions !
5. If having chicken or turkey, be aware there is a lot more fat in the darker meat, e.g. Thigh meat. Opt for breast meat instead.
6. Don't go back for seconds, just because it is there in the pot. If there are leftovers, freeze it and you will be glad of it next week when you are too tired or too busy to cook !
7. Load up your plate with veg.
8. Make a gorgeous stir fry. Put in lots of veg, batch fry in coconut oil, don't overload the wok. Otherwise you will have terrible, soggy veg !
9. White meat and fish have a lot less calories than red meat.
10. Try something new this weekend. Pick a vegetable that you have never tasted, google a recipe, and make a meal to include this vegetable !

My last tip is, if you do not use Myfitnesspal app to track your calories, then start using it ! It is easy to use and really helps in portion control. So take an hour over the weekend and familiarise yourself with this brilliant app.

Have a great weekend everyone !