We did a " What's for breakfast" so while I'm prepping for dinner tonight I figured why not get some ideas from others. I have always loved cooking. I come from a big Italian family on one side and a down home country cooking grandmother on the other so I had no choice but to learn to cook. One of my few fears I had about having the surgery was that I would no longer be able to cook like I'm use to. The first few months after surgery I couldn't due to the recovery and dietary limitations but now that I'm fully healed and am "one" with my sleeve I'm back and better than ever. Cooking is even more fun for me now because I get to experiment and make recipes that are still delicious but have a healthy spin on them. As an example, tonight I have a new turkey marinade I'm trying out. I have included the marinade for those who might want to try it. I switched the vegetable oil out for olive oil, I used Splenda brown sugar apposed to the real and lite soy sauce. We will have roasted beets & Brussel spouts with a Asian side salad. I roast my vegetable with light olive oil and I will make my own Asian dressing. This whole dinner is really simple, it's high in protein and gives you plenty of veggies. It doesn't have to cost a fortune to eat healthy. I may have spent 15 bucks on the whole meal. This will make two meals for my family of 4. So what do you eat for dinner? Any favorite recipes? If you have pictures share! I'm a picture girl! I'm also a fan of recipes that don't require me to leave the country to find. Simplicity is my friend.

I'm aloud to have soft foods now so I made chili. This was my first time making it and the kids loved it and I enjoyed the food.

Boring dinner because I had a big lunch. Hard boiled egg & cucumber salad

Leftover smothered chicken (chicken breast topped with sauteed onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms, Swiss cheese, and baked) and a little garlic-parmesan quinoa.

When can we have a salad!!!! I want one so bad lol

@@Smallfry06 I think I was 3 months-ish

@@Elode I guess I have a long time to wait. I begin soft foods tomorrow. I did start two systems early I had an egg and some chili this weekend and it went fine. But no tuna fish for me.

@@Smallfry06 You will get there. I just had a salad but I make the mistake of getting full on veggies and then I don't get my protien in as much. I add meat and cheese but not enough. I get the shredded lettuce at Walmart (like for tacos) it's already cut up so its easy to eat instead of big chunks.

@@Smallfry06

My program was at 6 weeks. I don't really eat salad though, it takes up too much room, and I don't feel like I can eat enough to get the level of nutrition I can get from eating other green veggies.

Don't you have a handbook to tell you what you can eat when?

I'm making a spaghetti squash casserole tonight.

I needed to use up some pulled pork I made over the weekend so I added some onion, peppers, corn and beans. Topped with red salsa, crema (like sour cream), green salsa and avocado. ????????

^^^That looks awesome!

^^^That looks awesome!

Thanks! It was quite delicious. I use this method to use up any leftover meat I need to turn into something different. It works great with any pre-cooked meat, especially pulled pork, chicken or ground beef.

Last night I threw together a "taco" casserole, and I'm having leftovers tonight. I just layered a can of refried beans, a pound of taco-seasoned ground turkey, a cup of taco sauce, and a cup of shredded colby-jack cheese in an 8 x 8 pan. Then I baked it at 375 for 25 minutes. Yum! My husband ate his wrapped in a low-carb tortilla.

@@KristenVSG2014 That looks delicious! I've a avocado eating fool!

@@lauraellen80 I made a chicken taco soup! I love throwing leftovers together and making a meal. Not everyone can do that!

@@magtart I just bought spaghetti squash. How do you make yours?