You know you are on a health kick when...
 

You make a mung bean and spaghetti squash curry for dinner and it actually sounds appealing. Suprisingly tasty.

I have always liked vegetables apart from raw onions but I am trying to explore vegetables and pulses that I haven't really had much in the past.

In addition I am trying to have a better lunch. I normally have a sandwich and it is usually pretty healthy but I have been trying to make my lunch vegetarian and therefore my sandwiches veggie. So far my faveorite is hummous, grated carrots, grated beetroot and cress with a tiny bit of mustard. I need to come up with more healthy veggie sandwich ideas so I don't get bored. Anyone have an ideas?

try a roasted veggie sandwich -- peppers, mushrooms, eggplant, (onions) & garlic with a bit of sprouts or lettuce. To roast your veggies, slice them up, drizzle a bit of olive oil on them and cook them on a high heat in the oven. They will turn into very yummy, somewhat sweet versions of their raw selves.

I didnt read any of the post.
Just skimmed through and saw the various foods named and now i am hungry.

Also, you might want to make yourself some lunch salads featuring freshly cooked salmon or some other serving of fish on top.

How can you not like raw onions in hotdogs or hamburgers..? so good...

Make a ham a cheese samich. Cover both sides with butter and grill it to golden brown perfection. You only live once. Enjoy it.

I just have never liked raw onions. Not only not like but if they are in anything I eat it ruins the dish and I can't eat it. Oddly, I liked them cooked as long as there is no bite left in them.

Sounds nice.

It can be argued that you enjoy life more when you are more energized and healthy :winkwink:

im the exact opposite...i hate cooked onions but dont mind them if they are raw...

something to try :

Pita
avocado
shredded carrots
slice some bell peppers thin
some spring mix
olives
artichoke hearts
with a dill cream cheese (you can make it or buy it...you can always just use hummus,some sort of dressing,or just cheese)

Never could get into mung beans....but, ya know, Sarah? That sounds yummy...

I knew I was on a health kick when Mom made brownies yesterday and the smell bothered me, rather than enticed me.

Try a low carb tortilla (80 cal) with pea pods and spinach and pico da gallo or any salsa you like.....or any veggie you like, maybe some jicama for crunch. They are yummy. I do eat chicken, so I make a wrap from chicken and chopped peapods, spinach and salsa.

jicama is awesome...:thumbsup

I wonder if jicama is called something else in the UK. Spaghetti squash has only just become available here so I grabbed two of them the first time I saw them and am working them into things. The good thing about them and the mung beans is they can be hidden in other dishes. That is a good thing since my flatmate has a mental block to anything that looks like a vegetable.

Love nicely cooked caramelized onions, but raw is horrible.... :2cents

I love veggies, but I really need SOME meat involved to feel like i've eaten a meal.

I am trying to save meat for the evening meal and do veggie the rest of the day.

this is the right idea. the less veggies the better. im in perfect health and the only veggie i eat is corn.

I am permanantly on a health kick but I have no desire to eat anything named a mung bean. What the fuck is a mung bean??

it is just a bean..tastes a bit like a lental...when they sprout the sprouts are often used on veggie sandwiches here

being praised as a 'super food' here lately as it is low on the GI scale and full of the right fibres, etc. Since I have insulin issues I try to eat stuff lower on the GI scale

Ah, ok, I know what it is. I don't believe it's called a mung bean over here though. The British have their own way of doing things... but what can you expect from a country full of people that eat blood pie. :Oh crap

Try falafel pita sandwiches with some tahini sauce, lettuce, tomato. YUM! For nonboring vegetarian cuisine shoot for Thai and Indian.

I love those falafels, they are awesome

falafels are great..need to learn how to make them myself though because the ones you buy in the store have junk in them they shouldn't

yeah Americans would never eat anything that ryhmed with dung

Ah, I just had another last night. I don't like the tahini on mine, I slather some hummus on instead. Mmmmmm!