Grilled stuff, frozen chicken breasts, and other healthy eating tips

[Rick Nebiolo]

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What I do (if I remember) is to take a chicken breast out the freezer and leave it on the counter on a plate before I go to bed. Then when I get up in the morning before I leave for work, I marinate and throw it in the fridge. That way it's thawed out first and then gets to marinate for 10 hours or so.

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Wouldn't that get the chicken dangerously warm on the outside?

~ Rick

[nineinchal]

Chocolate donuts

[AZK]

Rick,

You can use any combo of marinades - lawry's are especially good. I stopped using these cause they contain HFCS. But if the difference between using and not is eating out fast food or eating the chicken, bring on the marinades. It's gotten to the point where I just look at the food I cook as energy, so I can eat the same thing and not care, when I go out to eat (i.e. nice restaurants - I indulge and I am much more critical of food quality/taste)...if you do happen to care about what you eat and get sick of eating the same thing everyday then normally what I do is cook the 4 lbs, eat that first dinner fresh (so the chicken is tastes good), and then the rest of the week I may do different things with it, for instance, cut a breast or 2 up and make chicken salad, cut a breast up and put it over a salad, cut one up and stir fry with veggies, microwave with cheese on top (cook up some broccoli as a side use a lot of cheddar, mix it around, fantastic)...

As for marinades...

soy + garlic
olive oil, salt, pepper

...gotta run, i'll write more later.

[bonds]

Sorry for the thread hijack ... AZK, I can't be the only one who'd like to see an entire thread on your experiences with cutting the [censored] out of your diet...

[AZK]

wasn't as extreme for me as it is for others...I was never much of a sweets person, so soda/desert/candy isn't an issue for me. The carb kick was very difficult at first, but now I don't think about it too much. Really trying to cut down on the alcohol though...it's amazing how even a little bit of it really [censored] everything up.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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You can use any combo of marinades - lawry's are especially good. I stopped using these cause they contain HFCS. But if the difference between using and not is eating out fast food or eating the chicken, bring on the marinades.

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I've never left the house for fast food. My problem days are the ones where I don't go to one of the card clubs that serve good food or go to Hollywood Park, where I often don't play in comped games (their 5/10 400NL is not comped) and the food is bad. Also on my day off I've gotten terrible with bread with that darn new bread store. I ate my last slice this morning.

Fast food attacks when I'm on the road on a day off. These places are everywhere and once I started eating bread again I figured I could start eating burgers in a bun again (although I do avoid cheese and mayo with burgers, I believe cheese on meat is way overrated anyway).


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It's gotten to the point where I just look at the food I cook as energy, so I can eat the same thing and not care, when I go out to eat (i.e. nice restaurants - I indulge and I am much more critical of food quality/taste)...if you do happen to care about what you eat and get sick of eating the same thing everyday then normally what I do is cook the 4 lbs, eat that first dinner fresh (so the chicken is tastes good), and then the rest of the week I may do different things with it, for instance, cut a breast or 2 up and make chicken salad, cut a breast up and put it over a salad, cut one up and stir fry with veggies

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When I was eating lighter last year I cooked full size turkeys as mentioned before. I just hate store bought turkey from the deli, even good brands like Boar's Head (plus it's expensive). I can then do all sorts of good stuff with the leftover turkey. My variety comes when I eat at the clubs. Last night I had a great Orange Roughy at Hawaiian Gardens with a chopped salad, green vegetables, no bun or rice or potato, and some sort of Sushi appetizer (when I go low carb I would drop the sushi appetizer).

Anyway, because I no longer am at home for long stretches this year I'll go to chicken, something I've hardly ever cooked (and never well). I'd love to learn to make first class stir fry or chicken salad with leftovers. I'd never get sick of that.


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microwave with cheese on top (cook up some broccoli as a side use a lot of cheddar, mix it around, fantastic)...

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I can eat most veggies without sauces. I do like green stuff (no carrots which are in fact sweet) although I do get bad urine odor with asparagus (about 40% of the population gets this although it's harmless). What I can't do is find time to keep fresh veggies on hand and fresh. I'll try the frozen and maybe get a pan that is the right shape for stir fry.


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As for marinades...

soy + garlic
olive oil, salt, pepper

...gotta run, i'll write more later.

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Those sound good. The big thing is I want to avoid cooking with flour or bread crumbs.

Thanks for your help.

~ Rick

[nyc999]

Since this thread has deviated from frozen foods, Men's Health put out an article on 50 different ways to prepare boneless/skinless chicken, they're all pretty easy/quick and you might find it useful:

Article

[Rick Nebiolo]

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wasn't as extreme for me as it is for others...I was never much of a sweets person, so soda/desert/candy isn't an issue for me. The carb kick was very difficult at first, but now I don't think about it too much. Really trying to cut down on the alcohol though...it's amazing how even a little bit of it really [censored] everything up.

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I rarely eat sweets even when I'm not dieting. Somehow it got firmly set in my mind at a young age that it's empty energy. I also never eat snack food that comes in a package (e.g., chips or Twinkies).

When I lost 25 pounds on low carb Atkins (from 202 to 177 at 6' 1" tall) I still had a martini with the gf twice a week because I don't think that had sugar in it. I'd like to go a month without any alcohol and see what happens. I stayed at 177 to 183 (my ideal weight) for a long time but shot up to 195 in the last few months. Bread and burgers really pack it on.

I'll be getting a new car next year. I intend to enforce a rule that I never eat in my auto. In my current car I could survive a week on the crumbs underneath and behind the seat [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

~ Rick

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Chocolate donuts

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My best friend would in fact eat that fried.

~ Rick

[AZK]

Rick,

For the casinos/road trips where the only option is fast food... PACK YOUR LUNCH. I normally steam veggies at night for dinner in excess so I can take them for lunch the next day. I also recommend some snack food for when you get hungry... larabars, jerky, nuts...