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[quote=Anonymous]Those Lipton pouches have like 20 different chemicals in them. Sad, they are tasty and fast, but definitely you can't really build something healthy around them.

Instead of getting those pouches, which are like $1.50 each, get a $2 liter of organic chicken broth. Then cook your brown rice in that and add pepper, paprika, celery salt, oregano, garlic powder, and any other spices you like. Then freeze the brown rice (it keeps GREAT in the freezer). 
 
Jarred tomato sauce can be pretty healthy already -- Whole Foods sells their organic 365 tomato sauce for like $2.50 a jar and you can add veggies to that. A great tip is to saute tomato sauce or canned tomatoes (BPA-free) with oil, beans, garlic, and frozen spinach for a super-tasty and healthy side dish. You can also roast a chicken (use the side dish with this as the meal), then simmer the carcass and bones for 2-3 hours and make your own chicken stock (for cooking your brown rice). You can also use the stock to make soups like potato soup or corn chowder. Thicken the broth with a little microwave roux (melt butter in the microwave and mix in a little flour, then add some broth to make it liquidy and stir it into your soup).

I use a lot of frozen veggies and whole ingredients (like brown rice) and it's not much harder than what you're doing. What you're doing is where I started, too! :) Try our different ways to avoid the processed food altogether.[/quote]

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