Yam! Bake 400F for 1/2 hour; flip over and pierce a few times with a fork. Then back in for 1/2 hour.

Also:
halibut is a non-fishy smelling/tasting food. Brush with olive oil. Broil 6oz steak for 10 min. pour lemon juice over it when done. Can put on dill and/or capers, too.

same with salmon (but omit the olive oil)

Whole roasted chickens at Whole Foods are not expensive, and easy. I pick up about one a week -- good choice if you have a WF near you or on your way home. Add a salad, steamed vegetable, some rice or potatoes and you're set.

Lots of fruit (not easy this time of year). Bake pumpkin pies out of the leftover Halloween pumpkins! Or use canned pumpkin and stevia or xylitol for sweetener.

Pasta, rice, potatoes, chicken thighs from Trader Joe's, frozen vegetables, quinoa (I think this is a grain? not sure). Marinate the chicken thighs in barbeque sauce, pop in oven, and they are done in 30-40 minutes. Ham slices with pineapple, just pour canned, fresh or frozen pineapple over a thick slice of cooked ham (from Trader Joe's), pop in oven at 300 for 25 minutes, and you have a basic dinner, adding some vegetable and potatoes. French fries (yes, I buy them frozen, but read the labels and get the ones without a lot of junk in them), turkeyburgers (mix ground turkey with ketchup, egg, grain-free bread crumbs or almond meal, s&p), ditto lamb/pork/turkey meatloaf.

I bake TJ's pork loin with cherries (can't remember which kind, bottled from TJ's), which everyone loves. Very easy. Just marinate overnight and pop in the oven for about 40 minutes.

In the winter we eat a lot of TJ's frozen organic vegetables, mostly peas and green beans, asparagus when available. Everyone gets sick of them by March, but they are quick and taste OK with a little mayonnaise on the asparagus, faux butter (get at WF) on the other veggies, or just salt and they are fine.

Carrot sticks and hummos are a staple, rice crackers, Mary's Gone crackers (your daughter may like them, and no sugar).

We use almost no processed food, except for prepared mustard and chocolate sauce. Everyone's fairly healthy. Sugar is the problem for our family as everyone loves sweets. If you are careful not to buy any cookies, sugar, etc. and use stevia and xylitol for sweeteners, you can manage, but it's difficult!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No processed food?

That's not an allergy that's a dietary choice.

No. That is sane eating for health.

And incompatible with limited time/money.

Anonymous wrote:No processed food?

That's not an allergy that's a dietary choice.

No. That is sane eating for health.

No processed food?

That's not an allergy that's a dietary choice.

She's lactose intolerant but I thought she was ok with cheese and yogurt but she's had a runny nose for a couple of weeks. I think it's dairy related.

She will eat veggies if there is a dessert but she doesn't enjoy them. Take out grains, sugar and dairy though and the desserts become far less appealing

What do you mean she shouldn't be eating dairy etc..? Does she react to it? Why shouldn't she have any?

What foods does she like to eat?

Grains and dairy are two fairly substantial food groups. She doesn't eat vegetables so there goes another group. That leaves you with meat, fruit, legumes (will she eat beans?), and other proteins like eggs

Beans and rice.
Roast a chicken on the weekend and eat it throughout the week
Will she eat veggies with hummus or yogurt dip, sometimes veggie eating is presentation.

Will your daughter eat eggs? Cook up a frittata on the weekends - with ham or whatever flavoring for her, with cheese or veggies for you - or make it into egg muffins. Grab and go in the mornings.

There's no sugar in those pancakes, and the almond flour and coconut oil will help with satiety. Will this recipe work for you?

http://www.thehobbyroomdiaries.com/2013/06/the-paleo-banana-pancakes-formula.html

Eggs

Chicken/rice stirfry. Add in vegetables for yourself (separately)

Oh, you don't do grains. Your daughter gets chicken/rice. You get chicken/veggies. Ditto for any type of protein. It goes with rice for your daughter and veggies for you.

Cook up the grain/starch on the weekends - rice, quinoa, couscous, whatever - and give your daughter a half-cup or whatever portion is appropriate for her age/weight each day. That way you don't have to spend lots of time every day cooking the starch.

If your daughter will do spaghetti squash, great. That works for both of you with a tasty marinara sauce. I like Rao's. (that's processed, yes, but it's also fast.)

i will try them for the sugar and grains for me but they have dairy. i'm thinking that is the last thing i will remove from her diet since she currently lives on her daily cheese intake

Try these "pancakes"

2 eggs
2 oz cream cheese
Teaspoon of Stevia
Teaspoon of cinnamon

Mix in a blender.

Cook like pancakes. So good and I don't even use syrup.

My daughter shouldn't be eating dairy, sugar, or processed foods. She doesn't like beef or most vegetables.
I shouldn't be eating grains or sugar and I don't like most packaged foods.

I am a single parent with limited time and money. What can we eat that is quick and easy? All meal suggestions welcome!!