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I wanna get into eating a bit more healthily since I wanna lose weight and all. I don't know a hell of a lot about cooking but I'm certainly capable, my repertoire is simply rather small. I'm looking for some recommendations for recipes, I'm not sure where to start as 90% of the stuff I grew up eating was basically microwaved goyslop. My only stipulation is no onion, I have a mild allergy and I know it's in a lot of stuff. Thanks in advance.

>> No.18719969

>>18719959
French onion soup is a great place to start.

>> No.18720007

>>18719959
What are some of your favorite vegetables, meats, and cuisines

>> No.18720116

>>18720007
I am a fan of pork, chicken, most kinds of fish, beef is okay but not my first choice.

Vegetable wise, I'm fine with most. Save for the aforementioned, I'm not too keen on bell peppers or uncooked tomato. I've not explored them much when I was younger so this is a bit harder to gauge.

For meals, my favorite's gotta be Japanese curry. I like a lot of Mexican stuff as well, flavor wise. I doubt anywhere near where I live does it much justice though. Otherwise a lot of what I've tried in life has been pretty standard American fare.

>> No.18720694

>>18719959
If you have an oven you can simply put spice on chicken, potatoes and carrots and let them cook on 190C for 20 min or so. Chicken is a complete protein, basically any meat is, carrots have soluble fiber. Use few potatoes or none as theyre a carb food and carbs produce more cals, which you dont want if youre trying to lose weight. If youre gonna use a cooking fat use an animal product(butter, lard, tallow) or extravirgin olive oil

>> No.18720731

>>18720116
Sorry I got busy. Have you tried working with tortillas? You can make things like burritos stuffed with beans and other vegetables, which I find pretty filling and nutritious. You can also use them to make big batches of enchiladas which you can freeze or eat throughout the week. Also check out the cooks illustrated magazine or the American test kitchen cookbooks, they're by the same publisher. You can probably get both from your local library, and they sell the magazines in a lot of grocery stores. They have concise and well reasoned recipes for a lot of simple and common food, like meatloaf or pulled pork for example.

>> No.18720910

>>18720694
I've actually done this on occasion already, yeah. Not too bad at all, really oughta try it more often.

>>18720731
Not really, though it does interest me. Suppose I oughta find some decent seasonings for them though.

>> No.18721015

>>18719959
>I'm looking for some recommendations for recipes
NGMI

Stop following recipes and start applying heat to ingredients.
>NOOOO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT BROCCOLI IF I DON'T HAVE A RECIPE
Shut up.

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>>18720910
>>18719959
Another thing, remember to think about the quality of the ingredients not the ingrents themselves. If you get a burger from a fast food place the breads gonna be low quality and might have invis mold, the meats been mushed and squeezed and doused in chemicals and all the stuff has been frozen and sitting in plastic. If you buy whole grain brain, and meat and fresh vegetables and put together yourself itll be healthier and cheaper despite mostly having the same ingredients