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Speaking of healthy recipies...

Does anyone know of a good replacement for butter in this case? I love to make grilled cheese sandwiches and they're really healthy except for the butter. You butter 1 side of two pieces of bread, put them both butter-side down on a pan over the stove, take 'em off, and put a kraft single between 'em. I tried doing them without the butter completely, but they didn't get all... crispy? Would that be the right word? I dunno, but does anyone know of anything I could use instead of butter?

I agree with Divash on the non-stick spray :3 It actually can taste better than the butter x]

But I would say go with low-fat instead of non-fat. Non-fat usually contains a lot of fillers and additives and other yucky things, to flavor things up a bit.

Actually I'd like that too. If I eat healthy, I have to do it alone - my family won't go with me on this. I'm the only one interested in losing weight. Or if anyone knows a great way to guilt trip them into joining! rofl

Any recipes that are healthy and (cheap!) low in ingredients would be helpful.

By the way, pizza isn't unhealthy. It's just high in calories. Try eating a nice big salad (most pizza places have them, so order one), and then just one or two pieces of pizza. Try to influence your family to get pizza with vegetable toppings instead of the meats, though, because the meats are the fattiest things ever (except the cheese). See if they'll order it with light cheese instead of the regular amount or extra cheese. If not, see if they'll order you a thin-crust individual sized veggie pizza instead of sharing the family pizza with extra cheese and lots of fatty meats.

Get the dressing on the side instead of on top. Instead of pouring it on, dip your fork into it, then get a bite of salad greens. You'll get the taste of the dressing, but wind up eating less than half of the dressing.

As far as ordering which type of salad, always go for one that says "green salad" or "garden salad," and don't get it with any meats, cheeses, or eggs. It'll be nothing but veggies. For Weight Watchers, that means zero points.

Great news, NotteRequiem. Sushi is very healthy.

Rice is healthy. You need a certain amount of carbohydrates per day. If you've got a sushi place that offers sushi with brown sushi rice, it's even better in terms of fiber and vitamins.

Fish is healthy, though raw fish should be kept to once a week or less. It's practically pure protein.

Seaweed is full of vitamins, as well as fiber, so that's healthy.

Even the addition of avocado is healthy. Sure it's a fatty food, but it's got loads of good vitamins in it. Just count each roll (six small cut pieces) as one extra fat portion each day.

Keep to a minimum: sushi that involves fried fish instead of raw; the spicy sauce that comes with spicy tuna rolls or dynamite rolls; and any sushi roll that is rolled in tempura crumbs before being served, such as dynamite rolls. Those add extra fats that DON'T come with extra vitamins.

Turkey or Chicken Wrap

1 ounce of turkey or chicken, diced/chopped/shredded
1 Roma tomato, sliced thinly
3 small button mushrooms, sliced thinly
1 C shredded Romaine lettuce
1 nine-inch, whole-wheat tortilla

Going by Weight Watchers, this will be about 4 to 6 points, depending on the exact nutritional content of your brand of tortillas. I also sometimes throw on a little creamy dijon mustard or some salsa verde, depending on my mood. This also takes care of about two vegetable servings, out of the 5 fruit/vegetable servings you need each day. The more veggies you stuff into the wrap, the better.

If you're a lacto-ovo vegetarian, substitute either an ounce of nonfat cheese or a quarter-cup of Egg Beaters or egg whites for the turkey or chicken. If you're a vegan, substitute an ounce or two of marinated tempeh or marinated extra-firm tofu. Marinate in soy sauce, a bit of ketchup, pepper, ginger, and garlic, but don't add any fats or oils to it. Fat doesn't add anything to the taste of a marinade at all, since it floats on top rather than soaking into the tofu (or tempeh or meat or whatever you're marinating).