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just wanted to start a thread for healthy food. please post recipes and suggestions!

cinnamon apple oatmeal
1 apple, preferably McIntosh, cored and coarsely chopped
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch kosher salt
2 cups water
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1/4 cup toasted pecans

Combine the apple, oats, cinnamon, and salt in a large microwave-safe bowl water, and stir in the water. Cover and seal with plastic wrap or a tight fitting lid and heat in the microwave on high until apples are soft and most of the liquid is absorbed, about 8 minutes. Stir in the maple syrup. Divide between 2 bowls and top with the nuts. Serve immediately.

health food or healthy food?

whats the difference?

I just need some recipes to start eating a little healthier. anything that is a little different and doesnt revolve around ramen would be awesome!

i'm too lazy when it comes to healthy food

fruit and vegetables. raw.

healthy snack: peanuts, raisins, and M&Ms. mix 'em up in a bowl and eat! I eat this all the time.

healthiest thing i've done:

cut out pop and 95% of processed foods

that oatmeal sounds really good, andyp. I regularly make oatmeal with brown sugar and maple syrup, but I've never thought of using apples and cinnamon!

yeah i gave up pop around new years.. i will make an exception for rootbeer and creamer though!

Who seriously uses rolled oats? Use steel cut oats and you won't regret it. ;)

steel cut oats look weird.

I get the "quick oats," which just look like they've been kind of chopped up (but different from the picture of steel cut ones I saw), for oatmeal, and regular oats for stuff like apple crisp.

i couldnt find any steel cut so i just got quackers

quackers...?

haha quakers

groats!

well, one of my new favorite snacks is green olives stuffed with almonds.

this is healthy in the sense that it's a fruit and a nut. it's unhealthy in the sense that nuts and olives are almost pure fat. but,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil#Human_health