How do you do it ? What are some tricks and recipies you like ? Some of the ones I will use you probably know/use so please excuse the repetitive nature…just trying to make a databse of sorts.
Me:
-Add a handul of no-sugar-added berries (I like frozen ones like blackberies, blueberries or a mixture) after thawing to a plain salad when you can add dressings. Either that or lemon.
-Lemon, garlic and salt and pepper as well as onions make almost any meat taste better. Cumin and chilli powder are great in a lot of chilis
-Make burgers or chili or pasta w/ ground chicken or turkey instead of beef. Make home-made tacos w/ the ground poulty, seasonings, whole wheat wraps and lots of veggies and a little salsa. Maybe a little fat-free cheese or sour cream too.
This is a hard question as it completely depends on your current diet. There are many ways to “spice” up food, but not nearly as many if you are on a very low carb diet for example.
I don’t have any suggestions, just wanted to point that out.
I put about half a cup of salt, a cup of brown sugar, whatever spices I’m in the mood for, and some water in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil to dissolve it. Then I toss it into my stock pot with enough cold water to cover my chicken breasts. Add the chicken after the cold water and let it sit for a few hours. (You can let it sit on the counter because the high salt content keeps bacteria at bay.) The salt and sugar will enter the chicken over that time. The sugar and spices add a little flavor without too many calories, and the salt helps keep it juicy by maintaining a higher water content than normal.
If there’s one thing I hate it’s rubbery chicken. I never have that problem when I brine it first.