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[titusnowl]

So I have to go on a low-cholesterol diet.  However, I HATE HATE HATE trying to make food for just one person while Justin has nothing but cheese toast for dinner, so I have to try to find healthy, inexpensive meals to cook that both of us will eat.   This means that the meals may contain:

- Chicken breasts (no dark meat)
- Beef of any kind
- Salmon, perhaps, if it's prepared a certain way

It may not contain:
- Cooked tomatoes
- Peppers (bell or hot)
- Carrots
- Mushrooms
- Any sort of sauce that gets poured over top of a meat
- Cheeses other than cheddar and possibly mozzarella, but again, the cheese can't be on top of the meat

So basically we're just going to be having sautéd chicken every night and some vegetables that I cook on the side (except that I don't know what to do with a vegetable besides put butter on it, and the butter is bad for me).

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[davew0071.livejournal.com]

Seasonings and cooking methods can go a long way to making the same ol' entree seem different. Try cutting the chicken breasts into thin strips and stir-frying them (canola oil is good for this, as it's low in cholesterol and withstands high temperatures). Then serve with brown rice and a veggie on the side. Very tasty, especially if you get creative with seasonings, like ginger and Chinese five-spice and such.

Find a cookbook especially for low-chol diets. It'll give you good ideas.

And buy some Molly McButter. Sprinkled on steamed vegetables, it's delicious.