I’ve been eating the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) way since August 2013. I love eating this way. Not only have I lost close to 30 pounds, but I’ve gained energy and renewed health.
I’ve always been someone who loves to cook and try new recipes. I’ve found many, many recipes in the book to be delicious, but have found a whole host of recipes online that are great too. I decided it was time to compile my favorites in one spot.
“E” meals for me don’t come as naturally in my meal plans as “S” meals do, mostly because I love the heavier more satisfying foods of the “S” meal. So know that I’m posting this resource for myself, as much as for you.
It is my hope that on those days when you can’t expend any energy on figuring out what to eat, that you can turn to this list and find some ideas. Be sure to check out my top 30 “S” recipes as well.
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Zesty Salsa Chicken and Black Bean Casserole
Comforting Chicken Noodle Soup
Burrito Bowls with chicken and vegetables mixed with taco seasoning, refried beans, Spanish rice, lettuce and salsa
One Pan Mexican Quinoa ***Omit avocado
Crock Pot Chicken and Quinoa ***Reduce butter to 1 T.
Chicken Lo-Mein ***Use Dreamfield’s pasta
Copy Cat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup ***I use only 1 T. of olive oil when I saute the vegetables and omit the pasta or use Dreamfield’s pasta
Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili
Italian Veggie and Chicken Quinoa
Stir-fry over brown rice or quinoa
Slow Cooker Chicken & Quinoa Chili
Simple Sesame Chicken ***Use Swerve Brown Sweetener in place of the brown sugar. The Swerve Brown Sweetener is a 1:1 ratio with brown sugar.
Slow Cooker Vegan Brown Rice Mexican Bowls ***Substitute avocado salsa with an E friendly salsa
Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli and Rice Bake
Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup
Stuffed Pepper Soup ***Use ground turkey or rinse your ground beef and use just a pinch of cheese on top
Quinoa, Kale and White Bean Soup
Harvest Minestrone with Kale and Quinoa
This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing!
I needed some great ideas for E meals. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Thank you for sharing my low carb jalapeno popper chicken!!! <3
Thank you so much! This is such an awesome help!
Oh, this is super great! Bookmarking! 🙂
~Kelly
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Thanks for the help!!
I thought pasta was a no-no. I see in the Minestroni soup that it calls for pasta shells. Is that right?
I leave it in for my family and use whole wheat. I typically pick it out. Dreamfields pasta is ok.
Why would the Asian lettuce wraps be an E?
I used Swerve instead of Huisane sauce, but thinking it was an S meal and feeling like I needed a sauce to go with it, I made a black Asian sauce with coconut oil, Swerve, soy sauce, basil, nutritional yeast flakes, water, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper.
Did I totally mess up by using the sce since the meal was an E and the sauce has coconut oil?
It depends on how much coconut oil you used. 1t. Is allowed in an e setting. Anything more and it's a crossover.
Ok, thx. Can u tell me why the chicken Asian wraps are an E though?
It all depends on what you put in them. I like lots of carrots, water chestnuts and onions in mine. If you do only a bit it could be a fp.
Can you explain how you handle the sour cream and cheese in the Southwestern Black Bean Casserole? Wouldn't those put this into a crossover?
The sour cream is an additional topping so if you want something like that use 0% plain Greek yogurt. As for the cheese when you divide it out on the number of servings you are still in the acceptable fat range.
Bless your heart for doing this. This helps me SO much!!!
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This is an awesome – truly awesome list. I'm new to this way of eating, so please explain to me why the lime cilantro chicken is an E?
We eat it over brown rice. I've changed it to reflect that. Glad the list is helpful!
Is brown rice on plan?
Yes it is
Thanks so much for doing these lists with recipes! My goal is to plan my menu this month mainly around your meals. I have a pretty good idea with the S, E, FP but as a newbie…menu planning is becoming very time consuming. LOL As a schooling at home mom…I don't have time! (Though it's fun! I've varied our meals in so many ways already!)
What about the chicken lo mein? Do you use drramfields?
Yes use Dreamfields
As a former Atkins dieter (with blood sugar issues), I have a fear of carbs so I really struggle with E meals. These ideas sound delicious! Thanks for the great list of recipes.
I also do a weekly meal plan that is printable and comes with a printable grocery list as well. Check back each Monday for a new meal plan. 🙂
THM is definitely a mind set change for a lot of us. For me it was seeing that fat is a good thing. I'm glad you found some recipes to try from this list. 🙂
Oh. My. Goodness. This is a great list. Mexican, mexican, MeXIcan!! Love anything spicy and you have it all. Thank you so much for doing this for us. I can't wait to start trying the recipes.
Hi Darcie! For the burrito bowl, how much rice and beans do you use to stay on plan?
About 1/3c. each, sometimes a little more on the beans.
About 1/3c. each, sometimes a little more on the beans.
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I would love a print button on these.
I would love a print button on these.
That sounds really good!
Oh my gosh! Thank you for sharing this as I am trying to hard to learn and understand all these THM meals!
Thanks so much for E meals! I’m only 15 and I just started THM, and these recipes are a great help to me! I appreciate your time and effort you put into doing this!
That’s awesome! Welcome to THM!