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Default Looking for high-fiber meal ideas



Ken Knecht wrote:
>
> I'm looking for high-fiber meal ideas. I already make (and am getting
> very tired of after several years):
>
> Campbells (or clone) Bean & Bacon soup and other such canned soups with
> beans or other high-fiber vegetables
>
> 15-bean soup
> Pork shanks and northern beans
> Chili with kidney beans
> Liver and lima beans (family recipe)
> Baked beans and hot dogs or other sausage
> Bean burritos
> Stewed lentils and Polish sausage
> Red beans and rice
>
> I found a recipe for bean patties in an old Joy of Cooking - tasted great
> the first time I made them, then I tried them twice more and didn't like
> them. Odd.
>
> I substitute brown for white rice where I can and usually have raisin
> bran for breakfast.
>
> I prefer stuff you've tried and liked, not just untried recipes. I'm not
> a very good cook so prefer simple recipes. I have a half-dozen or more
> books on high-fiber recipes (most international) but haven't yet seen
> anything that looked good.
>
> Suggestions please?
>
> TIA



Any vegetarian diet will be high fibre. You seem to be eating a lot of
beans and few other vegetables. There's a world of photosynthesing
things to eat out there. Even just a lettuce salad every day will help.