sautee some lettuce/cabbage/greens in some oil, soy sauce, garlic, add diced firm tofu chunks, and eat it with white rice. not really a side but it’s good and healthy besides the high sodium.

allrecipes.com is your friend!

the only healthy side i can think of are just a bunch of vegetables and frozen edamame boiled in salt water.

Good luck with the eating healthier… it’s definitely not as easy as it should be!

I love all kinds of veggie side dishes. Tonight I’ll be making a marinaded pork tenderloin with potatoes, carrots and asparagus.

Asparagus is easy to make. I like it a bit crunchy and not floppy. Snap the ends off, place them in a bowl with a little bit of water, saran wrap it, and nuke it in the microwave for 2:20 minutes.

Carrots are delicious if you just add a tbsp of low fat butter/margarine to the pot – I cannot eat them any other way now.

Roasted potatoes: coat in olive oil, salt and pepper, italian seasoning. 350º for 1 hour. Done! Clean up is easy if you just cover your pan in tinfoil.

I also love these potatoes that taste like something you’d get from a restaurant. Parmesean Garlic Potatoe Wedges. You’ve GOTTA try them.

Broccoli with Garlic Butter and Cashews is a hit with the BF and I too… (posting all of these is making my mouth water)

Have you ever tried Knorr’s Frozen Meals? I like the chicken in the vodka sauce (I think that’s what it is) but it’s really high in sodium so we just buy it like once every three months, and whenever we’re in a hurry we just open it up and put it on a skillet and make some basmati rice with it.

I’ve got a great recipe for rice too. I know way too many people that take way too long to make a pot of rice. Someone taught me a quick and very time efficient way to make rice in less than 12 minutes! I just boil my water, add in my 1 cup of Basmati/Jasmine rice (or any kind for that matter) keep it on max or close to it. TIME THIS PART. Set your timer for 11 minutes, stir occasionally but you don’t really need to since it’s practically boiling constantly. Once the 11 minutes are up, strain the water out of your pot. Let the rice sit in the warm/hot pot for 2-3 minutes. Fluff it up with a fork, and serve. It tastes amaaaaaazing.

Salads are always a nice side dish. Less the creamy dressing the better. Creamy = fatty.To keep lettuce crunchy. Keep in an airtight… bag? or something. Put a piece of paper towel in with the lettuce. It will soak up the moisture and will not leave your leaves limp. Replace the paper towel daily or so.

Wow, I got a little carried away there.