<p>Buy yourself a $10 food thermometer and print off a chart for doness temperatures. After awhile you’ll get a feel for what it looks like done. I have 50 year old friends who can’t turn out adecent meal. You don’t want to end up like them becuse they end up eating poorly in general!</p>
<p>But if you don’t like meat I would keep it that way. Eat chicken and turkey and skip the rest for long term health. Get in the habit of eating healthy now and you will really benefit in the long term. </p>
<p>If you want to eat healthy meals without meat, learn about legumes and cooking with Tofu. They are cheap, full of protein (and fiber with legumes) and are easy to cook if you can boil water. </p>
<p>Easy meals with whole grain pasta are much healthier than the white stuff and can be as simple as mixing with some garlic and a couple of uncooked, scrambled eggs for a tasty Carbonara.</p>
<p>Mixed greens with lentils is a good dinner salad and Trader Joe’s even has cooked lentils if you have them in OK.</p>
<p>A stir fry can be quick with some tofu and whatever veggies are on sale, just add a couple of spoonsfulls of Chinese Oyster sauce (cheap and keeps along time) and a couple of soy sauce and keep cornstarch to thicken. I love just chicken with bean and other sprouts.</p>
<p>Hungry Girl cookbook has a lot of easy, healthy recipes.</p>