the csiro diet includes a lot of meat- so if you're into that, that's fine.
i agree with what the others have said, i think you need to get on the taste website and get inspired.
Lenny, I was feeling exactly the same thing! Our family doesn't need a "new diet" and our lifestyle is active and healthy but every week I was cooking the same meals - even our grocery shopping was almost identical each fortnight. I was bored!!!
Then, I had a sick day at home, watched Julie & Julia and am now cooking my way through Julia Childs Master the Art of French Cooking. I've made a deal with myself (and the family) that we'll try something new each week. Get us out of our comfort zone and try some new foods. I've made some pretty amazing meals and they have been well received. I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can get back into the kitchen and make some more meals that we can eat during the week.
My only rule now is that I can't cook the same thing twice for the family, although I can cook them if we have guests over. Even the family dog is enjoying my new found love affair with the kitchen ... last night our Bull Mastiff enjoyed leftover Fricassee De Poulet A L'Ancienne!
Check out Weigh It Up. Not so much for the health stuff, but some of the recipes are quite nice and inspiring. Their take on Scotch eggs is pretty tasty(just fiddly), the summer chicken is yummy and hte kids love the sticky chicken.
I think the CSIRO recipe book could be really useful to you. Basically it is a fair bit of fairly standard food - meat dishes that are packed with vegies and minimal carbs - jazzed up a bit and with lots of herbs and spices for flavour. A lot of the recipes are really really tasty. The orginal books go through the whole lifestyle thing but you can just use the menu plans and recipes in the back (doesn't require much thought ) or the recipe book just has recipes without the other stuff.
There's a mag in Woollies called The Healthy Food Guide. It's full of healthy ideas. I've felt very much the same as you lately and it's helped to get me a bit more inspired.
I actually love my diabetic living magazine for menu nd recipe ideas, just made the most awesome lasagne out of it on weds nd we got two nights of meals from it.....shows you how decadent food can be healthy too and fantastic tasty recipes, my Dave is a family meat pie from a couple of years back that into die for! It comes out every two months and the recipe section is huge!
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) or the recipe book just has recipes without the other stuff.
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