volume eaters.....favorite high volume but low cal snack or meal?

mkakids

Currently my favorite is a bag (sometimes 2) of frozen cauliflower topped with a 70 calorie serving of yogurt ranch and hot sauce (lots!).

Just looking for other ideas.

mkakids

If im craving crunchy, I can easily eat a pound of fresh green beans, raw. Sometimes dipped in mustard. Yum!

arditarose

My dinner is around 400 calories: 6 oz of ground turkey mixed with 50 grams of onion, clove of garlic, 150 grams of zucchini and squash each, 50-75 grams of tomato, 50 grams of mushroom, cup or two of spinach, with chipotle hot sauce. It's a stupid amount of food for the calorie count.

If I want some pasta or black beans in it, I'll take the turkey serving down to 4 ounces.

AmazonMayan

Speaking of green beans - they are awesome baked with some cayenne and salt or whatever heat you like. I haven't tried it with hot sauce. Lots of veggie strips you can do that with

If you like mushrooms, try them sliced, salted and any seasoning you might like, then bake until they get kind of crisp.

mkakids

^^^ sounds yummy. I love roasted broccoli and cauliflower, but never thought of other veg!

TheLittleFangs

Kale.... no oil just cooked on a low heat until slightly crispy. Top a bit of salt. I easily eat a whole bag

missyjane824

I take a piece of leaf lettuce and on it I put deli meat (usually turkey), sprouts and miracle whip (or whatever condiment really). Roll it up like a taco. I usually end up eating about 8 ounces of meat which turns into about half the head of lettuce for under 500 calories. If you go really light on the miracle whip it is considerably less. I've done this with ground beef and taco seasoning as well. Basically tacos with no tortilla.

itsclobberintime

Either a big spinach salad or a container of deli turkey can work pretty well depending on your macro/micro needs.

Virkati

arditarose wrote: »

My dinner is around 400 calories: 6 oz of ground turkey mixed with 50 grams of onion, clove of garlic, 150 grams of zucchini and squash each, 50-75 grams of tomato, 50 grams of mushroom, cup or two of spinach, with chipotle hot sauce. It's a stupid amount of food for the calorie count.

If I want some pasta or black beans in it, I'll take the turkey serving down to 4 ounces.

Sounds SO good! Trying it!

Virkati

I do Pacific Organic Black Bean Soup, add 85 grams any lean beef (usually thin sliced bottom round steak) and then I start adding in 100 grams of whatever veggies sound good, look good, have on hand that needs to be eaten soon. The combos are endless and even if I eat the ENTIRE thing, no matter how much it makes, it's always less than 400 calories.

twinzmom172

I'm normally a carnivore! But last night I made a simple vegetarian chili - 1 cup was 214 calories - 2 cups at just over 400 cals would stuff you and still be do-able calorie wize.

Francl27

Lettuce wraps are great (I did taco style as well, ground beef with taco seasoning, salsa, bit of cheese).

I have a lot of grilled chicken breast or turkey or lean beef burger, or pork chop with a bag of frozen veggies and some potato or mashed cauliflower on the side. I love cauliflower, you can have a ridiculous amount of it for low calories - mashed with a bit of cream cheese, in soup with leeks and onions (a bowl ends up like 100 calories, if that), or I made some fried cauliflower 'rice' earlier (the skinnytaste recipe), I had a HUGE amount (500g worth) for 260 calories.

Or when Acme has those 12oz bags of fresh veggies on sale for $1, I was just steaming them in the microwave and sprinkling some grated parmesan and a bit of butter on it. Delicious.

Or there's always egg whites omelets (ok typically if I don't use whole eggs it ends up scrambled here). I love it with feta, tomatoes and spinach, and you can add some ham for extra protein too.

I made a bolognese the other day, just mixed a jar of tomato sauce with ground turkey and onions, with spaghetti squash it was incredible and pretty low calories (I actually tried it on pasta first, but it was better with the squash!). I'm guessing you could cut the calories down by just cooking it yourself with tomatoes instead of jar sauce.

Taco salad is great too - sautee some onions and peppers, put on lettuce with some taco meat and salsa (and you can add rice, beans, avocado and cheese if you have the extra calories too).

For a quick snack nothing beats raw carrots for me.

I'm roasting turnips, carrots and broccoli tonight, that should be pretty low cal too, with some roasted chicken breast.

I'll be watching this thread! I need huge meals to be satisfied too...

ETA: cucumber sandwiches. I've tried them and the stuff inside kept sliding out, but I know some people eat them... And basic tomatoes/red onions/cucumber/lettuce salad. I just use vinegar and a bit of Dijon mustard as dressing so it's very low calories.

mkakids

^^^^For cucumber sandwhiches...cut a cuke length wise and use a spoon to scrape out the seeds. Put your filling of choice in there and it wont slide out!

psmd

Some weeks I make a huge salad consisting of romaine, bell peppers, boiled beet slices, carrots, red cabbage, avocado, and low fat dressing. Tastes great, very filling and the heaviest item is the avo. I will eat this for dinner every night. If I'm pretty hungry I'll add an ounce of walnuts.

Naley2322

huge salads filled with things like spinach , romaine, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, beets, Brussels sprouts!!!

cheshirecatastrophe

Bag of broccoli slaw, microwaved for 3-3:30 on high. (Just pop the bag in there, unopened.) Top with cottage cheese, or with canned tomato sauce+Italian seasoning (basil, oregano, garlic) and Boca/Moringstar "meatless" crumbles.

Stir-fry veggies and tofu. Sauce of choice.

Spaghetti squash and cottage cheese.

Spaghetti squash layered with chili powder and (sorry) lowfat shredded cheese or regular shredded Parmesan.

Sliced jicama

Lourdesong

Ants on a log, but with laughing cow cheese instead of peanut butter. 100 calories for 100g of celery, 15g of raisins, and one laughing cow wedge.

jennifershoo

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

mkakids

Thanks for the ideas!

BWBTrish

jennifershoo wrote: »

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

me too yummie but i add Kernels seasoning and butter spray
Only a couple of calories more

Alatariel75

jennifershoo wrote: »

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

I bought a bunch of different seasonings, cajun, morrocan, italian etc and I give my popcorn a light spray with olive oil then season it. Very tasty!

arditarose

Alatariel75 wrote: »

jennifershoo wrote: »

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

I bought a bunch of different seasonings, cajun, morrocan, italian etc and I give my popcorn a light spray with olive oil then season it. Very tasty!

Oh I never thought of this. And what's the deal with the air popped? I guess you have to have one of those little machines. Lower in cal because no oil?

BWBTrish

yes air popped popcorn machine here so no oil.
40 gram of popped corn is about 120 calories

Makes a nice bowl
I add some butter spray and Kernel seasoning ( cheddar, or garlic cheddar or sweet or bacon)
and it is about 10 calories more

love it and have it every evening.
handy when you want to eat a couple of hundred of something lol

Lourdesong

Yeah, no oil, uses hot air, pops corn in 2 minutes abouts. Air poppers are cheap, price fluctuates down to $12 on popular models often. Get one.

mkakids

You can make air popped in the microwave with no machine.

Put 1/4c kernels in a paper lunch bag. Fold the top over about 1" twice. Stick it inthe micro and hit the popcorn button (or about 3 minutes). You can reuse the bag.


My Fav popcorn topping is splenda and cinnamon.

jonrenly

the great thing about fresh whole vegan food is that you can eat twice as much for half the calories I just finished a gigantic dish of sautéed collard greens, mushrooms, snap peas and parsnips topped with cilantro, flax seeds and lemon tahini dressing. Delicious!

Another of my favorite snacks is mixing a can of pumpkin puree with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, a dash of brown sugar and some walnuts or pumpkin seeds.

arditarose

Thanks for the air popped advice all! And the seasonings sound so fun.

Francl27

I really wish I actually cared for pop corn. I like it covered in caramel... so yeahno. Sigh.

Tonight I made roasted carrots, turnips and broccoli. 5 carrots, 1 turnip, a head of broccoli, one tablespoon of olive oil... Very low calories, filling and delicious (I ate about 1/3).

agbmom556

Thank you for all the ideas.
does anyone know of a website dedicated to eating high volume food?
I did a few searches but no success.

NaurielR

"Hungry girl" is the only one I can think of. I find it to be an okay website. It's not the best, but there are a few good ideas. The recipes themselves are mostly mediocre though. Usually I just browse the site looking for ideas and then adapt recipes how I see fit.

Farm_Girl_Strong

I love Brussels sprouts cut in half, sprinkled with garlic powder and salt, then toasted in the oven til crispy.

Also I love a huge veggie stirfry(no oil, as the veggies release juices) with garlic, salt and pepper. And a cup of basmati rice on the side. Very low cal if your veggie total is 2-3 times more than the cup of rice.