High-volume eater - are there any others?

Ideabaker

@misscaligreen Gorgeous photos... what are they? I think the first one is zoodles with prawns, the second looks like a tortilla pizza, crab salad on the third?, then some other kind of pizza? Would love to see your recipes!

pinksugarbomb

Wow, there are some awesome ideas on this thread. I am a high volume eater, but only on the drive-thru diet. These ideas are WAY healthier!

misscaligreen

Ideabaker wrote: »

@misscaligreen Gorgeous photos... what are they? I think the first one is zoodles with prawns, the second looks like a tortilla pizza, crab salad on the third?, then some other kind of pizza? Would love to see your recipes!

The first one is shrimp scampi with zucchinni noodles. It was so delicious! Because i used zucchini instead of pasta I was able to add real butter and fresh Parmesan cheese and still keep the calories down. For the portion shown it was only 250 calories! It was the first time I made it. Next time I would add more zucchini!

The second pic is a vegetable pizza on a flat out whole wheat wrap. It has 6 servings of vegetables on ONE pizza! mmmm it was awesome.

The third one is "ceviche" made with imitation crab meat.

The last pic is buffalo chicken pizza on a whole wheat pita.

I sent you a message for the first two. If you want the others I can tell you how but I didnt write down a recipe I just made it. I am starting to actually write the recipes now when i make something.

misscaligreen

I saw this recipe for baked onion rings. I used the method but not the recipe. Here is what I did....
1 whole egg whisked and seasoned with cajun seasoning
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1/8 cup whole wheat flower.
3 slices of onion and then separate the rings.
1 bowl of water.

Dip the rings in water, shake excess water off and put them in a bag with flour. I did this a few rings at a time. Dip flour coated rings into egg and then into panko crumbs. Put on baking sheet sprayed with cooking oil. I gave the onion rings a light spray with the cooking spray before putting them in a 400 degree oven. Bake for 10 min then flip and bake for 5-7 min. or until crispy and browned. They were delicious!!!
Approx calories 227 but I didn't use all of the egg, flour or bread crumbs.






Here is the link to the original recipe. http://www.food.com/recipe/simply-the-best-baked-onion-rings-82297

arditarose

High volume eater here. I usually do double veggies and a good 6 oz of protein for dinner, instead of a carb. Lots of zucchini, squash, ground turkey, laughing cow cheese, arnolds lite bread, PB2, 99% chocolate, spinach, popcorn

castelluzzo99

There is a graphic I saw once showing what a certain number of calories of salad, oil, and something else looked like in a stomach. The oil was a puddle at the bottom, whereas the salad filled the whole stomach! This page gives you an idea of what 200 calories of different foods look like: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280846/Revealed-What-200-calories-looks-like-different-foods--results-surprising.html

Anyhow, for what it's worth, when I cut oil out of my diet, I discovered that I cut my calorie count down significantly. I aim for about 15% of calories from fat. I know this is counterintuitive, especially since you can only eat so much protein, but honestly, if you want to eat a lot of bulk and not go over your calorie budget, eating low fat and high (complex!) carb is the way to go.

For instance, go look at my diary. The 400ish calorie bowl of soup I had today was a huge bowl--like a quart of soup at least--and because I try to work with intermittent fasting, I eat two larger meals instead of 3 smaller ones plus snacks, and I can go 5-7 hours before I get hungry. With my budget of just under 1,400 calories, that gives me a little under 700 per meal. I aim for around 650. That gave me over 200 extra calories, which I filled in with some flatbread (pretty low cal) and a tiny bit of sour cream mixed with sauerkraut (homemade stuff--so tasty!). It was a lot of bulk, but I'm still under my calories for the day. I even had room to eat a serving of dark chocolate chips (30 pieces) for dessert!

I got the soup recipe from the Happy Herbivore meal plans. You can get them for like $7 a week (and they will save you $$ on groceries unless you are used to making everything from scratch anyway), and if you aren't vegan, you can add a side of cheese or meat to bring you up to whatever your calorie budget is (they are based on 1,200 calories a day, so most people would be over that anyway). I have two cookbooks and I love how easy the recipes are. If you buy the meal plans, they have instructions on how to cook everything up in a couple of hours on the weekend so all you have to do is reheat lunches and most dinners, and most breakfasts are really quick and easy (like 5 min prep if they can't be made ahead).

And no, I don't work for them. I just love their recipes! And the cool thing is that every recipe I've ever looked for is already in the MFP database, so that saves a ton of time!

Good luck!