200 calorie lunch idea?

999tigger

200 calories is barely a snack imo. I marvel at how a lot of you live on so little.

jorinya

One of my favourites:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2603/seeded-bagel-tuna-melt

janejellyroll

999tigger wrote: »

200 calories is barely a snack imo. I marvel at how a lot of you live on so little.

I have small lunches all the time because I love to eat huge dinners. It isn't that some of us live on little, it's that some of us distribute our calories unevenly throughout the day.

999tigger

janejellyroll wrote: »

999tigger wrote: »

200 calories is barely a snack imo. I marvel at how a lot of you live on so little.

I have small lunches all the time because I love to eat huge dinners. It isn't that some of us live on little, it's that some of us distribute our calories unevenly throughout the day.

which would make us quite similar 70% of mine are on dinner, but with a reasonable breakfast i can skip lunch altogether. Id just find eating a small amount annoying and once I start eating I prefer to carry on.

mitch16

A salad with lots of lettuce, some tomatoes and cucumbers, and some grilled salmon, tuna, or chicken.

K_saine

half a package of ramen noodles with half the packet of seasoning is 190 calories

janejellyroll

999tigger wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

999tigger wrote: »

200 calories is barely a snack imo. I marvel at how a lot of you live on so little.

I have small lunches all the time because I love to eat huge dinners. It isn't that some of us live on little, it's that some of us distribute our calories unevenly throughout the day.

which would make us quite similar 70% of mine are on dinner, but with a reasonable breakfast i can skip lunch altogether. Id just find eating a small amount annoying and once I start eating I prefer to carry on.

Oh, I get what you're saying. I workout after work, so I find I do better with eating lunch, even if it is small. If I worked out in the mornings, I could probably skip it many days.

yesimpson

I had broccoli and stilton soup (190 calories) for lunch today to make room for a hot dog later. Pretty full now 3 hours later.

janejellyroll

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astralpictures

echmainfit619 wrote: »

I'm surprised that people suggested "salad". It's very easy to create a salad of 1000 calories or more.

What the heck are you putting in your salads? Even most McDonald's salads are well under 1000 calories. I suppose if you put a few chicken tenders and a cup of Buttermilk Ranch on it you can hit over 1000, but I'm sure that's not what most people are suggesting for a 200 calorie salad.

For my salads I like to use lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, onions, mushrooms, 2-3 ounces of chicken breast. I top it off with a teaspoon of olive oil, a lot of vinegar, and some light Parmesan or feta cheese crumbles. It's usually between 200 and 300 calories, mostly from the chicken and olive oil.

For eating out, I go to Chipotle quite often and get a veggie burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies, tomato salsa, corn salsa, lettuce, and light cheese. It comes to just over 500 calories (it'll be a lot less if you skip the corn salsa and cheese), but I only eat half the first day and save the rest for lunch the next day.

KylaDenay

The grilled chicken market salad at chickfila is only 200 calories. Add light italian for only another 25 cal I think. Mcdonalds as the grilled bacon ranch for under 200 as well.

...I guess this was needed yesterday, not today.

Francl27

4 servings of egg whites with spinach, a whole tomato, and a serving of feta cheese.
Zucchini noodles with tomatoes and shrimp.
Low carb tortilla with a can of light tuna and baby carrots (which is my last resort because I really don't enjoy it)

girlviernes

echmainfit619 wrote: »

I'm surprised that people suggested "salad". It's very easy to create a salad of 1000 calories or more.

While everything you said is true, I hope it would be clear by my suggestion of "salmon and salad" that some weighing and portioning is required to actually have the = 200 kcals. I didn't think it could be interpreted as just throw any amount of salmon and any amount or type of a salad onto a plate and call it 200 kcals.

mch2829

999tigger wrote: »

200 calories is barely a snack imo. I marvel at how a lot of you live on so little.

It really depends on the calorie density of the food. Try eating 200 calories of cabbage. It's probably more than you can eat at one time since that's about an entire head of cabbage. Or you can eat 200 calories of steak which is just a couple bites.

minizebu

150g fat free cottage cheese, 100g of berries (blueberry, strawberry, blackberry or raspberry or a mix) = less than 200kcal.

annette_15

2 egg omelette with spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, and zucchini

jaqcan

Minestrone soup! I have a recipe for 199 calorie for 2 cups. Just don't add the parmesan cheese!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/minestrone-soup-recipe.html

nickycat73

LeslieB042812 wrote: »

My go to lunch for when I'm planning ahead to eat out is a single serve packet of Starkist tuna (I buy the albacore because I'm picky) on top of a huge pile of greens (lettuce, spinach, whatever); I just buy a bag of the prewashed and eat about 1/2 of it. The tuna is only 80 calories, add the greens (20-40 calories, depending on how much you pile on, usually 20 for me) and you have a really filling meal for 100 calories! You can season it with herbs and spices and maybe some lemon or lime juice to avoid adding significant calories. The protein and the volume is what makes it filling.

^^This^^

sthoms2

I usually have some form of lean protein and tons of veggies. I buy precut veggies from the store or use frozen. Then add tuna or chicken. And maybe a tbsp of low cal dressing. I can have a huge container of food for around 200 calories. And all the fiber and protein fill me up. No more sandwiches for me!

arditarose

tuna with spinach and tomato, greek yogurt with cocoa powder, pb2 and an oreo cookie, trader joes smoked trout with spinach/tomato

Lindy901

One of my go-to's is avocado egg salad, which the avocado replaces the mayo and many recipes on the interwebz, I will either use romaine lettuce to make a "sandwich" or one slice of toasted bread. With regular bread and a serving of the egg salad it is less than 150, then I may also eat grapes or some veggie straws as a side.

A lot of great ideas here. Great question!