Dinners for 500 calories or less

sophie9492015

Right!? Who the hell said breakfast food can only be for breakfast!!

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Fallfrenzy

I have breakfast for dinner sometimes. Other options that I've had include a nice big salad with a boiled egg, other protein (seitan or tofu), a dollop of hummus and a little siracha barbecue sauce as my dressing. Recently I've had zoodles (sweet potato, zucchini and squash) with ground turkey and pasta sauce. Each of these is under 500 calories and kept me nice and full.

laurenebargar

On Sunday we made a pesto bake. The pesto is made with kale, spinach, pine nuts, basil and lemon, over whole wheat pasta and then a little cheese and cherry tomatoes ontop. We doubled the recipe for lunch this week, it came out to 349 calories per serving, with a piece of bread it was under 500 calories. And then I always save room for Yasso for dessert

JeromeBarry1

I stir fry 350 grams of vegetables, add 4-6 ounces of some animal protein, and include 78 grams of legumes. That'll be under 500 calories pretty much without regard to the species of animal or the variety of vegetables.

lexington88

Have you tried the BBC good food 'Healthy Recipes' section? They actually have a recipe collection dedicated to dinner's under 400 calories:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/low-calorie-dinner

Unless I plan in advance, I find sticking under 500 calories so hard. The other day I bought some stir-fry ingredients to go with skinless chicken breasts, thinking that would be a low-cal dinner. It still ended up being over 600 calories. For the most part I don't mind though. I do well enough during the work day that I can occasionally splurge for dinner.

perkymommy

I aim for 300-400 per meal and have three big meals a day and one snack sometimes. But I don't eat back my exercise calories on the days I exercise.

Last night for dinner I had broiled flounder w/panko and Louisiana hot spices on it with roasted red potatoes. The night before I had soup. The night before that I had roasted chicken with rice.

High_Five_

This week my dinners have been:

Meat-less Reuben sandwich, side of raw broccoli and hummus
Quinoa bowl with raw swiss chard, fried tofu, black garlic kimchi, nuoc cham sauce
Poke bowl with jasmine rice, kale and sesame marinated raw tuna
A fried egg, rye toast w/butter, and a big bowl of peaches

timtam163

I've eaten savory oatmeal for dinner, chicken and veggies with a small serving of pasta, spinach and eggs, quesadilla (cooked in a nonstick pan to avoid needing butter), a veggie burger... all of these were under 500!

mmnv79

I don't log my calories, but I often follow recipes to have a briefly idea of how much I am eating. I took most of my recipes from a vegetarian website and a recipe book. I am not vegetarian but I love the recipes they have, so I don't have to make repetitive and bored salads.

I had feta and rice stuffed peppers last night. I used cooking spray oil, reduced-fat feta, red peppers, brown rice, garlic, onion, parsley and just a wee bit of currants and pine-nuts. It came to 246 calories. I added a salad, rocket lettuce, tomatoes, sweetcorn, olives, onion and white asparagus.

Tonight I am having roasted tomato, feta and couscous salad. I am using lemon juice and basil instead of supermarket salad dressing, and it comes to 300 calories.