Meal ideas

colivb94

Hey guys! I'm looking for a number of lunch and dinner ideas that are very low calorie and VERY easy to throw together. I don't have much time for prepping or cooking, and i have to take my lunch and dinner with me to work and class almost everyday. Thanks!

kommodevaran

How low is very low, and what do you like?

colivb94

Ah I try to eat like 200-400 calorie meals depending on my work schedule and if I have time to snack rather than eat 3 meals. And I'm pretty much open to anything!

OliveGirl128

I just ate one that would be very easy to bring, if you have access to a microwave-1 whole wheat tortilla shell, with a pile of diced tomatoes, onion and then red leaf lettuce (you could pre-dice the t/o and put it in a container with lettuce on top), sliced olives (another easy thing to do ahead of time), with 1 chicken breast tenderloin-this is one of my more brilliant ideas lol-I buy the big bags of frozen chicken breast tenderloins (skinless/not breaded), and cook the whole thing up with a bit of water in my crockpot. Then after it's done I cool it and then wrap each one individually in plastic wrap, and then put them in a gallon sized freezer bag. Keep in freezer and just pull out one the night before to thaw in fridge. It's thawed by lunch time and then I just warm for 30 seconds and shred! Add this on top of veggies and drizzle low calorie Italian dressing. It makes a very overstuffed 'taco'-you'll need a fork to clean up the plate after

I paired it with a side of flavored popcorn and it was a filling meal for under 500 calories, including the popcorn (you could also sub that out for a piece of fruit etc). You could also sub a serving of warmed up refried beans for the chicken.

KelGen02

I am big on meal prep to save time, these are my favorite go too's -

Breakfast bowls - 1c low fat greek yogurt, 1/2 scoop of protein powder, 1/3c trail mix and add a few blueberries/raspberries

Lunch- Protein boxes- soft boiled egg and/or tuna, 2 tbsp of hummus with a raw veggie serving, snack cheese

Dinner- Protein bowls- brown rice, quinoa or cauliflower rice with diced tomatoes, black beans, avocado and a 4oz serving of lean steak, chicken, shrimp or salmon drizzle lime/lemon juice. I also do a taco version of this with ground turkey.

I am an egg white scramble fool on nights I have zero time to cook never mind eat. Fill it up with veggies or some diced ham/turkey sausage/bacon and some cheese and your off.

In the fall/winter I am big on turkey chili in the crock pot on Sundays or a ground turkey/turkey sausage/chicken veggie soup- in bulk and separated into single serving dishes for the week. I also enjoy making home made pizza with a thin wheat dough, loaded up with roasted veggies. I do that on the grill as well.

Snacks for me are usually a rice cake with almond butter, serving size of nuts/seeds ( I prep these as well so I always have them on hand for a quick grab and go) my new found love is Somersaults Sunflower Seed Crunch Bites with dutch cocoa... Sooo good!!!