Lower cal winter options wanted

Sinker202

Hi. 5'6" & 127lb. Wanting to maintain. MFP reccomends 1700 cals a day but it's winter here and those hearty warming meal options are calorie dense. Ive just spent a week tracking & found out I'm averaging 2000 cals a day.

What's Your go-to winter options?

yirara

I eat a lot of soups stews and curry type dishes in winter and summer. I log my calories of the whole pot while cooking and then, on the fly decide how much rice/pasta/bread/etc I'll have with it and how many portions that will be. By now I've learned how to keep calories within my dinner range while still getting a very tasty meal on the table.

AnnPT77

Like yirara said, veggie-heavy soups/stews are good. I also like to make big pans of roasted veggies in Winter, eat some hot with a protein, then refrigerate leftovers to use in salads, soups, or sandwiches.

duskyblue

I'm in winter too (sadly). Three things I'm liking at the moment, in case you're inspired to experiment:

• variations on veggie chilli, like this BBC Good Food one
• this soup: Indian Winter Soup (only very mildly spicy; I replace some of the listed root veg with ordinary white potato for more of a mix)
• this low-cal curry alternative: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8WFmr_IHeS/?hl=en (much nicer than I expected; I add real onion and garlic instead of the powders though - I have limits )

AdahPotatah2024

My favorite in winter is Hungarian stew-any meat and fried and then simmered for hrs with bellpeppers, onions, and tomatoes with lots of paprika.I add potatoes, but I guess you could leave those out or eat w/ rice or noodles.

AdahPotatah2024

I wish it were winter, here!:)