My favorite 15 low calorie foods. What are yours?

seadog1

Corn Beef and Cabbage 4 ounces corn beef and ounces of cabbage 220 calories few carbs.

Fit and active Yogurt on Millville high fiber cereal. 175 calories.

Steel Cut Oats

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crcoward

So how do you sautee your veggies? Do you have any healthy recipes or anything? I need HELP!

HealthierMamasita

So how do you sautee your veggies? Do you have any healthy recipes or anything? I need HELP!

I've heard of people using low sodium broth. I always use a low calorie butter like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter that is only 5 calories a tablespoon.

liveyourlifex

animal crackers

almonds

special k bars

pretzels

mott's all natural fruit snacks

50 calorie canned fruit

chocolate cheerios!

AmoreCouture

1. Whole wheat sandwich thins. (Great to make mini pizza on too).
2. Baby carrots
3. I can't believe it's not butter spray.
4. Quaker multi-grain oatmeal (with bananas, strawberries or blueberries in it, & 1 or 2 packets of Stevia)
5. Speaking of....Stevia
6. Weight Watchers brownies when I need a chocolate fix.
7. Popcorn, no butter, seasoned.
8. Dole peach parfaits.
9. Sargento Light string cheese.
10. Packaged (not canned) Garbanzo Chick Peas. (A lot lower in sodium if you buy them this way).
11. Multi-grain Cheerios (w/ skim milk).
12. Plain yogurt (with strawberries or blueberries).
13. Boneless, skinless chicken tenderloins.
14. Spinach leaves (in omelet, on sandwiches, salad).
15. Turkey sausage links.

Sara7Taylor

Red Apples
Strawberries
Grilled Chicken
Spinach
Brown Rice
Alabacore Tuna fish
Baby Carrots
Celery
Laughing Cow Spread
Tomato soup
Coke Zero
Lemon Slices
Orange Slices
Ground Turkey
Sandwich Thins
Sun Chips
Fiber one Bars

gailygail99

sugar free jello and pudding
fat free whip cream
rice cakes
mini light baby bell cheese
low fat string cheese
birds eye individual steams brussel sprouts (my new fave)
strawberries
fat free yogurt
sugar free fudgcicles
ice water (lol)
Isopure Dutch Chocoloate Protein Shake mix (1 scoop is 110 cals and 25g of protein)
turkey
special k multigrain crackers
fiber one 90 calorie bars

just to name a few..

gailygail99

So how do you sautee your veggies? Do you have any healthy recipes or anything? I need HELP!

i use canola oil spray. it is zero cals for a 1/4 second spray...

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SuzMac1981

So how do you sautee your veggies? Do you have any healthy recipes or anything? I need HELP!

i use canola oil spray. it is zero cals for a 1/4 second spray...

I use Pam's Olive Oil cooking spray and a tablespoon of water. I then add spices or garlic salt.

swimmermama

Great thread! My favorites, in no particular order...

1. Skim milk
2. Oatmeal (old fashioned and steel ground)
3. Berries (blueberries, strawberries, etc.)
4. Low calorie mozzarella string cheese
5. 2% small curd cottage cheese
6. Apples
7. Garbanzo beans
8. Broccoli
9. Carrots
10. Tilapia
11. Canned tuna and/or salmon
12. Cantaloupe
13. Red cabbage
14. Tomato
15. Thomas brand mini bagels and english muffins

And five runner-ups...
Spinach
Lentils
Vitatop banana nut muffins
Cheerios
Does tea count?

HealthierMamasita

FYI: cooking spray is not zero calorie.

The USDA allows food manufacturers to list "0" of something whenever it is less than 1/2 (.5) of a unit (gram, calorie, etc.) There is actually .3 grams of fat in a serving...which, for this particular spray, is a 1/4 second. There are 9 calories in one gram of fat...so essentially then 3 calories for a 1/4 second spray, 12 for a full second spray (along with 1.2 grams of fat), etc. A little under a 4.5-second spray will give you about a teaspoon of oil...for 55-or-so calories, and about 5 grams of fat.


This stuff isn't magic; it's convenient. If you took your favorite spray and sprayed it into a measuring cup until it was full, you would wind up with about 2/3 of a cup of oil (a continuous spray of about 2 minutes, 20 seconds). And that oil would be just as fattening as if you had poured it straight out of the bottle.

So, ounce per ounce, cooking spray is better for you than vegetable oil even though cooking spray isn't really calorie-free.

nicole326

My favorite is oatmeal. I have oatmeal every morning during the week
I also love:

strawberries
bananas
Nutra Gram bars
Key lime pie yogurt (yoplait)

those are just a few things.

SuzMac1981

FYI: cooking spray is not zero calorie.

The USDA allows food manufacturers to list "0" of something whenever it is less than 1/2 (.5) of a unit (gram, calorie, etc.) There is actually .3 grams of fat in a serving...which, for this particular spray, is a 1/4 second. There are 9 calories in one gram of fat...so essentially then 3 calories for a 1/4 second spray, 12 for a full second spray (along with 1.2 grams of fat), etc. A little under a 4.5-second spray will give you about a teaspoon of oil...for 55-or-so calories, and about 5 grams of fat.


This stuff isn't magic; it's convenient. If you took your favorite spray and sprayed it into a measuring cup until it was full, you would wind up with about 2/3 of a cup of oil (a continuous spray of about 2 minutes, 20 seconds). And that oil would be just as fattening as if you had poured it straight out of the bottle.

So, ounce per ounce, cooking spray is better for you than vegetable oil even though cooking spray isn't really calorie-free.

I know this... this is why I barely coat the pan with the cooking spray and why then I used water to sautee the vegetables. If I need oil for a recipe or something I use Crisco's imported 100% extra virgin olive oil.

HealthierMamasita

FYI: cooking spray is not zero calorie.

The USDA allows food manufacturers to list "0" of something whenever it is less than 1/2 (.5) of a unit (gram, calorie, etc.) There is actually .3 grams of fat in a serving...which, for this particular spray, is a 1/4 second. There are 9 calories in one gram of fat...so essentially then 3 calories for a 1/4 second spray, 12 for a full second spray (along with 1.2 grams of fat), etc. A little under a 4.5-second spray will give you about a teaspoon of oil...for 55-or-so calories, and about 5 grams of fat.


This stuff isn't magic; it's convenient. If you took your favorite spray and sprayed it into a measuring cup until it was full, you would wind up with about 2/3 of a cup of oil (a continuous spray of about 2 minutes, 20 seconds). And that oil would be just as fattening as if you had poured it straight out of the bottle.

So, ounce per ounce, cooking spray is better for you than vegetable oil even though cooking spray isn't really calorie-free.

I know this... this is why I barely coat the pan with the cooking spray and why then I used water to sautee the vegetables. If I need oil for a recipe or something I use Crisco's imported 100% extra virgin olive oil.

Not saying using cooking spray is bad. I use it too! But it is not calorie free. That is the reason behind my posting.

tmarie2715

Saw OP had 100 cal English muffins w/ veggie burger-- try veggie burger on 100 cal 100% whole wheat sandwich thins. Much more like a bun, soft and yummy!

I also use the thins for garlic bread-- a quick spray of FF olive oil, garlic powder, Italian seasonong, and brown under broiler for 3 min.

tmarie2715

Steaming is a great way to cook most veggies, too. No fat required, yummy and soft veggies after.

ruthie3110

1. Sugar/fat free jelly
2. Tropical juice (I looked at the calories expecting to die inside a little, and it's really low calorie.... think it's watered down!)
3. Cucumber
4. Bell peppers
5. Melba toast with low fat cream cheese
6. Chicken breast with spices. I can have almost twice as much fresh stuff as I can if I buy the ready prepared processed crap.
7. Muller lights yoghurtrs
8. Seafood sticks
9. Lettuce and mozzarella salad
10. Baked crisps
11. Ham, cheese and cherry tomato melts (wrap sliced cherry tomatoes with some grated cheese in a slice of ham and warm)
12. Chicken, mushroom, peppers and rice with added spices (chilli, black pepper etc) all mixed in almost like a risotto
13. Cinnamon and raisin oatmeal, made with water
14. Sugar free squash
15. Frozen yoghurt


Wow thinking of 15 was really hard!

andreacord

Sugar free jello, skinny cow ice-cream, the oreo thinsations and the delight bars, popchips.. amazing!, spinach, low fat ranch.. sad enough but I can't live without it , cucumber, red pepper, dempster's bodywise bread, low fat mozza cheese strings, fibre 1, butterball turkey bacon, eggs/eggwhites, milk, my jillian michaels protein powder, apples, raspberries, Chocolate flavored almond milk.. I'm pretty sure that's more than 15, but whatever

craft338

in no particular order:

1. red hot blues tortilla chips
2. edy's single serve coffee ice cream
3. fat free wish bone italian dressing on raw red bell peppers
4. vegan chocolate rice protein power in my coffee w/ fat free hazelnut coffeemate
5. endamame
6. low fat low sodium cottage cheese with goji berries
7. sunny hemp all natural granola bars
8. sushi
9. salmon
10. talapia
11. endamame
12. vanilla almond milk
13. apples
14. cactus pears
15. homemade turkey and veggie meat loaf

can i keep going?? wow, i think i'm just really hungry right now lol

kmard81

thanks for the great ideas!

kjosey1

Light english muffins (100 cal)
x lean turkey bacon
egg whites
FF cream cheese
turkey burgers
grilled chicken
low carb toritllas (81 cal)
salsa!!!
FF sour cream
banana + oatmeal
nutra grain bars
fruit
veggies
fish of all kinds
fiber bars
fiber one pancake mix with fresh fruit
fat free syrup
special k cereal (vanilla almond and cinnamon pecan are the best!)
yoplait light yogurt (thick n creamy is good and gives yogurt a different texture)
laughing cow cheese
coffee with stevia and ff milk

elgato16

1. Fage' Greek Yogurt with honey!
2. Steamed veggies, or raw with low-fat ranch!
3. Jell-O chocolate vanilla swirl pudding
4. Tuna on crackers!
5. lean cuisineee
6. Tea ( I know Tea is bad, but the Arizona brand that's half lemonade half tea has low sugar!)
7. Hmmus and Pita chips!

ellumi

~Kraft 2% String Cheese
~Dannon Light and Fit Yogurt
~Campbell's Select Harvest Light Soups
~Baked Eggrolls (from MFP post)
~Ortega 50 cal white corn crunchy torts with FF refried beans, lettuce, red fat cheese
~Sugar Free Oatmeal - Meijer Maple and Brown Sugar
~Oscar Mayer 98% fat free turkey hotdogs (40 cals!)
~Jennie-O Everyday turkey sausage or Hot Italian Sausage Links cooked w/Northern White Beans
~Veggie Burgers (almost forgot!)

kerramarie

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mogenfire

Wait, why is tea not good for you?

chrymo

I started 5 days ago, so I dont know if I can fill up 15.

Currently I can say is:

-Whole Wheat bread and Peanut Butter Sandwhich... (Its heavy and although high Calorie in combination, it makes me crave food a lot less)
-Yogurts
-Almonds
-Cinnamon Tea

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