If You Could Choose ONE Food that you Can't Diet Without ...

keiraev

Tinned tomatoes - no fat and you can make hundreds of dishes using them. They're lovely on toast too

For snacks I can't live without:

Babybel Light Mini Cheeses (50 cal each)
seafood sticks (15 cal each)
Options Indulgence Hot Choc (60 cals)

anacsitham5

Full Circle Microwave Popcorn butter flavor. The best one for you!

trishobr

almost anything at the Tango Tea Room in Corpus Christi, TX! They have the best vegan/vegetarian food in town

busygirl1

I'm finding it hard to put my finger on one. I think probably Cathedral City lighter, it's a lower fat cheese. I didn't realise how much cheese we eat in this house so that has been a life saver. In my house if i sprinlkle cheese on it my OH will most likely eat it and hates pretty much everything i cook nowadays.

boo to unsupportive OH

CraftyGirl4

Goat cheese!

adriannenan

without a doubt it's my strawberry watermelon flavored MiO. That stuff in water or club soda ALWAYS makes my day a little better.

Mad_Dog_Muscle

water water water..... its been my little miracle drink..... helps keep me full all day long so I resist the urge to snack

Food: PB2.... love this powdered peanut butter. at only 45 cals per 2 tb spoons, it is good on the calorie budget AND it taste great... its real peanut butter after all...... just minus 85% of the fat and calories....... its also great when added to a chocolate protein shake! Yumm!

AmandaJPK

Just one? I have a few but one of the most prominent in my diet has been beans (black beans, black eyed peas, refried).

lizzybethclaire

Wheat Bread with at least 3g if not more fiber per serving, peanut butter, bananas, and Nutella. One tablespoon is 100 calories with 6 g of fat when combined with 1 tbsp peanut butter and 1 slice of wheat bread is an amazing treat. Or in my case, two slices of bread and a piece of fruit and it is an amazing meal.

shybelle

Wholly guacamole 100 calorie packs and laughing cow Cheese!

BeLightYear

Just one? I have a few but one of the most prominent in my diet has been beans (black beans, black eyed peas, refried).

Yep, me too, beans (pinto, kidney, great northern, etc.....)

jnnyc

Yougart in general. Pref. greek yougart. but the good ol' cheap yougart for making smoothies- yum!

mawhite717

fish!! yum yum! i HATED fish before i started eating healthy. now i LOVE IT!!

learnbygoing

Multi grain pitas and roasted garlic hummus Delicious and super filling, and perfect at about 160 calories (for the ones I get, at least).

Mountain_woman

Herbs and spices.

If you know how to season your food well you don't have to drown it in calorie laden sauces to make it taste amazing. My homemade cumin spiced lamb burgers are much sought after...

Would you be willing to post any spice blends/proportions? It's tough to find something balanced. But the importance of good spice is paramount.

As far as my own staple, that would be a cereal combination I have every morning.

I mix one large box of Grape Nuts with one standard box of Kashi Go Lean Almond Flax. (My siblings dubbed it Colon Blow. Sigh...it's great stuff)

A cup serving is 200 calories and full of fiber.

I pour 3/4 of a cup of Blue Diamond Almond Milk (Sweetened Vanilla) over the top. Eaten slowly, the expansive behaivor of the cereal keeps my stomach so nice and full for quite a while.

So fiber, protein and a touch of sweetness. Yay!

Total: 200 calories for the cereal, 67 calories for the Almond Milk. An amazingly filing breakfast for 267 calories. Good hot or cold.

annetten83

Bananas....they're so filling and so yummy!

glitterbell23

Turkey breast sandwichs on Pepperigde Farm lite style 7 grain bread toasted with 1 slice of american cheese and 0.5 a tablespoon of mayo. 244 calories,1 carb, 799 mg sodium, 13 grams of protein, 4 grams sugar, and 12 grams of fat.

Delaina1

Weight watcher's 50 cal string cheese
Sugar Free Jello
Sara Lee delightful 45 cal bread

deathtaco

Ice cream.

ratkins811

sugar free jello and of course WATER!!

MrsChasteen

Apples, Bananas, wheat bread, and water are my top. Anything that is inexpensive, portable, and naturally low-calorie.

lizziefood

watch out for tuna , its carries alot of mercury, a good alternative to tuna is anchovies. I was eating alot of tuna myself then someone mentioned the whole mercury thing and I looked it up. Sure enough tuna although a great source of protein has mercury in it. You can eat some i think a few times a week but watch out.

jenbk2

PB and greek yogurt

soccermum75

water:drinker:

amy_nico1

Throwing in another vote for OATS--they rock!! Extremely filling, cheap, easy, whole grain, and great mixed with fruit, or even with peanut butter or soy protein powder. I just make a smaller amount to make it into a snack instead of breakfast.

myofibril

Would you be willing to post any spice blends/proportions? It's tough to find something balanced. But the importance of good spice is paramount.

That's a "how long is a piece of string" question. It is impossible to provide a fixed answer. It depends what you are cooking with, what your palate is used to, what kind of effect or heat you want to generate when eating (a good dish will make you feel warm and maybe sweat. It certainly won't make your mouth feel like its on fire and start hiccups. That's a sign of chilli powder overload or raw chillis and seeds being used.)

The problem is that food from the Indian subcontinent has been adapted to suit Western tastes given consumer demand. For some reason people in the West generally like their food really hot (spice wise) and oily. Don't get me wrong. There certainly are hot and oily dishes, some very much so, but that really is not the totality of the cooking.

If you want some inspiration and a broad range of ideas try Anjum Anand or Gita Mistry:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/indianfoodmadeeasy/recipes/series_1.shtml
http://www.gitamistryfood.co.uk/recipes

Alternatively come to England and I will make you a decent curry which will make your tastebuds sing

momma_roo

Eggs, bananas, fat free half and half (for coffee), hummus and morning star spicy black bean burgers

TrainerRobin

NATURE'S GRAIN CARB CHECK DOUBLE FIBER BAGELS where do you find these?

I buy them here in north Texas at a grocery store called Brookshires. Took some to Arizona for a visit with my sister and she loved them and we searched everywhere. No luck in that region. But she did call the company about where to buy them and she raved enough that a few days later, an entire box (big box!) of them showed up on her doorstep, gratis!

Good company. Nice folks. Amazing products. But they need better distribution!!!

TrainerRobin

Frozen blueberries.

Ever had Dippin' Dots? That ice cream that comes in little pellets and melts really slowly? Yeah, they're like that, only super delicious and only 80 calories for a whole cup. They're my favourite dessert. It takes at least half an hour to eat a cup, compared to the 5 minutes it takes me to demolish 2 cups of ice cream.

Nice!

jenocelot

Green smoothies I make myself. A touch of Greek yogurt, then combinations such as mango, apple, kale, with a little apple/passion fruit frozen concentrate, and a little spirulina powder. Terrific for breakfast or any time, and loaded with nutrition.