Your favourite low cal meal

alexfaty

Hi everyone
I have been doing MFP for about 6 weeks now and lost 10lbs - Thank you MFP

Anyway I have worked out some good low cal meals that are mainly unprocessed foods, but now I have found a routine of meals I am getting into a rut with eating the same thing week after week!

So what is your favourite lowish cal meal???:bigsmile:

MrsSmith2010

Spaghetti squash! It's awesome! You can microwave it and then just add sauce, amazing vegetable.

I also like to just steam veggies and add a little S&P and a laughing cow cheese wedge.

Or another thing I do frequently is a baked sweet potato with laughing cow wedges. (those things are amazing on their own)

Hope this helped!

Shweedog

Seared ahi tuna steak (8 oz= ~250 cals), grilled asparagus (10 spears= ~50 cals), and a half of a baked sweet potato (~80 cals). Definitely a staple in my household these days!

merebear

frozen bag of shrimp - thaw then cook in the skillet then add that to some steamed veggies with spray butter....about 150 calories for that entire meal!

Katie3784

I make a really tasty reduced fat/calorie chicken parmesan. I don't have precise measurements, but it's easy to wing.

You'll need:
boneless, skinless chicken breasts
low fat Italian bread crumbs
2-3 eggs(separate whites, get rid of yolks)
Reduced calorie marinara sauce
Reduced fat mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 450
Halve chicken breasts, or flatten with a mallet
Dip chicken breasts in egg whites, making sure they are totally covered
Coat chicken with bread crumbs, ensuring they are totally covered
Spray baking pan with cooking spray and place breasts on it
Bake for 10 minutes, then turn and bake another 10 minutes
After baking, top with sauce and 1/4 cup of cheese
Bake another 2-3 minutes

I always serve this with whole grain penna pasta and steamed broccoli. It is yummy!

rubyrenga

One of my staples lately has been a Morning Star Farms griller veggie burger with a slice of soy cheese and ketchup, with corn on the cob. I eat the burger on a 100-calorie sandwich thin. Also, salmon is a great low-cal option, with brussels sprouts or steamed veggies.

melsinct

Look at my diary today, my lunch and dinner are both (delicious) recipes from EatingWell.com. They have fantastic low cal recipes and they never use fake foods, all real veg, grains, meat, etc.

vnvdvci

There's a traditional Chinese dish that I can just eat over and over and it takes 15 minutes to make (because you have to wait for your rice cooker). Tomato and egg sounds weird I know but it's amazing!

Basically: start up rice to cook. On medium heat with olive oil, break 2 eggs into frying pan and scramble them up. Cut up 1 tomato and let it saute. Add 1 tsp of oyster sauce (or to taste). Chop up 2-3 tbsp of spring onion and add as well, let all of it saute while the rice cooks.

I eat that to 3/4 cup of rice, and it makes 380 cals. (:

dee_sea_tea

I cook zucchini and mushrooms in a skillet with a teensy bit of olive oil then top with a tbsp of feta cheese and serve with grilled chicken and whole grain pasta, it's delicious and easy

KnottyNCrotchety

I was having a green salad for lunch every day and got really sick of it! So I made a big bowl of Tabbouleh salad at the beginning of the week and have been loving how summery it tastes and it is low calorie and really healthy! Its basically bulgher wheat, tomato, cucumuber, parsley, mint, onion, lemon juice and olive oil all mixed together. Add some grilled chicken if you want some protein. Yum!

alexfaty

Thank you for all your great ideas, I am going to work my way through eating them :drinker:

Seanb_us

Garden salad with feta and salmon. Yum!