What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....

pocketmole

i made some ricotta gnudi with basil and swiss chard. served them with a bit of marinara and it was awesome - my first time making gnudi.

keem88

Your Spaghetti Squash Marinara sounds, and looks amazing! Going to give this a try. How do you make Spaghetti Squash?

i stab the crap out of it, nuke it whole for 8-10 minutes then let it cook and cut in half and gut it. you can also cut it in half before cooking and bake it. it was soooo good i could live off of that

keem88

spaghetti squash marinara bake (layer marinara, spaghetti squash, sauteed mushrooms, garlic, broccoli, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan - layer again and top with marinara and mozzarella, bake at 350 until cheese melts)


not meals, but desserts i made for thanksgiving dinner at my job tomorrow with our residents. i am lazy though and i also am doing a frozen sweet potato pie and frozen apple pie. i don't like baking THAT much, cooking is way better

cannoli dip, chocolate chips not added yet:


homemade cinnamon sugar tortilla chips for the cannoli dip:


no bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe from skinnytaste.com


cinnamon swirl bread, used applesauce instead of oil:

Your Spaghetti Squash Marinara sounds, and looks amazing! Going to give this a try. How do you make Spaghetti Squash?

thanks so much for posting the no bake pumpkin cheesecake recipe.... i just stalked skinnytaste.com for said recipe and ended off printing 10+ pages of recipes. i hate you.

lol i love her blog! chocolatecoveredkatie is another favorite of mine and our own goudamonster from mfp her recipes are bomb too! lol sorry but glad you found some good recipes!

keem88

i made some ricotta gnudi with basil and swiss chard. served them with a bit of marinara and it was awesome - my first time making gnudi.

drool, i LOVE ricotta!
share recipe? :flowerforyou:

pocketmole

drool, i LOVE ricotta!
share recipe? :flowerforyou:

It's pretty simple, but not exactly low calorie. I calculated the recipe as making 4 servings but we ended up splitting it 3 ways instead (I originally planned on having 1/4 with a salad).

I sauteed a clove of garlic and about a cup of swiss chard in maybe 1/2-1 teaspoon of olive oil. Let it wilt down, then take it off the heat and let it cool (I popped it in the freezer to hasten the process). Strain 1 pound of good whole milk ricotta cheese and pop it in the food processor with the sauteed and cooled chard, a couple of tablespoons of fresh basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of egg replacer or corn starch, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper, 1/4 cup grated parmesan. Blitz all this together until smooth and creamy. Transfer cheese mixture to a bowl and sprinkle about 1/2 cup of flour over the top. Gently mix it in until a ragged dough forms. Oil your hands and shape approx. 1 tablespoon of dough into an oblong oval shape. Cook them in gently boiling salted water. Remove when they float to the top. After I removed them I transferred them into a hot oiled skillet to sear the edges a bit.

1/4 of the recipe as I logged it (which includes pan frying in a teaspoon of oil and about a half a cup of marinara per plate) was 384 calories. 1/3 would be around 500. Omitting the sauce and pan frying makes 1/4 of the recipe just under 300 calories and 1/3 of the recipe 388.

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annette_15

Dinner, pork and spicy sausage crockpot chilli

joytron

Dinner tonight: black beans and rice with tomato and avo. About 300 cal.

greenhudler

Another tasty salad, but added some bacon bits on this one and am drinking a cup of hot chocolate to warm up

CptJinxx

- High protein rice and fried chicken breast bites, dipped in hot bbq sauce.
- Peas and carrots in tomato sauce.
- Dr. Pepper can.

1300 calories :bigsmile:

keem88

drool, i LOVE ricotta!
share recipe? :flowerforyou:

It's pretty simple, but not exactly low calorie. I calculated the recipe as making 4 servings but we ended up splitting it 3 ways instead (I originally planned on having 1/4 with a salad).

I sauteed a clove of garlic and about a cup of swiss chard in maybe 1/2-1 teaspoon of olive oil. Let it wilt down, then take it off the heat and let it cool (I popped it in the freezer to hasten the process). Strain 1 pound of good whole milk ricotta cheese and pop it in the food processor with the sauteed and cooled chard, a couple of tablespoons of fresh basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of egg replacer or corn starch, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon fresh black pepper, 1/4 cup grated parmesan. Blitz all this together until smooth and creamy. Transfer cheese mixture to a bowl and sprinkle about 1/2 cup of flour over the top. Gently mix it in until a ragged dough forms. Oil your hands and shape approx. 1 tablespoon of dough into an oblong oval shape. Cook them in gently boiling salted water. Remove when they float to the top. After I removed them I transferred them into a hot oiled skillet to sear the edges a bit.

1/4 of the recipe as I logged it (which includes pan frying in a teaspoon of oil and about a half a cup of marinara per plate) was 384 calories. 1/3 would be around 500. Omitting the sauce and pan frying makes 1/4 of the recipe just under 300 calories and 1/3 of the recipe 388.

that doesn't sound too crazy. could i do that by wilting spinach leaves too?
thanks for sharing!

pocketmole

Yeah you definitely could - I think any green would work just fine in them. Spinach is what people would normal use :]

Acg67

Spaghetti with anchovy, garlic, chiles and breadcrumbs

nz_deevaa

Marinated chicken and salad.



This was my pre-powerlifting competition fatty-fatso meal. (My trainer said I could eat whatever I wanted to)

Pork chop with caramelized onion relish, potatoes cooked in duck fat and caesar salad. It was good.



Marinated chicken breast with a giant salad and asparagus.



Pork with salad, asparagus and potatoes.

This pork was a 'cook at home' pre-packaged thing. It had a stuffing of apple and sage. It was really low cal, but BLURGH. I would not buy it again.



Marinated steak with ceaser salad and olives.

annette_15

Stuffed peppers with cauliflower rice, pinto beans, corn, ground beef, hot salsa and cheese mmmmm

Acg67

Black bean puree, chorizo scrambled eggs, chile sauce, queso fresco

pocketmole

broccoli and three mushroom (brown butter, shiitake, white beech) stir fry with grilled tofu topped with spicy peanut sauce.

greenhudler

Not the best picture but a snack of english cucumber, fresh mozzarella, watermelon and prosciutto.

zenalasca

Salmon and potato omelette (455 calories)


Salmon and mushroom stir fry (341 calories)


Egg crunch salad made with half a block of uncooked maggi noodles (LOL) (423 calories)

meagalayne

broccoli and three mushroom (brown butter, shiitake, white beech) stir fry with grilled tofu topped with spicy peanut sauce.

Beautiful pic, Pocketmole. As always

For breakfast I tried an omelet of roasted butternut squash, red onion and grape tomatoes with nutritional yeast and a little chili garlic and ginger paste. Pretty fantastic. Squash makes everything better.

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zenalasca

Chocolate pb porridge with apricot, cherries and walnuts

pocketmole

thanks, meagalayne i'm just taking these with my cell phone, but i can't help but try and make it look a little pretty, hehe.

i had a fair amount of leftover peanut sauce from last night. north texas froze over last night which means it's perfect hot soup weather. i took the leftover peanut sauce, added some coconut milk, diced tomatoes, swiss chard, roasted peanuts, and a few extra spices to make a kind of thai inspired peanut soup. served it with wild rice and farro. it was really awesome. not low calorie - but delicious and warming. :]

franyon

Sweet potato panacotta... I need this in my life! WHERE !?!

annette_15

Take out yellow chicken curry with peppers and homemade cauliflower rice




Taco salad from Whole Foods

trisH_7183

I'd love to see nutro info with the pics.

trisH_7183

can you share the cinnamon bread made with apple sauce? Yours looks great!

burtnyks

Today's post workout meal was a cookies 'n cream protein waffle topped with PB Crave Cookie Nookie and Walden Farms Chocolate Syrup!

387 calories; 30g Carbs, 12g Fat, 42g Protein

pocketmole

made pumpkin pancakes with a brown butter maple syrup glaze for breakfast. 400 cals for 3 pancakes.

TS3g

BELTs (bacon,egg, lettuce, tomato) with campfire sauce on toasted jalapeno cheddar ciabatta rolls