Won Tons

Ritter714

So last week I saw a topic on using won tons. I thought I would try and make ravioli out of them but when I put all my ingredients in the recipe list it came out to be like 600 calories!! I thought I would use ground chicken sausage, ricotta cheese and spaghetti sauce. Anyone have some ideas to share on how to get this calorie count down? I was doing this with 8 wrappers... maybe thats too many? I'm just trying to keep dinner interesting while still staying in my calorie goal... UGH its hard.

hereisgone125

Personally, I'd take out the meat and just make a spinach and cheese ravioli.

hmparkin23

A low fat cream cheese instead of ricotta, and some chopped fresh tomato and herbs instead of pasta sauce?

michelefrench

I found a fat free ricotta cheese that's pretty good....my tip on it is to add a little bit of soy/almond/whateve milk to thin it out, makes it look/feel more like real ricotta...cut way way down on fat in my eggplant lasagna....(not at home to check but it was either hood or wegmans if you have those brands..)

now_or_never13

I made them relatively low cal by using the small wonton wrappers and filling them with a bit of spinach and low cal ricotta cheese (you can also use cream cheese).

With the small won tons I just put a bit of filling in the middle and folded them in half to form a triangle.. They were only a few calories a piece. I topped them with a bit of sauce that had extra chopped tomatos, green peppers and onions in it.

Ritter714

Wow! All good suggestions... I will have to try and tweak. I was adding the chicken sausage for the protein. My trainer is insisting on protein in every meal I eat. Thank you guys!!

now_or_never13

Wow! All good suggestions... I will have to try and tweak. I was adding the chicken sausage for the protein. My trainer is insisting on protein in every meal I eat. Thank you guys!!

You get protein in the cheese... maybe not a ton.

You could also try switching out the cheese (or say half of it) for cottage cheese. I have done that before (I just blended the cottage cheese quickly before so it was smoother). Adds more protein to the meal without the added calories of the meat.

Ritter714

I forgot about cottage cheese!!!!

Qbaimee

What about making like a crab rangoon with the won ton wrappers? Has anyone tried it? I havent checked but is imitation crabmeat low in calories?