What's your favorite dinner when you're out of cals?

Baked Zucchini Boats are my favorite; they just also happen to be very low calorie as well.

2 small or 1 large zucchini
1 tomato
2 -3 leaves of fresh Basil
1 tsp chopped garlic (I use the Christopher Ranch chopped garlic in water)
4tsp Parmesan

Cut the zucchini in half long ways. With a small spoon scrap out the seeds from each zucchini half.

Dice the tomato, slice up the basil, put in a bowl and mix well with the garlic and parmesan.

Fill the zucchini halves with the tomato mixture and bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

Depending on the weight of your veggies (I weigh everything) the calories will be around 120 - 140. This is very tasty and quite filling.

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If I'm completely out of calories I sometimes will make a salad with raw veggies and use homemade salsa as the dressing. Very very low cals and delicious!

Swamp Soup

Prep time: 10 min. Cook time: 20 min. Total: 30 min.

INGREDIENTS COST
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 stalks celery
4 med carrots
1 med onion
3 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp dried basil
1 Tbsp dried oregano
1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce
45 oz. diced tomatoes
1.5 tsp chicken or vegetable bouillon
1.5 cups water
1 (10 oz.) pkg frozen spinach



STEP 1: Clean and chop the onion, carrot, celery and garlic. Cook in a large pot with olive oil over medium heat until the vegetables have softened (about 5 minutes). Stir in the basil and oregano and cook for one more minute.

STEP 2: Pour in the cans of diced tomatoes (do not drain) and tomato sauce. For the diced tomatoes you can either use 3 (15 oz.) cans or 1 (28 oz.) can plus 1 (15 oz.) can. The latter will probably be less expensive.

STEP 3: Add 1.5 cups chicken broth or 1.5 cups water plus 1.5 tsp chicken bouillon. To make this a vegetarian dish, simply substitute the chicken broth or bouillon with a vegetable variety. Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and the brick of frozen spinach. Allow the mixture to heat through, stirring occasionally to break up the spinach as it melts (about 10 minutes).

97 calories per 1 cup serving

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Fried squash (with non-stick cooking spray) and 2 vegan boca burgers. Very filling and only 180 calories

OR if I'm in a hurry

McDonald's grilled chicken caesar salad with balsamic vinaigrette - around 220 cals

I've got a couple of favourites I keep swinging back to:

1. Fish and Veggies
-1 fillet of Basil Pesto Tilapia from Costco, fantastic, 120 calories
-huge bowl of stir-fried frozen veggies, no sauce, stir-fried in water (basically steamed), approx 80 calories.

Pesto is very tasty on fish and mixes with veggies a bit, doesn't need extra sauce. Tastes great and very filling, only 200 cals.
Sometimes I add Quinoa to this to really make it filling, but that'll end up at about 350 cals.

2. Massive Salad
-Veggies, veggies, veggies
-For salad dressing, maybe balsamic vinegar ONLY, no Olive Oil
-Dress it up a little with some light feta cheese
-Can use lemon juice or muscat vinagrette from Trader Joe's as dressing, very low cal

3. Fat-Free Greek Yoghurt and Fruit
-Fage Yoghurt is amazing, massive bowl is about 130 cals
-Add honey (careful!!! high calories, only 1 tablespoon)
-Or small amount of granola (careful, also high calorie, just use a bit)
-Or even better, cut up some peaches, blueberries, or raspberries and add 'em in, tastes awesome and low cal.

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