I need 200-300 calorie meal ideas

One of my faves is a tortilla (low carb tortillas have less cals) filled with romaine lettuce, a mix of choppped tomato/red onion/cucumber, feta cheese and whatever dressing you want. Get a good tortilla, a light dressing, and with feta cheese a little goes a long way.

Make your sandwiches on Sandwich Thins or an english muffin, and only spend 100 cals on the bread.

Broth based soup!

Protein shakes made with good quality protein and unsweetened almond milk. You could even throw in 1 T of peanut butter and still get under 300 cals.

Egg on toast or english muffin

Salad with hard boiled egg, light dressing

String cheese, hard boiled egg, apple

Banana with peanut butter

Veggies and hummus

Joseph's tortilla, lavash bread or pita pockets for a bread/wrap. Great stuff with 11 carbs (tortillas) and 7g of protein (amazing for bread)
[url] http://www.josephsbakery.com/p-10234-Flax-Oat-Bran-and-Omega-3-Whole-Wheat-Flour-Tortilla [/url]
Fill that with lean white chicken breast, lettuce and salsa

Another go to for me is Chobani 0% greek yogurt (8 oz) with blueberries (frozen or fresh). Some people complain it's too tart, the yogurt by itself does taste just like sour cream. Add 1 packet of Splenda if you need a little more sweeter.

and my absolute "in a rush need to eat and run at same time" 1 can of solid white albacore tuna in water, with lemon juice. Fast, easy, grear protein and omega 3 source.

As always make sure you're drinking plenty of water before and during your meals, always helps fill me up.

Anything high in protein (tuna, salmon, turkey, etc) with avocado and a TON of spinach. Spinach is so good for you and you can eat it bottomlessly so it gives you the mental feeling of eating a lot. I make awesome salads of all sorts and wraps with La Tortilla Factory (low carb, high protein and 50 cals) and I'm full for hours without ever feeling weighed down. Low fat cottage cheese is also a good item. You're welcome to browse my diary - I generally eat meals in the 300 cal range and I can't tell you how great I feel. The trick is knowing you're not going to feel super full - you will feel satisfied. Hope this helps!

There are two books from Hungry Girl that I like - "300 under 300" and "200 under 200." Literally hundreds of recipes under 300/200 calories. Word of caution, though - some of the sodium/fat can be high in them, so I use them as jumping-off points instead of following the recipe to the letter.

This is how i eat and here are a few of my stand bys that are really quick and easy.

Plain or vanilla nonfst or lowfat Greek yogurt (1/2 cup)with fruit(1 cup) and granola(1/4 cup) or a few chopped nuts(1/2 ounce)

Cottage cheese(1/2 cup) and triscuits(1 serving, 6 crackers)

Big salad - lots of fresh lettuce and the veggie toppings of your choice. I dress my lettuce first with 1 tbsp of salad dressing then add the other veggies. I then top it with 2-3 ounces of lean protein - chicken or ham. If I can afford the calories at the meal, I add 2 tbsp of toasted soy nuts for some crunch and added protein.

1 rice cake with 1 tbsp almond butter and a 1-2 cups of fresh fruit

Check out skinnytaste.com for some entrée ideas. I have liked everything I have tried from this site and the calorie counts on her entrees are reasonable.

Good Luck!

The best way I've found to do this is to cut out grains. As a type 2 diabetic I have to be very careful of my carbs. I found that really hard to do and I was always hungry. Also, eating grains of any sort (bread, pasta, rice, cereal..etc...) made me just crave more of them and totally sabotaged my diet. By cutting out all grains I now get my carbs from fresh fruit. I eat a LOT more vegetables also. You can eat quite a lot of veggies and feel very full (and get the benefits of the fiber and vitamins) and stay within your calorie goals much easier without grains.
Be careful what meats you eat also. Store bought beef is just full of fat. Store bought pork has added sodium. (check the packaging. At Wal Mart their pork has added salt and water!) We stick to chicken, fish and goat. The only beef I eat is grass fed which is MUCH lower in fat and calories.
Here's an idea for breakfreast:

Saute 1/2 cup mushrooms with 1/4 cup onion in a skillet sprayed with oil.
Once the onions and mushrooms are cooked, add 2 eggs and scramble.
I serve this with a medium sliced tomato. Only 195 calories and it's nicely filling.

There is a diet bread i found,
with only 35 calories per slice,
it is called Healthy Life Diet 35-calorie high fiber bread,
i found it at Walmart.


and it comes in
wheat
or
white.

might help you make lower calorie sandwiches.

and it is delish...at least the wheat that i've had

I will be making an indian-esque dinner tonight of stir fried veg (1 tbl spoon oil) tandoori chicken which has 2 cloves garlic, lemon juice, cumin corriander, tumeric, salt and pepper, gara masala ans chilli powder in with a little bit of oil (low fat) and marinated in 0 fat natural yoghurt, cooked under the grill on a high heat then finished in the oven and some rice with some lemongrass sticks and corriander leaves in total it comes to about 400 cals you can make some low fat alternatives though, no skin on the chicken, low fat oil or dry fry your veg and use less rice to bring it to 300. Its still really tasty the yoghurt only gives 20 cals so well worth a try.

One more if you want chips part boil them, put them in the oven with some chilli and paprika flakes and a couple sprays of 1 cal oil

One of my favorite lunches is a hawiaan crepe. I us a crepe, 2 oz deli shaves ham, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup pineapple. Heat until melted. You can also add a little diced jalapeño if you want. It comes to 345 calories. But you could use feta cheese and reduce that a little. You could probably use a tortilla instead of the crepe too.

An egg or 2 or a few whites scrambled with Cheese, real bacon bits and top with alil salsa

A cheese omelet with some veggies.

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Hungry Girl has entire books of under 200 and under 300 calorie small meals. I have made a few of them, and they weren't bad.

Hungry Girl has entire books of under 200 and under 300 calorie small meals. I have made a few of them, and they weren't bad.

I get the Hungry Girl emails and love them!!

Also, I'm not sure on how many calories it has, but I make a Cauliflower Casserole. Cauliflower Florets, 1 cup spagetti sauce, 1 cup shredded cheese and just bake for a half hour (or until warm and cheese is melted). I got it out of a Weight Watchers cook book. My 4 yr old daughter and I love it!

Oatmeal is alway a good choice. It's low in calories & very versatile. Lately I've been poaching an egg and having it over my oatmeal with 2 strips of bacon. It comes out to just a little over 300 calories. Also maybe look for the book 400 Calorie Fix. Tons of delicious recipes & there are two books. Plus it will teach you how to cook meals in the 400 calorie range.