Ideas for a yummy dinner under 400 cals?

2 egg Omelette made with 2-3 eggs with a scant bit of milk. Saute whatever veggies you have on hand (I like peppers, onions, garlic and squash or mushrooms) in 2 tsp olive oil. S&P to taste. If you like, add 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese.

or, the same thing but with Organic Quinoa cooked in low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth instead of eggs.

Just had one slice of Super Supreme Thin and Crispy Pizza Hut pizza with a huge green salad and 40 calories of low cal dressing. Puts you at just about 400.

I have recently found stuffed mushrooms in our produce section and I love them. I had four portabella spinach stuffed mushrooms for dinner tonight with some soup. That was filling.

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Here is another one that I'm going to try next because I have a half a head of cabbage to use up after making Fat-Burning Cabbage Soup.

Stuffed Cabbage Casserole - 251 calories or only 195 without the cheese / Serves 10

Ingredients:

2 tsp olive oil, divided
1 lb. 95% lean ground beef (I'm thinking ground turkey would work too!)
1 large onion, chopped fine
1 tbsp finely minced garlic
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp sweet Hungarian Paprika
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 1/2 heads green cabbage, coarsely chopped
1 can (14.5 oz.) petite dice tomatoes with juice
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 cups low-fat mozzarella cheese (Sargento)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a large glass casserole dish with non-stick spray. (My dish was 13" x 10")
Heat a large frying pan on medium heat; add ground beef and cook until it's browned and cooked through, breaking it apart as it cooks. Remove ground beef and set aside. In the same pan, add 1 tsp olive oil, chopped onion and cook over medium heat until the onion is translucent and starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic, dried thyme, and paprika and cook about 2 minutes more. Then add the diced tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, and ground beef. Add water to the pan. Simmer until it's hot and slightly thickened, about 15-20 minutes.While it simmers, cut cabbage in half, cut out the core, and remove any wilted outer leaves; chop the cabbage coarsely into 1 inch pieces.Heat remaining olive oil in a large frying pan or dutch oven; add the cabbage and cook over medium-high heat until the cabbage is wilted and about half cooked, turning it over several times so it all wilts and cooks. Season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.

When the meat and tomato sauce mixture has cooked and thickened a bit, stir in the 2 cups of cooked rice and gently combine.

Spray casserole dish with non-stick spray and the layer half the cabbage, half the meat mixture, remaining cabbage, and remaining meat mixture. Cover tightly with foil and bake 40 minutes, or until the mixture is just starting to bubble on the edges.
Remove foil and sprinkle on cheese (if using.) Bake uncovered an additional 20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and starting to slightly brown. Serve hot.

Freezer friendly if you have leftovers. To reheat, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and then either microwave until hot or heat in the oven in a glass dish covered with foil.

www.graciouspantry.com has some fantastic clean versions of dinner favourites, I love love love the clean alfredo sauce, I have it with asparagus (its in season here) and you could add a soft poached egg too.

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Spaghetti squash (40 calories) with some sort of marinara sauce (50-100 calories.) Very filling and tastes better spaghetti String beans and broccoli make a good side.

Portion it out right, when I made it, it was like 550 calories. Grilled chicken 2 pieces, Mac & Cheese 1/2 cup, Corn 1/2 cup, Peas 1/2 cup


Stop & Shop - Macaroni & Cheese Original Dinner, 1 Cup 260 c

Green Giant - Simply Steam - Baby Sweet Peas, 1/2 cup cooked 50 c

Green Giant - Steamers Niblets Corn, 1/2 cup cooked 60 c

Stop & Shop - all natural chicken breast tenderloins, 4 oz 110 c

Kraft - Kraft Free Zesty Italian, 2 Tbsp 15 c

Milk - Country Fresh Skim - Fat Free, 0.2 cup 18 c

Mrs. Dash - Grilling Blends Chicken, 1/4 teaspoon 0 c

Land O' Lakes - Spreadable Butter W/Canola Oil, 0.33 tablespoon 33 c

Pam - 100% Natural Pam-Original-100% Canola Oil, 0.666 Second Spray (.27g) 0 c

Emeril's - Original Essence, 1 tsp 0 c

These all sounds YUMMY! Look forward to trying some.