> 300 cals dinner ideas?
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Hi guys! I need some idea for light dinners (under 300 cals). My biggest meal of a day is lunch so i'd liek to keep the dinner light. I have been eating salads for several months now and I'd like something different. Any ideas?
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Hi guys! I need some idea for light dinners (under 300 cals). My biggest meal of a day is lunch so i'd liek to keep the dinner light. I have been eating salads for several months now and I'd like something different. Any ideas?
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Hi guys! I need some idea for light dinners (under 300 cals). My biggest meal of a day is lunch so i'd liek to keep the dinner light. I have been eating salads for several months now and I'd like something different. Any ideas?
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I was just about to say the same thing lol...I clicked on the thread thinking "How the hell can you not eat more then 300 calories for dinner?" Then I saw the typo.0 -
Can of tuna with some brown rice
2 Poached eggs on 1 piece of brown/wholemeal toast
Half bagel with some cream cheese or a meat
Cod in Parma ham on roasted vegetables with a light dusting of breadcrumbs and a cheese
Soup
Ryvita with flavoured tuna, cheeses or meat0 -
Hey no fair if everyone Bumps! We don't get any Ideas!!! :sad:0
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I make an awesome "Buffalo Chicken Salad" for dinner for the kids that they love. I love it too!!
Get pre-cooked perdue chicken, original flavor, a bottle of Franks Red Hot, lettuce, and either blue cheese dressing, or laughing cow blue cheese wedges.
Dice up the chicken, and spray a frying pan with Pam - cook the chicken until hot. Add some Franks Red Hot (to taste). If you are using laughing cow cheese, once the red hot is cooked onto the meat, toos in a LC cheese wedge, and cook until melted. Pour over a bed of lettuce, and eat! If you dont use LC Cheese, pour over lettuce, and add a little blue cheese dressing...
Either way, its usually les than 300 calories! One of my FAVORITE meals on weekends! I even make this for lunch sometimes.0 -
grilled chicken with any kind of vegetables like broccoli or streamed green beans0
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The carbs are usually the biggest make up of the calories, so look at something with very little of those (or else just have a small portion of rice, pasta, potatoes etc.)
Pasta sauce over cooked cauliflower.
Soup.
Grilled meat and loads of veggies.
Omelette0 -
Also a chicken stirfry may be a good idea0
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Seafood Pho (I have a topic on my recipe on here)
Turkey Chili (can send you a recipe if you want)
Boca Burgers on Sandwich Thins with a small or medium sweet potato side.
A ton of things if you use Shirataki noodles!0 -
I'm big on making a big pot of veggie soups and freezing individual portions. Make a large batch loaded up with whatever veggies you have or whatever is in season, I like to add a little barley for texture, and bam. Delicious low cal, low fat dinner ready at anytime.0
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soup and bread or crackers?
Chciken with veg, no potatoes?
Baked beans on toast. (maybe this one just for the brits...)
Little bit of pasta with tomato based sauce?0 -
Giant bowl of calorie free noodles with 300 cal's of sauce on top0
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4 oz Pork Tenderloin. I like Kroger's pre-marinated Private Selection Peppercorn flavor
2/3 cup Frozen Green Peas
Small Baked Potato or 1/2 cup of the Kroger meals made simple mashed potatoes
It's my go to when I'm low on calories for dinner.0 -
Have you ever tried Spaghetti Squash? Its easy. You buy a Spaghetti Squash, cut in half, pull out seeds and pulp. Put foil on a cookie sheet. I spread a lil olive oil on the cookie sheet so it doesnt stick. Place squash face down, bake 375 for about an hour.
After it cools, use fork to shred inside of squash and it looks like spaghetti. Add a lil marinara sauce to it and away you go. Its light, under 300 calories, filling and all VEGGIES!0 -
I never understand why people dont eat an actual meal?
Chicken, broc, rice.
Salmon, asparugus, quinoa.
Tilapia, bell peppers, rice.
Steak, veggies... ect.
Its really not that hard...0 -
There's a Greek spaghetti squash recipe that I absolutely LOVE and it's ridiculously low cal.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spaghetti-squash-i/0 -
I make an awesome "Buffalo Chicken Salad" for dinner for the kids that they love. I love it too!!
Get pre-cooked perdue chicken, original flavor, a bottle of Franks Red Hot, lettuce, and either blue cheese dressing, or laughing cow blue cheese wedges.
Dice up the chicken, and spray a frying pan with Pam - cook the chicken until hot. Add some Franks Red Hot (to taste). If you are using laughing cow cheese, once the red hot is cooked onto the meat, toos in a LC cheese wedge, and cook until melted. Pour over a bed of lettuce, and eat! If you dont use LC Cheese, pour over lettuce, and add a little blue cheese dressing...
Either way, its usually les than 300 calories! One of my FAVORITE meals on weekends! I even make this for lunch sometimes.0 -
sparkrecipes.com
they mention all the calories per portion on each recipe.
(check the nutritional info breakdown to be sure, because for example : sometimes people will log cooked legumes instead of dry when they actually used the last one).0 -
Lettuce, 1/2 cup imitation crab meat, a hard boiled egg and some fat free thousand island dressing makes a large salad that's around 220 calories. That's always my go-to lite dinner option.0
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-Look up spaghetti squash recipes. They're always low in calories for such a big serving and very yummy
-Also try having a baked sweet potatoe and veggies for dinner.
-Normal size BS chicken breast and veggies
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Usually, I have an extra large shake or a salad with nuts, craisins and a homemade citrus vinaigrette0
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Usually, I have an extra large shake or a salad with nuts, craisins and a homemade citrus vinaigrette
By shake... I mean a low carb protein shake.0 -
Spinach Quiche.
Tuna sandwich.0 -
I make an awesome "Buffalo Chicken Salad" for dinner for the kids that they love. I love it too!!
Get pre-cooked perdue chicken, original flavor, a bottle of Franks Red Hot, lettuce, and either blue cheese dressing, or laughing cow blue cheese wedges.
Dice up the chicken, and spray a frying pan with Pam - cook the chicken until hot. Add some Franks Red Hot (to taste). If you are using laughing cow cheese, once the red hot is cooked onto the meat, toos in a LC cheese wedge, and cook until melted. Pour over a bed of lettuce, and eat! If you dont use LC Cheese, pour over lettuce, and add a little blue cheese dressing...
Either way, its usually les than 300 calories! One of my FAVORITE meals on weekends! I even make this for lunch sometimes.
I'm a buffalo chicken lover. this sounds good! thanks!0 -
I agree with her...you have to eat to loose0
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(my lunch yesterday) 2 baked Tilapia filets, 1C steamed broccoli with 4 tsp Alfredo sauce on top, 6 asparagus spears = 288 cal
any meat and veggie combo really!! or soup and salad or sandwich..
Veggie side ideas:
*broccoli or cauliflower mashed with 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese-65 cal
*steamed cabbage 1C - 60 cals
*cut cucumber and tomato
*spaghetti squash
*grilled zucchini and squash
*baked zucchini fries or sweet potato fries
Meat ideas:
*turkey meatloaf
*turkey burgers
*grilled chicken or turkey
*grilled or baked pork chops
*grilled steak
SOOOO many options! I get bored with salads sometimes.. but then I switch it up with a tuna salad, or a rice-less stuffed bell pepper over a bed of shredded lettuce and spinach, topped with avocado for my dressing (my fav ) or chicken or turkey fajita salad topped with salsa and avocado!!
All low cal and low carb!! the possibilities are endless GET CREATIVE0 -
I "pan fry" half a chicken breast in evoo and then serve on top a big bowl of salad. Mmmmm
Homemade veggie soup
Brown rice and veggies
I make miso soup at home and doctor it up with adding extra veggies or some rice
Stuffed peppers sans meat
lentil soup
egg beaters omelettes
http://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/15-chicken-dinners-under-300-calories-1061970
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