What is your favorite low cal meal?

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  • Lovestoscrapbook
    Lovestoscrapbook Posts: 295 Member
    veggies...steamed broccoli; avacado and cottage cheese; fruit salad
  • MelSimba
    MelSimba Posts: 21
    Anything with spaghetti squash is my new favorite! I used to be addicted to pasta but now I'd much rather have this.

    It's extremely flexible because you can sub it in basically any pasta recipe, but I used this recipe to start since it's so simple:
    http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=165089

    Also any recipe from eatingwell.com is pretty much my favorite.
  • glitteringloke
    glitteringloke Posts: 40
    I made a chicken donburi last night and it was about 325 calories a serving and even if you went back for seconds, it's not going to be too bad. The cookbook series i have is the "easy Japanese cooking" series published by Vertical and even offers some substitutions if you can't get some of the Asian foods in the recipes.
  • wibutterflymagic
    wibutterflymagic Posts: 788 Member
    One of my fav sides right now is sauteed spinach with black olives and topped with some crumbled tomato/basil feta. Mixed with greek seasoning and a splash of fig balsamic vinegar. I do it with cabbage too. I've been using cabbage as an alternative for spaghetti too sometimes. It goes well with meat sauce.
  • minsch
    minsch Posts: 144 Member
    Last night I made Philly Cheesteak Peppers....found the recipe on here....they were wonderful and completly different from anything we had been eating
  • cargilb
    cargilb Posts: 116
    i would not call it a meal but i love grapes and eat about a pound or 2 a week.
    12 grapes equals 34 calories.

    besides that , a nice spring mix salad with half a clementine orange and some light sesame-ginger dressing. I prepare a large fruit bowl full of this salad and eat up. if you can afford the extra calories, add some walnuts, almonds, avocado, ....

    3 oz spring mix 20 calories
    half a clementine 17.5 calories
    2 tbs light sesame-ginger dressing 45 calories

    total calories 82.5

    you can have this with just about any moderate protion of meat or carb and have a great and nutritious low-calorie meal.
    add
    tilapia 4 oz 100 calories;
    chicken 4 oz 110 calories,
    salmon 4 oz 220
    pork chop 4 oz 140

    its up to you how much you can afford to eat based on your health and calorie budget.
  • fwilson1031
    fwilson1031 Posts: 88
    RIght now I am obessed with whole wheat tortillas with mozz cheese and salsa! YUM! Usually have some greek yogurt and or fruit with it for lunch!
  • kittycatkay
    kittycatkay Posts: 54 Member
    veggie meatballs and spaghetti squash with mahed tomatos and herbs on the "meat"balls :)
  • Car0lynnM
    Car0lynnM Posts: 332 Member
    I love to take old favorites and make them healthy. I made lasagna yesterday that comes in at about 350 a serving. Use low fat cottage cheese (fiber one makes cottage cheese now with extra fiber in it!!), skim milk mozzarella, and lean beef (or rinse the fat off). Also use fewer noodles. Still ooey gooey and delicious, but fewer calories leaving enough room for some bread to soak up the extra tomato sauce. Yum.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Skinnytaste.com

    I have yet to make a recipe on here and not love it. I always feel full too!
  • marvybells
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    cereal!
  • mlundbe2
    mlundbe2 Posts: 11 Member
    This is one of my favorites too! I often add a few chopped walnuts and sometimes substitute small chunks of apples for the craisins. Yum!!!
  • mlundbe2
    mlundbe2 Posts: 11 Member
    I really like a salad made with spinach, lots of veggies, and some sort of lean protein. I recently found out that if I put some type of fruit on top it still tastes great will little or no dressing

    This is one of my favorites too! I often add a few chopped walnuts and sometimes substitute small chunks of apples for the craisins. Yum!!!
  • canadianbugga
    canadianbugga Posts: 101 Member
    A salad with spinach and chopped apple, and skewers with souvlaki chicken.
  • krissy_krossy
    krissy_krossy Posts: 307 Member
    Egg whites (I use egg beaters or all whites,) chopped spinach, sliced mushrooms, and a small bit of cheese. I make a sort of omelette thing. Comes out to a bit under 150 calories. Then I usually add some fruit with it. That's my usual breakfast as I have a hard time eating a lot in the morning.

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