Low cal Dinners whole family likes
ashleyb457
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What are some go to dinners your family enjoys that are quick and low cal?
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Turkey chili with low fat cheese and greek yogurt instead of sour cream. (Sometimes cornbread with it)
Mexican chicken soup (made in the crock pot)
Chicken and stir fry veggies and brown rice
My kids are 2 and 12 and they love these and they are all pretty quick to make.
Have you tried flavored couscous (I think the best brand is Near East and you find it by the yellow rice in most stores)? It is very healthy and cooks quickly and makes a great side dish instead of potatoes or rice.0 -
My quick meal is spaghetti and I add veggies to it...If there are some leftover veggies in the fridge it goes in the pot...I put in corn/peas/zucchini/carrots etc.
The kids love it and they get in more veggies0 -
Mhm, i have never tried veggies in the spaghetti before. I think a healthy go to meal for us would be grilled chicken breast and grilled veggies. we also grill shrimp with veggies.0
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Mhm, i have never tried veggies in the spaghetti before. I think a healthy go to meal for us would be grilled chicken breast and grilled veggies. we also grill shrimp with veggies.
Try peas first then you can add other veggies like carrots or even zucchini --just mix it all in...I buy the Ragu sauce (Garden something) it already has some chuncks of veggies in it so its easy to add more0 -
I love to use my crock pot for quick & healthy family dinners.
layer chix (pork or beef) on bottom of crock pot
Uncooked whole grain rice (or sliced potatoes)
A can of reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (or cream of cheese, chix, broccoli or any other kind of cream soup)
Add some broth (chix, beef or veggie)
A bag of frozen veggies on top.
Cook on low for about 8 hours.
Love coming home from a crazy day and walking into a house smelling all yummy!!! And, the best part is there is very little clean up
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That sounds great mmsilvia. What kinda of beef and pork do you use? like stew meat or what? I made great Turkey meatballs yeasterday.
1 lb ground turkey
1 egg
1 tbs italian seasoning
salt and pepper
parmesan cheese maybe 1/4 a cup or a little less than that
mix all up and than use about 2 tbls of mixture per meatball
place on backing dish and bake for about 30 min at 375
add a jar of favorite pasta sauce and bake until warm
sprinkle with mozzarella cheese back until melted
the whole family liked this one!
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Uncle Ben's Whole Grain Medleys - the brown rice with wild rice and the roasted garlic seasoned brown rice with red & black quinoa - 90 secs Skinless, boneless chicken breast seasoned with cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic salt and pepper any steamed bright colored veggie 0 -
Chicken A'la King
Serves 4 people
Skinless/boneless chicken breast: 24 oz (seasoned with season salt and garlic powder)
98/99% fat free mushroom soup
6 oz frozen peas
Skim Milk
Water
Ground Pepper
Brown chicken (drain if needed)
Add mushroom soup-whole can
Use mushroom soup can, pour half can of skim milk and half can of water in and mix.
Simmer for 7 minutes, stirring consistently
Add frozen peas, simmer for 5 minutes occasionally
Add pepper to taste (sometimes I use red pepper if I want it spicier)
Can serve with multigrain noodles of any kind0 -
We do a lot of grilled chicken in my house with Rice and veggies. I always make tons of rice so I can just warm up the leftovers. The veggies are quick and easy to warm up and so long as I pull the chicken out the night before, it's thawed and ready to go when I get home. 10 minutes on the grill each side and I'm done! :-)
Grilled or baked Fish is quick too :-)
Some days I will cook up some ground beef and toss 4 ounces over a bed of greens. Takes about 10 minutes total and it's so yummy.0 -
Tomorrow night we're having make your own pizza's...I don't know why we haven't done this before, easy, cheap, and I'm hoping there's a fun factor there for the 5yr old, right?
Individual sized pizza crusts
low fat shredded mozzarella
pizza sauce
pepperoni
onion
bell peppers
mushrooms
black olives
This way, everyone can make what they want, and I can pile mine w/all the veggies and feel a bit indulgent in having pizza w/out the guilt of ordering pizza.
This may end up being a weekly event. 0 -
Some of my go to meals for week night suppers are:
Ground Beef or Ground Chicken Tacos
Crock pot roasts (beef/pork) or whole chickens
Dijon Chicken
Spaghetti
Salmon or other fish fillets
Shrimp
Bacon and Eggs, or Omelettes
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Love my slow cooker for go to meals. This week I am doing boneless chicken breasts with some light ranch dressing and buffalo sauce, shred when cooked through (I leave them on all day while I am at work - about 8 hours on low) hubby and I eat it on salad and my 2 year old likes it wrapped up in a tortilla. We also like all kinds of chilies and spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker (I add lots of veggies to both). Other go to meals are tacos (with low carb tortillas or salads) enchiladas (love to do this with chicken leftovers and fill it out with beans and veggies) and since we got the indoor grill for Christmas I have been grilling shrimp with lots of veggies and rice or couscous.
Lots of other great ideas here thanks folks!0
