Simple recipes?

There are A LOT of very simple recipes with calorie counts in the Flat Belly Diet book.

for breakfast i do:
1/2 cup quick oats then add: chocolate protein powder with pb2, pb2 and maple syrup, pumpkin puree vanilla protein powder and pumpkin pie spice, 1/4 cup applesauce and cinnamon with stevia to sweeten
banana oat breakfast cookies: 1 cup quick oats mixed with 2 ripe bananas. form into cookies and bake 450 about 15 minutes
2 eggs or egg whites with spinach, mushroom, peppers, onion and add cheese if desired, with salsa
"pancakes" 1/3 cup egg whites and half a banana. mix well then pour in skillet and cook like pancakes
egg sammich: 1 or 2 eggs cooked over easy or hard, on a bagel thin with cream cheese, slliced onion and lettuce

lunches: i will also bring oatmeal for lunch
mash chick peas with avoacado, add a little mayo too if needed. mix with onion and relish and put on sandwich thins with lettuce and tomato
make a soup in a slow cooker (cabbage, carrots, potatos, celery, veg broth and diced tomatos)

dinners:
tortellini salad (cook tortellini, service over a bed of spinach with pepper mushroom banana peppers onion olives and toss with olive oil lemon juice red wine vinegar and oregano)
stroganoff (meatless crumbles or real meat, stir in onion, mushroom, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream or greek yogurt) and serve of egg noodles or shirataki noodles
a stir fry with lots of veggies served over rice, shirataki noodles or quinoa
quinoa risotto - mix in spaghetti sauce and parm cheese and serve with veggies
pizzadilla: using a low carb tortilla, spread spaghetti sauce, add veggies and cheese or whatever pizza toppings you like, place on a skillet and when cheese melts flip in half like a quesadilla until it is crispy


dessert: freeze a banana in pieces then blend until an ice cream consistency, stir in chocolate chips, blueberries, nuts, whatever you prefer

egg whites and fat free feta cheese omelet. I add in a 100 calorie whole wheat tortilla. Fat Free Feta doesn't taste fat free. More bang for your taste buds!

2 large chicken breasts
1 can rotel
1 can black beans
1 can low sodium corn
1 packet taco seasoning

Crock pot on low 6-8 hours
Shred chicken
Serve with tortillas or on a salad
2/3 c 124 calories

We call this Mexican chicken stack and serve it over rice. yum!

I love all the ideas here. Can't wait to try them.

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If you like pizza, you can make a pizza for 300-350 calories depending on toppings.

I use Flatout Flat Bread (the large size) - the lo-cal version is only 90 calories
For the sauce I use 2 tablespoons of whatever sauce fits the pizza - pizza sauce, bbq sauce, taco sauce, etc
For the cheese I use 3/8 ounce of pizza cheese
For the toppings use what you like - I generally only add one meat topping (chicken, ham, Canadian bacon, taco meat, lean burger)
Add any veggie toppings or whatever you like.

Oven 350 degrees. Put the crust in the oven first for just a couple minutes, then add the toppings, once the cheese is melted, I turn the broiler on for just a minute or so to toast up the cheese a bit. Voila, you can eat the whole thing.

Here's another that is so delicious thrown together the night before:

1/2 cup old fashioned uncooked oatmeal
ripe fruits or frozen fruits such as blueberries or mixed berries
nonfat yogurt
tsp brown sugar, or preferred sweetener (I like stevia)
cinammon, vanilla

mixed together, and eat for breakfast. Kids approved..yum!!!

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fajitas - grill peppers and white meat chicken, white fish is also great with this
put on your fav. salsa
I love mango, chipotle, or salsa verde
done

try bex life blog/you tube channel
she has some really simple recipes, most are healthy
and great for those just learning