Favorite 400 calorie or less meals?

Asparagus salad, made with Asparagus, bacon, lettuce, almonds, and cranberries and parmesan cheese (the fresh kind of course). Yummy and you can add chicken or shrimp to it also.
Also Chicken breast sauted and then spinach sauted down and cream cheese mixed in then add the chicken back in or on top doesn't matter, it's still amazing.

I steam rice and keep it in the refrigerator. I frequently stir-fry vegetable and then the rice, of course I measure the rice and the oil in the WOK. Basic stir-fried rice is steamed rice, used the next day (it stores in the frig a LONG time), a bit of oil in the wok, garlic cloves sliced- bring to sizzling. Add rice and stir into oil for a minute. Next, add chicken broth, stock or bullion and soy sauce to make it into to the fried rice flavor. You have to steam the rice. Rice steamers are very cheap and come in handy. I also steam my rice in bullion water to help flavor.

To keep ahead of garlic- you clean 2 or 3 bulbs at once. You can google how to clean garlic in 60 seconds- basically you put it in a covered container and shake it up and down and the peels break off. (see the MANY U-tubes on this). I then put the clean cloves in a small storage dish and cover them with olive oil to preserve. Now I have a constant supply of fresh garlic and garlic oil to spruce things up.

I brush most vegetables with Olive OIl, toss in sliced garlic cloves, lemon or balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper and roast. Delicious. I love roasted carrots. Those I just peel and slice, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with dried parsley and a tad of salt. Roast. Love them. I am a very SPEEDY cook, I am excellent at figuring out how to do things with the least amount of labor, and I have a well stocked pantry including herbs and spices. If you are getting bored, you may have to expand the herbs, spices and learn new processes to flavor food, quickly! I am excellent at cutting out labor.

I will give you one more trick- I use my ovens a lot. Many people only use it on holidays. That is part of the boredom dieters have too. A small oven is good to have, a small catering oven on the counter or a smaller oven included with your stove. I buy parchment paper in bulk and keep it in a box in the garage. I fold up a piece and cover almost everything I put in my ovens. Hardly any clean-up! I just chuck out the paper and the pan needs a wipe or two. I roast veggies this way- after roasting them, I would NEVER go back to steaming or boiling. They taste fantastic this way! Recipes are abundant on line. If you can speed up your processes of cleaning and cooking, and use your ovens, you will have so many more choices! Good luck!

A piece of thin lean sirloin (called Palomilla in Spanish) sauteed with lots of onions and a side of veggies thrown in to soak up the seasonings (herbs, spices, some Sazon by Goya.)

Super yum. Does anyone cook anymore? Just asking.

Sounds delicious, I sure try to cook more...

My favourite at the moment is Woolworths brand of Chicken and Leek Risotto. It is SO good.. and it's only 80 calories!!!! So so filling, if I'm not full enough I'll have a piece of bread and nuttelex with it.. but it's my fave at the moment. So low in cals and devine!

I saute ginger garlic paste in olive oil and add shredded cooked chicken breast, cabbage, broccoli, zucchini, onion, long beans and beansprouts for 4 minutes.Stir in a spoon of white vinegar and oyster sauce.done!

Thanks for posting the food suggestion! This sounds yummy! I cook everything I eat, so this will be like falling off a log. I grow fresh herbs all summer- I live in Ohio. This year is going to be spectacular for me with my new found way forged on My fitness Pal- thanks for the website as well. Best Wishes!