Lunch/Dinner Type Recipes Around 500 Cals a Serving?

MysticRealm
MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
edited March 2 in Food and Nutrition
I have a feeling I am going to be a little sick of my current 'main' choices for lunch and supper.
I currently usually make and have in my freezer for lunches and suppers
Chicken 'Casserole' (Mostly chicken, stuffing, corn, and mushroom/chicken soup)
Lasagna (cottage cheese kind)
Enchiladas (Chicken)

All of these come out to between 475-575 a fair sized serving. (usually 6-8 pieces from a 9X13 pan, or an entire full sized tortilla enchilada)

I'm looking for more recipes of things I can make and put in the freezer to reheat as I need. I would like each serving to be a decent size. Not half a cup for 500 cals, more like a nice big slice for 500 cals
I do have a crockpot as well.

I'm fairly picky eater so would love recipes that aren't too full of onions/tomatoes/mushrooms etc. or that the recipe is easy to substitute or cut out those things.
Thank you!

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  • ajax041813
    ajax041813 Posts: 136 Member
    You can cook anything you want in a crockpot!! Put veggies of some kind, starchier ones are better I think, on bottom chopped, then protein on top of that chicken, beef, pork, turkey, you name it! You can cover it with low cal dressings or just spices. Depending on what you choose to put in and how you wanna portion it, you can hit your 500cals a serving. You can also serve it with steamed veggies to stretch it out and keep yourself full.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    Thanks for your reply, though I would certainly love some actual recipes! I'm not too creative you see.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    Taste of Home _always_ has good stuff.
    If you hover over "recipes" in the top menu bar, then look to the top of the far right column in the pop up box, you'll see "healthy recipes".
    http://www.tasteofhome.com/

    Under "recipes by cooking style" (middle right column) is a section for slow cooker.

    Top 10 under 300 calories (which is really more suited to dinner than lunch):
    http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/healthy-eating/top-10-lunch-recipes-under-300-calories

    Here's for lunch - top 10 under 500 cal:
    http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/healthy-eating/top-10-dinner-recipes-under-500-calories

    They also have low sodium, low fat...
    And most of their recipes (not just the ones in the 'healthy' section) have nutrition info.

    Oh, yeah... they sell magazines too, if you want to have these delicious recipes delivered to your door every other month.
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