The Meal Challenge

For breakfasts I tend to have Ham and egg cups (like these except if im saving calories i use egg whites and season with pepper http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2012/09/crisp-ham-and-egg-cups.html ) , porridge with honey and berries, pancakes or just some chopped fruit...I also went through a huge omelette phase a few weeks back...eggs are so good at keeping me full until lunch! I also eat loads and loads of mushrooms, fresh tomatoes and asparagus with any cooked type breakfasts I have.

For lunch I tend to just have salads...the number of salads you can come up with is indefinite if you're adventurous about it. I also have a lot of mushroom soup and jacket potatoes with things such as tuna or chilli in. (If you have chilli the night before then you can just use leftovers and hence save money!

For dinner my favourite low cal option is spinnach and ricotta canneloni with salad...the ones I have come in at under 300 kcal for a decent portion. You could also make some moussaka or lasagne or something...they're great as you can make a huge one yourself and make it a healthy version and then just keep it in the fridge and reheat when you want a portion of it. Another favourite of mine is fajitas...I use quorn in mine as it's cheaper than chicken and you can barely tell the difference with all the spices.

All depends how much time you have to make food to be honest! I love cooking however a lot of the time I am rushed so just end up going for those low calorie ready meals that places have started doing!

I typically eat the same thing for breakfast every day ( turkey bacon, either eggs whites or a whole egg depending on my workout, slice of ezekial bread with 1 T almond butter and coffee). Lunch is generally leftovers or a giant salad with protein in it. I rotate my afternoon snacks. Sometimes a protein bar if I'm out and about, most often it's an apple with 2 T peanut butter, a cup of steel cut oats with half cup raspberries and half cup blueberries, and cottage cheese and sliced turkey if I need to up my protein. Dinner is where I mix it up. Every week we have something with pork (usually tenderloin), chicken breast, bone in chicken, ground meat, beef (like flank steak or regular steak), seafood of some type and generally one night out. I sit down with my cookbooks and my iPad and hit skinnytaste.com, allrecipes.com, cooking light.com, etc and search for the meat. I try one new thing a week and then have my staples that I rotate. I eat the same kind of meat different times during the month but not the same entree. I can't tell you how much I spend but I generally buy my fruit and meat from SAMs club unless the grocery store is having a good sale on something.

I posted this to another topic but I think it applies here as well.
Eggs
Egg whites
In season fruits/ vegetables
Plain yogurt in the large tub
Ground chicken or cheaper lean cuts of meat like chicken thighs
Frozen fruits and vegetables
Skim milk or almond milk
Beans
Protein powder
Old fashioned Oats
Brown rice
Turkey bacon
Cheese
Peanut butter

I eat a lot of the same foods over again like:

Breakfast ( any one)
Oatmeal
Eggs
Apple and banana and peanut butter
Yogurt
Smoothie

Lunch
Leftovers
Smoothie
Sandwich
Eggs

Dinner
Chicken with frozen veggies
Ground chicken tacos
Ground chicken chili
Protein shake
Homemade soup
Turkey bacon blt

Snacks
Any of my breakfast options
Hardboiled eggs
Protein bars ( not cheap but you can make homemade ones for less)
Cheese sticks
Baby carrots