Low calorie foods

I use pintrest and allrecipes.com for recipe ideas. All recipe has a healthy section and I recently grabbed a few and as soon as I make them I will be glad to provide feedback. I love to make chicken fajitas and just have the peppers, onions and chicken w/o the shell. I do the same with tacos, use romaine leaves instead of the shell.

A chili recipe that I enjoy:

1 lb lean ground beef/turkey
1 chopped onion
1 clove minced garlic
1 seeded, chopped green pepper
14 oz no salt pinto beans
28 oz no salt diced tomato
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

brown meat with onion, garlic and green pepper, once cooked drain off any excess oil. add spices and beans, stir for about a minute. add tomatos and bring to a boil, lower and simmer for 15 minutes. You can warm it up with extra cyenne pepper or add jalapeno peppers if you like. The recipe indicates 2 cup serving for a guy and 1 cup for a girl.

Meatloaf (serving size is 2 slices for a guy and 1 for a girl)
16 oz turkey or lean ground beef
1 small chopped onion
1/2 c uncooked oats
3/4 c ketchup
2 egg whites
2 T oregano
2 T basil
2 T garlic powder
1 T black pepper
Preheat oven to 400, bake 1 hour, use a non-stick loaf pan

mix all items together and place in pan

Roasted Green Beans (men 1.25 cups, women 1 cup serving size)

1 lb green beans, ends snapped off
1 red bell pepper cored and sliced into strips
1 1/2 T extra virgin olive oil

1T fresh lemon juice
1 t extra virgin olive oil
1 clove minced garlic
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
pinch of salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

preheat over to 450

1. toss beans and peppers in a bowl w the olive oil to coat.
2. line a baking sheet w foil, spread veggies on the baking sheet
3. roast 10 min
4. while roasting mix remaining ingredients in a bowl
5. remove veggies from oven w tongs, coat with mixture and put back onto the baking sheet.
6. roast an additional 10 min or until dark golden in spots.

Hope these give you a few alternatives.

zucchini, squash, lean ground turkey, beef jerky, egg whites, arnolds bread.

Travishood89 wrote: »

Oh wow thank you all for the great help and the recipes sound really good and sorry my calorie limit is 1500

Low for a dude! Is that for 2 pounds a week? Have you calculated your TDEE? Not trying to be like your mom or anything, just like to see that people can eat as much as they can to lose weight.

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