volume eaters.....favorite high volume but low cal snack or meal?

Speaking of green beans - they are awesome baked with some cayenne and salt or whatever heat you like. I haven't tried it with hot sauce. Lots of veggie strips you can do that with

If you like mushrooms, try them sliced, salted and any seasoning you might like, then bake until they get kind of crisp.

Kale.... no oil just cooked on a low heat until slightly crispy. Top a bit of salt. I easily eat a whole bag

Either a big spinach salad or a container of deli turkey can work pretty well depending on your macro/micro needs.

I do Pacific Organic Black Bean Soup, add 85 grams any lean beef (usually thin sliced bottom round steak) and then I start adding in 100 grams of whatever veggies sound good, look good, have on hand that needs to be eaten soon. The combos are endless and even if I eat the ENTIRE thing, no matter how much it makes, it's always less than 400 calories.

Lettuce wraps are great (I did taco style as well, ground beef with taco seasoning, salsa, bit of cheese).

I have a lot of grilled chicken breast or turkey or lean beef burger, or pork chop with a bag of frozen veggies and some potato or mashed cauliflower on the side. I love cauliflower, you can have a ridiculous amount of it for low calories - mashed with a bit of cream cheese, in soup with leeks and onions (a bowl ends up like 100 calories, if that), or I made some fried cauliflower 'rice' earlier (the skinnytaste recipe), I had a HUGE amount (500g worth) for 260 calories.

Or when Acme has those 12oz bags of fresh veggies on sale for $1, I was just steaming them in the microwave and sprinkling some grated parmesan and a bit of butter on it. Delicious.

Or there's always egg whites omelets (ok typically if I don't use whole eggs it ends up scrambled here). I love it with feta, tomatoes and spinach, and you can add some ham for extra protein too.

I made a bolognese the other day, just mixed a jar of tomato sauce with ground turkey and onions, with spaghetti squash it was incredible and pretty low calories (I actually tried it on pasta first, but it was better with the squash!). I'm guessing you could cut the calories down by just cooking it yourself with tomatoes instead of jar sauce.

Taco salad is great too - sautee some onions and peppers, put on lettuce with some taco meat and salsa (and you can add rice, beans, avocado and cheese if you have the extra calories too).

For a quick snack nothing beats raw carrots for me.

I'm roasting turnips, carrots and broccoli tonight, that should be pretty low cal too, with some roasted chicken breast.

I'll be watching this thread! I need huge meals to be satisfied too...

ETA: cucumber sandwiches. I've tried them and the stuff inside kept sliding out, but I know some people eat them... And basic tomatoes/red onions/cucumber/lettuce salad. I just use vinegar and a bit of Dijon mustard as dressing so it's very low calories.

Some weeks I make a huge salad consisting of romaine, bell peppers, boiled beet slices, carrots, red cabbage, avocado, and low fat dressing. Tastes great, very filling and the heaviest item is the avo. I will eat this for dinner every night. If I'm pretty hungry I'll add an ounce of walnuts.

Bag of broccoli slaw, microwaved for 3-3:30 on high. (Just pop the bag in there, unopened.) Top with cottage cheese, or with canned tomato sauce+Italian seasoning (basil, oregano, garlic) and Boca/Moringstar "meatless" crumbles.

Stir-fry veggies and tofu. Sauce of choice.

Spaghetti squash and cottage cheese.

Spaghetti squash layered with chili powder and (sorry) lowfat shredded cheese or regular shredded Parmesan.

Sliced jicama

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

jennifershoo wrote: »

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

me too yummie but i add Kernels seasoning and butter spray
Only a couple of calories more

Alatariel75 wrote: »

jennifershoo wrote: »

Air popped popcorn. I eat it plain. Boring, but still tasty.

I bought a bunch of different seasonings, cajun, morrocan, italian etc and I give my popcorn a light spray with olive oil then season it. Very tasty!

Oh I never thought of this. And what's the deal with the air popped? I guess you have to have one of those little machines. Lower in cal because no oil?

Yeah, no oil, uses hot air, pops corn in 2 minutes abouts. Air poppers are cheap, price fluctuates down to $12 on popular models often. Get one.

the great thing about fresh whole vegan food is that you can eat twice as much for half the calories I just finished a gigantic dish of sautéed collard greens, mushrooms, snap peas and parsnips topped with cilantro, flax seeds and lemon tahini dressing. Delicious!

Another of my favorite snacks is mixing a can of pumpkin puree with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, a dash of brown sugar and some walnuts or pumpkin seeds.

I really wish I actually cared for pop corn. I like it covered in caramel... so yeahno. Sigh.

Tonight I made roasted carrots, turnips and broccoli. 5 carrots, 1 turnip, a head of broccoli, one tablespoon of olive oil... Very low calories, filling and delicious (I ate about 1/3).

"Hungry girl" is the only one I can think of. I find it to be an okay website. It's not the best, but there are a few good ideas. The recipes themselves are mostly mediocre though. Usually I just browse the site looking for ideas and then adapt recipes how I see fit.