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In addition to the few mentioned above I use foodily.com. It may not be a diet website per se, but you can easily find something that fits based on whatever you feel like having that day. Here is what I do:
I see what I have available or what I feel like eating then enter it into the search, let's say "eggplant". It pulls up all the recipes that have eggplant in them. Take a quick look at the info under the pictures and you will find an entry called "calories per gram" under nutrition. So if an eggplant recipe has 4 calories per gram, it means I would be eating roughly 125 grams (4.4 ounces of food for the entire meal) of that recipe if my meal allowance is 500 calories. That's not enough to satisfy anyone, so that recipe is out. Now another one has 0.8 calories per gram. That's 625 grams of food (1.4 pound) for a 500 calorie meal! That's a lot of food - that recipe is in.
In general I go for foods less than 2 calories per gram.
Sometimes it's not accurate, due to the way the website parses recipes (example including the weight of the water used to boil pasta or misjudging some of the ingredients), but it's a great general gauge.0 -
Interesting thread. I like the Dam Delicious site, too.0
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amusedmonkey wrote: »In addition to the few mentioned above I use foodily.com. It may not be a diet website per se, but you can easily find something that fits based on whatever you feel like having that day. Here is what I do:
I see what I have available or what I feel like eating then enter it into the search, let's say "eggplant". It pulls up all the recipes that have eggplant in them. Take a quick look at the info under the pictures and you will find an entry called "calories per gram" under nutrition. So if an eggplant recipe has 4 calories per gram, it means I would be eating roughly 125 grams (4.4 ounces of food for the entire meal) of that recipe if my meal allowance is 500 calories. That's not enough to satisfy anyone, so that recipe is out. Now another one has 0.8 calories per gram. That's 625 grams of food (1.4 pound) for a 500 calorie meal! That's a lot of food - that recipe is in.
In general I go for foods less than 2 calories per gram.
Sometimes it's not accurate, due to the way the website parses recipes (example including the weight of the water used to boil pasta or misjudging some of the ingredients), but it's a great general gauge.
That sounds like a really cool tool!! I will have to try it out. Always looking for meals that are low-cal but still have large portions!0 -
http://ohsheglows.com/ is my favorite! I love her book too.0
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A Pinch of Yum! She is the best ever! Definitely in support of Damn Delicious too though0
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I like blogilates she has lots of YouTube videos/ Facebook. Recipes and exercises.0
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I love skinnytaste, usually she uses ingredients that I already have0
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I love www.lemonsqueezy.eu - they give lots of nutritional advice too and everything is sooo tasty0
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sidechef app has vegan, gluten free recipes I like0
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I like laaloosh.com - she also puts nutrition information on her recipes. They are always simple and turn out to be way more flavorful than you would expect. Plus she uses lots of pantry staples so ingredients lists and grocery bills don't get out of hand!0
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I've been a subscriber to Cooking Light magazine for years and probably cook from their recipes the majority of the time with an 85% favorable rate from my family (including a picky teenager). If you subscribe, you can get free access to their entire data base - recipes going back to the 90s. You also get access to recipes from Sunset magazine, Oxmoor House, Southern Cooking, and a few others. But IMO the best part is the ability to meal plan and make your own shopping list from the website. I also keep running lists of my favorites with categories you can make yourself - soups, salads, breakfasts, whatever you want. And the bonus is that most of the recipes beginning last fall are already in MFP's database. Highly recommended!0
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withpeanutbutterontop.com0
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skinnytaste.com ... emilybites.com ....canyoustayfordinner.com ....chef-in-training.com ...simplyrecipes.com ...eatyourselfskinny.com ... eatingwell.com I also use foodnetwork.com I like pioneer woman and trisha's southern cooking these are the ones I use often ...Enjoy0
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Pinchofyum.com
Iowagirleats.com
Gimmesomeoven.com
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snack-girl.com0
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http://fitmencook.com/ he also has a youtube channel that is amazing!0
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I love MindOverMunch.com She has YouTube videos too with recipes, workouts and ticks.0
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I live by Giada. So foodnetwork.com is my go to. But seriously. Her recipes, especially from her Feel Good Food cook book are easy healthy and insanely good0
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