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Lunch ideas - 400 calories or less

Elisabuffy19
Posts: 130 Member
Hi, I would love to hear some low cal lunch ideas. I need to try some new meals. Thanks!!
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you have two posts quite similar and they both have the same answers...
there is a recipe section in the forums for new food ideas.
As well google or look on FB....prelog/add the recipe and see if it's within your desired range.0 -
Chicken Cacciatore, Rice and Mixed leaves
Vegetable stew, rice and cheddar
Ham salad sandwich with mustard and mayonnaise and a greek 0% fat yogurt and berries
400 is a decent amount - what can't you eat really?
Salmon Fishcakes with salad
Salad Nicoise with fresh tuna, anchovies, olives, capers, egg, potatoes ommnommnommm
Jacket potato and cottage cheese / beans etc
See skinnytaste.com/ for a good range of recipes
I like Innocent veg pots (now Bol) over a big bed of mixed salad leaves .. particularly the Thai Coconut Curry and the Sri Lankan Lentil Sambar
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Chicken or Tuna Salad and a Bread Roll
Tuna Pasta
Cheese on Toast with Ham or Bacon and a bowl of Soup
Homemade Burger with Roasted Sweet Potato Fries
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Need more info. Are you making your lunch at home, or taking it to work? Do you have access to a microwave and fridge?
My lunches tend to be based around salads, but I'm pretty creative about what goes in them so it never gets boring!0 -
I do a lot of salads at lunch, but that's because I love salad. I also eat soup quite a bit. but you can have anything, just eat 400 calories worth.0
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I eat mostly at home. Thank you all!0
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I always take salads to work for lunch. If I'm in a hurry, I'll take a 200-300 calorie diet meal. Though, they're high in carbs.
. Still delicious!
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i pack a lunch for work everyday: a fruit , a serving of veggie (usually baby carrots), and a sandwich on 35 cal/slice light bread, heavy on the protein (alternate egg salad, tuna, turkey, chicken, chicken salad, etc). Same lunch as my mom always packed when I was in school. (never ate school lunch. yuck!). There's still plenty of room for an afternoon snack - i pack those too. I found containers where everything fits in one nicely without squishing the sandwich. To drink - when cold lots of tea. When hot - i like the true lemon lemonade (10 cal), or just squeeze a lemon or lime into a bottle of water with mint leaves. I like to keep more calories available for dinner, since i'm a night owl and am easily awake 6 hours after dinner.0
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My go-to lunch has been a few hardboiled eggs, some cherry tomatoes, some baby carrots, a little ranch...maybe a fruit cup if I'm still hungry.0
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What I'm eating the next few days:
2 boiled eggs
1/2 cup 4% fat cottage cheese
102 g radishes
95 g carrots
1 T ranch dressing
379 calories0
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