Easy, Cheap, & Under 300 Calorie Lunch Ideas/Recipes

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Easy, quick and cheap!! Smart ones frozen meals, Healthy choice steamers and Lean cuisines:) ALL under 300...Or Get the 100 calorie thin bagels or sandwich flats...add 1 tbsp. natural peanut butter or sliced turkey...

Romaine lettuce, mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and a little olive oil, use seasoned salt or salt and pepper to add taste. (add deli meat or fish if you please)

Try cottage cheese with fresh fruit or cottage cheese with cut veggies.

BBQ salad: Romaine lettuce, chicken breast, bar b q sauce (instead of salad dressing)... add tomatoes, onions or whatever else you like; add gold fish or crushed tortilla chips for a little crunch

drained canned tuna over lettuce - skip the mayo and relish!!!

activia yogurt with bear naked granola add blueberries and strawberries - i always buy the low-sugar activia

These are easy ways to cut out extra carbs like bread or pasta.

lettuce tossed in a bit of dressing, chopped chicken breast or some turkey (deli meats work) ... stuff it in a whole wheat pita

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salad: lettuce, black beans, cooked chicken breast, salsa, a little greek yogurt and maybe a bit of shredded cheese

La tortilla factory wheat tortillas (High fiber/low carb) 80 calories
Trader Joe's 1 ingredient PB - I use 1/2 serving for around 90 calories
Sugarfree Strawberry preserves 10 cal!

I eat this a few times a week, or more

some of my absolute favourites:

Turkey sandwich - 260cals - 2 slices tip top mini loaf bread, 25g 97% fat free sliced turkey, cucumber, 20g extra light cream cheese, tsp jam (strawberry, raspberry, cranberry, whatever), 1/2tsp horseradish sauce (can mix this in with the jam) - the horseradish really enhances this one!! Most of the cals are in the two slices of bread :P

Pumpernickel with toppings - 200cals - 1 slice pumpernickel bread, 3-4 cherry tomatoes sliced, 1tsp pesto or tomato pesto dabbed across the tomato, cheddar cheese (I use 15g full fat or 20g low fat) - delicious like this or throw it under the grill to melt and brown the cheese!

1c cooked buckwheat (155cal) - then I have played with combinations of awesome additions to this
#1 - 1tsp pesto, 25-50g sliced chicken, celery and spinach (I like to add the spinach while the buckwheat is cooking to wilt it a bit
#2 - roasted beetroot, 20-40g hummus, a dill pickle, spinach wilted in again - soo tasty!
with the toppings it tends to come out around 250-300cals - but you can really change this depending on what you add - you can also start with 1/2c buckwheat instead and have more veggies or whatever!
tried a dinner with 1c buckwheat, 20g grated cheese, 125g mixed frozen veg, 100g tomato puree mixed in with italian herbs and 1/4c natural yogurt drizzled on top - quick to throw together, baked in the over for 40-50mins and had awesome buckwheat bake

caprice salad: sliced up tomatoes, mozzarella cheese slices, olive oil and seasoned salt or salt and pepper to taste

just put the slices of cheese over the tomatoes and pour the olive oil on - you can eat it cold or microwave for a few seconds to melt the cheese. I also like to add capers to add some flavor

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