What is the weirdest "diet food" you make for dinner when cooking just for yourself?
junestarrr
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...because lately I have been embarrassed by what I post in my public diary for dinner. I would be completely content with plain spaghetti sauce and cottage cheese over baked spaghetti squash every night. I wouldn't dare serve it to anybody though.. lol.
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Id eat it!0
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That actually sounds kind of tasty. I'd consider using low fat ricotta instead of cottage cheese.0
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Rice, peas, a can of salmon or chicken, and raisins, heated through and then add a huge dollop of greek yogurt and loads of curry powder, ground ginger, and cayenne pepper.
My lower cal, ghetto version of Indian food. Sometimes I'll omit the rice. And sometimes, if I have any on hand and can spare the calories, I add some coconut milk.
My hubs thinks it's gross (and he loves Indian food) but I like it.0 -
Damnit. That sounds yummy!
Mine is a low carb wrap (Tofyan, 80kcal!)
With a string cheese inside and some mustard. Good for when you have 200kcal left for dinner!0 -
crazyjerseygirl wrote: »Damnit. That sounds yummy!
Mine is a low carb wrap (Tofyan, 80kcal!)
With a string cheese inside and some mustard. Good for when you have 200kcal left for dinner!
All of these actually sound good to me, and I KNOW i've made this myself haha. that's awesome.0 -
cooked oatmeal with a poached egg on top
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I don't believe I eat any "diet" foods. I eat what I like and simply exercise portion control. I refuse to punish myself by eating foods I don't like simply to lose weight. I would be happy to share my meal with anyone with no apologies for the "diet" food.0
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Morningstar Farms spicy black bean burger topped with a slice of Velveeta and an over easy egg.0
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junestarrr wrote: »...because lately I have been embarrassed by what I post in my public diary for dinner. I would be completely content with plain spaghetti sauce and cottage cheese over baked spaghetti squash every night. I wouldn't dare serve it to anybody though.. lol.
Sounds good to me. I love spaghetti squash
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junestarrr wrote: »...because lately I have been embarrassed by what I post in my public diary for dinner. I would be completely content with plain spaghetti sauce and cottage cheese over baked spaghetti squash every night. I wouldn't dare serve it to anybody though.. lol.
Why would that be embarrassing?
I don't think I do anything very odd with food. I don't eat dinner alone but sometimes I have my taco stuff over spinach or a hamburger patty without a bun or condiments while others have theirs the regular way.0 -
I think that sounds good. You could serve it to me anytime.0
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That sounds good actually, although yeah, I'd probably use ricotta instead. I mean, it's not that different from what's in lasagna, and I use meat sauce all the time on spaghetti squash too...0
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My new favorite when I'm trying to add some more protein into my day: a can of tuna mixed w/ 1/2 cup of black beans. I did this just as an experiment and I loved it so much I now make it a frequent meal!0
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These all sound good to me! I like tuna and cottage cheese and tomatoes or peas. For breakfast. Sigh, I know.0
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Why is that embarrassing? I love spaghetti squash.
I eat what everyone else is eating, just within my calorie budget.0 -
White Castle frozen cheeseburger sliders. Yes, very processed. 300 calories. I love, love, love them, but only treat myself to them once a week or so.0
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Chopped up veggie dogs with sriracha, roasted bell peppers with a bit of goat cheese, balsamic, and basil leaves, and bean sprouts with soy sauce and grated ginger, all as my dinner, makes a frequent appearance in my diary.0
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Mine's called a Meatza. Pasically you get mince and bind it then spread it out like a pizza base, cook it then cover with a low cal sauce and some low cal cheese and voila. I think it's so yummy especially when I've already eaten all my carbs at lunch!0
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I can't think of anything I eat that is weird, because why would I eat weird food? But then, nothing mentioned in the thread so far sounds weird to me either.0
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I'll make a scramble or an omelet out of eggs and most any old thing that's laying around. always tastes good. I make my protein shakes with cold coffee rather than water. I don't think that really qualifies as weird though. Let's see. Adding 1/2 tbsp peanut butter to 1/2 cup yogurt.... that was the nutritionist's idea. Then I put in a little vanilla and 2 packs sweetener.0
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Mine's called a Meatza. Pasically you get mince and bind it then spread it out like a pizza base, cook it then cover with a low cal sauce and some low cal cheese and voila. I think it's so yummy especially when I've already eaten all my carbs at lunch!
Funny, I make a "meatza", too, only I use a half a chicken breast (sliced thin and pounded like a cutlet) and top it with my favorite toppings--turkey pepperoni, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, and red pepper flakes, + a little "real" parmesan, which goes a long way.
Who needs dough?
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I don't eat anything specifically because it's "diet food", but loads of people here detest rice cakes and call them "diet food," lol. I like them and eat them a lot.
A rice cake with a little melted cheese and some diced tomato...pizza!
I prefer it to real pizza, as I'm not a fan of pizza and never was. Even when I ate whatever the heck I wanted, I'd avoid pizza. 0 -
I don't eat anything specifically because it's "diet food", but loads of people here detest rice cakes and call them "diet food," lol. I like them and eat them a lot.
A rice cake with a little melted cheese and some diced tomato...pizza! I prefer it to real pizza, as I'm not a fan of pizza and never was. Even when I ate whatever the heck I wanted, I'd avoid pizza.
I love rice cakes covered in smashed avocado and tapatio!0 -
Something I read about here and I really like... half a bag of coleslaw mix pan fried with 4 ounces of ground meat, some onions, soy sauce and rice vinegar. So good, only 240 calories (it's what I had for lunch).0
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A Quorn chicken burger with a slice of melted cheese on top. Actually quite filling and just less than 200 cals.0
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Spaghetti Squash with Tomatoes is my go-to "I'm farking starving but have no calories left" food.
You can eat, like, 19 pounds of it for, like 38 calories (slight exaggeration ... but not much), right?0 -
I don't know why any of these would be weird because most of your food sounds good to me! Thanks for the ideas!0
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Not so much what the food is, but when I eat it. I wouldn't serve anyone else a bowl of tuna mayonnaise for breakfast! Or a yoghurt and a banana as dinner, followed by a bowl of casserole as a bedtime snack. Watching what I eat has made me much less likely to eat what is socially expected, and more likely to eat what I find tasty and what my body seems to be asking for, even if it's weird o'clock.
But also, skipping the carbs. If I have friends over, I cook what I'd normally cook, but I'd also make rice/pasta/potatoes to go with theirs. I'm not a low-carb dieter, but potatoes/pasta/rice are so boring! Mostly just a vehicle for getting other, tastier foodstuffs into my face, and I could just skip them and eat the tastier food with a spoon. Bolognese is a meal, doesn't need spaghetti!0 -
a pile of sautéed peppers, mushrooms & onions with a bit of melted mozzarella and Sriracha.0
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