500 calorie meals or snack

I have a recipe I use for homemade chicken and rice veggie soup, not going to go into huge detail, but if you enter it into your recipe builder you'll find that a HUGE bowl of it is less than 500 cals.

I put this in as 4 servings per pot, and trust me, that's up to 3 cups of a very hearty soup per serving.

Use your crock pot, toss in 1 lb or a hair more of boneless chicken breast or boneless skinless chicken thighs (my personal favorite) cover with one 4 cup container of low sodium chicken broth/stock and put it on low before you go to work (up to 4 hours, 3 is even fine for my crock pot). When you get home for lunch, shred/chop the chicken and put it back in, toss in 1 to 1.5 cups of chopped carrot, chopped celery, and even some chopped onion if you have it (I have used onion powder instead at times and it's fine). Add in Italian seasonings and a tbsp or two of minced garlic and some black pepper. I also add in 1 tsp or two of "Better than Bouillon" chicken flavored paste and stir. Then, add in one package of Uncle Ben's Ready Rice, I use Brown Basmati. If you have it also add in a cup of frozen peas. Stir, and cover and cook on low until you get home from work. When you get home, check it to see if it needs salt/pepper but otherwise it's yummy and a serving is less than 500 cals. I modify the recipe a lot depending on what I have. I use a lot of frozen veggies, and if I don't have time to chop the veggies at lunch I'll do it beforehand. If you are using fresh carrot or celery you can toss it in early in the morning as well. The other veggies will turn to mush if you cook them too long so I put those in at lunch. If it's too thick when you get home, add a little water or more stock. Good stuff.