Surprisingly low cals? What foods surprised you?

IsETHome
IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Share your low cal surprises. As I’m making substitutes I’m looking for swaps. I love pickles and while low, I noticed dill are near zero while sweet are 15-25 cals per serving. Also commercial salsa is 10-25cal per 2 tablespoon while homemade picodegayo is less.
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  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Eggplant hummus, where you been all my life?
    I must try!
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    Potatoes and Greek yogurt ranch dressing! And sometimes together:)
  • lalalacroix
    lalalacroix Posts: 834 Member
    Bacon and potatoes.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    Raspberries. 1 cal each.
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    leanjogreen18 wrote: »
    Potatoes and Greek yogurt ranch dressing! And sometimes together:)
    Is there a certain brand of dressing you use?

  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    lalalacroix wrote: »
    Bacon and potatoes.
    Do you mean like bacon bits?

  • Teabythesea_
    Teabythesea_ Posts: 559 Member
    edited December 2018
    Chickpeas! I use them to make blondies, edible cookie dough, hummus, falafel, snack mixes and more. They’re super versatile! Also, poultry based products in place of beef. Turkey breakfast sausage links and patties are around 80 cal for 2, turkey bacon is around 20-30 cal a slice and turkey burgers are less than 200. I also buy chicken Italian and andouille sausages that are 80 cal a link.
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    I bought some turkey bacon, have not tried it yet. Maybe do potatoes with turkey bacon and chives with jalapeños
  • admaarie
    admaarie Posts: 4,297 Member
    Potatoes shocked me the most when I actually got educated on what a serving size was and realized how much you get for like 150 calories.

    Spinach. I knew it was low calorie, but you can pretty much eat the whole container (I obviously wouldn’t lol) for around 60 calories - give or take.

    Also lean ground beef. I used to only stick to lean chicken or turkey when I realized ground beef was also a good low calorie option.

    Egg whites. Really good protein source for such low calories.

    Greek yogurt and cottage cheese as well
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Bacon was lower than I expected.

    Shrimp.

    Plain potatoes. Even more so, most other root vegetables and winter squash.

    Pork chops and pork loin.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Baba ganoush, unfortunately, is not surprisingly low calorie, because I love it. I expect you could make a tasty eggplant-based dip that is, will play around with that when eggplants are back in season, as I always have more than I know what to do with.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    psychod787 wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Eggplant hummus, where you been all my life?
    I must try!

    Baba ghanoush?
    Because hummus is done with chickpeas and not low calorie at all.

    No it's a Trader Joe's product, tastes like hummus, slightly smoother texture, 30 cals the 2 tbsp instead of 70 for the actual garbanzo made hummus.
  • lin_be
    lin_be Posts: 393 Member
    Shrimp, tilapia, deli turkey
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    psychod787 wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    Eggplant hummus, where you been all my life?
    I must try!

    Baba ghanoush?
    Because hummus is done with chickpeas and not low calorie at all.

    I do a low cal version. Using just chickpeas, roasted red peppers and spices... not bad.. egg plant, would be an interesting change.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Bacon was lower than I expected.

    Shrimp.

    Plain potatoes. Even more so, most other root vegetables and winter squash.

    Pork chops and pork loin.

    Yes, and happily so to the bolded. I think they're all caloric bargains for how filling they are.

    Also, cottage cheese.

  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Bacon was lower than I expected.

    Shrimp.

    Plain potatoes. Even more so, most other root vegetables and winter squash.

    Pork chops and pork loin.

    Yes, and happily so to the bolded. I think they're all caloric bargains for how filling they are.

    Also, cottage cheese.

    I have been recently having a love affair with winter squashes..... especially butternut and acorn! Hmmmm...
  • admaarie
    admaarie Posts: 4,297 Member
    Oh, another one is popcorn!
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Bacon was lower than I expected.

    Shrimp.

    Plain potatoes. Even more so, most other root vegetables and winter squash.

    Pork chops and pork loin.

    Yes, and happily so to the bolded. I think they're all caloric bargains for how filling they are.

    Also, cottage cheese.

    Now put your hands together and its my kind of a dinner :)

    One of my favorite easy to prep meals is roasted butternut squash topped with cottage cheese with some sriracha on top. Pure comfort food.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    crazyravr wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Bacon was lower than I expected.

    Shrimp.

    Plain potatoes. Even more so, most other root vegetables and winter squash.

    Pork chops and pork loin.

    Yes, and happily so to the bolded. I think they're all caloric bargains for how filling they are.

    Also, cottage cheese.

    Now put your hands together and its my kind of a dinner :)

    One of my favorite easy to prep meals is roasted butternut squash topped with cottage cheese with some sriracha on top. Pure comfort food.

    I did a garbage pale scrambler, volume eaters edition for dinner tonight. KITTEN thing weighed 2 lbs for about 550 cals.... uses acorn squash instead of potato... home made hot sauce on top.....
  • txvanessa
    txvanessa Posts: 2 Member
    Sara Lee 45 calorie bread, mustard, deli turkey
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    admaarie wrote: »
    Oh, another one is popcorn!

    I made a mistake not realizing the bag was 9 cups, not three - wishful thinking - ha, I have now corrected my logging as of last week. Explains some.
  • IsETHome
    IsETHome Posts: 386 Member
    Just found that a can of artichokes in water is 50 cals for the can. I bought four.

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