What's on your dinner plate?

s1im62
s1im62 Posts: 31,566 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Show a picture of your loaded-up dinner plate, and tell us what's on it (not all pictures are worth a thousand, or even a dozen words).

If you want to, let us know why you chose the items, and give a calorie estimate and how that fits into your daily eating plan (or how it doesn't fit if you're eating off-plan).

If there's a recipe for something you're eating that you'd like to share, add it to your post (or a link to it if it's online).

Not wanting any judgments here, okay? Self-critique is acceptable, but if you feel the need to comment on someone else's plate, please try to be encouraging rather than critical.
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  • s1im62
    s1im62 Posts: 31,566 Member
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    Dinner today consists of steamed cauliflower with 1T ranch dressing, 8 oz steamed buttered Brussels sprouts, 2 cups squash casserole. Water to drink with it.

    This amounts to just under 500 calories, and it fits in my 2000 calorie daily goal, and also allows enough to spare for some after-dinner snacking.

    The squash casserole is a relatively new favorite of mine. Squash is quite filling with not a lot of calories. I found the recipe online a few weeks ago:
    https://www.everydaydiabeticrecipes.com/Vegetables/Golden-Squash-Casserole-7438

    The change I make from the recipe I originally found is to add about 1/2 chopped medium onion. The onion adds a lot of flavor but only about 5 calories per serving.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,089 Member
    RachellaJ wrote: »
    I made Arancini (risotto balls) for the first time and they were amazing! They have mozzarella in the middle. Served with a spinach salad with tomatoes and cucumbers out of my garden, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

    The whole plate looks delicious! Do you have a recipe for the Arancini? (Begging here... 😋😋😋)
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    suzyjmcd2 wrote: »
    I LOVE this thread idea! Having been doing this for more than a year and a half, I'm always looking for new ideas!

    This was a grain & veggie bowl that I made with a little leftover chicken (didn't have much left) thrown in. Zucchini, red grape tomatoes, yellow grape tomatoes, sautéed bok choy, sautéed eggplant, chicken and quinoa. Then put on a drizzle of Marie's Meyer Lemon and Basil dressing. A lot of food for just 173 calories.

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    This so looks like something I would make!
  • leonard41704
    leonard41704 Posts: 33 Member
    This is what I made a couple of nights ago. Bell Pepper Chicken Burgers and Paleo Shrimp & Avocado Salad with a glass of Maple Crown.

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  • poopsy2018
    poopsy2018 Posts: 1 Member
    Roast veg with light halloumi and red pepper and bean dip as dressing
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    suzyjmcd2 wrote: »
    I LOVE this thread idea! Having been doing this for more than a year and a half, I'm always looking for new ideas!

    This was a grain & veggie bowl that I made with a little leftover chicken (didn't have much left) thrown in. Zucchini, red grape tomatoes, yellow grape tomatoes, sautéed bok choy, sautéed eggplant, chicken and quinoa. Then put on a drizzle of Marie's Meyer Lemon and Basil dressing. A lot of food for just 173 calories.

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    This looks and sounds delicious!
  • suzyjmcd2
    suzyjmcd2 Posts: 266 Member
    edited September 2019
    Keep those pictures and descriptions coming..... I love to get new ideas!!!
  • StaciMarie2020
    StaciMarie2020 Posts: 68 Member
    These look really good. I don't typically take pictures of my food. But last night was chicken breast strips (173 grams for my portion) dipped in olive oil, then in a mixture of bread crumbs & grated parmesan cheese and baked. Served with baked cauliflower: broken into small bits, tossed in a zipper bag with some olive oil spray, garlic salt, pepper, paprika and parmesan cheese. And sliced tomatoes to add color variety.

    Tonight I'm having baked spaghetta squash with turkey sausage crumbles and pasta sauce. And a dash of garlic salt.
  • Safari_Gal_
    Safari_Gal_ Posts: 1,461 Member
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    @s1im62
    Lunch plate... sooner or later I’ll get to dinner plate. 😇

    I guess I have a Provençal motif going on.

    Escargots de Borgogne Sauvages, champignon and Vin rouge de Provence.

    (Wild snails from Burgandy, mushrooms and red wine from the south of France)

    And my lavender in the background which i wish could last year round...sigh 🤓

  • leonard41704
    leonard41704 Posts: 33 Member
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    This is what I had tonight. Taco Casserole that I got from the Yummly app. My wife made it. It was very good. I like sour cream,...but I’ve learned to use it very sparingly to add just enough for taste.
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,941 Member
    "leonard41704” wrote:
    This is what I had tonight. Taco Casserole that I got from the Yummly app. My wife made it. It was very good. I like sour cream,...but I’ve learned to use it very sparingly to add just enough for taste.

    Give a 0% fat Greek Yoghurt a go (or Icelandic Skyr) as a sour cream substitute. I can’t even remember the last time I used actual sour cream, either in cooking or as a plating add on. You may find it takes a time or two to really get used to the very slight difference, but I honestly can’t tell anymore and it saves a whole bunch of calories!
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Okay, I'll play. This was last night (tonight's was not photogenic):

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    It's a one-bowl main dish of cooked edamame/soy fettuchine (56g dry wt.), sauteed Cousa squash (a light green summer squash, 366g of it), and green peas (frozen, 89g), with a dressing of gochujang chile paste, rice vinegar, and soy sauce, with raw finely-chopped onion (25g) stirred in before serving. It had 402 calories, 33g protein, and 21g fiber. I mostly don't do recipes or plan much; I just make stuff on the spur of the moment.

    I made it because I needed a good chunk of protein to round out the day (and I'm vegetarian), and I like to eat lots and lots of veggies. I'd already gotten enough fats in earlier (a macro I'm often short on), so I wasn't really thinking about those. I like a filling dinner.

    I'm in maintenance, eating on this day a couple hundred calories or so under maintenance (I calorie bank) at 2,066 calories for the day, which included 266 exercise calories.

    This looks amazing!
  • suzyjmcd2
    suzyjmcd2 Posts: 266 Member
    leonard41704
    have you tried swapping nonfat Greek yogurt for sour cream? I never thought I'd be able to do it, but I love it, now! (I can't eat it plain, but as a sour cream substitute, it's perfect!) The brand I use is only 17 calories for 2T!
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,941 Member
    edited September 2019
    Something that turned out incredibly tasty, much to my surprise! I’m calling it ‘Back of the Fridge Fajita’ 😂

    Literally some odds and ends of courgette, quarter of an onion that I’d shoved in a plastic bag earlier in the week, a few slightly wrinkly baby plum tomatoes, the last few chestnut mushrooms in a pack, quarter of a slightly squidgy yellow pepper (squidgy bits cut off). All bunged in an enamel pie plate with salt, pepper and 10 sprays of Fry Light Chilli Oil. Roasted for 20 mins, half a dozen Fry’s vegan chicken style strips thrown on top in the last eight minutes. Skinni Wrap with a splodge of Skyr and a generous dribble of Mango Habanero Chilli sauce and a few slightly brown salad leaves. Messy but sooo good!

    I was feeling sorry for myself when I started cooking it (been a long day, with a fair amount of stress) and I’d already cooked family dinner and cleaned up so had little enthusiasm for my own dinner. Now, though, I feel great! 😊
  • amckholmes
    amckholmes Posts: 119 Member
    Better than Noodles, Lean Ground Beef, Fermented Cabbage and Beets, Plain Greek Yogurt

    Beautiful, delicious and satisfying!
  • leonard41704
    leonard41704 Posts: 33 Member
    suzyjmcd2 wrote: »
    leonard41704
    have you tried swapping nonfat Greek yogurt for sour cream? I never thought I'd be able to do it, but I love it, now! (I can't eat it plain, but as a sour cream substitute, it's perfect!) The brand I use is only 17 calories for 2T!

    I actually like Greek Yogurt. I’ve just never really gave it any thought as to a sour cream substitute.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,024 Member
    edited October 2019
    My old standby for lunch today ...Air fried Cajun Chicken Breast, 7.2 oz and Steamed Broccoli with low sodium soy sauce...Also, devil's spit bbq dipping sauce not shown..488 calories and 68 grams of protein.
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