What does 1500 calories look like
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Your meals look good!0
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There are some great looking meals here, I can't wait to try out some of the suggestions. Thanks everyone for sharing :flowerforyou:0
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Great thread! Thank you for the inspiration!0
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Yum!! Some great ideas, Diana! Looks mighty tastee!!
I posted some more on my blog this morning... subscribe to my blog for future idears! http://www.cravingalife.wordpress.com
Meal #2: Teriyaki-glazed pineapple burger and a small baked potato with broccoli and reduced fat cheese…
This is for serious one of my favorite meals in a long time… delicious and filling! The secret is there is no burger on that burger… it’s just 2 pineapple rounds cooked in a pan whilst being marinated with 1 Tbsp of Teriyaki sauce on top of a 100-calorie bun and loaded with veggies. I always eat my sandwiches open-faced because it makes me slow down, makes me feel like I’m eating more… and it’s like 2 for the price of one amount of calories!
TOTAL Calories in Meal #2: 444
Meal #3: Laughing cow cheese cucumber dill sandwich and grape tomaters!
That’s the spreadable laughing cow cheese with cucumbers and dried dill weed… I’m sure it would taste even better if you had you some fresh dill weed!
TOTAL Calories in Meal #3: 207
Dinner: Flatout Smoky Corn and Bean Pizza…
I’m seriously in love with this pizza… for serious!! So dang good and different than a regular, marinara-sauced pizza. I made up the recipe because I’m just that talented (side note: if talent includes unthawing frozen corn and opening a can of beans, I’m your girl!) The recipe:
Smoky Bean and Corn Pizza
1 multigrain flatout (or whatever flavor you prefer)
1/4 cup frozen or fresh corn
1/4 cup sodium-free pinto beans (or black beans)
2 Tblsp. barbecue sauce
1 roma tomato
1/3 cup 2% mozzarella cheese
I baked the flatout for 7 minutes on 350 degrees before I put any of the ingredients onto it… to crisp it up. Then, I added all the toppings and put it back in the oven for 15 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Seriously so good… I guess you could substitute chicken for the beans if you’re into eating feathery things.
TOTAL Calories for Dinner: 348
There she goes. I love this week’s menu. As a side note, if you don’t use reduced sodium/sodium-free ingredients this menu is a bit heavy on the sodium side... so search for the sodium free stuff!0 -
Dinner: Flatout Smoky Corn and Bean Pizza…
I’m seriously in love with this pizza… for serious!! So dang good and different than a regular, marinara-sauced pizza. I made up the recipe because I’m just that talented (side note: if talent includes unthawing frozen corn and opening a can of beans, I’m your girl!) The recipe:
Smoky Bean and Corn Pizza
1 multigrain flatout (or whatever flavor you prefer)
1/4 cup frozen or fresh corn
1/4 cup sodium-free pinto beans (or black beans)
2 Tblsp. barbecue sauce
1 roma tomato
1/3 cup 2% mozzarella cheese
I baked the flatout for 7 minutes on 350 degrees before I put any of the ingredients onto it… to crisp it up. Then, I added all the toppings and put it back in the oven for 15 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Seriously so good… I guess you could substitute chicken for the beans if you’re into eating feathery things.
TOTAL Calories for Dinner: 348
There she goes. I love this week’s menu. As a side note, if you don’t use reduced sodium/sodium-free ingredients this menu is a bit heavy on the sodium side... so search for the sodium free stuff!
Ohh, this would also be a yummy quesadilla (sp?) ! Fold over and cut with pizza cutter into triangles!0 -
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yum yum yum, Can't wait to try some of these recipes!!0
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Thomas Triple Health 100 calorie english muffin, egg, and cheese, I picked laughing cow because it's crazy low calorie, but I honestly could have put any cheese on here (1/2 oz) and sometimes I put on a sausage patty, or split one in half and add it!
pistachios and a large banana
lunch is a sammy, light miracle whip, mustard, "spring mix" baby lettuces, tomato, 3 oz pepper turkey, baked butternut squash, dark chocolate chips (16)
Dinner tillapia, a cup of mixed wild and brown rice with some kale chopped and steamed along with it (added lite soy and a pat of butter) steamed broccoli
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You could definitely make that pizza a quesadilla too! Just don't cook it for 7 minutes before you put the ingredients on... it gets hard!
Another yummy-full day from Nammy! I gotta say that the egg mcmuffin breakfast is one of my favorites. Very hot and filling... except I use Southwest Egg Beaters because I am addicted to them in 25 different ways!
You reminded me I need to eat pistachios... it's a long time since I've had those!
How are those flatbread crisps? I'm always looking for a new good cracker.0 -
I still haven't tried the southwest egg beater, but it sounds really good! The flatbread Crisps Italian Herb have a lot of flavor, not a lot of fat and less than 1g sugar per serving (no HFCS). 6 crackers is a serving, 70 calories, 130mg sodium, 12carbs, no cholesterol, 2g fat. My 11 yr old loves them, and I think they are really good and savery. Not a great peanut butter cracker holder, but great with cheeses or a tapas type creation. Not bad on their own, either. Italian crackers and chipotle maybe not a great pair, but oh well, I didn't have any other flavor in the fridge! The kid is addicted to this flavor!You could definitely make that pizza a quesadilla too! Just don't cook it for 7 minutes before you put the ingredients on... it gets hard!
Another yummy-full day from Nammy! I gotta say that the egg mcmuffin breakfast is one of my favorites. Very hot and filling... except I use Southwest Egg Beaters because I am addicted to them in 25 different ways!
You reminded me I need to eat pistachios... it's a long time since I've had those!
How are those flatbread crisps? I'm always looking for a new good cracker.
The "foldit" flatbread is only 90 calories and quite good for anything! Even a mini version of your pizza!
Another nut snack that I don't usually get because I'll go crazy over it is honey toasted pecans! Way better than a Starbucks food, for a sweet, I'll tell you that! My bulk foods at the grocery store has them. Thank goodness they are in small packages! Pistachios, and almonds are the best nuts for lower fat and all the goodness. Nuts are dense calories, but I found out that I can easily do an oz. or 1/4 cup and be very happy about it. That took some brain rewiring to get to. But my body is way better at noticing when i'm full, now. Or when i'm hungry or not.0 -
Hey Namml, not to nitpick but isn't that 1/2 a sweet potato? not a butternut squash?
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Hey Namml, not to nitpick but isn't that 1/2 a sweet potato? not a butternut squash?
and OMG these meals all look amazing!!!
Nope, I cooked an entire butternut squash by baking it plain with holes poked in it on 375 in the oven. It looks like this:
http://forladiesbyladies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/butternut-squash.jpg but you don't have to cut it in half if you just pierce it and bake.
Then when cool I cut it into 1/2 cup servings and put each in a baggie or container. Then they defrost in one minute in the microwave! Fast food! I use the spray butter (25 sprays is 0-10 calories) or regular butter. But I seriously could eat them just plain. This is a great time saver. Easy to pack to bring somewhere. You could really pick it up and eat it without a fork! I'm not a fan of summer squash, which is not as nutritious anyway. So I don't worry about it. Here's some winter squashes (which aren't in season just yet but still in the grocery store) http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Winter-Squash-Types/Detail.aspx Last year I had a 1/4 of a farm "share" and tried Delicata. It's like butternut only way more heavenly and sweet! Look at that website and take a look. If you find on in the grocery store, buy it!
Diane said she has another meal coming sometime soon for another post!0 -
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It is so nice of everyone to share their food pix. I am getting lots of great ideas. Thank you!0
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Thanks for some nice ideas0
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This is excellent! I think visuals always make way more of an impact than just regular text menus. Way to be an awesome inspiration to those of us struggling to hit our guidelines!!0
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Here are a couple more pictures... FOR RECIPES, GO TO MY BLOG POST ON THE SUBJECT... http://cravingalife.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/expanding-cuisine-izons/
For some reason I’m on a protein pancake kick of late… for seriously! These are a new version on that kick that I like to call Fruitastically Scrumpdiddlyumptious Proteinified Pancakes. Steal the name and I’ll cut your nose off… don’t tempt me! Boy was it a tastee morning jumpstart!
Vegetarian version of a Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich. his recipe is 27 kinds of wackiness with 8 billion different flavor combinations going on up in that there sandwich contraption. You have your egg and your sriracha Mayo and your carrots and radishes marinated in some vinegary mixture… and you’re supposed to eat it all together? And then the recipe on the site also includes a mushroom pate and cilantro (both of which I cut out). GAG!!! But, I was gung ho to try it anyway. And by gung ho I really mean I inhaled some of the dagnabbed sriracha hot sauce down the wrong dang tube and was spitting fire for the rest of the afternoon. It was actually quite the par-tay trick. Vietnamese food… SCALED!! I can’t say that I’m dying to eat it forever and ever more… even if I did nearly die a death by sriracha hot sauce. It was good… but not scaling the walls fantabulous! Maybe if I added the ground up mushroom gut pate, it would have brought it to that next level. Guess I’ll never know!0 -
Whitney's got even more on her blog if you scroll through: http://cravingalife.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/dessert-for-breakfast-why-yes-i-will/ --on MFP: WhitneyW780
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Those protien pancakes look delish! Where can I get the recipes?0
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Those protien pancakes look delish! Where can I get the recipes?
Protein pancake recipe...
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I don't have pictures but I snack all day!
So long as you are watching what you are eating, there is no reason to ever feel hungry or deprived.
Love fruits, and veggies.
We buy sandwhich thins to cut bread calories in half!
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