Low Calorie Recipes Wanted

[answerbanker]

I am on a 'sensible eating plan' and have lost some weight but would like some more ideas for quick and easy -( not too fancy as I am a fairly conventional eater ) low calorie meals please as I work long hours and dont have a lot of time to prepare food. If you know the approx calorie content too - even better

thankyou all in anticipation

[Buenchico]

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/healthy/low-calorie-dinner/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/special-diets/200-400-calories/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/healthy/low-calorie-soup/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/healthy/low-calorie-breakfast/

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/healthy/low-calorie-lunch/

[answerbanker]

thankyou Buenchico
Why have the two other answers been removed ??

[tenrec]

They were probably advertising something.

[Buenchico]

>>>Why have the two other answers been removed ??

We get a nightly spammer who posts on the most recent question on every thread, advertising trainers, etc at wholesale prices. The spam seems to be automatically generated since the usernames are always a set of random letters and the posts are all made almost simultaneously. The posts seem to originate from China (going by the link which is included in them). I get fed up of zapping him (or 'it') several times per week but somebody else must have done it last night, because I wasn't around after midnight.

[answerbanker]

Aaah - I understand that now !

Thank you

[LyndaB]

Take a tin of tomatoes, an onion, a clove of garlic and any veg you can find that need using up. Chop everything up and put it in a pan. Fill the tin with water to get every last bit of juice out of it, and add that to the pan. Add a bit of extra water - the veg need to be covered. Bring to the boil and simmer till all the veg are cooked. You can either blitz it in a liquidiser or eat it as it is. Season to taste (a squirt each of tomato and brown sauce work well) and et voila!!! Lovely tomato soup which on most diets won't count at all as there is no fat in it.

[hammerman]

Small jacket potato, baked beans, lots of salad and veg, grilled chicken breast with herbs.

Ive been slowly cutting out all the crap and moving to a better alternative on everything i use. EG i now have weight watchers bread and their tuna and sweetcorn, i have salad with most dinners to fill up on, i always have a sugar free jelly in the fridge on the go, if i use spreads and sauces, i make sure they're as low fat as poss. I eat lots of lean meat...especially chicken. I snack on zero fat yoghurts (watch the sugar content tho) and i also eat seafood sticks as snacks. Fish and seafood are good for you too. If i use mince, i use Tesco light choices.

Oh....and i haven't had a beer for 6 weeks and the weight is dropping off me !!!!!

[echokilo]

I use www.myfitnesspal.com which allows you to add virtually ANY foods and gives the calorie count - but more importantly it allows you to build and store your favourite recipes, ingredient by ingredient to give total calories per portion. Sounds complicated at first but it really isn't .... and members (although there is no fee) tend to make their recipes public so you can search through them. I have recently started to use Slim Pasta and Slim Rice (Holland and Barrett) in place of the usual as it's only around 7 (yes, seven!) calories per 100g ..... needs some nice tasty ingredients. with it though.

Whipping up a quick frittata with leftovers and and 2/3 eggs is an easy option too. Bits of ham, or other meats, left over potatoes, onions, herbs, eggs - start in frying pan (using 1 cal spray oil) and finish under a grill to set it with a little cheese on top.

And what about Yuk Sung, the chinese dish eaten in lettuce leaves as a starter, makes a nice snack/supper. I use very low fat mince pork, light soy, water chestnuts, grated carrot, chinese 5 spice gently fried together - no need for any oil. eat in lettuce leaves or with some rice.