Okay, I'm on a snack-all-day diet and am always looking for ideas for meals or snacks that are between 200 and 250 calories (give or take a few calories). Here are some of my ideas -- please share yours!
Sue’s Frap – 1 cup 1% milk, 2 T Caffe D’Vita mocha mix, Splenda to taste, ice – whirl in blender (approx. 230 calories)
Weight Control Banana Bread oatmeal w/ 1/2 T mini chocolate chips
½ Apple sliced w/ 1 1/2 T Peanut Butter
Weight Watchers key lime pie
French toast made with 2 slices of Nature's Own 50 calories per slice whole wheat bread, 1 egg, vanilla, and cinnamon topped w/ low calorie pancake syrup
Lt. Cream Cheese w/ salsa or pepper jelly w/ either baked Tostito Scoops or crackers
¼ cup Tostitos queso dip w/ baked tortilla (Scoops) chips
Red bell pepper and asparagus w/ Tostito spinach dip
Meal replacement bars (I love Odwalla bars in Choco-walla and Banana Nut flavors)
Poultry, beef, pork, or seafood with veggies and/or fruit
Ground turkey or beef patty sans the bun
Cucumber sandwich -- 2 slices of 50 calorie whole wheat bread, 1/4 cup of Philadelphia whipped garlic and herb cream cheese and thin cucumber slices
2 Hebrew National 97% fat-free hot dogs on one light bun with mustard and 1 Tbsp sweet relish
1/4 cup Peanut or Raspberry Almond M&Ms, or Goobers
Hummus w/ carrot sticks or pita
100 calorie pack – your fave – mine are Cheez-Its, Pepperidge Farm Chessman, and Chocolate Chunk cookies
Cottage Cheese w/ pineapple
Diet Devilled eggs
Tuna sandwich (small 3 oz. can albacore tuna, lt. mayo and dell relish on Nature’s Own whole wheat bread)
2 eggs & 2 slices bacon (I use Boar's Head pre-cooked bacon)
½ sesame bagel with lt. cream cheese
Grilled cheese – made with diet bread, 2 slices 2% American cheese slices, and 1 tsp butter
Sandwich with turkey, ham and honey mustard – use diet bread
Mini taco salad
Strawberry pancakes – whole grain frozen Aunt Jemima pancakes topped with fresh or frozen strawberries sweetened with Splenda
Fruit & cheese
BLT
Oatmeal or cereal with milk
Back to Nature Banana Walnut Bakery Squares
Turkey sandwich with cranberry aioli
Diet Chicken Piccata
Diet Chicken Cacciatore
Breakfast sundaes -- made with yogurt, nuts and berries
Eating out: -- I rarely eat out, but when I do, here are my options:
1 slice of a small Papa John’s pizza
Shrimp cocktail
Subway mini sandwich
BBQ chicken -- light on the BBQ sauce and steamed veggies
Taco Bell Fresco Ranchero Soft Chicken Taco
1/2 serving Olive Garden’s Venetian Apriot Chicken -- this comes with two chicken breast halves. I eat one and half the veggies and bring the remainder home for another meal
Last edited by ToutDeSuite; 09-09-2008 at 05:41 PM.
Cornflake Chicken- 159 calories-recipe is posted here on 3fc
Serves: 4
recipe ingredients
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, flattened
1 cup cornflake crumbs
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp poultry seasoning
1/2 cup skim milk
recipe directions
Combine cornflake crumbs and seasonings in shallow bowl. Soak chicken in milk then dredge chicken in crumb mixture. Place on baking sheet which has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake at 400* about 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
I usually cut this up into strips and it tastes like the crunchy chicken strips from KFC, esp when you dip them into bbq sauce or mustard
My Fav Salad about 260 calories
1 svg newton's lighten up asian seasame dressing
grape tomatoes
1 stick pepperjack string cheese cut into cubes
fresh spinach
3 oz grilled chicken
Luna Bars- Smores is my favorite flavor
Pretty much any smoothie from Tropical Smoothie Cafe you can have made with splenda and then its only about 200 calories
When I want a chocolate fix- Betty Crocker's Warm Minis- they are little mini cakes that serve one. You can make them in the microwave. I like the chocolate molten lava flavor. 150 calories each.
As far as eating out- Subway is about the only thing I eat that is under 250 calories unless I'm eating 1/2 of something.
I love a salad with chicken; mandarin orange slices; blanched snow peas, carrots, broccoli (or you can use broccoli slaw); and that Sesame Ginger dressing.
I found a recipe I'm going to try for the base of the fruit pizza. It's going to have a cookie crust, and cream cheese, fruit and strawberry glaze toppings. And I think I can keep it around 200 calories!
Oh, one more thing -- I found Hills Bros. Cappucino mixes yesterday. I picked up the mocha flavor. It has 110 calories per 3 Tbsp. I haven't tried it yet, but they have an English Toffee flavor too that I tried hot a long time ago and it was yummy! These mixes can be made hot or cold with water or milk. I like to add the milk to mine so that I'm getting some calcium.
Hi all, Im new and this is just too awesome. I have been trying to count calories and found it difficult. But after reading everyones ideas, I can do this. Thank you...