I loveee whole wheat bread with a can of tuna and sprinkle some cheese on it & melt it..so good a tuna melt! i love the three bean chili progresso soup although its high in sodium, but low in calories & filling. For snacks, any fruits, i love ice cream & get these 150 cal weight watchers chocolate brownie ice cream cups. cellary & peanut butter, carrots & ranch...yeah mine are pretty basic & probably already do them... Hope you find some new foods
1) Rotisserie Chicken (I buy from Wal-Mart at the beginning of the week) with brown rice or just veggies
2) Sweet Potato with Parkay spray and cinnamon. (This is surprisingly filling). I've heard of others sprinkling Splenda or you can add some broccoli.
3) Soups: I have fallen in lovem aagain with chicken noddle and tomato.
4) Chicken Salad (Canned chicken breast with greek yougurt, raisins or crainberries and a few seasonings)
SNACKS:
Fruits when I'm being good (tangerines, raisings, bananas...or even a mixture). When I'm feeling particularly snacky...
1) 100-Calorie anything: cookies, snack mix
2) Pecan Twirls: Most of these are 100 calories
3) Skinny Cow Ice Cream: Soooooooo good.
4) Reduced Fat Pringles: Only 1 serving at a time.
5) Pretzels
6) Apples/pears and raisins
7) NEW FAV: Raspberry tea- Hot or cold it really tastes great. A hot cup sometimes cuts my snack cravings.
for snacks, I love hummus. I have it on whole wheat pita, or on endive leaves (they're nice and crunchy, but don't really taste like anything).
My go to place for recipes is http://www.cookinglight.com/. They have meal and snack recipes and ideas and they include the nutrition information (including calorie count) for everything. I usually just put the ingredient I'm craving or happen to already have into the search bar and see what comes up.
strawberry o' soy yogurt by Stonyfield Farms with:
+ a little bit of Kashi Heart-to-Heart cereal
+ 4 strawberries
+ 1 banana
I made half of it at a time tho, e.g. 2 strawberries, half the yogurt package, half a banana.... it was SO good. It felt like desert but yummy and my tummy didn't argue
My go-to snack right now (I made a bunch and they're hanging out in the freezer) is bagel pizzas. I buy the mini bagels (100-110 cals) and use a teaspoon of pizza sauce (you can buy really small cans of it) for each bagel half. I then top with a low-cal cheese. They come to about 150-200 depending on the cheese and whether or not I add toppings. They also hit that pizza craving on the head for me!
Lately a go-to meal for me has been a 500 gram bag of frozen cauliflower or broccoli, microwave it until cooked and then add in a TINY amount of butter, salt, pepper and a can of water packed tuna. I have water or a cup of unsweetened tea with it...sometimes both.
I put one of my favorite recipes up on my blog last week. I called it Onion Mushroom Burger Slop, which I know sounds unflattering, but it is my go-to meal when I feel like tricking my body into thinking I'm eating badly while not truly being that bad. See link.
I've been making pizza, too, but I use those Flat Out flatbreads. They're HUUUUUUGE and only 100 cal. I turn the oven on broil and put the flatbread on a cookie sheet in the oven for a few minutes to crisp it up a bit (this is essential or it will get soggy). Then I add 1/4 c. of light ragu spaghetti sauce (25 cal), 1/4 c. reduced fat mozzarella (60 cal) and whatever veggies or lean meats I want (sometimes turkey breakfast sausage crumbled up, sometimes Canadian bacon or ham pieces, mushrooms, onions, olives, etc!). Then you broil again until veggies are cooked and cheese is bubbly! VERY satisfying and usually around 250 cal depending on what you put on it.
I've also been using those flatbreads to make delicious wraps. Yesterday's had hummus, green beans (mmmm- for some reason this combo is SO good), grilled chicken, tomatoes, onions, and spinach leaves. Delish!
I've also gotten to really, really enjoy one particular breakfast because it feels so indulgent. I fry 3 strips of center cut bacon (70 cal) and then scramble 3 egg whites (50 cal). While the egg whites are cooking, I warm up 1/2 cup of ff refried beans (100 cal). Put the egg whites on top of the warm beans, chop the bacon into pieces and put on top of the egg whites. Then, cover the whole thing with about 1/4 c. salsa (30 cal). It's a delicious take on huevos rancheros for under 250 cal. and VERY filling (a little high on sodium, though).
Oh and on the snack front- I picked up some "Plum Amazin's" at the store the other day. They're prunes chopped in small pieces so you can sprinkle them on things like you would with raisins or craisins. I never realized how much I really, really like prunes (plus they are high in fiber and lower cal than raisins or craisins). It's 100 cal for 1/4 c. serving (which would be a lot). I've been using a tablespoon of them here and there in my greek yogurt and in salads. They are SOOOO good. Tangy, sweet, chewy. I usually don't buy prunes because they are too big to do much with other than eat out of hand, and I avoid dried fruit because the calories can add up so fast. I have tried to cut them into smaller pieces before but they are super sticky and it can end up being too much of a hassle. Anyway, I would really encourage you to try these. I think prunes kind of have a bad rap as being an old people laxative, but they are delicious!
My favorite lunch is a 90 cal pouch of tuna mixed with a tablespoon of light mayo and A pinch of Tony's on a flat out wrap with a couple cups of spinach and 2% pepper jack cheese. Under 300 calories . Usually pair it with a cup of raw broccoli and some cucumbers.
I eat Greek yogurt and an ounce of dry roasted almonds every day.
Need some new meal idea.
