100kcal meals

[Gaja]

any ideas for breakfast/lunch/dinner that are under 100kcal ( max up to 150 )

[Static]

Oh, I like this one, I often try to improv my way to this sort of thing. Here are some easy ones...

Egg white omelette-- I like using the cartoned eggwhites or similar products, they're all around 30cal for 1/4 cup. So for 90 you get a big fluffy omelette and you can round off the extra ten with some chopped veg (mushrooms, peppers, spinach are good low-cal ideas) or salsa (it's actually really good with eggs).

Salad is the usual no brainer, but if you want it to be more of a meal, you can try something like 2tbsp fat-free cottage cheese (20-25cal) and salsa (it's a staple. 5cal per tbsp) and/or marinara sauce (25-30 per 1/4 cup opting for the lowest cal ones you can find) with your typical salad ingredients (spinach/lettuce, mushroom, tomato, etc) and crumble half a rice cake in to substitute croutons.

Baked sweet potato-- typical medium-sized one (4oz, about 2in diameter, 5in long) is 100cals. Wash it, *don't* dry it, stab it all over with a fork, wrap it in paper towel and microwave for ten minutes. Now you can add salt&pepper, splenda, cinnamon, whatever. Mash it up with some soy/skim/whatever milk.

A personal fave for snack/lunch is to wash a bunch of white mushrooms (4cal each for medium) and take the stems off, place them all upside down (like little bowls) on a plate, and put about a teaspoon of pizza sauce in each one (30cal for 1/4 cup is more than you need) and then sprinkle it with oregano, sage, garlic powder, whatever is handy.

Plain puffed wheat cereal is almost always 50cal per cup, which is an easy breakfast. To make it taste better, mess with it-- add vanilla extract to the milk, use some splenda, cinnamon...

1/4 cup fat-free cottage cheese (40-45cal) with some chopped up low-cal fruit of your choice (most things-- strawberries are great, and about the same cal value I think. You'll need to check on that one.)

Jello/yogurt parfait-- stupidly simple, just make some 'light' jello (5-10 per serving, which is 20-40 per package) and put it in a bowl with some fat-free yogurt (this one varies a lot, but there are many pre-packaged brands that are 35-40cal for a little cup of it) and mix it up.

Steamed broccoli with soy sauce. 20cal for 1cup florets.

4oz cod fillet is 93cals and there's a billion ways to cook it, I just fry it up with 0cal cook spray and some spices.

2tsp chicken boullion powder (10-20cal) to 2cups boiling water, good to dunk a slice of low-cal bread if it's around, or just to sip at/eat like soup.

and then there are a billion kinds of canned soups, or cup-a-soup packets, you get the idea.

[Gaja]

wow thats a lot of recepies, thanks a lot... i m not creative really at this stage and its so hard to saty off bread,pasta and rice sicne its so high in kcal so the only thing i came up with is wok -vegetables

[rowyn]

*bump* i need more ideas!

[silver_elf]

intense!!! I feel set for life now lol

carrots (20-30 cal for huge one) finley sliced, cooked (you can microwave for 2min with just a little extra water) and add one tablespoon of curry paste (mild or spicy) for 35 cal, and a spoonful of yogurt for creaminess (10 cal)
total: 75 kcal

Apple slices garnished with cinnamon (omg so good)
one apple: 50 kcal

slice of french toast:
1/2 egg: 45 cal
1 slice of bread: 50 cal
some cinammon (0cal) or other garnishings like syrup (calorie free kind?) or jam
total: 90kcal

flavored tofu dessert (in the veggie isle with other soy products) 90 kcal per serving, plus 5g protein. good snack or dessert.

fruit smoothie:
1 cup frozen fruit (70 cal)
1/2 cup skim/soy milk (30-50cal)
water to taste
optional protein powder or banana
total: 100-120 kcal

edamame (soy beans) steamed with some salt (very nutritious)
1 cup unshelled: 90 kcal

[ShrinkMe1982]

apple and cinnamon is gorgeous if you put it in the microwave for a few seconds! It goes all gooey and tastes like apple pie :D:D:D

[Static]

A good tip for smoothies, too, is to invest in some psyllium husk (ground, of course) and add in a tablespoon. It makes the smoothie really thick and good, and no extra calories since all it is is insoluble fiber. Don't overdo it, though, 'cause too much fiber is a natural laxative... a couple tbsp per day is supposed to be good for you but I wouldn't go more than that. Also works wonders for adding into oatmeal.

Cinnamon is the best, hey? It goes with everything and it actually helps your body metabolize sugars better (the difference, I think, is not all that much, but it definitely doesn't hurt anything).

[bacardi]

my fave lunch is, scrambled eggs and corn, just get one egg, 2 teaspoons of skim milk, 2-3 table spoons of sream corn, a pinch of low fat cheese, and i few drops of bbq sauce to taste, cook well. i find it tasted good when parts r a lil burnt. but im weird like that. its bout 150cals.

[Gaja]

nice ideas..i gonna have to try apples with cynamon! .
I heard you can put 1 whole apple to the owen and than it gets all nice and soft and you just eat it with a spoon

I also came up with one idea ..
SOMETHING INSEAD OF POTATOES/PASTA/RICE
I cant really imagine veggies with no potatoes and this kinda stuff...
anyway peas! I had some wok-veggies the other day and i felt some mooshy stuff it was peas...and 100g is only 40 kcal ( unlike potatoes-70kcal/rice-315/pasta-350 ) so i just cook them a little bit more and mash them, add spoon or 2 of milk to make it more mooshy if you want to, some peppar, salt...so goodie!

[skippy]

I'm not sure the calories in it but i mean you wouldn't just eat the whole can in 1 sitting anyways.

1 can of chickpeas
1tsp salt (i use less, I find a whole tsb to be too much but you can adjust)
1tsp ground cumin
1tbsp olive oil (i use less of this too)

Heat your oven to 350, toss all ingredient s together and lay on a cookie sheet. Place them in the oven to bake for 45 minutes and enjoy.

There a good way to dress up a salad becasue they get all crispy almost like croutons and they have alot of flavour and there good for you too.

[schism]

On the topic of chickpeas...

Chickpea Casserole

1 can of Chickpeas (500 cal)
2 cups of Broccoli, chopped (60 cal)
2 Tbs Nutritional Yeast Flakes (50 cal)
Salt
Pepper
Oregano

Mix Chickpeas, Broccoli, and seasoning in Casserole dish. Sprinkle top of dish with Nutritional Yeast Flakes. Bake in oven at 350 until top is lightly browned.

Entire dish: 610 calories
I usually split this into 6 servings – 102 cal/serving.
Very tasty! I love it covered in hot sauce! I cook it for my family and they are none the wiser (of course their serving is larger, but no one notices)!
Some of my family doesn't like how dry it is, so to make a creamier base, I once took a small potato, cooked it, then blended it in a food processor with a little of the water it was boiled in. I used this to mix in the dish to add a creamy base to help make everything stick together. And depending on what size and type of potato you use, it doesn't add too many more calories, I just make my serving a little smaller and have some steamed veggies on the side. I have also done many different variations of this. Used different veggies, added a can of Rotel, added Curry Powder, etc. Lots of fun stuff. I love casseroles – but HATE how high fat and high caloric they are – so a Chickpea casserole is a perfect substitute! Chickpeas aren’t the lowest calorie, but they sure do fill you up and make you feel like you are having something you shouldn’t (which is hard to do, but sure does help me from binging!) If you need to cut back the calories more or if you want a larger serving, use less chickpeas and more veggies.

[skippy]

the chickpean casserle sounds great thanks for posting!

[lovebexs]

you guys are all so amazing :)
i'll be trying all of these eventually!
thank you all so much <3

[Static]

Ok-- here's a good one for dessert that I've just made; it turns out amazing, I'm thrilled.

1 packet of Jello fat-free instant pudding mix (I used butterscotch for this one) which is 100cals, total
2 cups (cold) unsweetened chocolate almond milk-- 90cals, total
a few drops of almond and vanilla extracts, one packet of sweetener
Blend in a bowl for 2 minutes with a whisk or electric mixer and stick it in the fridge for a bit. Makes four 1/2 cup servings at 47.5cal each (I just round it to 50, personally) or 45 if you use regular or vanilla unsweetened almond milk.

Simple and tasty and wicked cheap, too.

[Vision Thing]

I'm posting some vegan and vegetarian recipies in the "recipies" forum. I'll build up more over time I swear :)

[Static]

ZuHash:

- 1 cup grated zucchini - 20cal (squish out some of the water from this or it won't stick together)
- 1/4 cup eggwhites (2) or egg replacement - 30cal
- dash of salt & preffered spices (onion/garlic powder, chili powder, oregano/rosemary, whatever you like)

Mix well in a bowl, and heat skillet/frying pan to medium. Spray with 0cal nonstick spray and drop by the spoonful onto skillet, then squish it down into little round patties. Brown lightly on each side.

This is really great, it totals at 50cal and it's well worth it.