Looking For Someone To Share Their Low Cal Recipes
Lounge By butternut Updated 1 Oct 2007 , 2:47pm by michellenj
Well, don't need to get up on the scale to know that I've put on some pounds. Gotta get busy again and start counting calories. I'd love to get some new low cal recipes. Anyone out there got any great ones that they wouldn't mind sharing?? Thanks so much!!!
Well I don't have any specific recipes for you but I can give you some tips for low-cal/low fat eating. One thing I use in canola oil. I especially use the canola spray when I cook. Also I just started using ground turkey (all white meat) in some of my dishes to replace the ground hamburger. One thing about using ground turkey is you have to season it very well or use it in a dish that has a lot of seasoning. (chili, sloppy joes, hamburger helper) I made sloppy joes the other night and used the ground turkey and my DD said it was better than the way I usually make it and she wanted seconds. 
She never wants seconds of it. Also one big thing is to either stop drinking pop or go to the diet stuff. My DH lost 19 lbs by just switching to diet pop. Personally I lost weight by watching my carbs. I eat whole grain stuff and very little sugar. It helped a lot! I definately miss potatoes, but hey I can have some every once in a while and just a tiny bit. That way I'm not completely depriving myself. Good luck on your weight loss! 
HTH.
I don't have any, currently, but I think I might buy a Weight Watchers cookbook. The yhave them at Sam's Club. If I get it and if they turn out good, I'll post them. The only one I have tried from WW so far is oven fried chicken. It was very good. Want it?
Here you go! Each serving is worth 4 WW points.
1/2 c. cornflake crumbs
4-4 oz. pieces chicken breast
3 oz. buttermilk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. all purpose flour
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
Preheat oven to 365. Spray 8 x8 pan with cooking oil spray.
Combine flour, salt and cayenne pepper in medium bowl.
Place buttermilk and cornflakes in separate shallow pans.
Roll chicken breast halves in flour mixure, then buttermilk, then coat with cornflake crumbs.
Bake 25-30 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink.
I just checked the WW web site and it only has the points value.
butternut you can always go on line to weight watchers .com and get recipes...if you like quaker rice cakes you can go to their web site and they have tons of good low fat recipes using rice cakes for all kinds of
things including some amazing deserts that are low cal.
My favorite meal is spinach, mushrooms, onions, and peppers sauteed in a bit of olive oil, then wrapped in whole wheat tortillas. La Tortilla Factory makes some that have only 50 calories, 8 grams of fiber, and 5 grams of protein. I eat variations of this almost every day. Some days I add cannellini beans, or instead of spinach, I'll use yellow squash.
Anyway. it's a healthy, easy to fix meal that will fill you up and is low calorie. Good luck and take care!
Edited to add: I season this with red pepper flakes and black pepper. Also, when I know that I'm going to be eating a lot of calories on certain days, I make sure to really cut back on other days.
butternut you can always go on line to weight watchers .com and get recipes...if you like quaker rice cakes you can go to their web site and they have tons of good low fat recipes using rice cakes for all kinds of
things including some amazing deserts that are low cal.
Oh GREAT!! I thought you had to be a member in order to have access to their recipes. On to weight watchers site I go. Thanks sooo much for the info!!
Here's a website you might want to mine for recipes...
http://www.halfmysize.com/recipes.htm
I got the cookbook, and it has the nutritional value of the food. For a serving of 2 pieces, it's 229 cal/ 10g fat/11g carb/0g fiber
I'll post some more recipes today.
Chicken Fajitas
2 tbsp. lime juice
1 tbsp. reduced sodium soy sauce
1 tsp. chili powder
pinch crushed red pepper
10 oz. chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
4 tsp. veg. oil
1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced]
1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
4 6-in. fat free flour tortillas
1/2 c. salsa for garnish
1/4 c. fat free sour cream for garnish
To prepare marinade, in a zip-close bag, combine lime juice, soy sauce, chili powder, and red pepper. Add chicken. Refrigerate, turning bag occasionally, at least 2 hours or overnight. Drain and discard marinade.
In large nonstick skillet over dedium heat, heat 2 tsp. of the oil. Saute the bell peppers and onion until softened, 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and keep warm.
In the skillet, add remaining 2 tsp. of oil, saute chicken until cooked through, 3-5 minutes.
Assemble the fajitas.
226 cal./7g fat/22 carb
I just love www.cookinglight.com . I subscribe to the magazine, and LOVE the food. They know how to make healty food that tastes good. My DH who turns up his nose at whole wheat bread and low fat/low cal stuffs, has yet to complain about ANYTHING I've made from there in the past few years. Even their cakes are good! 
Here's a couple of my favorites:
Flank Steak w/ Cilantro-Almond Pesto: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=614032
All-American Chili: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=438689 Tastes great the next day, over pasta
Herbed Chicken Breasts with Tomatillo Salsa and Queso Fresco: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1011237
Pumpkin-Orange Cake: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=701058
Orange Marmelade Layer Cake: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=549967
Lemonade Layer Cake: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=249959
I've got several more, but in the magazine, not saved online. The nice thing here is that they give you a nutritional rundown with every recipe so you know the numbers.
HTH
"Creamed" Spinach
2/3 c low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 c. 1% milk
1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
1/2 garlic clove, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly bround black pepper
2 10 oz. bags triple washed spinach, steamed until tender and chopped
In a food processor or blender, combine the cottage cheese, milk, parmesan, carlic, salt and pepper; puree until smooth.
In a large skillet, combine the remaining spinach with the cottage cheese mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 5 minutes.
71 calories/1g fat/7g carb
1 WW point
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