Ideas for under 600 calorie meals

[Mamafy]

So many of us on healthy eating, slim fast, calorie counting etc

Leave your recipe ideas in here

 

[Mamafy]

Right this evening I'm going to be rude and have a naughty but within calories meal

Quorn burger 80 cals
Bap 195 cals
Tbsp relish 15 cals
Lettuce 10 cals
Microwave chips 164 cals
Crisps 132 cals

Total: 596 cals

Its not the most healthy today but I crave something and this should sort it

 

[Amyrose]

Enjoy it hun its under the 600 so go for it xxxxx

 

[Toonlass]

I am useless at counting cals so I will look forward to some ideas. I was gonna have scrambled egg and beans but it turns out eggs are about 275 cals xx

 

[munchkin1982]

risotto all the way!!! I cheat and use long grain rice but one mug of rice will make up 4-5 portions. Based on 5 portions for me it never comes in at more than 250-300 cals... xx

 

[Mamafy]

I am useless at counting cals so I will look forward to some ideas. I was gonna have scrambled egg and beans but it turns out eggs are about 275 cals xx

Yeah 3 eggs would be without fat added

 

[Mamafy]

risotto all the way!!! I cheat and use long grain rice but one mug of rice will make up 4-5 portions. Based on 5 portions for me it never comes in at more than 250-300 cals... xx

Good tip hun x

 

[munchkin1982]

if you use frylight - its 1 cal per spray?

 

[Me, My Girls & I]

Ooo fab thread! I'm pants at counting so I'll defo be stealing some of these!!

 

[munchkin1982]

risotto all the way!!! I cheat and use long grain rice but one mug of rice will make up 4-5 portions. Based on 5 portions for me it never comes in at more than 250-300 cals... xx

Good tip hun x

I made this recipe up myself but it works!

Carrot, Swede & Red Pepper Risotto

4 carrots
200g swede
red pepper
1 mug of long grain rice
cheddar (i used 4 slices of tesco value mild then grated)
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
15g Garlic puree (bit of added flavour)
2 vegetable stock cubes (made up with as much water as you feel you need - usually 2 pints)

steam carrots and swede and the blitz into a puree
fry off peppers in oil & add garlic puree
add rice till coated & translucent (sp?)
then keep adding stock until rice soaks it all up til desired consistency
add carrot & swede puree & grated cheese
stir until cheese melted and happy with consistency.

Should make 5 portions but depends how much you want for 1 portion

Based on 5 portions though, according to myfitnesspal.com total calories is 1209/5 = 242!

 

[munchkin1982]

I'm not one for chopping up onion lol so I tend to leave it out lol xx

 

[munchkin1982]

obviously you can season it to your hearts content with herbs/pepper etc and it still wouldn't come in at above 300 cals x

 

[Mamafy]

That sounds gorgeous

 

[munchkin1982]

That sounds gorgeous

works for me haha give it a go hun see what you think. Obviously you can alter quantities etc and types of veg etc. I love risotto cos you can literally "chuck anything in it" I find though that pureeing the veg may be the better thing to do though for flavour. Another thing I like about it is that you do not have to use risotto rice therefore making a huge saving.

Also - don't wash/rince the rice before adding it etc as you need the "starch" in it to help with that "risotto" consistency etc!

Made a mix veg risotto the other day... carrot, courgette, pepper swede etc but just finely chopped them up etc and it turned out rather bland. (didn't use stock though as made it up with Layla in mind too) each portion i take out the freezer to eat i'm having to add seasoning too to give it a bit of a kick lol.

I guess you learn through mistakes though hehe! Pureed veg is the way forward haha x

 

[FebMum2Be]

Spaghetti on toast is well under 600 so leaves room for something else too as you can tell I'm a very adventurous diner

 

[munchkin1982]

 

[munchkin1982]

just made Cheesy Flapjacks

50g butter (although I used equivalent of 3tbsp vegetable oil)
150g cheddar cheese (I only used 50g)
150g porridge oats
2 eggs beaten

basically all you need to do is mix the ingredients and press into a greased 8 inch/20cm tin (I used a large yorkshire pudding tin though & made 4 of the flapjacks with my changed measurements of ingredients)

Then bake for about 30 to 40 minutes at 180C/Gas 4 until golden brown.

They turned out far better than I thought they would, although you may want to add a bit of seasoning to them to give them an added kick . One was plenty for me for a lunchtime snack. And, again, according to MFP... 329 calories but on my altered amounts (basically less cheese and the use of vegetable oil rather than butter) x

 

[littlemiss83]

I dont have any recipies as such but I do know a couple of things under 600.

Weight watchers meal with lots of veg or bread
2/3 slices of pizza with roast or boiled potatoes
anything with egg - omlette, scrambled, boiled
beans and toast
soup
veg/chicken stir fry
fahitas (without cheese)