Recipe Type: 500 Kcal Meals
Meals 500 calories or less
Hearty Italian Soup
Hearty Italian Soup is a tomato based soup providing about 370 calories and 10 grams of fiber per 18 oz. (515 g) serving. Using low sodium canned tomatoes and beans and limiting the amount of added salt makes a soup with about 440 mg of sodium per serving. That’s a ...
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Turkey Meatloaf
Turkey meatloaf has 25 percent less fat, 60 percent less saturated fat, and less calories than traditional beef and pork meatloaf. Turkey meatloaf is delicious for lunch, dinner and sandwiches or added to soups like lentil and split pea. Both meals pictured have about 500 calories. Less than many retauarant ...
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No-Boil Vegetable Lasagna
No-Boil Vegetable Lasagna is an easy way to reduce the number of calories and saturated fat while increasing dietary fiber compared to lasagna with ricotta cheese. Dry lasagna noodles come in two varieties: traditional that should be cooked before making the lasagna and no-boil that is used dry and doesn’t require cooking. ...
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Chicken & Shrimp File Gumbo
Gumbo is a Cajun soup or stew you can make dozens of different ways. Gumbos are usually made using chicken or seafood, but you can omit the meat for a vegetarian gumbo. Many gumbos start with a rue, a mixture of cooked flour and oil, for flavor and thickening. This ...
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Pan Fried White Fish Fillets
Pan Fried White Fish Fillets are ready in about 15 minutes, have less calories than deep-fried fish, and can be prepared dozens of ways by adding different seasonings to the fish fillets and flour. White fish is low in calories and a good source of complete protein. While this recipe ...
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Tacos de Pollo a la Parilla (grilled chicken tacos)
In Mexico, tacos are any filling wrapped in a tortilla. In the United States they are typically a fried corn tortilla shell filled with seasoned ground or shredded meat, lettuce and cheese. This type of taco is referred to as Sonoran style after the state of Sonora, Mexico. This version ...
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Green Chicken or Fish Curry
Spicy curries are popular throughout eastern Asia. Sometimes, the number of ingredients can be overwhelming, but spices give curries their distinct taste and color not salt, artificial colors, and artificial flavors. Chilli peppers provide the heat. Spicy foods can increase your metabolism and prevent a variety of diseases. Chili pepper ...
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Broiled Fish Fillets
Fresh fish is low in calories, saturated fat, and sodium. Broiled fish fillets takes only minutes to prepare and cook, and has a fraction of the calories of deep-fried fish. A broiled fish dinner can provide less calories than an 8-oz steak without side dishes. Replace red meat with fish ...
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Lasagna For Four
Lasagna For Four uses no boil lasagna noodles available at most supermarkets. Briefly soaking the noodles in hot water cuts baking time in half and the noodles do not absorb as much sauce resulting in a moister lasagna. One box of Barilla® no cook lasagna contains about 15 sheets; enough ...
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Continental Breakfast
This simple continental breakfast provides about 455 calories. Substituting two biscotti for the chocolate chip cookies for a 400 calorie breakfast. That’s equivalent to two toaster pastries with out coffee or tea. This recipe has 36 percent less carbohydrates from refined wheat flour in toaster pastries and other prepared toaster and microwave oven ...
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