Share your favourite nutritious, low-calorie (ideally protein-rich) meals

I’m on a path to eat better and develop healthy habits, but I grow bored with the same foods rapidly. I would appreciate any suggestions!

Eggs, fish, cottage cheese, beans, peas, lentils, lean meats and poultry, Greek yoghurt, and edamame.

I make ground turkey meatloaf and chilli with red potatoes. I weigh it on a food scale. I also eat spinach salads and vegetarian burgers. That’s pretty much been my diet for three months now.

Low in sugar or calories?
I advocate using chia seed powder in soups, casseroles, and stews.

Stews, casseroles, and soups are also ideal meals since they are filling and can be made with a variety of nutritional ingredients such as root vegetables and legumes.

I enjoy adding ground chia seeds to my wheat biscuits for breakfast.

Sheet pan chicken breasts! Chicken bread seasoned with Greek seasoning, salt, pepper, zucchini, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, red peppers, red onion lightly mixed with olive oil and the same spice mix, Kalamazoo olives (in little amounts) and feta cheese! So satisfying!!

I eat all kinds of different foods!

Some of my favourites are egg, veggie, and shrimp fried rice (I’ve been replacing rice with cauliflower rice when I’m not eating high-energy carbs), honey garlic drumsticks with sautéed bell peppers and zucchini, egg/egg white veggie and chicken sausage omelets/scrambles with berries, protein smoothies (my current favourite is frozen blueberries with chocolate whey protein powder and milled flax seeds), salmon with veggies, and turkey stuffed bell peppers.

Here’s a good trick for keeping calories low: Replace high-energy carbs (e.g., rice, pasta) with low-energy carbs! You can’t go wrong with adding more low-carb vegetables to your plate!

Beans and homemade low-sodium salsa. Beans produce a phenomenon known as “a second meal effect.” This means they keep you satiated even after several hours. Excess animal products also raise IGF-1 levels, which increases your risk of developing cancer. The populations with the longest lifespans all consume beans on a daily basis. There are so many different cuisines to taste, including Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and Thai.

Veggie sticks with homemade hummus OR roasted chicken (without skin) with homemade hummus.

Thank you for the A2A. “High protein” is not something I support or condone. However, if that is your goal, you can simply combine any green leafy vegetable with nuts or seeds.

That’s an oxymoron.

Tofu is your best option. To acquire your normal 50g of protein per day, you’d need to eat two and a half cups, which is around 470 calories.

The second best option is lentils with rice, however it would require approximately 5 cups and 1100 calories.

While most veggies include protein, consuming a large amount from a single source may not be feasible. Ten heads of iceberg lettuce? Twenty cups of raw broccoli?

Some people enjoy oven-roasted crickets, while others prefer pulverised cricket powder in protein bars, shakes, and smoothies. I also prefer to eat healthy walnuts, cashews, and almonds. Take your pick! They’re all good, and good for you.

High-protein, low-calorie foods are becoming increasingly popular. Such foods can not only promote health but also help prevent obesity.

There are numerous low-calorie, high-protein foods, including skimmed milk, lean meat, fish, poultry, prawns, beans, kelp, seaweed, and others.