This is mostly for my reference, but I figure perhaps some of you would like some meal ideas that are low calorie and (most importantly) filling! I’ve tried and tested pretty much everything on this list, these are my go-to meals when I’m really hungry and need something to fill me up~
Hot meals:
- Spicy shirataki noodles (6 kcal, recipe here) and a caramel almond drink (40 kcal, recipe here)
- Vegetable broth (0 kcal, recipe here), boiled with 100g celery (16 kcal) and 50g carrots (21 kcal), and hot vanilla (45 kcal, recipe here) + 1 tsp real vanilla extract (6 kcal)
- Maple porridge (55 kcal, recipe here) and 1 cup almond milk (40 kcal) OR almond drink (40 kcal, recipe here)
- Oat pancake (19 kcal, recipe here courtesy of @safe-ana-low-cal-recipes) with 1 tbsp 20 calorie nutella (recipe here) and 1 cup hot vanilla (recipe here)
Smoothies (super filling, trust me!) Refer to my master post for calorie breakdowns and exact amounts needed (bonus tip: my mix n’ match master post makes really thick smoothies, so you can totally thin them out with water for more volume at no cost!):
- Blueberry smoothie (skim milk, blueberries, sweetener, 75 kcal)
- Banana smoothie (almond milk, banana, 90 kcal)
- Mango-blueberry smoothie (almond milk, mango, blueberry, xanthan gum, sweetener, 78 kcal)
- Creamy peach smoothie (skim milk, peaches, sweetener, 70 kcal)
- Strawberries n’ creme smoothie (2% milk, strawberries, sweetener, 85 kcal)
- Bananaberry smoothie (almond milk, banana, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, xanthan gum, a little sweetener, 97.5 kcal)
Filling snacks and other meals:
- Chicken wrap (58-60 kcal, recipe here) with hot apple cider (2 kcal, recipe here)
- 1 or 2 pints vegan ice cream (20-40 kcal, recipe here) I know this sounds kinda weird, but this has a ton of protein and is crazy filling (plus you get to eat low cal ice cream for a meal so who’s complaining?)
- Steamed vegetables with whatever seasoning you like (variable kcal, but the kinds I have are 2 cups broccoli for 100 kcal or 2 cups assorted veggies for 80 kcal, I usually add salt and garlic powder to them)
- Huge salad (79 kcal total) with 3 cups mixed greens (36 kcal), 100g cucumber (16 kcal), 2 medium plum tomatoes (22 kcal), 5 radishes (15 kcal) and 0 cal dressing, salt to taste