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Vegetarian recipes Low
in Calories
Here are some vegetarian
meals to add to your daily calorie reducing menus. Losing weight can be a
little easier when eating foods made up of mainly
vegetables or fruits.
Although, it's important to make sure you're
getting good protein sources
when attempting to lose weight.
What are the benefits of a vegetarian diet
to lose weight?
Creamy
Mushroom Soup
This soup dish is low in calories so great for
helping in dropping calorie intake. Plus with all the fresh ingredients you
are getting plenty of good, healthy nutrients. This will help give more
vitality for exercise sessions in the gym.
The dish serves two people and has
approximately 250 calories per serving. This low amount allows you to have a
slice of bread with the soup, and this will drive up the
total calories to
around 350. Not bad if you can allow this
small meal to keep you going for a
few hours.
ingredients:
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20g
(0.75oz) butter
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175g (6oz) potatoes,
peeled & diced.
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Half Large onion,
Chopped.
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clove garlic - finely
chopped
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Half-litre Vegetable
stock
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125g (4.50z) button
mushrooms
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1 egg
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75ml sour cream
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Salt & Black pepper
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Mixed herbs, chopped for
garnish
Method:
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Melt the butter in a large
saucepan. fry the potatoes, onion and garlic for 5 minutes, stirring
frequently.
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Add stock to the pan. Bring
to the boil. Simmer over a low heat for ten minutes. Meanwhile, wipe the
mushrooms with paper tissue and thinly slice. Add to the soup. Simmer for
ten minutes.
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Mix together the egg yolks and cream. Stir in
just a little of the hot stock mixture. Gradually pour the egg and cream
mixture into the pan. stirring constantly.
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Season the soup. pour into 4 serving bowls.
garnish with the mixed herbs and serve.
This low-calorie
soup should only take around 30 minutes to make up.
More
low-calorie soups here!
Garlic mushrooms
This is an easy,
low-calorie meal that can be served with a little rice. This will still keep
the calorie content low enough to help with any weight loss program. keep in
mind that portion size will determine the actual
calories consumed, thus
even a low calorie meal can be make
high calories ingested if
portions are
too big!
ingredients:
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Butter - 25g (1
oz)
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Button Mushrooms 400g (app
1 pound)
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1 Shallot - chopped
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Crushed garlic clove
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1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
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Bay leaves
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75ml white wine
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2 tablespoons tomato puree
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150ml (5fl oz) passata
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1 teaspoon fresh thyme
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parsley sprigs for garnish
Method:
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Melt the butter
in a pan. Add the mushrooms, shallots, garlic and
rosemary. cook for 3 minutes, stirring until coated in butter.
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Add bay leaves, wine and tomato puree to the
pan. Stir until well blended.
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Pour in passata and add
thyme. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until
mushrooms are tender. remove bay leaves before serving. garnish with parsley
sprigs.
This dish serves two, and is
low in calories, with approximately 180 per serving.
Potato Bake with cheese
In order to reduce the
calorie content of this dish try omitting the cheese, or only use reduced
fat hard cheeses. This dish will serve two and takes about 45 minutes to
make. The calorie content of the potato bake is around 350 per serving!
ingredients:
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1 pound of potatoes -
peeled
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220ml
milk (can use
Skimmed to lower calories)
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Large piece of nutmeg -
grated
-
garlic clove, carefully
cut in half
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50g (2oz) cheddar cheese
- grated
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8g butter
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salt & pepper
Method:
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Lightly grease a shallow
baking dish. cut the potatoes into thin slices. preheat the oven to 220
degrees C (425F), or gas mark 7.
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Put the potatoes in a pan
with the milk. Season and sprinkle over the grated nutmeg. Bring to the
boil. Simmer gently for 10-15 minutes, or until tender.
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Rub the cut sides of the
garlic hard against the inside of the greased baking dish. Transfer the
potato slices into the dish and pour 75ml of milk over the top.
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Sprinkle grated cheese
over the top of the potatoes. Dot the surface with butter. Bake for 20
minutes, or until the cheese melts and the crust is a crisp golden brown.
Fruit Gateau
This is a new dish created
for getting good supplies of fruit each day while still enjoying delicious
desserts after meals. With only 300 calories per serving, plus all the
goodness of tons of fruits it's a great dessert for a treat when trying to
lose weight!
Check the ingredients for
any types of food allergies before making any
recipes from this site!
ingredients to make ten slices:
ingredients for the
topping:
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250ml (8fl oz) whipping
cream
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50g (2oz) toasted flaked
almonds
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100g (4oz)
cherries,
stoned
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1 Kiwi fruit, peeled and
sliced
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75g (3oz) strawberries,
hulled & halved
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1 peach, skinned &sliced
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1 teaspoon powdered
gelatine
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90ml (3fl oz) white grape
juice
Method:
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Preheat oven to 180
degrees C / 350 F/ gas mark 4. Grease and line a 22cm/8inch spring-form
cake tin.
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Whisk 75g/3oz caster
sugar with egg yolks until thick and pale. Fold in ground almonds and
breadcrumbs. Whisk egg whites until stiff. Whisk in remaining sugar. Fold
into nut mixture.
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Transfer mixture into
tin. bake for 25-30 minutes, or until firm. Stand for 10 minutes, then
remove from tin and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
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For the topping, whisk
cream until thick. Spread over cake. press flaked almonds onto side, and
arrange fruit on top. Dissolve gelatine in 1 tablespoon water in a bowl
over a pan of simmering water. Stir in grape juice, and chill until just
beginning to set. Spoon glaze over fruit, chill again until set.
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