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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:   20g (0.75oz) butter 175g (6oz) potatoes, peeled & diced. Half Large onion, Chopped. clove garlic - finely chopped Half-litre Vegetable stock 125g (4.50z) button mushrooms 1 egg 75ml sour cream Salt & Black pepper Mixed herbs, chopped for garnish   Method: Melt the butter in a large saucepan. fry the potatoes, onion and garlic for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. 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. 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. 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: Butter - 25g (1 oz) Button Mushrooms 400g (app 1 pound) 1 Shallot - chopped Crushed garlic clove 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary Bay leaves 75ml white wine 2 tablespoons tomato puree 150ml (5fl oz) passata 1 teaspoon fresh thyme parsley sprigs for garnish Method: Melt the butter in a pan. Add the mushrooms, shallots, garlic and rosemary. cook for 3 minutes, stirring until coated in butter. Add bay leaves, wine and tomato puree to the pan. Stir until well blended. 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: 1 pound of potatoes - peeled 220ml milk (can use Skimmed to lower calories) Large piece of nutmeg - grated garlic clove, carefully cut in half 50g (2oz) cheddar cheese - grated 8g butter salt & pepper Method: Lightly grease a shallow baking dish. cut the potatoes into thin slices. preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425F), or gas mark 7. 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. 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. 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: 100g (4oz) caster sugar 3 eggs, separated 150g (5oz) ground almonds 1 tablespoon dried white breadcrumbs ingredients for the topping: 250ml (8fl oz) whipping cream 50g (2oz) toasted flaked almonds 100g (4oz) cherries, stoned 1 Kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced 75g (3oz) strawberries, hulled & halved 1 peach, skinned &sliced 1 teaspoon powdered gelatine 90ml (3fl oz) white grape juice Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C / 350 F/ gas mark 4. Grease and line a 22cm/8inch spring-form cake tin. 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. 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. 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.     Low calorie foods More low fat recipes Low Fat desserts for Daily dieting

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