Low-cal recipes for Shavuous

agreer

Tue, May 21 2019, 5:12 pm

I'm looking for diet-friendly, low-cal recipes (can be any mix of protein/carb/fat) that will make me feel like I'm having a satisfying yom tov.

I'm looking for both dairy and meat meals.

Does anyone have any good recipes or websites to recommend? TIA.

sky

Tue, May 21 2019, 5:41 pm

Greek yogurt cheese cake

Lots of salads with lean meat or chicken or turkey toppings.

Baked eggplant Parmesan

Grilled chicken

Grilled vegetables

Butternut squash fries

Soups

Dessert:
Plain baked apples
Sugar free jello
Light popcorn
Nuts

ddmom

Tue, May 21 2019, 6:56 pm

Thank you! I was waiting for such a thread. Especially after I saw the other shavuos one!! LOL

Brocoli kugel (can be made with just egg whites)
Mushroom soup
Zuchinni soup
Roasted cauliflower
Fruits for dessert, ices from the store for the kiddos!
I make a diet cheesecake with fat free cottage cheese, light vanilla greek yogurt, 2 eggs, splenda. You can add 1/2 of diet instant vanilla pudding (for flavor and texture).
Bake in cupcske holders so it's portioned already! You can crumble some cookies on bottom, taste better but also add calories!

Cheshire cat

Tue, May 21 2019, 6:59 pm

The Atkins cheesecake is delish- low cal and sugar free

Helps me feel not deprived amidst the glut of cheese and cream.

giselle

Tue, May 21 2019, 7:25 pm

There was a really good recipe in I think a Jewish magazine for avocado chocolate pudding. Not really low cal bec of the avocado, but healthy. Does anyone have it?

amother

White

Tue, May 21 2019, 10:03 pm

Greek salad with feta cheese
Strawberry smoothie
Crustless quiche with vegetables
Vegetables with sour cream/onion dip

(Low carb, not necessarily low fat)

iammom

Tue, May 21 2019, 10:22 pm

giselle wrote:

There was a really good recipe in I think a Jewish magazine for avocado chocolate pudding. Not really low cal bec of the avocado, but healthy. Does anyone have it?

It’s probably the recipe from Rorie. Check kosher.com

Edited with the link https://www.kosher.com/shows/v.....dding

lucky14

Tue, May 21 2019, 10:32 pm

There is a good eggplant parm recipe in the cookbook Secrets of Skinny Cooking. Other good recipes in there as well.

amother

Saddlebrown

Wed, May 22 2019, 1:03 am

Cheshire cat wrote:

The Atkins cheesecake is delish- low cal and sugar free

Helps me feel not deprived amidst the glut of cheese and cream.

Do you have the recipe handy? I googled something and it was not low cal at all.

Chana Miriam S

Wed, May 22 2019, 1:10 am

Last year I made my regular cheesecake recipe but savoury. A caramelized onion layer, a spinach layer and a cooked salmon layer. It was delicious. No sugar, no sweeter, no grain or starch. Used almond flour and butter for crust.

Not low cal, but extremely satisfying.

Dina2018

Wed, May 22 2019, 7:29 am

andrea levy wrote:

sounds perfect!

FranticFrummie

Wed, May 22 2019, 7:34 am

Avocado pudding is a crime against food. It takes two wonderful things, avocados and chocolate, and makes them into one disgusting mess.

Save the avocado for salads, salsa, or guacamole dip.

Bake a low cal chocolate cheesecake for dessert. Dark chocolate has fewer calories than milk chocolate, and is more satisfying.

DVOM

Wed, May 22 2019, 7:41 am

andrea levy wrote:

Goodness gracious! This sounds divine! Can you post a recipe?

ddmom

Wed, May 22 2019, 7:48 am

FranticFrummie wrote:

I agree!!!

amother

Papaya

Wed, May 22 2019, 8:07 am

FranticFrummie wrote:

I love you

cbg

Wed, May 22 2019, 8:10 am

andrea levy wrote:

That sounds really good
Recipe please

cbg

Wed, May 22 2019, 11:06 am

I make a vegan creamed spinach recipe

Take a bag of cauliflower and cook until soft
Let it cool a bit
Blend till smooth
To this add salt to taste, a teeny bit of lemon juice or ACV, and the secret ingredient 1/4 cup nutritional yeast.
Taste and adjust your seasoning
If you want it more”cheesy” add more nutritional yeast, but not too much
If you want it more tangy, add more lemon juice
This is the “cheese sauce”

Now take the frozen spinach and sautée it until it’s completely defrosted and hot,
Do not over cook.
Salt the spinach to taste

While on a low flame mix the sauce with the spinach, simmer until it’s bubly about 2-3 min.

It’s so yum
I make this almost every Shabbat.

sky

Wed, May 22 2019, 11:16 am

Heat frozen vegetables. Easy and yummy. I throw it in my oven on yom tov so no advance prep needed

Frozen broccoli with crushed garlic and salt.

Frozen cauliflower with zatar.

Frozen sugar snap peas with canned baby corn and diced pepper.

Frozen green beans with salt pepper soy sauce and a drop honey.

sky

Wed, May 22 2019, 11:19 am

These cheese cake recipes are so good you really don’t need the real thing:

http://www.cookkosher.com/inde.....58380

Or this one.

https://www.oikosyogurt.com/gr.....D_BwE