Low Calorie Food Recipes for Dieting

Recipes and low calorie is often a criterion for many and when calorie is the priority people often look out for low fat low calorie recipes. Try the following best low calorie recipes that are also low in fat.

Radish salad

Ingredients:

4 small radish, trimmed and sliced thinly
1 tablespoon orange juice
Pinch of salt
½ teaspoon lemon juice
2-3 mint leaves, fresh, chopped finely

Method:

Take a medium size serving bowl. Combine all the ingredients together and add salt and pepper to taste. This is one of the super low calorie recipes as it provides just 16 calories and 0.2 gm or negligible amounts of fat. Serves 1

Strawberry with pine nuts and ginger

Ingredients:

2/3 pint strawberry
1 teaspoon orange juice
½ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon crystallized ginger, chopped
1 teaspoon pine nuts

Method:

Wash and hull strawberries, cut them in to quarters.

Chop the pine nuts coarsely and roast them in a small skillet over a medium flame. Stir them constantly until they get a fragrant light brown color. When warm toss them with strawberries, lime juice, orange juice, ginger and sugar. Let it stand for 5 minutes and serve. Serves 1 This recipe is not only low in calories and fat but is also considered as one of the healthy low calorie recipes. Healthy as it provides just 55 calories, 1 gm fat. It is very low in sodium and carbohydrates and provides around 112% daily value for vitamin C (based on a 2000 calorie daily diet).

Chile spiced asparagus

Ingredients:

½ bunch asparagus, especially its tough ends trimmed and cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces
1 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon olive oil, preferably extra virgin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika or 1 teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar
Salt to taste

Method:

Take a large skillet and heat oil over a medium flame. Add asparagus and water and sauté. Cook for 5 minutes and add garlic powder, chili powder, and salt (if you want a smoky taste then you can add smoked paprika instead of chili flakes). Toss and remove from heat. Add vinegar and toss again. Serve hot. This recipe serves 1 and provides 60 calories and 5 gm fat.

Low Calorie Burger Recipe

Crab cake burger

Ingredients:

1 oz crab meat
1 egg white, beaten
1 tablespoon bread crumbs
1 teaspoon low fat mayonnaise
1 teaspoon chives, minced
½ teaspoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon celery seeds
¼ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon olive oil, extra virgin
½ teaspoon butter, unsalted
Dash of Tabasco or any other hot sauce
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Method:

Mix together egg white, crab meat, bread crumb, mayonnaise, lime juice, chives, salt, pepper, onion powder, celery seeds and hot sauce in a bowl. Form 2 small patties. Heat butter and oil in a not stick skillet over a low flame. Shallow fry the patties on both sides till golden brown or cooked. Serve hot. This recipe serves 1 and is one of the best and easy low calorie crab recipes. One serving provides 160 calories and 8 gm fat.

Submitted on January 16, 2014