Quick Low Fat Recipes Needed - Help

mwaters

Hi,

I need your help...

I have started dieting and am going to the gym 3 times weekly (feeling great because of it and a lot less stressed).

On top of this I want to lose some weight by changing my diet. A lot of the low-fat recipe books have HEAPS of ingredients for each dish and it takes me AGES to cook dinners in the evening after work.

I got some dinner recipe ideas from people in work today (chicken with low fat feta, garlic, fresh herbs & veg and baby potatoes) (baked salmon with cous cous etc) but I need more quick, low fat tasty dinner ideas. Any ideas you give would be VERY MUCH appreciated!

P.S the only fish I eat is salmon so please no other fish recipes please:)

Kind regards,

mwaters.

barbiegirl

very quick one (for 2), cut up some rashers (4 back bacon), then in a good non stick frying pan, fry them at a medium heat without any added oil. This releases their own fat, then as this happens after you can see the pan begin to take on a coat of oil, add sliced mushroom, cover with a lid, and mix about every couple of minutes until the bacon and mushrooms are to you liking. At the same time put on a pan of pasta and cook as normal. When pasta is done, take a half cup of the pasta water out and drain the rest, then add back in the pasta water, the bacon and mushrooms, some sliced scallions, half a bag of baby spinach and either 2 table spoons of sour cream, or 3 of low fat cream. Non fat greek yogurt also works really well. Stir it all up together, again on a medium heat until the spinach begins to wilt. Takes 15 minutes in total from biging to end, is gorgeous, healthy, low fat and filling. I've pointed it at between 6 and 8 WW points depending on the amount of pasta I have Bacon (3), Pasta (2-4) and the cream (1) everything else is 0.
Pineapple chicken (2)
add 1 chopped garlic clove to 1 teaspoon of olive oil, fry for 1 minute, then add 2 chicken breasts cut into into bite sized pieces, fry for about 5 minutes, add 1/2 a pineapple, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 scallions, 2 incl piece of grated ginger, 2 - 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 2 - 3 table spoons of water, and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Serve with cous cous or rice.
Chicken Breast (2.5), rice (2-4), sugar 1/2, pineapple (1), olive oil (1) the rest free. Again very tasty.
I tend to cook from scratch and on the basis that both my husband and youngest brother eat both of these recipes I'd say they are good.

mwaters

You are SUCH a star! Thanks so much for these:):)

rubadub

If you are trying to lose fat I would be steering more towards low carb than low fat.

Fat does not necessarily make you fat, it is a calorie dense food though, and too many calories from any source can make you fat.

Nuts are ~50% fat. Sugar is devoid of fat. But I would expect 500kcal of sugar would make you put on way more fat than 500kcal of nuts.

Stick to wholegrain pasta/couscous/rice/bread, if you still want some carbs, but weigh the portions! most people eat far too much.