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Fish & Seafood Low Calorie Recipes

Baked Bacon Hoki – 273 calories per serve

Baked Bacon Hoki fish fillet recipe Low calories recipe 5:2 diet
Baked Bacon Hoki fish fillet recipe

There is so much goodness in fish skin, so even if you don’t like the look of it. Learn to love it. While keeping calories low we still want to take advantage of the goodness in food. That is perhaps more important than the calorie count. This meal gives you a variety of nutrients from the fish and assorted vegetables.

Soy sauce may be used, but for Paleo use Cocoa alminos or tamari.

Feel free to add herbs and experiment with flavours using this recipe as a base.

Serves: 6 as a main meal. But if you really hungry, you could have more as this is so low in calories.

(273 Calories per serve) 1639 calories total.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS
500g celery (I used half a head – top half with leaves attached)- 60 calories
180g red capsicum (bell pepper) – 35 calories
1 cup fresh parsley – chopped well (10g) – 22 calories
100g lean middle bacon – 235 calories
100g / 1 small onion – 27 calories
400g frozen mixed vegetables – 188 calories
Juice of 1/2 lemon  –  10 calories
1kg frozen Hoki fillets (skin on) – 930 calories

100ml Tamari – 98 calories
Olive oil spray – 44 calories
Sea salt.

METHOD

  1. Chop celery roughly and scatter on base of large non-stick lamington tray.
  2. Chop capsicum sprinkle over celery.
  3. Chop bacon and parsley and slice onion and place over celery.
  4. Scatter frozen mixed vegetables over fresh vegetable and bacon mix.
  5. Drizzle half the soy sauce over the vegetables.
  6. Lay fillets over vegetables and pout over remaining spy sauce.
  7. Squeeze lemon juice over fish and cover with foil.
  8. Bake in moderate oven 35 minutes or until fish is almost cooked.
  9. Uncover and discard foil. Spray with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake a further 5-10 minutes.

NOTES:
Butter tastes better than oil on this dish but be mindful of the extra calories if you use it.

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Low Calorie Recipes Soups & Starters Vegetarian

Fast Fasting Soup – 41 calories per cup

Fast Fasting Soup recipe. Vegetarian  Low calories recipe 5:2 diet
Fast Fasting Soup recipe. Vegetarian Low calories recipe 5:2 diet

Makes 5 cups (approx 41 calories per cup)206 calories total.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS
280g carrots (1 large) – 84 calories
90g red capsicum (bell pepper) – 15 calories
50g diced onion – fresh or frozen – 14 calories
33g mushrooms (3 medium) – 15 calories calories
10g Parmesan cheese – 37 calories
30g low fat Ricotta – 27 calories
1 vegetable stock cube – 15 calories
3 cups water.

METHOD

  1. lace all indigence in large blender (I use a Vitamix) and process for 6-8 minutes until cooked.
  2. Serve with 2-3g Parmesan sprinkled on top – 9 calories extra

NOTES:

I serve myself 2 cups with the Parmesan on top for only 50 calories!

The capacity of blenders vary. Some use friction to cook the ingredients as well as blend. If your blender cannot do this you can always blend the ingredients and cook in a saucepan. The cooking time will be longer.

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Entre & Snacks Low Calorie Recipes Pasta Salads & Sides Vegetarian

Vegetarian Sunset – 117 calories per serve

Vegetarian Sunset eggplant recipe Low calories recipe 5:2 diet

Serves: 6 as a side (117 Calories per serve) 706 calories total.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes.

INGREDIENTS
600g Eggplant – 100 calories
1 tbsp minced garlic – 20 calories
400g Canned crushed tomatoes –  106 calories
250g Neapolitan pasta sauce – 145 calories
1 teaspoon dried oregano – neg
160g red capsicum (bell pepper) – 30 calories
300g low fat Ricotta – 270 calories
5g pkt fried onions – 35 calories

METHOD

  1. Brush olive oil over  large non-stick lamington tray. Add minced garlic and brush again distributing the garlic evenly.
  2. Slice eggplant into 10mm slices and place in tray.
  3. Cover with crushed tomatoes and spread evenly with pastry bush pushing into the gaps between the slices of eggplant.
  4. Spread pasta sauce over with brush.
  5. Add a dollop of ricotta cheese to the center of each slice of eggplant. Do not spread too much (max 3/4 the diameter).
  6. Remove stem and seeds from capsicum and slice into 3mm strips. Arrange on top of each slice of eggplant over the cheese.
  7. Sprinkle over oregano and fried onion breaking the onion with your fingers as much as you can to spread.

Bake in moderate oven 25-35 minutes until well cooked with a pizza-like appearance.

NOTES:
Pasta sauces can vary so check calories.  The one I used was 58 calories per 100ml. By all means use fresh garlic if you have it and diced onion can replace fried if you like.

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Chicken Egg & Poultry Low Calorie Recipes

No.1 Chicken Thighs – 420 calories

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Melt in your mouth meal. I have made this a few times now as my family (hubby in particular) keeps requesting it.
I must admit it is divine and so simple!

No1 ChickenThighs - Low Calorie Recipe Book.
No1 Chicken Thighs – 420 calories per serve

Serves: 6 (362 calories per serve)
Total recipe: 2169

Preparation Time: Marinate overnight plus 15 minutes preparation on the day.
Cooking time: stove – 10 minutes/oven 30 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1kg chicken thighs (approx 7) – 1200 calories
1/3 cup Soy sauce – 80 calories
1kg sweet potato – 650 calories
1 large red capsicum (300g) – 64 calories
1 leek (200g) – 67 calories
1 medium zucchini – 30 calories
1 tablespoon Mirin Seasoning – 56 calories
1 tsp dried tarragon leaves – 2 calories
Salt flakes & Ground pepper – neg
Spray olive oil – 20 calories (optional)
Foil to cover oven tray – cooked on stove top.

METHOD

  1. Pour soy sauce over chicken and marinate overnight.
  2. Prepare leek, zucchini and capsicum as pictured (slice into long Julienne strips keeping the length of the vegetable)
  3. Wash and cut sweet potato into 6mm slices keeping skin on.
  4. Heat 2 non-stick large rectangular baking pans on stove top.
  5. Place sweet potato in first pan and lightly spray with oil. Brown both sides then place in oven to finish baking.
  6. In second baking pan place the following ingredients in layers in the following order: capsicum, zucchini, leek, chicken thighs (laid flat)
  7. Pour liquid Mirin Seasoning over thighs followed by salt, pepper and tarragon.
  8. Remove chicken dish from heat after 5 minutes and cover with foil (take care and use oven mittens to secure foil to seal) Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
  9. Keep foil on chicken until serving. If you would like to use all the left-over liquid (which tastes delicious) either pour over or see note below.

NOTES:

With the left over liquid I add approximately 1/4 cup couscous and allow it to soak up the liquid for a few minutes while still very hot or pop on stove top for a minute until all liquid is absorbed. This I give to my children. If you add this for yourself remember to measure and add the couscous calories. If divided into 6 serves add 27 calories extra. It is delicious cooked like this.

 

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