Buy a scale, weigh and measure your food for awhile until you feel comfortable eyeballing it. I still weigh my food when I'm home cooking, just to be on the safe side.
Enjoy - and let me know what you think!
HUMMUS EGG SALAD
Mix 4 hard boiled egg whites with 2 Tbsp hummus. Put into a small whole-wheat pita, with lettuce.
184 calories, 3.8 g fat
Mix 4 hard boiled egg whites with 2 Tbsp hummus. Put into a small whole-wheat pita, with lettuce.
184 calories, 3.8 g fat
MINI PIZZA
Split 1 whole-wheat English muffin, top with 1/3 cup tomato sauce, and 1 low-fat string cheese stick. Bake in toaster oven until cheese melts, 3 to 5 minutes.
135 calories, 10 g fat
EDAMAME BEANS
Boil 1 cup edamame and sprinkle with sea salt. Eat the beans in the pod.
179 calories, 7.5 g fat
BLACK BEAN ROLL UP
Fill one small corn tortilla with 1/4 cup mashed black beans. Top with 1/4 of an avocado, sliced, and 1 Tbsp salsa.
199 calories, 8.7 g fat
STRAWBERRIES & CHEESE
Top 4oz of low-fat ricotta cheese with 1 cup of sliced strawberries, and 2 tsp of honey.
209 calories, 6 g fat
CHOCOLATE MONKEY
Dip a banana in 1oz melted dark chocolate.
250 calories, 11.6 g fat
EASY TRAIL MIX
Mx 10 kernels of raw pistachios, 1oz dried apricots, and 1oz dark chocolate chips.
250 calories, 14.3 g fat