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  • 🥪 Lunch
  • 🥘 Dinner
  • 🥦 Sides
  • 🍿 Snacks
  • 🍰 Desserts
  • ⭐️ More…
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Low-Calorie Chicken Chimichangas

The Perfect Pre-Workout Smoothie

Low-Calorie Rustic Shrimp Quiche with an Almond Flour Crust

Low-Calorie Avocado Egg Salad Recipe

How to make hard-boiled eggs in an Instant Pot

How (and why) to cook rice in an Instant Pot

My new fave low-calorie breakfast: Eggs on Toast with Thyme

My delicious breakfast smoothie recipe

Low-Calorie Roasted Smashed Broccoli Recipe

Low Calorie Tuna and Salmon Lunch Wraps

Amazing Low-Calorie Ice Cream Bars

Easy Weeknight Low-Calorie Cheeseburgers

my chicken bone broth recipe

Low-Calorie Chicken & Cabbage Teriyaki

Low-Calorie Instant Pot Chicken Teriyaki & Rice Recipe

Low-Calorie Berry & Spongecake Dessert

Low-Calorie Pepperoni Pizza Recipe

My absolute favorite low-calorie cake dessert

Low-Calorie Crunchy Vegetable & Chickpea Salad

Delicious, filling, low-calorie pudding snack

Low-Calorie Double Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Glaze

Low-Calorie Cinnamon Silk Cake

Low-Calorie Roasted Salmon Glazed With Brown Sugar & Mustard

Tangy and filling low-calorie egg salad lunch recipe

Low-Calorie Cajun Shrimp & Rice Recipe

Low-Calorie Chocolate Protein Ice Cream

Low-Calorie Sardine Pasta Recipe

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    Resistant starch and how it can help you lose weight

    You already know that I don’t believe eating carbs is bad for you. (I eat everything, just some foods I eat in moderation.) But when I heard of a way to make starchy food like rice, pasta, beans, and potatoes even better for you, I was all in. What is resistant starch? Resistant starch is a carbohydrate that resists digestion in the…

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    Low Calorie Tuna and Salmon Lunch Wraps

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    The easiest way to prep shredded chicken to use in recipes

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    Low-Calorie Chicken Chimichangas

    When I think of chimichangas I don’t think low-calorie, but I recently found a recipe that lent itself very well to “healthifying.” For starters, the chimichangas are baked not fried, and that really helps bring the calories down and the health up. But you’d never know it because they’re so tasty! If you prefer to watch your recipes, I made…

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    Low-Calorie Sardine Pasta Recipe

    Low-Calorie Roasted Smashed Broccoli Recipe

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    Low-Calorie Cooking Techniques & Tips

    The easiest way to prep shredded chicken to use in recipes

    A number of recipes I’m planning on sharing with you use shredded chicken as an ingredient, so I thought I’d show you how I prepare it. Of course, you could just buy a pre-made rotisserie chicken and use that, but I find they’re higher in fat and salt. So I prep my own shredded chicken and keep it vacuum-sealed in…

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    Low-Calorie Double Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Glaze

    Amazing Low-Calorie Ice Cream Bars

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    Low-Calorie Chicken Chimichangas

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    The best cooking oil sprayer for your low-calorie kitchen

    I used to use PAM and other non-stick kitchen oil sprays, but I started to worry about the long-term effects of all the additives they include. Especially the Palm Oil worried me. It’s bad for your health, very bad for the workers who produce it, and bad for the environment. So I wanted to find a way to spray pure…

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    Amazing Low-Calorie Ice Cream Bars

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    Resistant starch and how it can help you lose weight

    I tried all the Syntrax flavors so you don’t have to

    Low-Calorie Crunchy Vegetable & Chickpea Salad

    How I plan my calories for effective weight loss while still feeling full

    Tools I Use for Weight Loss & Maintenance

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    Calorie Counting

    I’ve lost 65 pounds eating this way!

    It’s been a minute since I shared a selfie. Have I ever done it? I’m not really sure. The ‘before’ is a number of years ago, and the ‘after’ is last week. (Dog hair on the floor and all! lol) I’ve been losing weight by eating several low-calorie meals throughout the day. Last week I shared what I eat in…

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I eat frequent low-calorie meals and snacks as well as a delicious low-calorie dessert every day.

I believe there are no "good" or "bad" foods: Food is not a moral choice. I eat all foods, some freely, and some in moderation.

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