Dinner recipes under 300 calories?

I'm trying to find some dinner recipes to cook for under 300 calories.


Unfortunately I'm also cooking for my family who are not dieting and don't want to be served diet meals.





Any suggestions for a WHOLE MEAL for under 300 cal? Preferably not a vegetarian meal, they like meat.





Compromise. Sigh.





I'm not a very good cook, by the way, so the simpler the better!Dinner recipes under 300 calories?
You could have fish :


6 oz broiled white fish


1 cup of mashed potatoes


1/2 cup of peas


8 oz diet iced tea





Thats around 300 calories





Or, a chicken salad :





Chicken Salad


1 large tossed salad


2 tablespoons reduced fat oil and vinegar dressing


6 oz sliced chicken


1 cup of low fat wheat thin crackers


12 oz water





Thats around 350 calories





Or, chicken and asparagus :





Chicken


6 oz of chicken


1 cup of green beans


1 small tossed salad


2 tablespoons reduced fat oil and vinegar dressing


12 oz water





Thats about 300 calories.








Good luck!Dinner recipes under 300 calories?
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For a spin on the traditional Matriciana add some chicken.





1 tblsp oil


500 gm pasta (fettuccine is best or tagliatelle) cooked to packet instructions


1 chicken breast per person diced


1 onion finely diced


2 cloves garlic


bacon rashers diced finely


3 tins crushed tomatoes and 5 fresh tomatoes diced


chilli to taste or Tabasco





Make sure that you cut the chicken against the grain so it is tender.





Heat oil in a pan


add garlic and onion sweat until transparent


Add bacon and chicken and stir occasionally until cooked through


Add fresh and tinned tomatoes and heat through.


By now the pasta should be cooked, add chilli or Tabasco to taste season with salt and pepper, drain the pasta put on plates and top with tomato/chicken mix.


Enjoy


Even though you didn't ask for a vegetarian recipe this can be made into one by eliminating chicken and bacon and substituting mushrooms.
grilled chicken skinless boneless breast grilled on george forman grill and put over a bed of fresh lettuce and use fat free dressing and add cucumber carrot sheddings onion and cherry tomatoes





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steamed broccoli be the vegetable serving of brown rice and grilled chicken breast
I don't cook by calories, I do it by food group.


For dinner most meals are grilled or baked chicken, turkey or fish. A few spices, a very little olive oil or you could use chicken broth or even water if you need a little moisture in the pan. I steam vegetables in the microwave--several companies make the steam-able bags of veggies, and one bag works for my family. I rarely have pasta, rice, or


potatoes at dinner. When I do, I don't add sauces or butter,


just a little Mrs. Dash or something. It is very hard


to cook for the family when you are dieting. Try to get them to think of it as eating more healthfully, and make changes slowly. Eat a half portion of what you would usually eat. Good Luck!