You and your loved one won't feel guilty about these delicious dinners.
4. Stuffed Bell Peppers
Love a stuffed, roasted vegetable? Who doesn’t?! To keep portion control in check, opt for these tiny peppers that are proportioned to be equal parts healthy as much as they are filling.
Stuffed with wild rice, capers, green olives, anchovy fillets, parsley, oregano, and garlic, these are gourmet peppers you’re sure to love.
The recipe makes a mere 4 servings, so have two each and you won’t even break 500 calories!
5. Quick Fish with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sage
Fish is the perfect protein for two. Why? Because it can rack up a serious bill if you try to feed it to a dinner party! Save the omega-3 acid-rich protein for date night.
This recipe is complete with protein-packed chickpeas that have a delectably meaty texture, fragrant sage, and juicy tomatoes.
One serving is just 307 calories, and the recipe yields just 4 servings.
6. Santa Fe Chicken and Zucchini Stir Fry
With just 4 servings, each with a mere 191 calories, you really can’t go wrong with this Santa Fe chicken and zucchini savory stir fry.
Featuring a slew of wonderful ingredients along with the chicken and zucchini, like aromatic oniona and garlic, shredded carrots, smoked paprika, ground cumin, chili powder, fresh lime juice, and fresh cilantro, you can expect a smoky, spicy dish.
Serve atop brown rice or quinoa if you need a little extra depth in your dish.
7. Spaghetti with Cauliflower & Peas
Spaghetti gets a bad rap, but when you opt for the right stuff, you don’t have to cut it out of your diet.
This unique dish features whole grain pasta, which is paired, perhaps unlikely but certainly magically, with cauliflower. The result is a healthy pasta dish that will fill you up without weighing you down.
Expect leftovers of this 6-serving recipe that comes in at a mere 270 calories per serving.
Isn’t it nice to take the thinking out of healthy eating? When you round up recipes you know you can count on for calorie control, you and your partner can focus more on the joy of cooking and eating.
Dieting with someone else can be extremely motivating, but when there is fear of failing, sometimes the optimism can be stripped away. Choose ways to stay on track by making things fun.
Search for healthy low-calorie dinners for two together. Find options that satisfy both your unique set of taste buds.
Whip up a meal together with some lively background music. And sit down at the table, TV off, enjoying the work you put in, both in the kitchen and for your healthiest you yet—as a couple and on your own!
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