Low Calorie, One Bowl Diet Recipes

Basil's Diet Bowl - Diet Recipes for Your Soup or Salad Bowls

Super Bowls for Your Diet Plan

Basil has five super bowls for your diet plan that will have you 'Bowling for More Weight Loss' as you run for the goal - your Diet Weight Loss Goal, that is!

Packed with taste, with leanness and no meanness, our diet recipe bowls also hold great filling powers. The best part? You can enjoy all five at one sitting for about 500 calories. How's that for a Diet Touchdown?

Given the low calorie content, these bowls make a great snack for TV times - such as when watching sports or even cooking shows.

Diet Recipe #1 - Grandma's Glass Bowl

Take 1 can of any clear chicken broth (99% fat free) and add a bit of chopped cilantro. Simmer about 10 minutes, remove and add 1/4 cup of cooked, shredded white chicken and a bit of cracked pepper. Add some cooked diced carrot if desired. A squirt of lime will set off the flavors in the soup, but is totally optional. The soup can be prepared ahead of time, then warmed right before meal time.

Diet Recipe #2 - Cotton Fields Bowl

Grate up 1/4 head of purple cabbage. Green cabbage can be used as well, but purple sure is pretty. Peel, then shred or grate one small carrot and add to the cabbage. Add 1 Tablespoon of milk and mix (whole/skim/any kind at all will do).

Next, add 1 Tablespoon of light Mayo, a dash of celery seed and a few packets of no calorie sweetener if you like a sweet slaw.

Diet Recipe #3 - The Orange Bowl

Beautiful orange carrots glaze our Super Bowl bounty! Steam/boil/or microwave 2 cups of baby carrots and drain. OR, use full-length carrots chopped into small pieces.

Next, spray the carrots with no calorie butter spray. Sprinkle with a bit of ground cinnamon. Next, drizzle with 1/4 cup of sugarfree maple syrup OR use several packets of no calorie sweetener.

Note: graphic purchased for commercial use. Diet Recipe #4 - The Rosy Bowl

1/2 small can of solid white tuna (albacore rocks!) in water.

Drain the water add 1/4 head of iceberg lettuce CHOPPED VERY FINE, a bit of diced onion (totally optional), salt, cracked pepper, chopped celery (optional) and 1 Tablespoon of light Mayo. Next, toss in 15 small corn chips (as in Fritoes - regular size) that have been slightly crushed. Mix and enjoy.

Diet Recipe #5 - The Sugar Free Bowl

Measure out 2 cups of frozen strawberries and pop into the microwave for about 1-2 minutes, until thawed, yet firm. Stir, then sprinkle on a few packets of no calorie sweetener. Add 1/2 teaspoon of REAL vanilla and stir slightly. Top with light whipped topping.

As a note, real sugar can certainly be used rather than no-calorie sweetener. Be sure to tally up those sugar calories though because at 800 calories per cup, they really add up quickly. And given the high calories, we recommend sugar-users to use rather than abuse by being very stingy with the sugar spoon.

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