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Enjoy healthy, delicious low calorie dishes in minutes with these quick and ultra-quick recipe ideas.

A low calorie meal doesn’t have to mean a bland-tasting, small portion of food. Fruits and vegetables are not only low in calories, they’re rich in vitamins and minerals. Plus they have a healthy dose of fiber, which helps fill you up. Add some lean protein and you have a healthy, low-calorie and filling meal that will keep you lean and strong. This collection of recipes focuses on recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less, ensuring that you have time for a healthy, low-calorie meal any night of the week.

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What i really enjoy the calories you put in the recipes you do not find that very often, thank you for that it is very important in my household.

Tammy Barnes, Winchester, KY

I need to find a good diet i can live with... This i can do with the foods you show.

Carolynwest, Archdale, NC

Love most of your recipes and thanks for the calorie content. Being on a diet this is what I need so I know which recipes I can use.

Lorraine Sherwood, Eagle Mountain, Ut

Very creative use of different ingredients that work & taste sooo good.

Irene, Carney, MD

I'm sorry, but i did ask for type (2) two menus and recipes and a breakdown of each so those of us who do use the recipes can gauge ourselves. Please help a lot of type 2 diabetics ITS IMPORTANT.

Mary Reisner, Tamarac, FL

I hope that anyone using Splenda (sucralose) in recipes will research all the horrible side effects and long term effects of this chemical. Go to www.mercola.com for a lot of information. It causes depression, muscle damage and so much more. It was discovered when the lab was trying to make a new pesticide...and it will kill bugs pretty quickly if you put it out. PLEASE for your health and those you love stop using this terrible chemical. The reason it has no calories is because it does not qualify as a food. It is also one of the worst things you can give someone with ADD or ADHD. Just please check into it!

Tracy Thornton, Newton, NC

Thank GOD for the courage of honest conviction of Tracy T. This stuff is poison but THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH $$ FOR THEM TO LET US KNOW ABOUT IT OR EVER STOP IT. My other will not listen to me.

Jim Russell, Von Ormy, TX

Fear of Splenda, i.e., Sucralose, because it is an insecticide is absolutely ridiculous and without any sound reasoning or scientific evidence!! From Wikipedia: Sucralose was discovered in 1976 by scientists from Tate & Lyle, working with researchers at Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King’s College London). It was discovered by Leslie Hough and a young Indian chemist Shashikant Phadnis. The duo was trying to make an insecticide. (Note: "trying" not "did"...) On a late-summer day, Phadnis was told to test the powder. Phadnis thought that Leslie asked him to taste it; so he did. He found the compound to be ridiculously sweet - the final formula was 600 times sweeter than sugar. (Note, Phadnis did not drop dead as he would have if the discovery had, in fact, been toxic! They worked with Tate & Lyle for a year before settling down on the final formula. Most importantly, they did NOT find any use of the compound as an insecticide. Sucralose is simply a trichlorinated sucrose. Normally alkyl halides (i.e., organochlorines) are a big no-no for people. They’re quite toxic, hard on your liver, and quite possibly mutagenic. (If you don't know what that means, then look it up.) Most of them aren’t nearly as polar as sugars, though (all the hydroxyls…), so this makes it presumably “different” enough to be safe. Since it’s been marketed as a food, it’s passed loads of tests. I’m assuming one of these is the Ames Test. (Again, if you don't know what this is, look it up!) This is a pretty good test for mutagenicity; it tends towards the conservative side (OJ, potatoes, burgers all fail, among other things). This test works with special strains of Salmonella that have copies of the genes that produce histidine that don’t work. A functional copy will occur when one base in DNA is inserted, deleted, or changed (frameshift or point mutation). If you grow these bacteria on media without histidine, they die if they don’t get the mutations that allow them to produce histidine. So, if they grow, your stuff is mutagenic. It is assumed Splenda passed the test and therefore, trust me, all is well. Regarding the unscientific and pseudo-scientific nay-sayers that decry its use - well they have plagued mankind since the beginning of time in one form or another... Introduce something new into society, and someone, somewhere will tell you how awful it is!!

Drey Adams, Atlanta, GA

Hmmm...interesting arguments about Splenda. But here's my take...if it's not natural (i.e. an artificial sweetner), don't eat it! :) By the way, GREAT recipes Eating Well - finally, healthy food with flavor, color and pizazz!

Erika, Fort Lauderdale, FL

I am a diabete wont to no good diabete meals'

betty gurley, Dayton, OH

As for Splenda, like everything else you put into your body, just don't overindulge.

Anonymous, Scottsdale, AZ

To Pro-Splenda person: Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Anyone can write anything they want, it is not a monitored, proven, scientific website. FYI.

Anonymous, Syracuse, NY

Wikipedia is a very reliable source, one of my friends is a co-manager of the Australian branch. Each comment is looked into in depth before placed on the site - and not just anyone can post a comment, that's just ridiculous.

Anonymous, Miami, FL

Yeah, wikipedia is not a good source. I have read some ridiculously untrue things on there.

Anonymous, NYC, NY

Just because its natural does not mean it good for you either. People just need to research what they eat or know where it comes from. You should eat everything in moderation. Know your body and what you put in it.

Anonymous, Salt Lake City, UT

Hi, I'm new to this site and I like what I've seen so far... seems that you've got something for everyone and every type of diet. The recipies are simply delicious too! Thanks, Lorrie

Lorrie Oliver, Aloha, OR

LOVE THE LOW CAL RECIPES. EVERYONE NEEDS THESE! THANKS!

Lois, Morris, OK

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